Organisations now have until 31 October 2025 to secure sponsorship opportunities for the XIX World Water Congress , held in Marrakech 1–5 December 2025 . This extension gives you more time to secure a strategic role in the global dialogue on water and climate. By sponsoring the XIX World Water Congress, […]
| Presenter | Title | |
| RI | YUUKO | Analysis of Hydrological Variability and Attribution in the Han River Basin |
| MENGFEI | SONG | Study on the spatio-temporal characteristics and cross regional impacts of riverine input of agricultural non-point source pollution in the Yangtze River Economic Belt |
| KATHARINA | LINDT | Success factors for the inclusion of community-based water organisations in the provision of the nationally granted right to drinking water |
| MOUSSA | AIT EL KADI | Agricultural policies and water resources in Morocco: Challenges of water governance under severe water scarcity, insights from Souss Massa basin. |
| SILVIA | LANDA | Electoral Incentives and Trust in Water Utilities as Drivers of Local Government Participation in Performance-Based Financing: Evidence from Indonesia |
| Presenter | Title | |
| MOKHTAR | BENLASRI | Biodiversity in the aquatic systems of the Draa basin |
| CHENJUN | ZHENG | Ecological Benefit-Sharing and International Water Law in Transboundary River Governance |
| KHOULOUD | MAGRI | Seawater Desalination: A Necessity and Its Environmental Impacts |
| FADWA | ABOUELKOUSSINE | CO₂ balance in aquatic Moroccan ecosystems |
| FATIMA | MIJLAD | Integrating Bioeconomic Modeling into Aquatic Biodiversity Conservation |
| ABDERRAFII | MARDI | Water Operators Partnership: Capacity Building of ONAS |
| REWA | ASSI | Capacity development as a way to accelerate the achievement of Sustainable Development Goals in the Global South |
| Presenter | Title | |
| S | SHARMA | Artificial recharge of groundwater by roof-top rainwater harvesting – a success story from urban India |
| NORA | FAYSSAL | Challenges in achieving SDG6 targets 6.2 and 6.3 in Lebanon. Assessing progress and setbacks |
| OWEN | ERICKSON | Harnessing the Atmosphere: A Scalable Solution to Water Scarcity and Security Risks |
| TUSHARKANTI | K | Artificial Ice Reservoirs for Water Security in Ladakh, India: Bridging Traditional Wisdom and Modern Adaptation |
| OLFA | MAHJOUB | Women are Custodians of Cultural Heritage and Local Knowledge in Agricultural Irrigation with Reclaimed Water in Tunisia |
| PANKAJKUMAR | SAMPAT | Understanding ‘One Water’: Breaking the Boundaries |
| MERLET | THOMAS | Producing safe water from air: assessing the viability, water quality and treatment efficiency of Atmospheric Water Generators exposed to air pollution |
| ABDELHAMIDE | JARI AIT M’BAREK | Water reuse in the city of Es-Semara |
| KHADIJA | SAYEH | Advanced Photocatalytic Treatment of Olive Mill Wastewater: Efficiency of Nanoparticles,2D Nanomaterials, and Nanocomposites |
| Presenter | Title | |
| S | SHARMA | Artificial recharge of groundwater by roof-top rainwater harvesting – a success story from urban India |
| NORA | FAYSSAL | Challenges in achieving SDG6 targets 6.2 and 6.3 in Lebanon. Assessing progress and setbacks |
| OWEN | ERICKSON | Harnessing the Atmosphere: A Scalable Solution to Water Scarcity and Security Risks |
| TUSHARKANTI | K | Artificial Ice Reservoirs for Water Security in Ladakh, India: Bridging Traditional Wisdom and Modern Adaptation |
| OLFA | MAHJOUB | Women are Custodians of Cultural Heritage and Local Knowledge in Agricultural Irrigation with Reclaimed Water in Tunisia |
| PANKAJKUMAR | SAMPAT | Understanding ‘One Water’: Breaking the Boundaries |
| MERLET | THOMAS | Producing safe water from air: assessing the viability, water quality and treatment efficiency of Atmospheric Water Generators exposed to air pollution |
| ABDELHAMIDE | JARI AIT M’BAREK | Water reuse in the city of Es-Semara |
| KHADIJA | SAYEH | Advanced Photocatalytic Treatment of Olive Mill Wastewater: Efficiency of Nanoparticles,2D Nanomaterials, and Nanocomposites |
| Presenter | Title | |
| ILHAM | ABIDI | Quinoa-Based Agroforestry: An Innovative Systemic Approach for Sustainable Agriculture in the Saline Environments of Eastern Morocco |
| ABIDI | ILHAM | Quinoa-Based Agroforestry: An Innovative Systemic Approach for Sustainable Agriculture in the Saline Environments of Eastern Morocco |
| NUR H. | ORAK | From Data to Decision: Optimizing Nature-Based Solutions with Decision Support Models |
| RISHABH | SRIKAR | Forested Watersheds as Nature-Based Solutions for Water Security and Management: A Comparative Assessment of Water Balance Using SWAT+ |
| ABDESSAMAD | GHACHA | Innovative Nature-Based Solutions for Sustainable Sewage Sludge Management: A Circular Economy Approach |
Water Governance, Financing, and Planning During Uncertainty: 1.1 Rural Development
| Presenter | Title | |
| ALFONSO | EXPÓSITO | Navigating the Water-Oriented Living Labs challenges towards effective water governance |
| MD | SALAUDDIN | Political Ecology of Water supply: Disappearing Surface Water Sources and Risks of Groundwater Exploitation in Khulna city of Bangladesh |
| ANNA | KUMMELSTEDT | Beyond the Façade of Cooperation: How Transboundary Water Agreements Can Facilitate Water Weaponization |
| BURNICE KARIMI | IRERI | Stakeholder dynamics in water resource management in Kapingazi catchment, Embu County, Kenya. |
Water-Energy-Food-Ecosystems Nexus (WEFE Nexus): 2.5 Aquatic Ecosystems and Biodiversity
| Presenter | Title | |
| MOHAMMAD | MOZUMDER | Examining the Socio-Economic Impacts of the Water-Energy-Food Nexus on Coastal Communities in Bangladesh: Implications for Gender, Livelihoods, and Social Equity |
| YORDANOS | GETACHEW | Assessment of water quality, phytoplankton, zooplankton andtrophic interaction of Lake Tinshu Abaya |
| IGOR | SHENBERGER | Environmental Flow – The Foundation for Preserving the Ecological System |
Water Security and Water-related risks: 3.3 Desalination Development in Arid Regions
| Presenter | Title | |
| SAMSON | BELLIERES | Advancing Sustainable Desalination in the Mediterranean |
| WAFAE | EL HARRAKI | Emerging solutions to tackle the Water crisis in the MENA region: A Comparative Analysis of Morocco, Saudi Arabia, and Egypt |
| CHAIMA | AGLAGAL | Public Perception and Acceptance of Desalinated Water in Agadir, Morocco: Challenges and Opportunities for Sustainable Water Management |
| KHALESS | KHAOULA | Adapting reverse osmosis membrane cleaning protocols to the specific conditions of OCP sites |
| EL HOURMI | MOHAMED | The Challenges and Prospects of Seawater Desalination in Morocco: A Case Study |
Towards Innovation and a Smart Water Future: 4.3 Traditional Knowledge
| Presenter | Title | |
| WANG | HONGYU | Research and Evaluation of the Impact of Water Culture on Public Water Literacy |
| AUDE NUSCIA | TAIBI | Integrating Local Oral Literature, Geography, and Geomatics to Study Pond Dynamics and Water Resources in the Waalo and Jeeri of the Senegal River |
| MAJDA | SOUMANE | Technological innovation and traditional practices: Rethinking water management in rural contexts |
| CHERKAOUI | MARAOUI | Local knowledge in managing water scarcity: a cultural heritage in need of renewal. (The case of Tameslohte, Morocco) |
| MALEBO | MATLALA | Bridging Traditions and Technology: Integrating Indigenous Knowledge Systems and Scientific Methods for Sustainable Ecohydrology in the Orange-Senqu Basin |
Groundwater Challenges and Opportunities: 5.5 Managed Aquifer Recharge (MAR)
| Presenter | Title | |
| YOUSRA | HAMOUMI | Influence of Climate Change on the Hydrodynamic and Sedimentary Dynamics of the Moroccan Coastline |
| KAOUTHAR | MAJDOULI | Assessing the Impact of Drought on Groundwater Storage in the Upper Draa (Morocco) Using GLDAS 2.2 CLSM Data |
| TAHA | ELGHAZLANI | Simulation Modeling of the Bahira Aquifer Under Climate Change Scenarios (Morocco) |
| IMANE | EL BOUAZZAOUI | Predicting groundwater drought under climate change and data scarcity: a machine learning approach for the Haouz aquifer |
| MOHAMMED | YAKUBU ABDULKADIR | Assessing the Impact of Climate Change on Groundwater Resilience in Semi-Arid Northern Nigeria: A Case Study of Wudil, Kano State |
| ANIL | ARYAL | Groundwater Resilience in the Urban Regions of Madhesh Province in Nepal—An Interdisciplinary Assessment |
Water for Sustainable Development: 6.4 Water & Islands (&6.5 Freshwater & Oceans)
| Presenter | Title | |
| TIBOR | STIGTER | Integrating soil water balance and runoff modelling with hydrogeochemistry to evaluate groundwater recharge and flow dynamics on Lamu Island, Kenya |
| FRANCESCO | SINDICO | Islands and Sustainable Freshwater Management: what role for domestic and international law? |
| LYNN | AKULLU TASHA | Innovative Community-Led Storytelling for Drowning Prevention: Adapting Water Safety Education in Uganda’s Changing Climate |
| SAMI | MILI | Fish Population Dynamics in Sidi Saâd and Bir Mcherga Dam Reservoirs: Assessing Trends and Proposing a Sustainable Management Plan Amid Climate Challenges |
| SALMA | ABOUSSALAM | Fishing Pressure and Trophic Interactions in the Moroccan Mediterranean: A 20-Year Ecosystem Assessment |
Towards Innovation and a Smart Water Future: 4.5 Innovative Water Concepts
| Presenter | Title | |
| KHADIJA | ZYANI | Development of Sodium Acrylate-Based Hydrogels with Novel Crosslinkers for Enhanced Water Retention, Swelling Speed, and Controlled Release |
| KAMRUL | ISLAM | Water Limits to Global Mineral Production: A Sustainability Perspective |
| ILBOUDO | DIEUDONNE | AI-Powered Ecosystem Protection: Integrating Community Action and Innovation to Tackle Invasive Aquatic Plants and Land Degradation |
| HANANE | BENQLILOU | Corrosion of Prestressed Concrete Pipes in Semi-Arid Zones: Challenges and Adaptation Strategies for Sustainable Drinking Water Supply |
| MERIEM | EL KOUHEN | Innovative Governance in Moroccan Agriculture: The role of Artificial Intelligence in enhancing efficiency and effectiveness |
| CHRISTABEL YOLLANDA | KAMBALA | Building Resilience in Rural Healthcare: Innovative Strategies for Introducing Water Treatment Technologies in Underserved Communities |
Water Governance, Financing, and Planning During Uncertainty: 1.4 Water Governance at All Levels
| Presenter | Title | |
| OMOBOLANLE ADEBIMPE | MAGBAGBEOLA | Sustainable Performance and Capacity Assessment Indicators for River Basin Organisations in Nigeria: Case Study of Ogun-Osun River Basin Development Authority |
| CARLOS | VALDEBENITO | Methodological proposal for the management of the tolten river hydrographic basin, araucania region, with an intercultural approach |
| SILVIA | LANDA | A Framework for Accelerating Innovative Water Policy Adoption by Local Governments |
| MONIQUE | MEDEIROS | Water Justice and Counter-Narratives in Hydro-Social Territories in Brazilian Amazon |
| YINGJIAN | CHEN | Research and Practice on Comprehensive Treatment Technology of Water Environment in Mountainous Cities in the Upper Reaches of Yangtze River |
Water-Energy-Food-Ecosystems Nexus (WEFE Nexus): 2.4 Agriculture and Water
| Presenter | Title | |
| KITGAK | SIMON | Empowering Displaced Rural Communities through Agroecological Water Conservation: A Case Study from Middle-belt Nigeria |
| FATIMA-EZZAHRAE | EL MAATAOUI | Growth study of the snail Otala lactea (O.F. Müller, 1774) reared on a substrate supplemented with ground snail shell powder |
| SAMMY | AKASHEH | Global Daily Evapotranspiration Estimation Using Remote Sensing Data and Atmospheric-Land Exchange Inverse Energy Balance Model |
| NITHYA | RAJAN | Irrigation-Induced GHG Pulses: Implications for Cropland Carbon Budgets |
| VIRGINIA ROSA | COLETTA | Coupling multidimensional indicators and Causal Loop Diagrams for assessing and enhancing irrigated agroecosystems resilience |
| JOSEPH | BURKE | Applications of Treated Produced Water Influence Chemical and Biological Properties of Two Semi-Arid Soils |
Water Security and Water-related risks: 3.2 Adaptation to Droughts and Climate Risks
| Presenter | Title | |
| NAFN | AMDAR | Navigating Jordan’s Water Resources Futures: Regional Hydrological Modelling Under Socio-Economic Developments and Climate Change |
| MOHAMED | ABDEL HAY | Hydrological Challenges and Operational Adaptations for the High Aswan Dam: Evaluating the Impact of Blue Nile Developments in Ethiopia |
| AGNES | CHONG | Adaptive Institutional Frameworks for Water Security: The case of China’s Megaregion |
| SAFAE | TEIMI | The Sebou Project: Enhancing Water Security and Climate Resilience Through Strategic Infrastructure in Morocco’s Bouregreg Basin |
| LAMBARKI | MOULAY BOUTTAL | Optimization of the Evaluation of Water Cycle Components in Desert Environments where the Context Lacks Hydroclimatic Measurements |
| OUMAIMA | EL BAROUDI | Assessing the Impact of Climate Change on Vegetation and Water Resources in the Rheris Watershed |
| NICOLE | LEFORE | Scaling smallholder irrigation: Pump rental markets in Sub-Saharan Africa |
Water Security and Water-related risks: 3.2 Adaptation to Droughts and Climate Risks
| Presenter | Title | |
| RESHAM JUNG | SINGH | Sustainability of Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH) Systems in Nepal: An Analysis of People’s Perceptions on Climate Change and Management Perspective of WASH Systems |
| AISHWARYA | DHAWAN | Spatiotemporal Dynamics of Water Security: Analyzing Key Drivers in Maharashtra, India |
| JEREMY | NAIDOO | The South African River Flow Monitoring Network: A Review of the Historical Trends, Challenges and Network Design |
| HASNAOUI | MOULAY DRISS | Decision support system on intra-annual structure of precipitation and regionalization of the severity of dry and wet events in Morocco |
| ZILALI | ABDESSAMAD | Quantifying and Predicting Irrigation Withdrawals in Traditional Canal Systems: A Case Study of the Tensift Basin, Morocco |
| MXOLISI | MUKHAWANA | Application of Multi-Index Approaches for Integrated Drought Monitoring in South Africa using the National Integrated Water Information System (NIWIS) |
Towards Innovation and a Smart Water Future: 4.2 Desalination, Wastewater Reuse and Recycling Technologies and Methodologies
| Presenter | Title | |
| ANDREAS | BICHLER | Decentralized Greywater Recycling – A Scalable Solution for Sustainable Water Management |
| YOUSSEF | RACHID | Adsorptive Removal of an Antiviral Drug from Water Using Dextrose-Modified MgZnAl-LDH: Characterization, Isotherm, and Kinetic Studies |
| OLIVIER | HORNER | Green Antifoulings for Seawater Desalination: From Membrane Deposit Analysis to Laboratory Evaluation |
| ABDESSAMAD | BELGADA | Ceramic Membrane Filtration as a Sustainable Pretreatment for SWRO Desalination – A Case Study at OCP Safi in Morocco |
Groundwater Challenges and Opportunities: 5.4 Integrated Surface Water and Groundwater Management
| Presenter | Title | |
| MANUEL | SAPIANO | Governance of Managed Aquifer Recharge: Insights from the European Union’s Regulatory Framework |
| FATIMA | ABDELFADEL | Investigation of Aquifer recharge in semi-arid systems using Isotopic and Geochemical Tracers: insights from Moulouya, Morocco. |
| DR. MOHAMED | DAWOUD | Aquifer Recharge with Treated Wastewater in Arid Regions: Abu Dhabi Emirate Case Study |
| LUCKY | BALOYI | Utilizing Aquifer Hydraulic parameters to Assess Local and Regional Recharge Potentials for Enhancing Groundwater Allocation in Groundwater-Dependent areas in De Aar, Northern Cape, South Africa |
| MUHAMMAD | ARSHAD | Enhancing Water Security: Methodological Framework for Upscaling Managed Aquifer Recharge in Arid Regions |
Water for Sustainable Development: 6.3 Water & Economics
| Presenter | Title | |
| AYOUB | GUEMOURIA | System dynamics and economic analysis for the evaluation of water management strategies in the Souss-Massa basin, Morocco. |
| ABDELALI | GRICH | Synthesis and optimization of activated carbon from Doum (Chamaerops humilis) fiber via pyrolysis-assisted H3PO4 activation for removal of bisphenol A and α-Naphthol |
| MAHMOUDY | GUELLAA | Efficient removal of nitrate ions by treated biomass: optimization, cost analysis, and study of mechanisms. |
| PACEM | KOTCHOFA | Assessing the Potential of Integrated Crop and Aquaculture Farming (ICAF) in Myanmar: A Path to Sustainable Water Management, Crop Productivity, and Food Security. |
| OTHMANE | EL AAZAOUZI | Decoupling water environment pressures from economic growth: Comparative evidence from the Global North and South |
| MERIEM | GUEZZAR | Sustainable Management of Water Resources and Economic Growth in Morocco |
Towards Innovation and a Smart Water Future: 4.5 Innovative Water Concepts
| Presenter | Title | |
| ARIANA | ROSSEN | PlomBOX: A Cutting-Edge Biosensor for Tackling Lead Contamination in Drinking Water |
| RENÉE | MARTIN-NAGLE | Unconventional Water Resources: Rights and Obligations |
| NICHOLAS | BROZOVIC | A new typology of Irrigation as a Service business models |
| AMAKA JUDITH | NWEKE | Innovative Solutions for City in Nature with Water: Using Enugu’s Coal City to Water City as a case study. |
| MARIANA | NOGALES PAEZ | Towards an Artificial Intelligence Approach in Water Management |
| FRANCO | SMIT | Innovative Coastal Restoration through AI-Driven Oceanic Systems: Insights from the ORSS Malibu Pilot |
| CHRISTSAM JOY S. | JASPE-SANTANDER | DEM Resolution and Watershed Delineation Techniques in SWAT-Modeled Runoff: Insights from the Jalaur River Basin |
Water Governance, Financing, and Planning During Uncertainty: 1.3 Resilience and Adaptation Strategies and Plans
| Presenter | Title | ||
| VIVIANA | VARGAS FRANCO | Towards an analysis of public policies on climate change in Colombia | |
| YUSHU | SHAN | Resilient Flood Control Planning in Tidal River Networks Under Changing Conditions: A Case Study of Taihu Basin | |
| RENÉE | MARTIN-NAGLE | Offshore Freshened Groundwater: An Untapped Resource | |
| MARY | GALVIN | Addressing Integrity Risks in Water and Sanitation Adaptation to Climate Change | |
| MALEBO | MATLALA | Legacy Pollution and Water Governance in a Semi-Arid Region: A Case Study of the Grootvlei Mine and the Blesbokspruit Catchment, South Africa | |
| MOHAMED | LAABOUBI | Integrating water management into strategic territorial planning : a case study of the Souss Massa Region, Morocco | |
| HAMIDREZA | REZAZADEH | Planning Hydraulic Infrastructure under Deep Uncertainty: Insights from the Senegal River Basin | |
Water-Energy-Food-Ecosystems Nexus (WEFE Nexus): 2.4 Agriculture and Water
| Presenter | Title | |
| SAID | GRICH | Climate Change Impacts on Olive Tree Productivity and Water Use Efficiency in a Semi-Arid Irrigated Orchard (2005–2024) |
| UCHUA | DONALD | Impact of Climate-Induced Water Scarcity on Rice Production in Tolon and Kumbungu Districts, Ghana |
| SOUHAIB | HANFOURI | Linking Fish Farming to Oasean Agriculture: A Cooperative-DrivenIntegrated System for Sustainable Food Production and WaterConservation in the Draa Basin, Morocco |
| ISABEL | PARRAS PANCORBO | Unveiling the determinants of irrigation water elasticity: implications for the water-energy-food-ecosystem nexus. |
| OUDDICH | MUSTAPHA | Barriers to the Adoption of Water Conservation and Saving Technologies (WCST) by Small Farmers: The Case of the Oum Er-Rabia Hydraulic Basin |
| STEPHANIE | BUECHLER | Applying WEF Nexus and Slow Violence Analyses to the Study of Women and Resource Use in the Magdalena River Watershed, Colombia |
| ASHLEY | VOIGHT | Soil Water Holding Capacity: A Review |
Water Security and Water-related risks: 3.2 Adaptation to Droughts and Climate Risks
| Presenter | Title | |
| TIMOTHY | AKINKUOLIE | Strengthening Water Security: Resilience Strategies against Climate Change in Southwestern Nigerian Cities |
| YOUNES | DAHHANE | Applying Copula and Bayesian Networks to study Drought propagation from meteorology to agriculture |
| FREDLINE | ILORME | Performance evaluation of urban storm drainage systems under rare rainfall events in yaounde, Cameroon. |
| MAMTA | NAYAK | Fostering Regional Cooperation on Climate Change Adaptation in South Asia |
| ABEBE | MENGISTU | Spatiotemporal Climate Change Projection and Trend Analysis Using Selected Downscaled CMIP6 Models for Water Action Over Awash River Basin, Ethiopia |
| MUHAMMAD | KHALIFA | Bridging Gaps: Spatial Insights for Climate-Resilient Hydrosystems in Arid Zones |
Water Security and Water-related risks: 3.2 Adaptation to Droughts and Climate Risks
| Presenter | Title | |
| HAYTHEM | SLIMI | WaterLow ® root watering system Versus drip irrigation : Experimental comparative study |
| NICOLE | TRIGG | Water security through Community-directed Monitoring in the Canadian Columbia Basin: Democratizing Watershed Data |
| YUEYUN | GAN | Risk Analysis of Typhoon Disturbances in Large Shallow Lake Systems: Implications for Climate-Resilient Management |
| BING | QIU | Research on the development of resilient water supply infrastructure systems for addressing extreme drought events: a case study of typical coastal regions in eastern China |
| MOHAMED YASSINE | FAIDA | Comparative Assessment of Novel Artificial Intelligence (AI) Models for Predicting Water Inflows in Morocco’s Major Hydrological Basins |
| VAHID | HASANZADEH | Drought Management in the Sattarkhan Dam Irrigation Network, Iran |
Towards Innovation and a Smart Water Future: 4.2 Desalination, Wastewater Reuse and Recycling Technologies and Methodologies
| Presenter | Title | |
| BURCU | YAZICI | An assessment of stakeholder perceptions, policies, and risks: reclaimed water use in agriculture in Turkiye |
| MARIANGEL DEL VALLE GARCIA | ANDARCIA | Automated Identification of wastewater treatment plants in the MENA Region with computer vision and Satellite Imagery: a promising solution for monitoring, evaluation and planning |
| MD. MEZANUR | RAHAMAN | Transformation of the Liquid Fecal Sludge into Reusable Distilled and Drinkable Water through the Omni Processor Plant at Rohingya Camps in Bangladesh. |
| ABDERRAHIM | JBEL | Antibiotic tetracycline removal by nanofiltration membrane: Experimentation and statistical modeling |
| YOUNESS | KOUZI | Membrane cascades: A tool to enhance RO performances and overcome membrane ageing in desalination ? |
Groundwater Challenges and Opportunities: 5.1 Groundwater Assessment
| Presenter | Title | |
| JESSICA | SEERSMA | Nature-Based Solutions and Groundwater Replenishment: How Accounting for Groundwater Dynamics through a Multi-Scale Evaluation Impacts the Ranking and Performance of Nature-Based Solutions |
| SALHI | IBRAHIM | Contribution of Applied Geophysics to Optimizing Khettara Water Supply in Southeastern Morocco |
| TIBOR | STIGTER | Establishing hydrological monitoring hubs to support the conceptual assessment and protection of Africa’s natural water towers |
Water for Sustainable Development: 6.3 Water & Economics
| Presenter | Title | |
| YOSSEF | BEN-MEIR | Overcoming Severe Water Scarcity: Morocco’s Decentralization Vision |
| LIANG | YUAN | A fuzzy logic approach within the DPSIR framework to address the inherent uncertainty and complexity of water security assessments |
| KAMILLE | RASMUSSEN | Water Unequal Exchange: Textile Dye Production in Bangladesh |
| ISMAIL | REZKI | Urban Domestic Water Tariff Structures and Their Effect on Household Inequality in Moroccan Regions |
| IMAD | RABICHI | Sustainable Treatment of Olive Mill Wastewater Using Regenerable Activated Biochar: Fixed-Bed Performance and Agricultural Potential |
| ABDELLAH | NABOU | Smart Agricultural System for Optimized Water Management |
Water Quality and One Health Opportunities: 7.5 Water Quality Impacts on Biodiversity
| Presenter | Title | |
| FATIMA EZZAHRA | EL AAOUD | Impacts of water quality on biodiversity in two karst ground-water dependent streams of the central High Atlas Mountains, Morocco: the use of trout diets as bioindicators |
| FATIMA EZZAHRA | AROUMY | Subterranean Biodiversity and Water Quality in the Draa Basin: Preliminary results |
| YOUSSEF | OUBALLOUK | Biotypological Assessment and Diatom-Based Water Quality Evaluation in Sidi Chahed Dam Reservoir (Fes, Morocco) |
Water Governance, Financing, and Planning During Uncertainty: 1.3 Resilience and Adaptation Strategies and Plans
| Presenter | Title | |
| MARTINA | NATALIZI | The future of a collapsing system: Trasimeno Lake, threatened by climate change, needs urgent action to restore its balance. From draining to resilient landscape, scenarios from 2030 to 2090. |
| ALIMATOU | SECK, PHD | From Forecasts to Action: Building Resilient Urban Water Systems under Climate Uncertainty in Varied Urban Contexts |
| MANSOUR | DINANI | Balancing Rights and Resilience: Legal Reforms for Equitable and Sustainable Water Usage in Iran |
| MAHMOUD | ZEMZAMI | A New Approach to Incorporating General Circulation Models into Water Project Design |
| MENG-HUI | LIN | Advancing Climate Risk Assessment for Flood-Prone Agriculture: A Model-Driven Approach to Adaptation Planning in Taiwan |
| MOHAMED KHALED | KHALED | Upstream Development in the Nile Basin Plateaus: Comparative Effects of Equatorial and Ethiopian Contributions |
Water-Energy-Food-Ecosystems Nexus (WEFE Nexus): 2.4 Agriculture and Water
| Presenter | Title | |
| ZONG | LIU | Managing Wastewater on Animal Farms: From Monitoring to Treatment |
| RAFAEL | CASIELLES | WEFEF 2.0: A Planning Tool for Integrated Water-Energy-Food-Ecosystem Management |
| JAUAD | EL KHARRAZ | Morocco’s Blueprint: Desalination, Renewables, and Agricultural Sustainability |
| QAISAR | YASIN | Modernizing On-Farm Water Management: A Case Study of Technological Transformation for Climate Resilient Agriculture in Punjab Province of Pakistan. |
| IKRAM | EL HAZDOUR | Analyzing 23 Years of Irrigation Water and Land Use Under the Influence of Development Plans: The Case of the Chichaoua Region, Morocco |
| WANG | HELONG | Statistical Analysis of Multi-Scale Water Balance and Irrigation Water Consumption in the Jinhua River Basin Based on Multi-Source Data |
| CHRISTOPHER | SCOTT | Network science and practice: The US-Africa-Europe ‘sustainfood’ approach to water-energy-food nexus networking |
Water Security and Water-related risks: 3.1 Water Disaster Management
| Presenter | Title | |
| GHAZZAR | AYOUB | Assessing Future Drought Risk in the Maamora Aquifer Using High-Resolution Climate Projections and standardized indices |
| LILIT | YEGHIAZARIAN | The Urban Flooding Open Knowledge Network: From Real-Time Flood Forecasts to Cascading Failures Through Infrastructure, Ecosystems, Communities and Economy |
| HASNAOUI | MOULAY DRISS | Flood Reconstruction through hydrological-hydraulic modeling -Case of the flood of October 25th, 2016 on the Saquia El Hamra basin- |
| IMANE | EL MARTILI | Advancing Hydrological Simulations Using Remote Sensing Data: A Case Study in West-Central Morocco |
| ITHAR | KHAIRALLAH | Inclusive flood risk planning in the Tensift Basin: A Morocco – Denmark Partnership |
Towards Innovation and a Smart Water Future: 4.1 Smart Water Management
| Presenter | Title | |
| YASSINE | MIFDAL | A Digital Framework for Water Equity: Profiling and Leak Detection at the Edge of Infrastructure |
| HAFIDA | AYYOUB | Machine learning algorithms for the predictive performance of aerobic membrane bioreactors for the treatment of wastewater from fish canneries |
| ALEJANDRA | ESCALANTE PAREDES | Turing pattern present in the study of the water cycle and its instability associated with evapotranspiration: changes in hydrological landscaping. |
| LUDOVICA | PALMA | Topological Partitioning of Water Distribution Networks with SWANP software: Toward Automated DMA Planning |
| MXOLISI | MUKHAWANA | Towards the Development of a National Digitalized Integrated Water and Sanitation Monitoring System in South Africa |
| HENNING | OELTZE | With Digitalization and AI to an intelligent combined sewer network management |
Groundwater Challenges and Opportunities: 5.3 Participatory Groundwater Management
| Presenter | Title | |
| IMANE | MESSAOUDI | Participatory Groundwater Management: From Conflict to Cooperation in the Saiss Plain, Morocco |
| 晓静 | 齐 | Downscaling Methods for GRACE Data: Assessment, Advances and Applications |
| ADIZUE | JANE | Sustaining ground water resilience through WASH intervention; Lessons from Nigerian Communities |
| SESSINOU | HOUEDANOU | From Fragmentation to Mutualization: Which Path for the Cooperation of Transboundary Aquifers? |
| M | YH | SAIS Groundwater Contract for sustainable management and protection of the aquifer |
Water for Sustainable Development: 6.1 Rights to Water and Sanitation
| Presenter | Title | |
| NAFN | AMDAR | Insights into the Potential of Water Conservation in Irrigated Agriculture – A Case Study from the Arid Mediterranean Highlands |
| MUSTAPHA | HAJJI | A LSTMs AI Based Model to Forecast Outflow-Inflow From-To SMBA Reservoir (Rabat-Morocco) At Medium and Long Run. |
| FRANCESCO | SINDICO | The International Court of Justice Climate Change Advisory Opinion: A (Fresh)Water Perspective |
| SUMIT | GAUTAM | Namami Gange Mission, and Jal Jeevan Mission Rural and Urban – Fueling India’s grit to achieve Sustainable Development Goal 6 within multi-layered interconnected challenges |
| RAGHID | SHEHAYEB | Towards Integrative and Transformative Research on Water and Societies – From Gaps to New Demands |
| SAKINA | MEHDIOUI | Development and investigation of a new polyaniline@ shale as a potential adsorbent for efficiently removing orange G dye from aqueous |
| YOUSSEF | HABIBI | Closing the Sustainability Loop for Desalination Water Systems |
| MAJEDA | ALAWNEH | Sustainable Development Goal 6 in Palestinian Context: Reality and Challenges |
Water Quality and One Health Opportunities: 7.3 Health-Related Water Issues & 7.4 Climate Change and Water Quality Resilience
| Presenter | Title | ||
| JOSEPH | ZUME | Water Woes in Peri-Urban Cape Coast: How Climate Change, Sanitation, and Human Behavior Shape Drinking Water Access. | |
| OUIAAM | LAHNIK | Snowpack Decline and Its Implications for Future Water Resources in the Atlas Mountains of Morocco under a High-Emission Climate Scenario | |
| NGOC DIEP | NGUYEN | AI-Driven Multi-Risk Assessment for Water Quality Under Climate and Land Use Change: Insights for Adaptive River Basin Management | |
| SANDRINE | DEGLIN | Prioritization of agrochemicals in drinking water: A risk-based approach for chemical pollution management. | |
| QURAT UL AIN | . | Mapping the Nexus Between Sanitation, Public Health, and Wastewater Surveillance Using RS/GIS Technologies | |
Water Governance, Financing, and Planning During Uncertainty: 1.3 Resilience and Adaptation Strategies and Plans
| Presenter | Title | |
| JIAQI | LI | Configuration path for enhancing the resilience of the environment-economy-society composite system in the Upper Yellow River |
| YING | ZHU | Research on comprehensive management of small watersheds under the resilience concept |
| MINGYAN | TIAN | Ecological Integrated water regulation of the Heihe River: Key Measures and Impacts |
| JULIO | BERBEL | Urban water resilience: improving distribution networks versus reducing final consumption |
| MAJID | MANSOUR | The circular economy of water in the urban and territorial planning system in Morocco. |
| FARHAOUI | MOHAMED | Prediction of drinking water demand by using new technologies: machine learning |
Water-Energy-Food-Ecosystems Nexus (WEFE Nexus): 2.3 Renewable Energy-Water Nexus
| Presenter | Title | |
| RAMEEN | ABDEL HADY | Toward Resilient WEF Systems in the Eastern Nile Basin: Challenges, Opportunities, and Strategic Planning |
| RACHID | SAFOUI | Progress and Perspectives of Sorption-based Atmospheric Water Harvesting |
| JULIEN | HAROU | Flexible open-source simulation of interconnected water, energy, irrigation and environment systems. |
| PETER | VAN DER KEUR | A Nexus Vision: Aligning Groundwater Security with the Energy and Raw Materials Transition |
| JAGAT KUMAR | BHUSAL | Nepal’s Water Resources on National and Regional Perspective. |
| 正朗 | 蓝 | The Ecological and Social Benefits of Desert Photovoltaics: A Case Study of the Kubuqi Desert |
| IMANE | EL KASIMI | Run-of-River: a Powerful Solution for Harnessing Hydropower Potential of the Bouregreg Watershed in Morocco |
Water Security and Water-related risks: 3.1 Water Disaster Management
| Presenter | Title | |
| BRAHIM | MESKOUR | Hydrological Modeling and Impact of Climate Change on Water Resources in the Massa region (Morocco). |
| MOHAMED FAINAZ | MOHAMED INAMDEEN | A Methodology to Assess the Risk of Riverine Flooding at Sub-Catchment Level |
| ASHWANI | KUMAR | Resilience Strategies for the Informal Settlements towards Urban Floods Vulnerability in Coastal Cities of India |
| SARA | BOUCHIKHI | Comparing AHP and Iber models for enhanced flood Hazard mapping in Coastal Urban Area: The case of Casablanca (Morocco) |
Towards Innovation and a Smart Water Future: 4.1 Smart Water Management
| Presenter | Title | |
| JIHANE | OUHEJJOU | Leveraging AIoT for Smart Water Management and Leakage Prevention : MAE | IA ® ‘s vision for Africa |
| YOUNES | LAABDI | Smart Water Management in the Tensift Basin (Morocco) |
| ABDELLAH | NABOU | TERRA-POD – Smart Vertical Farming for a Resilient Future |
| CARMEN JULIA | NAVARRO GOMEZ | Artificial Intelligence in the Shift from Intermittent to Continuous Potable Water Supply: Barriers and Opportunities |
| THOBEKA | MAKHATHINI | Integrated co- treatment system for acid mine water and industrial wastewater: An innovative approach |
| ABDELHALIM | ABOUSSALEH | Fast Dam Sitting – An Innovative Framework for Small Dam Site Identification in Morocco |
Groundwater Challenges and Opportunities: 5.1 Groundwater Assessment (&5.2 Groundwater Data)
| Presenter | Title | |
| MICHEL | FREM | Recharge mechanism and hydrogeological functioning of mountainous springs in two East African highland-lowland systems |
| IBRAHIM | MAOLIDA | Preventing Water Supply Scaling in Morocco by Combining Electrodialysis Water Treatment and Legrand-Poirier Thermodynamic Model |
| LESIBA | MMAKO | Groundwater Assessment and Monitoring of Karst Aquifers in the Grootfontein Area in Gauteng, Republic of South Africa (RSA) |
| VULEDZANI PEARLY | MAIYANA | Groundwater Vulnerability to Microplastic Pollution from Landfills: A Risk Assessment in South Africa’s Upper Vaal Water Management Area |
| DONALD | ROBERTSON | Co-Designing Groundwater Monitoring Through Citizen Science: Insights from a Field Trial in Malawi |
| RAMU | – | Blue Gold: Tracking Water withdrawals and Conservation in BRICS Nations |
| SAURAV | BHATTARAI | Advancing groundwater monitoring and downscaling using open datasets and machine learning in the Mississippi river basin |
Water for Sustainable Development: 6.2 Water & SDGs
| Presenter | Title | |
| ABDELMAJID | ELBAKKALI | Management of wastewater resources in Morocco : Diagnosis of the societal acceptance of the sanitation programThe case of the provinces of Meknes, El Hajeb and Ifrane |
| FRANCIS | NJUAKOM | Sustainable deep wells for schools and communities: Harnessing Technology & Eco-friendly Innovative Engineering Solutions to enhance water security and SDGs in Cameroon |
| ADNANE | ELHAJJI | A Multi-Scale Water Poverty Assessment of Morocco: Applying the Water Poverty Index |
| JINLING | WANG | Case studies from China’s progress toward United Nations 2030 Agenda for SDG6 |
| MASAHARU | MOTOSHITA | Ecosystem-specific water scarcity indicator for sustainable water management in global supply chains: RESCUE |
| MARIA | NEVES | Integrating Water Quality Indices and Spatial Susceptibility Analysis in Marinas |
| ADIZUE | JANE | Small Drops, Big impact; A micro-scale approach to community safe water system |
Water Governance, Financing, and Planning During Uncertainty: 1.5 Partnership and Cooperation
| Presenter | Title | |
| TUĞBA EVRIM | MADEN | Water Diplomacy, Science Diplomacy, and Capacity Development: Integration and Cooperation in Transboundary Water Management |
| LOAY | SIEF | PJTC: A Strategic Paradigm for Integrated Transboundary Water Governance in the Nile Basin |
| AGNÈS | CHANUT | Urban–Water Interfaces: Strengthening collaboration for a resilient Marrakech and Tangier. |
Water Governance, Financing, and Planning During Uncertainty: 1.1 Rural Development (and 1.2 Financial Solutions for Water Projects)
| Presenter | Title | |
| MUHAMMAD BADRUL | HASAN | Elucidating households’ preferences for drinking water supply systems in rural coastal Bangladesh: A choice experiment model |
| VIVIANA | VARGAS FRANCO | Towards a web-based decision support system for the planning of micro-watersheds: case studies in Colombia |
| ATHMANE | KHETTOUCH | Indigenous water management systems under global change: an interdisciplinary assessment of the resilience of the Khettara system in Morocco’s Southern Oases |
| ANANYA | Linking insurance and resilience infrastructure for financing water security projects | |
| GUILLAUME | MARTIN | Importing Water as a Solution to Water Stress. From the Congo River to the Sahel: A Study Using Real Options. |
| IKRAM | BENCHBANI | Sustainable Water Finance in Morocco : bridging investment gaps in a water-stressed system through innovative funding mechanisms |
Water-Energy-Food-Ecosystems Nexus (WEFE Nexus): 2.2 Governance Frameworks for the WEFE
| First name | Last name | Title |
| SALAM | ABABNEH | Integrated Governance of the WEFE Nexus in Jordan: A Path Towards a Sustainable Development. |
| MANUEL | SAPIANO | Transforming Malta’s National Water Management Framework through the application of the WEFE Nexus. |
| JEAN LOUIS YANNICK | OMOTONOKO | From Theory to Practice: Implementing WEF Nexus Approaches to Tackle Resource Challenges in Developing countries Contexts. Case study of Kinshasa, DRC. MSc. Thesis, 2023. |
| DR. MOHAMED | DAWOUD | Water, Food and Energy Nexus in Arab Region: Challenges and Opportunities |
| INES | DOMBROWSKY | Mechanisms for governing the Water-Energy-Food-Ecosystems (WEFE) nexus: A comparative analysis |
| MAJED | ABU-ZREIG | Promoting Water-Energy-Food-Ecosystem (WEFE) Nexus Approach and Water Diplomacy for Conflict Prevention and Cooperation in the MENA Region |
| JOSE LUIS | MARTIN BORDES | Harnessing AI for WEFE Nexus Assessment: Innovating Water Management for Transformative Policy and Practice |
Water Security and Water-related risks: 3.1 Water Disaster Management
| Presenter | Title | |
| PINTU KUMAR | MAHLA | Charting India’s Water Future: Framing Water Security Imaginaries in Jammu and Kashmir |
| SLIM | MTIBAA | Assessing the global economic impacts of floods and their potential propagation through international trade |
| NABIL | AOUICHATY | Soil erosion risk assessment Using the RUSLE Model, Remote Sensing, GIS and hydrological modeling in Ksob watershed, Tensift, Morocco |
| NOEMIA | CUNHA | Evolution of the Portuguese Water Security Policy (1967-2002): Governance, Regulatory Advances and Challenges in Flood Risk Management |
| SIEN | LIU | Cyber – Physical Systems and Digital Twins: Empowering Urban Resilience Against Extreme Rainfall – Induced Floods |
Towards Innovation and a Smart Water Future: 4.1 Smart Water Management
| Presenter | Title | |
| PJ | SANTA | Revolutionizing Climate Adaptation: A Digital Twin Economy for Smart Water Cities & Community-Driven Resilience in Tropical Watersheds |
| SHAFAYET | RAHMAN | AI-Driven Predictive Analytics for Smart Water Infrastructure Resilience and Disaster Mitigation |
| MUSTAPHA | HAJJI | Mixed AI and numerical simulations models for leaks and networks obstruction detection used optimized sensor location. |
| HANANE | BENQLILOU | AI-driven (LLM) desalination solution to improve desalination plants efficiency in Morocco |
| HANANE | BENQLILOU | Predicting scale formation in water mains and networks using AI and low power sensors technologies – The case of Azrou drinking water supply system |
Groundwater Challenges and Opportunities: 5.1 Groundwater Assessment
| Presenter | Title | |
| LINDELANI | LALUMBE | Role of hydrogeological information products in sustainable groundwater management in South Africa |
| AMALE | SOUDANI | Enhanced 3D Hydrogeological Model for the Assessment of Groundwater and Seawater Intrusion in the Mnasra Coastal Aquifer by Advanced Modeling |
| ADAMU | BASHIR AHMAD | Evaluation of ground water depletion within kano metropolitan |
| MUGDHA | KINHIKAR | Arid Tapestries: A Systematic Literature Review of Groundwater Policy Evolution |
| JULIO CESAR | QUINONEZ BASAGOITIA | Impact on water recharge of the san salvador aquifer and increased risk of downstream floods due to the construction of the national stadium in el salvador |
Water for Sustainable Development: 6.2 Water & SDGs
| Presenter | Title | |
| PAMELA | MUSIMENTA | Assessing the impact of land use and land cover changes on the stream flows. a case study of the upper river rwizi catchment |
| BEYOND | STICK | Research on Pathways for Soil and Water Conservation to Promote the Sustainable Development of Water Resources |
| SHI | ZHANG | Revitalizing Urban Waterscapes: Ecological Engineering Strategies for Yangtze River Basin Sustainability |
| CHIARA | BISCARINI | Women in Water Science |
| ADIZUE | JANE | Lessons Learned from the WASH for Healthy Lives Project: Addressing Climate-Induced Water Scarcity and Improving Water Resource Management in Rural Nigerian Communities |
Water Quality and One Health Opportunities: 7.2 Detecting and Mitigating Contaminants of Emerging Concern (CECs)
| Presenter | Title | |
| MBUYISELWA | MOLOI | The environmental exposure of CECs in developing countries: A case study of CECs in South African freshwater systems |
| FATIMA-EZAHRA | AMOUAT | Surveillance of Multidrug-Resistant Bacteria from Wastewater in Marrakech, Morocco: A One Health approach |
| ASMA | OUTAGANT | Assessment of groundwater quality based on pharmaceutical and pesticide monitoring in Draa basin (Morocco) |
| N’GUETTIA | KOSSONOU ROLAND | Health Risk Assessment of Trace Metal Contamination in Groundwater: A Case Study of Divo Department, Côte d’Ivoire |
| KERVELLE | BAIRD | Microplastics – Science Optimizing Solutions |
| PAKI ISRAEL | DIKOBE | Comparison study of various powder activated carbon that can effectively remove contaminants of emerging concern from drinking water. |
Water Governance, Financing, and Planning During Uncertainty: 1.4 Water Governance at All Levels
| Presenter | Title | |
| GUILLERMO | DONOSO | Bridging Governance for Water Resilience: The Role of Organizational Structures in Enabling Collective Action |
| ABDELAZIZ | ZOUHIR | From water quality monitoring to the generalization of health risk assessment and management approaches. – Experience of ONEE Water Branch – |
| DIEGO | POZZOLI | Enhancing Transboundary Water Governance in the Medjerda River Basin: BRIDGE 5 Project |
| SARAH | APPIAH | Gender analysis of water policies and governance in Nigeria |
| LORENA | PROCÓPIO | Developing a Performance Index for Water and Sanitation Concessions: The Case of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. |
Water Governance, Financing, and Planning During Uncertainty: 1.1 Rural Development
| Presenter | Title | |
| PABLO | ZAMORA | Bridging Legal Frameworks: The Role of International Law in Protecting Water Resources and Cultural Heritage in Costa Rica |
| SILVIA | LANDA | Understanding Personal and Institutional Factors Influencing Village Government Funding for Water and Sanitation Climate-Resilient Infrastructure in Rural Villages in Indonesia |
| LOUISON | ROUDIER | ProGIRE : Promotion of Integrated Water Resources Management in the oases of Ferkla and Aguinane – Morocco |
| EVERISTO | MAPEDZA | Indigenous Knowledge System for governing floods in the Barotse Flood plain in Zambia |
| MADINA | BA | The Importance of Small Temporary Wetlands in Arid and Semi-Arid Regions for Local Development: The Case of Ferlo in Senegal |
Water-Energy-Food-Ecosystems Nexus (WEFE Nexus): 2.1 Expanding Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM)
| Presenter | Title | |
| ERO | IBHAFIDON | Innovative Water Solutions for Climate Resilience and Sustainable Development: Waterlight Save Initiative’s Approach |
| QING | QIN | Research on Safety Evaluation and Prediction of the Water-Energy-Food System in the Yangtze River Economic Belt from a Field Perspective |
| ALEJANDRA | ESCALANTE PAREDES | Blockchain mechanism for value exchange, based on a predictive model of evapotranspiration using a Turing pattern, applied in the coffee-growing region of northern Puebla. |
| JUAN | OJEDA COUCHOUD | Outcomes of the wefe nexus sessions in the mediterranean regional processes for the last world water forums (from brasilia 2018 to bali 2024) |
| MANISHA | SINGH | Deciphering the water-forest-climate nexus through long-term hydro-climatic trends in watersheds of narmada river |
| ILYA | ZASLAVSKY | Technical Innovations in Water and WEFH Nexus Data Integration: Lessons from GC3WEFH and WEN-OKN projects |
Water Security and Water-related risks: 3.1 Water Disaster Management
| Presenter | Title | |
| FEIQING | JIANG | Response of extreme precipitation to urbanization in Taihu Basin considering regional heterogeneity |
| JUAN | CHENG | Water Security Risk Assessment in the Mekong River Basin: A Machine Learning Approach Grounded in Field Theory |
| MD. FIROJ | ALAM | School-led arsenic testing initiative: Testing the concept in some selected schools in Bangladesh |
| RUICONG | SUN | Evolution and Simulation Analysis of Water Resources Cooperation Strategy in Transboundary Rivers under the Influence of Public Opinion Dissemination |
| OLEKSANDR | NESTERENKO | Water as a Catalyst for Peace – Sustainable Solutions to Address the Root Causes of Water-Induced Stress to Prevent Future Conflicts |
Towards Innovation and a Smart Water Future: 4.1 Smart Water Management
| Presenter | Title | |
| ALFONSO | EXPÓSITO | Digitalization for water scarcity and climate resilience: Insights from Spain |
| MOHAMMED | EL HAFYANI | A combined approach of UAV data and machine learning algorithms inWeeds detection in a citrus orchard |
| KANGMIN | KOO | Development of a Multi-CCTV-Based Surface Image Flowmeter for Flow Monitoring in Medium-to-Large Rivers |
| ANDREA | BORGO | Advancing digital solutions for sustainable irrigation water management in Mediterranean agriculture |
| MARTA | DEBOLINI | Integrating Stakeholder Engagement and Digital Solutions for Water Resource Management at Farm and Watershed Scales in the Mediterranean region |
Groundwater Challenges and Opportunities: 5.1 Groundwater Assessment
| Presenter | Title | |
| LILIAN | BAINEMIREMBE | Assessement of groundwater vulnerability with urban development in greater kampala metropolitan area, uganda using drastic-lu model in arcgis. |
| ADETUNJI | ADENIJI | Application of Dar-Zarrouk Parameters and Coefficient of Anisotropy in Groundwater study within a Basement Complex Formation of Southwestern Nigeria |
| HAMIDREZA | SHARIFAN | Innovative Sensing Technology for Monitoring PFAS Contamination of Groundwater |
| MOUAD | ABBAD | Satellite-based assessment of groundwater dynamics in Moroccan aquifers: Insights from GRACE-derived products |
| PARVESH | BALLOO | Mapping sea water intrusion in a basaltic formation using geophysical techniques. |
Water for Sustainable Development: 6.1 Rights to Water and Sanitation
| Presenter | Title | |
| LUAY | FROUKH | Decentralized and Private Partnership Model Can help Jordan for Sustainable Water Development |
| SILVIA | LANDA | Climate Change Response for Inclusive WASH Program Implementation: A Case Study from Indonesia |
| DOST | XI | Deployment of Vertical Helophyte Filter System (VHFS) for Private Industries, Public Facilities, and Disadvantaged Communities in Davao Region. |
| LÉONARD | CRETTOL | Clean Water for Organic Waste’ – A circular economy project that has enabled access to drinkable water in the rural locality of Coussi, Benin. |
| ENOVWO | ODJEGBA | Beyond Access: Examining Utilization Patterns and Barriers to Household Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Services in Oke Ogun Towns, Nigeria |
| TRACY-LYNN | FIELD | The South African Water Justice Tracker: Measuring Progressive Realization of the Right to Water Across 144 Water Services Authorities |
| IMEN | KHANCHEL | Institutional Quality and Water Desalination Efficiency: Evidence for Mediterranean Region |
Water Quality and One Health Opportunities: 7.1 Monitoring, Preventing, Treating, and Decontaminating Established Pollutants
| Presenter | Title | |
| IRENE | MORALES BENÍTEZ | Magnetic nanomaterials against pollution: novel methodologies for remediation, control and revalorization of waters |
| ZHOU | WANGZI | Effects of design and season on hydraulics, water biochemical properties, and treatment performance of free water surface constructed wetlands |
| ARIANA | ROSSEN | Development of Geospatial Models for Satellite-Based Monitoring of Water Quality in Drinking Water Sources in Argentina. |
| SAID | HASNAOUI | Presence of Beta-lactam Antibiotics in the Wastewater of the Mohammed VI University Hospital of Marrakech: A Challenge for Sustainable Water Management. |
| M | YH | Pollution of the Sebou basin by margins |
| KHATHUTSHELO JOSHUA | RASIFUDI | The Testing and Application of the SWAT+ Water Allocation and Decision Tables for Nutrient Loads Simulations: A Case Study of the Integrated Vaal River System, South Africa |
| JHON DERLY | SARRIA OSPINA | Enhance the capabilities of the Monitoring System for Integrated Water Management in Agro-Industrial Contexts: Case Study of the Tocaría River Basin, Casanare – Colombia |
Accelerating Innovation in the Water Sector from NBS to AI
Moderator:
• Kari Vigerstol, Global Director of Water Security Science & Innovation, The Nature Conservancy
Keynote Speaker:
• Diane D’Arras, Former Chair of IWA, former Suez Executive, Académie des technologies
Panelists:
• Mohamed Amine, General Manager, WATEC
• Shi Qiuchi , Former Director General of the International Economic & Technical Cooperation Exchange Centre, Ministry of Water Resources, China; Director of the IWRA Executive Board (2025–2027); Vice President of the IWRA China Chapter
• Frédéric Bretar, Head of Space for Climate Observatory, French National Center Space Studies
• Stephanie Janssen, Lead for the Water as Leverage Academy, Deltares
Global Water Governance in a Changing World: Strengthening Institutions & Multilateral Cooperation
Moderator:
• Eric Tardieu, Secretary General, International Network of Basin Organizations (INBO)
Keynote Speaker:
• Retno Marsudi, UN Secretary-General’s Special Envoy on Water
Panelists:
• Nabil Ben Khatra, Executive Secretary, Sahara and Sahel Observatory (OSS)
• Kim Hyo-jung, Director General for Water Use Policy Bureau, Ministry of Environment, South Korea (TBC)
• Hicham Chad, Board member, TAQA Morocco
• Ousmane Hane, Secretary General, Organization for the Development of the Gambia river (OMVG)
• Meike van Ginneken, Water Envoy, Kingdom of the Netherlands (TBC)
Wrap up :
• Abou Amani, Director of the Division of Water Sciences, Secretary of the Intergovernmental Hydrological Program of UNESCO (UNESCO-IHP)
The Future of Water: Gaps, Opportunities, and Global Commitments Beyond 2030
Moderators:
• Akiça Bahri, International Expert and former Minister of Agriculture, Water Resources and Fisheries of Tunisia
• Tanja Miškova, Ambassador-at-Large for Water Diplomacy, Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs, Slovenia
Wrap up :
• Alice Aureli-Vice President IWRA and Michel Frem, Global youth-led action for water, IWRA
Panelists:
• Mohamed Diatta, co-host of the 2026 UN Water Conference, Ministry of Water and Sanitation, Senegal
• Alvaro Lario, (or Representative of UN-Water )
• Rashid Mbazira, Executive Secretary, AMCOW
• Abdelhafid Debbarh, Advisor to the President of the International University of Rabat-Management of surface water and groundwater in arid and semi-arid areas
• Sonja Koppel, Secretary of the UNECE Water Convention
• Simi Kamal, Chairperson of Hisaar Foundation, Pakistan, and co-founder of the Panjwani-Hisaar Water Institute at NED University in Karachi
Interconnectivity and Systems Thinking in Water Management: Bridging Sectors for Resilience
Moderators:
• Rabi H. Mohtar, Professor, Texas A&M University.
• Bilge Kocamemi, Senior Project Advisor, Turkish Water Institute (SUEN).
Panelists:
• Abdelaziz Zerouali, Director General of Hydraulic Engineering, Ministry of Equipment and Water.
• Loic Fauchon, President of the World Water Council.
• Ismahane Elouafi, Executive Managing Director, CGIAR.
• Ahmed Zniber, Director General, OCP Group.
• Bernd Manfred Gawlik, Portfolio Co-Leader for Climate and Water Resilience, European Commission
• Stratos Pistikopoulos, Professor, EI, TAMU
• Ismahane Remonnay, VP of Foresights & Alliance, Veolia
• Yuanyuan Li, Vice president of GIWP/ President of IWRA
| 10:15 – 11:45 | Special Sessions 9 (90min) |
| 1 | Tracing the Silent Pandemic: Antimicrobial Resistance in Water Cycle |
| 2 | Bridging Innovation and Policy: Collaborative Solutions for Climate Resilience |
| 3 | From Silos to Synergy: Operationalizing WEFE Nexus Governance through Multi-Stakeholder Co-Creation in Africa |
| 4 | A Water-Soil-Agriculture Alliance for the SDGs: Seven Strategic Messages to Share |
| 5 | Global Water Security Issues Series Issue No. 6 – Biodiversity Protection and Water Security |
| 6 | An Islands Freshwater Perspective to Traditional Knowledge and Nature Based Solutions: Possible New Lens to Navigate an Increasingly Polarised World? |
| 7 | Contaminants on Emerging Concern under EU Urban WW Directive: Monitoring and Quaternary Treatment Methods |
| 8 | Drought Risk Management in Morocco: Optimal Water Allocation through Reservoir Inflow Prediction Using AI |
| 9 | Managing Fossil and Non-Renewable Aquifers in Arid Climates: Global Challenges, Strategic Tools, and Participatory Innovations |
| 10 | Promoting Gender mainstreaming in the Water Sector for Inclusive and Sustainable Water Management |
| 8:30 – 10:00 | Special Sessions 8 (90min) |
| 1 | The human right to water and vital human needs in water: implementation at the domestic and transboundary levels |
| 2 | Advancing Water Across Sectors as a Priority for the Arab Region in Preparation for the 2026 United Nations Water Conference |
| 3 | SDG6 and Water – Case Studies at National to Local Scales |
| 4 | Enhancing Water and Biodiversity Protection through Environmental Justice: Lessons from Nature-Based Solutions for Water Security in Europe and South America |
| 5 | Looking Forward: 2050 Youth Water Visions |
| 6 | World Water Envoys |
| 7 | “From ground to orbit: combining in-situ and satellite monitoring of water to improve basin management |
| 8 | Invisible Peril: Unraveling the Impact of Microplastic Contamination in Drinking Water on Human Health and Water Quality in Indonesia through Youth Programme |
| 9 | World Café: Amplifying Youth Voices in Water Governance |
| 10 | Harnessing Non-Conventional Water Resources for Sustainable Agriculture and Food Security |
| 4:15 – 5:45 | Special Sessions 7 (90min) |
| 1 | Water, Peace, and Security: Advancing Conflict-Sensitive Water Management (2020- 2024) |
| 2 | Circular Food Systems and Agroecology –Global South and North perspectives |
| 3 | Defining Best Practices in the Water-Food-Energy-Ecosystems (WEFE) Nexus: Lessons from the Mediterranean |
| 4 | Capacity building: Vocational training to improve water management |
| 5 | Innovative Groundwater Governance: Scientific and Participatory Approaches to Address Climate and Water Challenges |
| 6 | Scaling Water Solutions in a Water Scarce World |
| 7 | Collaborative Learning School Hackathon Morocco: Practical field-based science to policy experiences with early career researchers from Africa and USA |
| 8 | Unlocking New Water Frontiers: Exploring Opportunities and Risks of Alternative Sources for Agriculture and Urban Use |
| 9 | Revolutionizing Water Management: Empowering Rural Communities with Solar-Powered Water Systems and Participatory Governance/ Solarization of Agriculture: A Global Synthesis |
| 4:15 – 5:45 | Special Sessions 6 (90min) |
| 1 | Sustainable Management of Fossil and Non-Renewable Aquifers – Global Challenges, Innovations, and Adaptive Strategies |
| 2 | Innovative strategies for integrated groundwater and surface water management for a changing climate. |
| 3 | Sustainable Groundwater Management and Monitoring Technology Applications: A Global Perspective |
| 4 | Water resources and climate change: an environmental and humanitarian crisis |
| 5 | Empowering Women in Research: Advancing Citizen Science and Vocational Training for social Inclusive, Evidence-Based Data and research |
| 6 | Water Diplomacy in Action: Cooperative Frameworks for Water Security for All |
| 7 | Empowering Smallholder Farmers: Mapping climate-smart technologies and enabling evidence-based technology assessment |
| 8 | Wastewater and Environmental Surveillance (WES) under One Health: Innovation for Global Health Security |
| 9 | Scaling Water Resilience in the MENA Region: Rethinking Governance and Financing Mechanisms |
| 12-1pm | Special Sessions 5 (60min) |
| 1 | The importance of khettaras in preserving irrigation water |
| 2 | A manifesto for the freshwater rule of law |
| 3 | Large water projects for adaptation to climate & water risks in MENA: Learnings from Morocco, Egypt and GCC countries experiences |
| 4 | Quantifying Ecological Drought – From Hydrological Monitoring to the Assessment of Impacts on Aquatic Ecosystems |
| 5 | Enhancing farm productivity through sustainable irrigation practices: Analyzing the impact of the National irrigation scheme in India |
| 6 | Showcasing WEFE Nexus Systems Approach Case Studies in Water Management |
| 7 | Scaling Up Nature-based Approaches for Sustainable Water Management |
| 8 | Collaborative Decision-Making in Watershed Management Using SWAT: Leveraging the EVAL Framework for Sustainable Outcomes. |
| 9 | Halfway to 2075: Fifty years of Water International |
| 10 | Snow Research and Emerging Technologies for Resilient Water Management in Morocco |
| 4:15 – 5:45pm | Special Sessions 4 (90min) |
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Water under fire – the role of partnerships in preventive action |
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Leveraging innovative finance to strengthen South-South and Triangular water cooperation. |
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Boosting performance of irrigation and supporting productive water use through co-designed digital innovations using WaPOR data layers |
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Innovating for Scalable Nature-Based Solutions: Technology and Strategies for Water Management |
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Disruptive Innovation of Water Management with the Digital Technologies |
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Smart Water Management: Innovations, challenges, and the strategic path to digital transformation |
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Towards 2030: Adapting and Innovating Transboundary Water Cooperation through SDG 6.5.2 Monitoring |
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Governing Water in a Changing Climate: Integrating Resilient, Flexible Planning and Innovative Tools for Sustainable Management |
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Natural – Economy- Water (NEW) Nexus: Philosophy and Practice |
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Surface Water Management in Arid Regions: Integration, Restoration, and Innovation (IWRA, KSA) |
| 12-1pm | Special Sessions 3 (60min) |
| 1 | Resilient Communities Through Water-Energy-Food-Health Nexus |
| 2 | Enhancing Water Security Through Non-Conventional Resources: Economic, Technical, and Social Dimensions |
| 3 | “Adapting to Water Challenges in Urban Planning, Development and Housing |
| 4 | Enhancing water reuse in the MENA region using AI, Earth Observation, and advanced data analytics |
| 5 | Leveraging Networks Toward Improved Soil and Water-Energy-Food System Sustainability |
| 6 | Universities as Catalysts for Water Innovation: Sustainable Solutions for a Resilient Future |
| 7 | Advanced Data Science for Water Resource Analysis and Management |
| 8 | Youth-Led Governance for Equitable and Climate-Resilient Water Systems |
| 9 | Harnessing AI for WEFE Nexus Assessment: Innovating Water Management for Transformative Policy and Practice |
| 10 | Novel Approaches to Nexus Management in a shared river basin: A Transboundary Multi-Stakeholder Platform & Dynamic Basin-wide modelling in in the Incomati-Maputo Basin of southern Africa |
| 4:15 – 5:45pm | Special Sessions 2 (90min) |
| 1 | The future of transboundary aquifer management under legal uncertainty. What next? |
| 2 | Civil society and Youth at the Heart of Water Governance: Advocacy, Innovation & Citizen Mobilization |
| 3 | Making Africa more resilient to hydro-climatic extremes |
| 4 | Effective and ineffective practices in decentralized, collaborative water governance at the basin level |
| 5 | The post-2025 Africa Water Vision and Policy: a strategic framework towards inclusive and climate resilient water security on the continent |
| 6 | Realizing ‘Action for a Better Tomorrow’: The Roadmap to the 11th World Water Forum |
| 7 | AI and Precision Technologies in Water Management: Adoption, Ethics, and Policy Implications |
| 8 | Non-Conventional Water Resources and Associated Renewable Energies |
| 9 | Desalination: Opportunities and Challenges |
| 10 | Groundwater Management in Arid Regions：From Overuse to Resilience |
| 12-1pm | Special Sessions 1 (60 min) |
| 1 | Just Transitions for Water Security: Climate-secure futures built on water-secure foundations |
| 2 | Coherent Water-Food Policies for MENA’s Rural Resilience: Insights from Egypt and Morocco |
| 3 | Governing Groundwater Resources Under Uncertainty: Comparative National Groundwater Governance and Regulations |
| 4 | Nature-based Solutions for water security – Overcoming the implementation challenge |
| 5 | The Future of Water-Energy-Food-Health (WEFH) Nexus Research: Emerging Trends, Challenges, and Opportunities |
| 6 | Financing Resilient Water Infrastructure in a Changing Climate: Lessons from NDB’s Experience in Brazil |
| 7 | Local Climate Forums: Lessons for the Water Sector from a socio-political approach to climate change. |
| 8 | The importance of North to South water research and Innovation cooperation between Europe and Africa |
| 9 | Key Water Resource Fields: Analysis of Global Development Trends and Future Pathways |
| 10 | Morocco at a critical juncture: opportunities for improved water governance |
