Water Security
and Climate Change
Conference

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Registration
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Keynote – Joyeeta Gupta (University of Amsterdam) on “Water Security and SDG’s” (30 min)
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Room: Köln

Keynote – Justin Sheffield (University of Southampton) on “Drought monitoring and prediction in data scarce regions” (30 min)
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Room: Köln

Plenary Keynote – Karen Villholth, International Water Management Institute (IWMI) (30 min)
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Room: Köln

Session 18 – Science2development lessons for SDGs
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Room: Berlin

Organized by Institute for Technology and Resources Management in the Tropics and Subtropics (ITT), TH Köln

Session 7 – “Water Security and Migration”
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Room: Berlin

Organized by Sustainable Water Management in Developing Countries (SWINDON), TU Braunschweig

Session 1 – “Water and Health”
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Room: Berlin

Organized by Institute for Hygiene and Public Health
University of Bonn

Coffee & tea break
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Coffee & tea break
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Coffee & tea break
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Session 11 – Science Policy Forum “Combating Water-related Causes of Migration and Flight”
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Room: Berlin

Organized by Inter3 - Institute for Resources Management

Session 4 – “No Food Security without Water Security”
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Room: Berlin

Organized by Food Security Center (FSC), University of Hohenheim

Open Space
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Room: Köln

Output, Lessons learned, Wrap-up

Registration
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Lunch break
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Lunch break
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Lunch break
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Opening session
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Room: Köln

The WSCC will be inaugurated by:
Lars Ribbe, Director of the Institute for Technology and Resources Management in the Tropics and Subtropics (ITT), TH Köln;
Andreas Haarstrick, project leader of the International Network on Sustainable Water Management in Developing Countries (SWINDON), TU Braunschweig;
Jenny Kopsch-Xhema, Food Security Center, University of Hohenheim
Lars Gerold, German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD)
Mukand Babel, Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) on "Carbon & Water footprint WSCC 2017"

Keynote – Upmanu Lall (Columbia University) on “Climate Risk Mitigation and Water Security” (30 min)
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Room: Köln

Closing Session
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Room: Köln

Key output of the conference summarized
Announcement WSCC 2018
Closing remark

No Session
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Panel Discussion
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Room: Köln

Panelists: Hans Konrad Biesalski (Food Security Center, University of Hohenheim), Ines Dombrowsky (German Development Institute), Upmanu Lall (Columbia University), Arnt Diener (World Health Organization), Martin Kerres (Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit), Lars Ribbe (TH Köln)

(Re-) Launch MOOC
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Room: Köln

(Re-) launching of the Massive Open Online Course on "Disasters and Ecosystems: Resilience in a Changing Climate"

Coffee & tea break
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Keynote – Ulrike Pokorski da Cunha (GIZ) on “Water Resources Security: From Key to Priority” (30 min)
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Room: Köln

Poster Session 1: “Agricultural Water Management”
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Room: Berlin

Organized by Institute for Technology and Resources Management in the Tropics and Subtropics (ITT), TH Köln

Coffee and tea break
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Press Conference
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Room: Berlin

Panel Discussion
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Room: Köln

Panelists: Ulrike Pokorski (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit), Upmanu Lall (Columbia University), Janos Bogardi (University of Bonn) and Mukand Babel (Asian Institute of Technology)

Transport to “Public Session” venue
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FORUM Volkshochschule in the Museum at Neumarkt. Cäcilienstraße 29-33, 50667 Köln.

Transport to dinner venue / guided walk to conference dinner
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Public Session: “Meet the Scientists” – A Dialog on Water Security and Climate Change
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in FORUM Volkshochschule in the Museum at Neumarkt
Cäcilienstraße 29-33 | 50667 Köln

Conference Dinner
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CONSILIUM Restaurant Café Bar
Rathausplatz 1, 50667 Köln