Day 1 Wednesday 28 May 2008
Part I Water and Sanitation Needs in International Development and Disaster Relief (9.00-12.30)
Session I Chairs: Joanne Orr & Andrea Schäfer
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Speaker |
Organisation |
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8.30-9.00 |
Registration & Coffee |
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9.00-9.15 |
Welcome |
Andrea Schäfer
Conference Chair |
Uni Edinburgh |
confirmed |
- |
9.15-9.30 |
Opening Address |
Tim O’Shea, Principal UoE |
Uni Edinburgh |
confirmed |
- |
9.30-9.50 |
Water and Sanitation Needs from a World Health Perspective |
Roger Aertgeerts |
WHO (Italy) |
confirmed |
128 |
| 9.50-10.10 |
Transnational Boundaries, Water Law and Policy- where do we stand? |
Pat Wouters |
UNESCO Centre for Water Law & Policy, Uni Dundee (UK) |
confirmed |
129 |
| 10.10-10.30 |
Solving the Sanitation Contradiction |
Oliver Cumming |
WaterAid (UK) |
confirmed |
070 |
10.30-11.00 |
Morning Tea & Poster Session I |
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11.00-11.20 |
Water & Sanitation in Disaster Relief |
Jonathan Appleby |
Tearfund & Scottish Water Solutions (UK) |
confirmed |
- |
11.20-11.40 |
Global Promotion of solar water disinfection |
Regula Meierhofer |
SANDEC, EAWAG (Switzerland) |
confirmed |
076 |
11.40-12.00 |
Opportunities of Rainwater Harvesting |
Brigitte Helmreich |
TU Munich (Germany) |
confirmed |
094 |
12.00-12.30 |
Discussion |
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Sandwich Lunch 12.30-13.30
Part II Appropriate Water Supply Technologies: Performance, Maintenance Strategies and Costs (13.30-18.00)
Session II Chairs: Isabel Escobar & Victor Chipofya
| 13.30-14.00 |
Keynote: Technologies for International Development and Disaster Relief: Challenges and Costs |
Brian Clarke |
Surrey (UK) |
confirmed |
131 |
14.00-14.20 |
Evaluation of a Bicycle-Powered Filtration System for Removing 'Clumped' Coliform Bacteria as a Low Tech Option for Water Treatment |
Edward McBean |
University of Guelph
(Canada) |
confirmed |
120 |
| 14.20-14.40 |
Sustainable seawater desalination: small scale windmill and RO-system |
Bas Heijman |
TU Delft (Netherlands) |
confirmed |
078 |
14.40-15.00 |
A new solar desalination system with heat recovery for decentralised drinking water production |
Klemens Schwarzer |
Solar Institut Jϋlich (Germany) |
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051 |
15.00-15.20 |
Experimental investigations on solar driven stand-alone membrane distillation system for remote areas |
Joachim Koschikowski |
Fraunhofer ISE (Germany) |
confirmed |
140 |
15.20-16.00 |
Afternoon Tea & Poster Session II |
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16.00-17.00 |
Opening Keynote: Enterprise Facilitation in the Context of International Development |
Ernesto Sirolli, author of 'Ripples from the Zambesi: Passion, entrepreneurship and the rebirth of local economies' |
Sirolli Institute (US) |
confirmed via video link |
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17.00-18.00 |
Discussion |
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Africa Dinner 19.30 Playfair Library Old College (with Gaelic Songs & Music)
Day 2: Thursday 29 May 2008
Part III Why is Sanitation failing? Sustainable Sanitation Approaches (8.30-12.00)
Session III Chairs: Esi Awuah & Bart Van der Bruggen
8.30-8.50 |
A system perspective in sanitation – human waste from cradle to crave and reincarnation |
Christian Zurbrϋgg |
SANDEC (Switzerland) |
confirmed |
215 |
8.50-9.10 |
Integration water, energy, and sanitation solution for stand alone settlements |
Orodi Odhiambo |
University of Nairobi (Kenya) |
confirmed |
201 |
9.10-9.30 |
No waste, but a resource: Alternative approaches to urban sanitation in Ethiopia |
Franziska Meinzinger & Ralf Otterpohl |
TUHH (Germany) |
confirmed |
026 |
9.30-9.50 |
Integration of sanitation & water in urban situations |
Kala Vairavamoorthy |
Uni Birmingham (UK) and UNESCO-IHE (NL) |
confirmed |
137 |
9.50-10.20 |
Morning Tea & Poster Session III |
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10.20- 10.40 |
Urine separation - opportunities for international development. |
Wouter Pronk |
EAWAG (Switzerland) |
confirmed |
135 |
10.40-11.00 |
Mobile sanitation for slum areas in Cape Town South Africa for emergency sanitation |
David Castellano & Adriaan Mels |
Wageningen Uni (NL) |
confirmed |
138 |
11.00-11.20 |
Water and Sanitation in Ghana |
Esi Awuah |
KNUST (Ghana) |
confirmed |
089 |
11.20-11.40 |
Integrated Sanitation Approaches |
Arne Parnesar |
GTZ (Germany) |
confirmed |
160 |
11.40-12.00 |
Discussion |
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BBQ Lunch 12.00-13.00
Part IV Integrating Water & Sanitation: Infrastructure, Energy, Monitoring & Maintenance Issues (13.00-16.30)
Session IV Chairs: Bryce Richards & Osmund Ansa-Ansar
| 13.00-13.30 |
Keynote: Technology Transfer in Africa |
Peggy Oti-Boateng |
KNUST (Ghana) |
invited |
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13.30-13.50 |
Energy Needs in Developing Country Water Supplies |
David Infield |
Strathclyde (UK) |
confirmed |
100 |
13.50-14.10 |
Successful Implementation of Renewable Energy Technologies in Developing Countries |
Geoff Stapleton |
Global Sustainable Energy Solutions (Australia) |
confirmed |
101 |
14.10-14.30 |
Waterborne Diseases- What are the primary killers? |
Chris Woodall |
Glasgow Caledonian (UK) |
confirmed |
122 |
14.15-14.45 |
Afternoon Tea & Poster Session IV |
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14.45-15.05 |
Managing groundwater supplies in developing countries |
Alan MacDonald |
British Geological Survey (UK) |
confirmed |
007 |
15.05-15.25 |
Dental Fluorosis in Tanzania Great Rift Valley to Fluoride Levels in Water and in ‘Magadi’ |
Edda Vahahula |
(Tanzania) |
confirmed |
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15.25-15.45 |
Groundwater Quality in Ghana: Influence of Mining activities |
Osmund Ansa-Ansare |
CSIR-Water Research Institute (Ghana) |
confirmed |
071 |
15.45-16.05 |
Novel Arsenic sensing technologies |
Chris French |
Uni Edinburgh (UK) |
confirmed |
136 |
16.05-16.45 |
Discussion |
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16.45 Taxi transfer for delegates from South Hall to Swann Lecture Theatre
17.15 Inaugural Lecture: ‘I Have a Dream – Safe Drinking Water for All Children’ Swann Lecture Theatre, Michael Swann Building, The King’s Buildings & Reception
Day 3: Friday 30 May 2008
Part V Industry Forum & Case Studies (8.30-12.30)
Session V Chairs: Ernest Yanful & Blanca Antizar-Ladislao
| 8.30-9.00 |
Keynote: Infrastructure needs in developing country water supplies |
Paul Jowitt |
Heriot-Watt University Edinburgh (UK) |
confirmed |
Ref
141 |
9.00-9.20 |
Energy consumption of small water makers |
Anders Valbjorn |
Danfoss (Denmark) |
confirmed |
008 |
9.20-9.40 |
Skyjuice Technology impact on MDG’s outcomes for safe affordable potable water |
Rhett Butler |
Skyjuice Foundation (Australia) |
confirmed |
146 |
9.40-10.00 |
Mobile Water Maker – a sustainable solution for safe drinking water in developing countries |
Leo Groendijk
Arie Zwijnenburg |
WUR/WETSUS (NL) |
confirmed |
147 |
10.00-10.30 |
Morning Tea & Poster Session V |
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10.30-11.00 |
Water Supply and Sanitation Needs in a Disaster - Lessons learned through the Tsunami disaster in Sri Lanka |
Gerad Fernando |
National Water Supply and Drainage Board (Sri Lanka) |
confirmed |
004 |
11.30-11.50 |
Case Studies: Working with Care International |
Kevin Hall |
Queens University (Canada) |
confirmed |
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11.50-12.10 |
The Role of Water Reuse in International Development |
Mohammad Almasri |
An-Najah University (Palestine) |
confirmed |
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12.10-12.30 |
Discussion |
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Part VI Capacity Building, Financing Mechanisms & Workshop Summary: Research Needs to meet Water & Sanitation Millennium Goals (13.30-17.00)
Session VI Chairs: Pat Wouters & John Francis
| 13.30-13.50 |
Community Education as A Vehicle for UN Convention Implementation |
Brian Wilkinson |
UNICEF |
confirmed |
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13.50-14.10 |
Capacity Building |
Cecilia Oman |
International Foundation of Science (Sweden) |
confirmed |
152 |
14.10-14.30 |
Water quality issues in Malawi, impacts on health and intervention strategies |
Tony Grimason |
Strathclyde University |
Invited |
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14.30-15.00 |
Afternoon Tea & Poster Session VI |
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15.00-15.20 |
Issues and challenges of providing adequate sanitation to people living on the shore of Lake Malawi; Case of Monkey Bay |
Victor Chipofya |
University of Malawi (Malawi) |
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15.20-15.40 |
Resource recovery from urban waste; options and challenges for community based composting in sub-Saharan Africa |
Ernest Abraham |
International Water Management Institute (Ghana) |
confirmed |
183 |
15.40-16.00 |
Vertical flow constructed wetlands as sustainable sanitation approach for faecal sludge dewatering in developing countries |
Pierre-Henri Dodane |
SANDEC (Switzerland) |
confirmed |
021 |
16.00-17.00 |
Discussion |
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17.00 |
Closing Remarks and Summary of Research Agenda as outcome of Discussions |
John Francis & Andrea Schäfer |
UNESCO Scotland |
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19.30 Afro - Ceilidh (Location South Hall, Pollock Halls)
Reserve List
Jacks (industry)
Sabatini (WT)
Kilham (WT)
Dorea (WT)
Eriksson (greywater)
Sambwa (DC Motor recycling)
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