Inter-generational learning
The role of the Advisory Committee is to provide advice and a mentorship role to the Programme Committee. These are highly acclaimed experts from within the water sector. The roles of the Advisory Committee it to:
- Review the review of abstracts to ensure that the review of the abstracts is fair and transparent and that the abstracts which are selected to present are the top abstracts which were submitted.
- Review the draft programme to ensure that the conference programme is relevant to the current issues in the water sector and balanced between the different sessions.
- Potential presence at the conference as keynotes, panel discussions, adjudicators etc.
Advisory Committee
- Patricia Bakir – Jordan
- Joan Rose – USA
- Jo Burgess – South Africa
- Xiaochang Wang – China
- Gustaf Olsson – Sweden
- Arash Zamyadi – Canada
- How Yong Ng – Singapore
- Krishna Pagilla- USA
- Peter Vanrolleghem – Canada
- Zoran Kapelan – UK
- Günter Langergraber – Austria
Patricia Bakir
Consultant, Development Communications and Strategic Planning; IWA Fellow
Joan Rose
Homer Nowlin Chair in Water Research, Michigan State University, USA, IWA Board Member, IWA Distinguished Fellow.
Jo Burgess
Research Manager at Water Research Commission South Africa, IWA Fellow
Xiaochang C. Wang
Director, International S&T Cooperation Center for Urban Alternative Water Resources Development, Professor, School of Environmental & Municipal Engineering, IWA Distinguished Fellow
Gustaf Olsson
Professor Emeritus at Lund University, Sweden; IWA Distinguished Fellow
Arash Zamyadi
Assistant Professor, École Polytechnique de Montréal, IWA fellow
How Yong Ng
Professor, Deputy Head of the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Director of the Sembcorp-NUS Corporate Laboratory at the National University of Singapore (NUS), IWA fellow
Krishna Pagilla
Professor and Environmental Engineering Program Director, University of Nevada, IWA Fellow, Chair of IWA USA National committee
Peter Vanrolleghem
Canada Research Chair in Water Quality Modelling – Université Laval; IWA Fellow
Zoran Kapellan
Prof. Zoran Kapelan is Professor of Water Systems Engineering and Head of the Water and Environment Group at the University of Exeter, IWA Fellow
