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World Water Week

Water for Sustainable Growth

Venue

Stockholm City Conference Centre, Drottninggatan 71B, 111 36 Stockholm

World Water Week in Stockholm is the annual focal point for the globe’s water issues. It is organized by SIWI. This year, the theme is Water for Sustainable Growth. It is also the 20th jubilee of the Stockholm Junior Water Prize. In 2015, over 3,000 individuals and close to 300 convening organizations from 130 countries participated in the Week.

Pflanzen (Symbolbild)
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Experts, practitioners, decision-makers, business innovators and young professionals from a range of sectors and countries come to Stockholm to network, exchange ideas, foster new thinking and develop solutions to the most pressing water-related challenges of today. We believe water is key to our future prosperity, and that together, we can achieve a water wise world.

Speakers:

Ms Margot Wallström (Minister for Foreign Affairs, Sweden)
H.E. Akilisi Pohiva (Prime Minister Tonga)
Angel Gurria (Secretary General, OECD)
Nkosozana Dlamini-Zuma (Chair, African Union) and many more

Categories

  • Geosciences
  • Politics

Registration
until: 27.08.2016

whole week: approx. 900 EUR (8500 SEK), one day fee: approx. 260 EUR (2500 SEK)
Contact:
Karin Lexén
World Water Week Director
E-Mail: karin.lexen@siwi.org
Languages: English