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8TH WORLD WATER FORUM
2018-03-18 - 2018-03-23
Ulisses Guimarães Convention
Center and the National Stadium in
Brasilia, Brazil
The World Water Forum is the
world’s biggest water-related event
and is organized by the World Water
Council.
attending the
Global Water
Summit is crucial
if they are serious
about growing
their businesses, understanding how core markets
are developing, keeping up with the competition
and forging new business contacts.
Business meetings are at the heart of this industry-
renowned event. Every year, over 600 top
Its mission is “to promote awareness, build political
executives – including water business leaders,
commitment and trigger action on critical water issues at
industrial water users, utility managers, leading
all levels, to facilitate the efficient con servation, protection,
water technology providers and major investors
development, planning, management and use of water in
– come together to determine water’s key role in
all its dimensions on an environmentally sustainable basis
sustainable economic growth and to meet with
for the benefit of all life
potential partners, suppliers and clients.
Nature for Water:
Water Loss 2018
World Water Day 2018
World Water Day (22 March)
is a day to raise awareness
and inspire action to tackle
water and sanitation issues.
Every year, UN-Water
proposes a theme for World
Water Day corresponding to
a current or future challenge.
The theme sets the focus for the World Water
Development Report launched annually on 22
March.
World Water Day 2018 ’Nature for Water’ will
show the potential of nature-based solutions for
water and how they can be considered for water
management policy and practice.
In this session, participants will get an opportunity
to learn more about the theme of World Water Day,
the objectives of the campaign and identify ways
for their organizations to be actively involved. The
World Water Day campaign is coordinated by the
Convention on Biological Diversity, UNESCO and
UN Environment with the support of other UN-
Water Members and Partners.
The Global Water Summit
Location: Marriot Rive Gauche Hotel &
Conference Centre, Paris
Dates: 15 – 17 April 2018
Over the last 10 years, more and more senior
executives working in water have realized that
Date: 7 to 9 May 2018
Cape Town South Africa
The IWA Water Loss Specialist
Group, together with City
Of Cape Town, will host the
biennial Water Loss Conference
and Exhibit from 7 to 9 May
2018 at the Century City Conference Centre and
Hotel in Cape Town, South Africa.
The Water Loss Conference and Exhibition 2018
will be one of the world’s largest water loss
conferences and is expected to attract over 500
participants from more than 50 countries. Many
of the world’s leading experts in the field of Non
Revenue Water Management will be present and
will discuss the latest developments, strategies,
techniques and applications of international best
practices as well as successful case studies.
In addition they will present a 1-day pre-
conference workshop on 6 May 2018 to provide
an introduction to the issue of Non Revenue Water
Management and an overview of the latest IWA
Methodology for reducing water losses from
Municipal water supply systems. Sponsorship
opportunities are now available to all service
providers who have an interest in water loss
reduction.
The opportunity to showcase your products
and services to the largest group of water loss
specialists is not to be missed!
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