BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.2.3.1//EN TZID:Europe/Paris X-WR-TIMEZONE:Europe/Paris BEGIN:VEVENT UID:18@wfeo.org DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20230323T190000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20230323T200000 DTSTAMP:20230316T093422Z URL:https://www.wfeo.org/events/wfeo-isc-side-event-at-un-2023-water-confe rence/ SUMMARY:WFEO-ISC Side-Event at UN 2023 Water Conference DESCRIPTION:\n\nThe World Federation of Engineering Organizations (WFEO) an d the International Science Council (ISC)\, partners in the UN Scientific and Technological Community Major Group\, will organize the side-event "Th e Role of the Science and Technology (S&T) Community on the Pillars for Ac celerating Progress and Transformative Actions on SDG 6" on 23 March 2023\ , 2:00 - 3:00 pm EST / 6:00 - 7:00 pm GMT / 7:00 - 8:00 pm CET.\n\nThis si de-event is organized within the UN 2023 Water Conference that will take p lace at UN Headquarters in New York\, between 22 and 24 March 2023.\n\nThe registration page is available in this link: bit.ly/3ZxVprq\n\nLimited ac cess to safe water and sanitation\, strains on available water resources\, threats to water use in critical aspects of daily life and exacerbating d isaster risks in the forms of droughts\, floods and other damage to ecosys tems still affect too many people worldwide. Sustainable Development Goal 6 (SDG 6) – ‘to ensure availability and sustainable management of wate r and sanitation for all by 2030’ – supports many\, if not all\, of th e other 16 SDGs\, particularly on health and disease prevention\, educatio n\, food\, gender equality\, energy\, and climate change. \n\nHowever\, we are alarmingly off-track\, and the issue is only going to become more cri tical in a context of changing weather patterns under the effects of clima te change\, migration of populations and shifting resource demands\, poor management of water resources leading to overuse\, pollution\, damage to c ritical aquifers and the resulting inadequate supplies of water for critic al needs\, such as health care and food production. \n\nThe challenges we face are unprecedented and growing. With less than 10 years to go to achie ve the SDGs in time\, we need an immediate and integrated global response to rapidly improve progress on SDG 6.\n\nTherefore\, the UN has launched t he SDG 6 Global Acceleration Framework – a new\, unifying initiative tha t involves all sectors of society to speed up progress by improving suppor t to countries. It is part of the UN Secretary-General’s Decade of Actio n to deliver the SDGs by 2030. The work will be carried out through action pillars: Engage\, Align\, Accelerate and Account.\n\nWithin the scope of the “Accelerate” pillar\, five accelerators will dramatically improve the international community. These are:\n\nFinancing - Optimized financing is essential to get resources behind country plans. \nData and informatio n - Data and information targets resources and measures progress. \nCapaci ty development - A better-skilled workforce improves service levels and in creases job creation and retention in the water sector.\nInnovation - New\ , smart practices and technologies will improve water and sanitation resou rces management and service delivery.\nGovernance - Collaboration across b oundaries and sectors will make SDG 6 everyone’s business.\n\nTraditiona lly\, society has advanced after technological innovations have occurred\, but today\, as with climate change\, changes are happening first and miti gation and/or adaptation technology is lagging behind. Therefore\, we need disruptive changes that will allow us to achieve the SDG 6 targets. \n\nF or this\, the technical and scientific community role is vital\, both in t erms of providing data and information to support decision-making and the adoption of policies and practices for more efficient and sustainable wate r governance and management\; supporting capacity development for improved water resource management\; as well as driving innovation and supporting the development and application of improved technologies for water use\, r ecycling and conservation\, and efforts to reduce excessive costs for wate r access.\n\nThe side event will aim at highlighting the latest and best s cientific knowledge\, key initiatives and innovations of the S&T community within the five pillars – financing\, data and information\, capacity d evelopment\, innovation and governance - that will lead to accelerated and transformative action on SDG 6 in the second half of the International De cade for Action “Water for Sustainable Development”.\n\nSpeakers on th e side event will be:\n\nProf. José Vieira\, WFEO President.\nDr. Ignacio González-Castelao\, Chair WFEO Committee on Water - Engineering institut ions' role in the SDG6 global acceleration framework.\nDr Tom Soo\, Execut ive Director of the International Association for Hydro-Environment Engine ering and Research (IAHR) - Hydro-environment research and engineering : b ringing together sectors and accelerating system-wide solutions towards th e SDG's.\nDr Marlene Kanga\, WFEO President 2017-2019 - Strategies for a R esilient and Sustainable City – Advancing SDG #6: A Case Study of Sydney Water Corporation\, Australia.\nMs Shreya Chakraborty\, Researcher - Clim ate Change Policy and Adaptation\, International Water Management Institut e\, New Delhi - Bringing socioecological considerations in innovation and technology solutions for just water action.\n\n\nSpeakers' short biographi es\n \;\nProf. José Vieira\n\nJosé Vieira is a civil engineer with e xtensive experience in engineering education\, research and management. He is Full Professor at University of Minho\, Portugal\, where he served as Pro Rector (1990-1998) and Vice Rector (1998-2002). He has coordinated lar ge number of graduation and post-graduation study programmes in civil engi neering\, and develops his research activities in the fields of water reso urces planning\, hydrodynamics in estuaries and coastal zones\, and drinki ng water and public health.\n\nJosé Vieira was President of the European Federation of National Engineering Associations (FEANI) from 2014 to 2020. Under his leadership\, strategic initiatives were launched to enhance the visibility of the value of engineers to society\, stressing the relevance of promoting the UN Sustainable Development Goals in future engineering e ducation and practice.\n\nJosé Vieira was the National Vice President of the Portuguese Association of Engineers from 2010 to 2016\, responsible fo r effective international cooperation in mutual recognition of engineering education and capacity building standards in the Portuguese speaking coun tries.\n\nHe has been involved in WFEO activities since 2015 as a member o f the Executive Council and chair of the Strategic Planning Committee. He was elected President-Elect of WFEO at the General Assembly in Melbourne i n November 2019 and became President of WFEO at the General Assembly in Sa n José\, Costa Rica in March 2022.\n \;\nDr. Ignacio González-Castel ao\n\nIgnacio González-Castelao Martínez-Peñuela is a dedicated Master Civil Engineer skilled in the water cycle and environmental issues. He has worked in different private and public Spanish engineering organizations\ , both within the water sector and in the infrastructure of roads and rail ways. He is also certified as an internal auditor by the international pro fessional association of the Institute of Internal Auditors.\n\nIgnacio ha s held various positions at Aguas de las Cuencas Mediterráneas S.M.E.\, S .A.\, since August 2002. Currently\, he is Deputy to CEO.\n\nHe is committ ed to internalization and collaboration with technical communities\, multi lateral banks\, and international organizations to share knowledge and lea rning. Ignacio has been a member of the Board of Directors of the Civil En gineers Association of Spain\, and member of various committees of the Eng ineering Institute of Spain (IES)\, such as the Committee on Energy and Na tural Resources\, Committee on Engineering and Sustainable Development\, a nd the International Commission. He is also the representative of the IES at the Pan-American Union of Associations of Engineers. He has served as C hair of the Standing Group on Water of the World Council of Civil Engineer s and is currently the Chair of the Standing Technical Committee on Water of the World Federation of Engineering Organizations. These efforts to dis seminate knowledge and learning have led him to be selected by the Departm ent of State of the United States of America as an International Leadershi p Visitor and later Secretary-General of the VIA Jefferson Circle Associat ion.\n \;\nDr Tom Soo\n\nTom Soo is the Executive Director of the Inte rnational Association for Hydro-Environment Engineering and Research (IAHR ). He has previously been Executive Director of IWRA and the World Water C ouncil. He has a background in consulting to international institutions\, public authorities\, academia and private industry. \n\nTom’s current fo cus areas include institutional arrangements\, the science and policy inte rface\, hydraulics for sustainable development\, digital water futures\, n ature-based-solutions and climate change. He is a member of the Steering C ommittee of the Global Water Partnership\, the Water Policy Group\, the Ex ecutive Board of IWRA and also chairs the International Advisory Committee of the UNSW Global Water Institute.\n \;\nDr Marlene Kanga\n\nDr Kang a is a Chemical Engineer and Past President of WFEO (2017-2019) and 2013 N ational President\, Engineers Australia. She is listed among the top engin eers in Australia and the Top 10 women engineers in Australia. She was a m ember of the Board of Sydney Water Corporation (2014-2023) and Chair the o f Sydney Water Corporation Planning and Infrastructure Committee (2017-202 3). \n\nDr Kanga will speak authoritatively on the development of plans fo r Sydney over the next decade\, the strategic governance by the Board\, an d the use of innovation\, data and analytics and new financing methods for sustainable water services for a better quality of life for the people of Sydney.\n \;\nShreya Chakraborty\n\nShreya Chakraborty is a Researche r – Climate Change Policy and Adaptation\, at the International Water Ma nagement Institute\, India. \n\nPreviously she was the Executive Director at the South Asia Consortium for Interdisciplinary Water Resources Studies (SaciWATERs) a regional water policy research organisation based in Hyder abad\, India. As a geographer\, her research focuses on integrating the sc ience\, socioeconomics and politics of environment and natural resources a t levels of theory\, methodology and policy. \n ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.wfeo.org/wp-content/uploads/WFEO-ISC -Water-Conf_2023.png CATEGORIES:WFEO event END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/Paris X-LIC-LOCATION:Europe/Paris BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20221030T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0200 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:CET END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR