Program / Speakers

Keynotes, session chairs & speakers.

Speaker confirmations are rolling out as the eight solutions are finalised. Here’s what’s locked in, and how to be notified as names are added.

Confirmed keynote themes

Two plenary keynotes anchor the programme.

Tue 28/9 · Opening

Systems engineering approach to water challenges

A framing keynote on treating water as one connected system rather than separate disciplines.

Wed 29/9 · Opening

International perspective on water challenges & cooperation

How countries are collaborating across borders on shared risks and opportunities.

Track chairs, to be announced

Eight solutions, eight chairs, named soon.

Each parallel session is led by a chair drawn from CAETS member academies and industry. Profiles are published as they’re confirmed.

TBA

Safety track chair

Sea-level rise & subsidence

TBA

Quantity track chair

Shortages & downpours

TBA

Drinking water chair

Clean water security

TBA

Quality track chair

Ecosystem health

TBA

Waste water treatment chair

Pollutant removal & reuse

TBA

Infrastructure chair

Resilient critical systems

TBA

Energy track chair

Clean generation & storage

TBA

Maritime track chair

Ships & offshore

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