The 2nd Hamburg Water Forum for the EMA-Region: “Making from Water every living thing”

Water is a core element for peace in many regions and its scarcity represents a global challenge, especially for the Arab countries. In view of the central significance of the set of problems concerning water for economy, society, environment and politics, the EMA has developed different forums to address the issues concerning this topic and to find common and practical solutions. In light of this and as a result of a highly successful Water Forum in 2010 as well as the equally successful Environment Forum for the EMA Region in 2011, the EMA has established itself as the leading association for the promotion of German-Arab cooperation in the sectors of water, environment/-al technologies and renewable energies. Currently, the EMA is organizing the 2nd Hamburg Water Forum for September 2012.

The forum will link top-class political and economic representatives of the entire EMA Region. As the biggest EMA event of the year, the forum will thus receive large media coverage and attract several hundreds of participants from Germany, Europe and the whole Arab region.

The three-day forum will take place in all available conference halls at the Hamburg Chamber of Commerce and offer exhibition space on the trading floor. Furthermore, company visits, the organisation of individual B2B meetings, a Gala dinner and a town hall reception are in preparation.

Please find all relevant, up-to-date information on the following websites.

Here you will find the current program: Please find the current program on the following sites.

• Day 1
• Day 2

Here you will find information on registration.

Here you will find information on sponsoring options.

Please contact Mrs. Clara Gruitrooy for further information.

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Water Forum

Day 1 - Monday, September 10^th 2012

09.00 a.m.    Registration

09.00 a.m.    Reception

10.00 a.m.    Opening Ceremony

• Hamburg Chamber of Commerce (tba)
• EMA (tba)

Welcome Keynotes

• HRH Prince Hassan bin Talal, Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
• S.E. Abdul Nabi Mussayab, Ambassador  of the Arab League in Berlin

11.00 a.m.   German-Arab Cooperation in the Water Sector for Global Peace and Prosperity

Chair and Keynote: S.E. Dr. Mahmoud Abu-Zeid, President of Arab Water Council, Egypt

• Water, core element for peaceful coexistence in the EMA region
• New challenges for a human right of water
• International cooperation for peaceful water distribution
• The Arab spring – new beginning for water policy in the Arab world?

12.45 p.m.    Lunch /B2B Exchange in the exhibition hall

14.00 p.m.    Panel 2: Urban Water Management

Chair and Keynote: H.E. Mohammad Al-Najjar, Minister for Water and Irrigation, Jordan

• Plan constructions for hotels and large residential projects
• Infrastructure and access to water supply systems in urban areas
• Water supply and sewage disposal
• Innovative equipment: hydraulic lines, pumps, etc.
• Microcredit, funding opportunities and tenders for new technologies by state/public institutions and banks

14.00 p.m.    Panel 3: Rural Water Management –Technologies and Financial Incentives

Chair and Keynote: Gudrun Kopp, State Secretary of the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (tbc)

• Incentives for the private sector: funding and tenders of new technologies by state/public funding and banks, microcredit
• Greywater recycling
• Innovative pumps – solar technology in decentralized areas
• Measures against desertification, reforestation
• Women and water: needs, potentials and perspectives
• Innovative equipment: hydraulic lines, pumps, etc.

15.45 p.m.    Coffee Break in the exhibition hall

16.00 p.m.    Panel 4: Water for the Supply Chain – Water in Agriculture

Chair and Keynote: Aziz Akhannouch, Minister of Agriculture, Morocco (tbc)

• Prices for the agricultural use of water, changes of the subsidy system
• Employment of more efficient irrigation technologies
• Adoption of products with low water needs and higher advantages
• Increasing efficiency of fertilizers
• Irrigation technologies for ecological agriculture
• New land use strategies for rain water management and erosion-control

16.00 p.m.    Panel 5: Water as a Source for Innovative Energy?

Chair and Keynote: Mamia Elbanna, Minister of Environment, Tunisia (tbc)

• Hydraulic Power:
  • Offshore-equipment
  • Dams
• Seawater desalination with renewable energies
• Biogas from sewage sludge
• Biogas from modern toilet systems
• Biogas through industrial water purification

18.00 p.m.    End of sessions

19.30 p.m.    Gala Dinner

Please find the program of Day 2 here.

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Water Forum 2012

Day 2 - Tuesday, September 11th 2012

9.00 a.m.      Registration

9.30 a.m.      Panel 1:  Depollution and Further Challenges of the Maritime Sector

Chair and Keynote: Fathallah Sijilmassi, Secretary General, Union for the Mediterranean (tbc)

• Depollution of the Mediterranean Sea
• New technologies for the maritime industry
• Submarine cable systems
• Green logistics – green ports
• Future logistic challenges
• Coastal protection and floodwaters

9.30 a.m.      Panel 2:  Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) – Part 1

Chair and Keynote: tba

11.15 a.m.    Coffee Break in the exhibition hall

11.45 a.m.    Panel 3:  Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) – Part 2

Chair and Keynote: Khaldon H. Khashman, Arab Countries Water Utilities Association ACWUA

11.45 a.m.    Panel 4:  Potential Economization in Water Consumption

Chair and Keynote: tba

• Reduction of losses in the distribution network
• Consumption-based accounting systems
• Water-saving mechanisms in households
• Water-saving mechanisms in industries
• Efficient operating structures in urban water management

13.30 p.m.    Lunch/B2B Exchange in the exhibition hall

14.30 p.m.    Concluding Statements (tbc)

17.30 p.m.    Town Hall Reception (tbc)

Please find the program of Day 1 here.