Tentative Agenda
Sunday and Monday, 22 and 23 October
Arrivals
Monday, 23 October
17:00 Welcome Reception - Protea by Marriott, Cape Town
Tuesday, 24 October
08:00-16:00 Depart for tour with stops to include Stormwater Pond, Mitchell’s Plain, Berg River Dam, and the Water Hub in Franschhoek
18:00 Buses depart for dinner
18:30 Group dinner - Cape Town
Wednesday, 25 October
08:00 Registration and Refreshments
08:45 Opening Ceremony: Welcome and Introductions
Soroosh Sorooshian, Forum Chair and Distinguished Professor, Civil & Environmental Engineering and Earth System Science, University of California Irvine, United States
Suki Goodman, Dean, Faculty of Commerce, University of Cape Town, South Africa and
Djiby Thiam, Director of Water and Poduction Economics Unit, University of Cape Town, South Africa
Glenda Humiston, Vice President, Agriculture and Natural Resources, University of California, United States
09:30 Keynote: Will Africa’s Farming Sector Survive Climate Change? Behavioral, Technological and Institutional Aspects
Ariel Dinar, Distinguished Professor Emeritus, School of Public Policy, University of California, Riverside, United States
10:00 Session 1: Innovation in Agricultural Water Quality and Quantity Management
Chair: Ariel Dinar, Distinguished Professor Emeritus, School of Public Policy, University of California, Riverside, United States
10:05 Digital Technology as a Solution to Address Negative Impact of Climate Change on Women's Agricultural Participation in Sub-Saharan Africa
Karabo Mokgonyana, Advocate for Human Rights, City of Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa
10:30 Break
10:55 Case Study: Wastewater Reuse for Agriculture as an Adaptation Measure to Water Scarcity and Climate Change: Algerian Experience
Chérifa Abdelbaki, Pan African University, Algeria
11:20 Case Study: Where the World is Going With Focus on Technological and Climate Smart Ag Technology
Mahmood Ahmad, Chief Technical Advisor, RIZQ Knowledge Hub, Lahore, Pakistan and Bangkok, Thailand
11:45 Case Study: Advances in Water Research: Enhancing Sustainable Water Use in Irrigated Agriculture in South Africa
Sylvester Mpandeli, Research Manager, Water Research Commission, South Africa
12:10 Discussion
12:45 Lunch
14:15 Session 2: Considerations for Widespread Adoption of Improved Agriculture Water Use Technologies and Practices: Social, Economic and Policy Barriers
Chair: Andrea Gerlak, School of Geography & Development, University of Arizona, United States
14:20 Adoption of Improved Water Technology in Agriculture: Drivers and Barriers
Johannes Sauer, Ag Production and Resource Economics, Technical University of Munich, Germany
14:45 Institutional and Policy Related Challenges that Limit the Adoption of Improved Agricultural Water Use Technology and Practice: Enhancing Rainfed Agricultural Systems in the Zambezi Watercourse
Xanani Baloyi, Programme Officer, Gender and Equality Focal Point, Stockholm International Water Institute, South Africa
15:10 Strategies to Foster the Implementation of Policy on the Ground: Regional Water Partnerships and Capacity Building
Caroline Gelderblom, Manager, Water Source Institutional and Financing Grameworks, World Wildlife Fund International, South Africa
15:35 Break
16:05 Roundtable Discussion
17:00 Adjourn
Thursday, 26 October
08:00 Refreshments
08:30 Session 3: Water Productivity: Positive and Negative Impacts
Chair: Lucia De Stefano, Associate Professor, Complutense University of Madrid, Spain and Deputy Director, Water Observatory of the Botin Foundation
08:35 Water for Residential Sector: Socio-Economic Welfare and Environmental Costs
Slim Zekri, Associate Professor and Department Head, Natural Resource Economics, Sultan Qaboos University, Oman
09:00 Case Study on Chile: Water for Mining - Socio-Economic Welfare and Environmental Costs
Guillermo Donoso Harris, Professor and Chair, Department of Agricultural Economics, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
09:25 Case Study on Ghana: Natural Resources Extraction, Institutional Quality and Household Welfare: The Case of Mining in Africa
Raymond Boadi Frempong, Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Bayreuth, Germany
09:50 Water Allocation and Trade-offs Between End-Users
Maria Cristina Rulli, Professor, Water and Food Security, Politecnico di Milano, Italy
10:15 Discussion
10:50 Break
11:20 Session 4: Gender Issues
Chair: Djiby Thiam, Associate Professor, School of Economics, University of Cape Town
11:25 Exploring the Intersection of Water, Agriculture, and Gender: Perspectives and Implications
Grace Muinga, Gender Specialist, Global Center on Adaptation, Kenya
11:50 Approaches to Resilience-Based Urban Water Governance in South Africa - What Role Does Gender Play?
Kirsty Carden, Associate Professor and Interim Director, Future Water Research Institute, University of Cape Town, South Africa
12:15 Discussion
12:45 Lunch
14:15 Key Lessons from the Forum and Main Take Aways
Moderated by:
Christina Babbitt, Enterprise Sustainability, Starbucks, United States
Ayman Rabi, Executive Director, Palestinian Hydrology Group, Palestine
16:00 Adjourn
18:00 Dinner
Remembrance for Richard Rosenberg
Helen Ingram, Professor Emeritus, School of Social Ecology, University of California, Irvine
Friday, 27 October
08:00-16:00 Technical Workshop on Unpacking Water Management Complexities in the Global South
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