Upcoming events

08 Jul. 2020 • Webinar

This event is the concluding webinar of a series focusing on the Water-Energy-Food Nexus (WEF). These webinars aimed at providing a throughout understanding of why implementing the WEF is essential for human well-being, poverty alleviation, and achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The webinar will provide the audience with the opportunity to engage in a final discussion with the experts, some of them who joined the previous webinars, regarding the WEF Nexus.

09 Jul. 2020 • Webinar

Today, over 500 million women worldwide don't have the resources, infrastructure and social support they need to manage their menstruation. To advance gender equity, improvements are needed from multi-sectoral actors to drive progress through advocacy, research, innovation, or implementation.

09 Jul. 2020 • Virtual Launch

Hosted by UN-Water, the Sustainable Development Goal 6 Global Acceleration Framework launch will be a high-level and multi-stakeholder moment to generate commitments for ambitious solutions on water and sanitation in support of the Decade of Action to deliver SDGs by 2030. The Framework is driven by country demand and will align the international community to strengthen country planning, implementation and knowledge sharing for SDG 6 while supporting country response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The SDG 6 Global Acceleration Framework mobilizes UN agencies, governments, civil society, private sector and other stakeholders on five cross-cutting ‘accelerators’ - Financing, Data and Information, Capacity Development, Innovation, and Governance - to drive progress on water and sanitation issues, and therefore on the whole 2030 Agenda.

07 Sep. 2020 - 11 Sep. 2020 • Munich • Germany

Are you looking for solutions to the challenges of the future? The world's leading trade fair for environmental technologies provides answers. As the largest platform for water, wastewater, waste and raw materials management , IFAT is the international meeting point for the industry - with innovative offers that set standards for the future. From the drinking water supply to wastewater disposal, waste and raw materials management as well as innovations for pollutant management, sustainable road construction and minerals.

07 Oct. 2020 - 09 Oct. 2020 • Nimli • India

The event gets its name from the Shit Flow Diagram (SFD), which visually represents what happens to human excreta, tracing its journey across sanitation chain from containment to end-use. Globally, this advocacy tool has helped more than 100 cities in understanding the improvement required across their sanitation chains.

09 May. 2021 - 14 May. 2021 • Copenhagen • Denmark

The IWA World Water Congress & Exhibition is a truly international event. We plan for these events to attract the fullest participation, with an outstanding and diverse programme. The Congress & Exhibition draws water professionals from around the world to share their knowledge and know-how. And of course, it provides a chance to meet old friends and make new ones.

31 May. 2021 - 04 Jun. 2021 • Jakarta • Indonesia

In this challenging time, we are continually monitoring the global Covid-19 pandemic. We are in communication with our Indonesian partners and global data to see if the conference needs to be postponed. Stay tuned for our upcoming posts about the conference theme and call for papers in the coming weeks.

04 Jul. 2021 - 08 Jul. 2021 • Pretoria • South Africa

The 1st IWA Non-Sewered Sanitation (NSS) specialist group conference is being hosted in Pretoria, South Africa in partnership with the Water Research Commission and the University of Pretoria. The event responds to the challenges and needs of around 4 billion people requiring sanitation.

06 Sep. 2021 - 10 Sep. 2021 • Loughborough • United Kingdom

The WEDC International Conference is a comprehensive and interactive learning event, which historically has provided continued professional development for water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) sector professionals.