Water Leaders Forum and Water Regulators Forum

Asia-Pacific Water Leaders Forum
Driving Resilience and Sustainability in Water Management in Asia-Pacific
Date: 1 November 2019 a.m. (Friday)
With an ever-changing environment and growing water challenges, driving resilience and sustainability would be the key for the water sector.  As an alongside event of the IWA-ASPIRE 2019, the Asia-Pacific Water Leaders Forum brings together top water leaders across the globe to share the major success factors and bottlenecks in enabling resilient and sustainable universal access to water and sanitation in practice. Therefore, it provides a good opportunity for water industry practitioners to learn from the experience and vision from the rest of the world, with the aim to shaping a better future of the region. Representatives of water, sanitation and wastewater management service providers worldwide are welcome. Participation in the Forum is by invitation only.

Keynote Speaker:
Mr Peter J.H. NG, Chief Executive Officer, Public Utilities Board, Singapore

Asia-Pacific Water Regulators Forum
Policy and Regulation for Sustainable and Resilient Water Management in Asia-Pacific
Date: 1 November 2019 p.m. (Friday)
As a follow-up from the 5th International Water Regulators Forum held in Tokyo in 2018, the objective of the Asia-Pacific Water Regulators Forum of IWA-ASPIRE 2019 is to offer an opportunity for regulators in the Asia-Pacific region to share their experience in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) and discuss how policies help enable resilient and sustainable universal access to water and sanitation in practice at the various levels of action.  Representatives of regulatory authorities and officials with regulatory and supervisory functions related to the provision of water, sanitation and wastewater management services worldwide are welcome.  Participation in the Forum is by invitation only.

Keynote Speaker:
Mr Henk OVINK, Special Envoy for International Water Affairs, The Kingdom of the Netherlands

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