Conference

Coming in 2011: PGWI’s 5th Annual Conference!

More details to follow.

Recap of PGWI’s 4TH Annual Conference

MANAGING THE LAST 1%:
ALLOCATING WATER TO MEET THE UN MILLENIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS

PGWI would like to thank all of our participants for a successful 2010 Conference! We had over 180 people engaged in lively discussions and networking sessions.  Download the full Conference agenda!
If you have questions, please contact PGWI’s Program Manager, Raleigh Davis.

2010 Conference Details:

Date: November 4, 2010
Venue: University of Pennslyvania
Hall of Flags, Houston Hall
Philadelphia, PA

Objectives:

• To review the magnitude of the global water shortage
• To understand the challenges of managing limited water supplies, especially in developing countries
• To show examples of approaches that have been successful in allocating water among various demands [eg, agriculture, drinking water/sanitation, manufacturing, energy, ecosystems services] and to identify other potential solutions to the allocation problem
• To identify key research questions that need to be addressed, and to build toward a major Wharton/Penn Initiative For Global Environmental Leadership [IGEL] Conference in Spring 2011 on “valuing water”
• To establish a network of people interested in water allocation

Presentations from this year’s Conference:

• Dr. Robert Giegengack, University of Pennsylvania | Presentation
• Dr. Jennifer Turner, Director, China Environment Forum, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars |Presentation
• Dr. Peter McCornick, Duke University | Presentation
• Jeffrey Ballew, GE Power & Water | Presentation
• Brittany Young, Founder, “Spring of Hope” | Presentation
• Karin Krchnak, Director, International Water Policy, The Nature Conservancy | Presentation
• Carol Collier, Executive Director, Delaware River Basin Commission | Presentation
• Seung Lee, Senior Director, Save the Children | Presentation
• Will Sarni, CEO, DOMANI | Presentation
• Stephanie Ogden, Fellow in Innovation and Sustainability, Water For People | Presentation
• Dr. Clive Lipchin, Director of Research, Arava Institute for Environmental Studies | Presentation

This Conference is organized and hosted by the Philadelphia Global Water Initiative
with financial support from the Initiative for Global Environmental Leadership at Wharton/Penn, University of Pennsylvania Department of Earth and Environmental Science, Pennoni Associates, Fairmount Water Works Interpretive Center,Beechwood Orchards, A Spring of Hope, and University of Pennsylvania Middle East Center. Thanks also to volunteers from Drexel University.
Generous in-kind support provided by the US EPA Region 3 Office in Philadelphia and Center for Strategic and International Studies.