Water Eco-Security 2015

• Crisis Management Exercise – Christian Roche, Industrial Safety Expert, SIAAP (presentation)

Session 1 – Crisis Management Exercises & Capacity Building
Chair: Eric Adamse – Security Policy Officer, VITENS

• Alexandra Cristóvão, Director of Corporate Sustainability – EPAL Present and Future (Presentation)
• Ashok Hukku of the city of Mumbai – SIAAP Crisis Management Exercise (presentation)

Session 2 – Eco-Security Challenges – Post Disaster Observations & Lessons Learned
Chair: Dr. Jacques Deveze, Former High Commissioner of Defense
Keynote speakers

• Vincent Sapienza, Deputy Commissioner at NYC-DEP – Post Sandy – Observations & Lessons Learned(presentation)
• Dr. Atsushi Masuko, President TSS at Tokyo Water Corporation Experience, Disaster Response Experience of Japan – Lessons Learned and their Impacts on Current Practice(presentation)

Case Studies

• Bernard Michaux, Director of Production at CILE (Liège) – Emergency plan due to the pollution of a water network further to the inverse flow of non-potable water on a private connection, consequences and lessons learned(presentation)
• Amit Chanan, Director of Infrastructure in the City of Sydney – Resilience – Learning from Recent Disasters in Australian Cities(presentation)

Session 3 – Adaptation Strategies for Mitigating Climate Change Impacts
Chair: Prof. Fadi Comair, Honorary President of the MENBO, Vice President of SEMIDE
Keynote speakers

• Jörg Simon, CEO, Berliner Wasserbetriebe – Secure a Sustainable Watercycle against Coming Challenges (presentation)
• Regis Thepot, Director, Seine Grand Lacs – MAKING PARIS MORE RESILIENT TO EXTREME HYDROLOGICAL EVENTS (presentation)
• Ido Rosolio, Former CEO, Mekorot – Food, Water and Energy – Resources that are Depleted as Mankind Grows: A Global Overview (presentation)
• Jean-Michel Tiberi, VP Business Development Cities, Veolia – Eco Sustainability Challenges and Strategies Adapted By Veolia to Face the Effects of Global Climate Change (presentation)

Session 4- The Way Forward – Disaster Resiliency Measures & Capacity Building
Chair: Denis Penouel, Deputy CEO, SIAAP
Keynote Speakers:

• Diane d’Arras, President Elect of IWA – Resiliency Measures and Capacity Building in climate change conditions and growing vulnerable countries” (presentation)
• Jack Baylis, CEO The Baylis Group, Los Angeles – Policies, Plans, and Practices – Climate Change and North American Local Government Water Agency Examples (presentation)
• Eric Macfarlane, Deputy Commissioner Infrastructure, NYC-DDC – Challenges and Current Plans of the Way Forward Towards a Resilient NYC (presentation)

Panelists:

• Alain Palmans, Director General, CILE (presentation)

Session 5 -“Smarter” Utility Networks & Innovative Technologies Solutions
Co-Chairs: Bruno Nguyen, President W-SMART and Dr. Yossi Yaacoby, Director, WaTech, Mekorot

• Erick Oostermeyer, Coordinator SW4EU – Opening Remarks (presentation)