Plenaries and Panel Debates

Closing Session

World Water Week participants met for a final time in plenary during the Closing Session from 09:00 to 13:00 on Friday, August 17, for presentations from business, international organisations and government. The final plenary session featured the World Water Week Synthesis Panel and recognition for the Stockholm Junior Water Prize, Swedish Baltic Sea Water Award and Stockholm Industry Water Award.

Closing Session Schedule

Friday, August 17
09:00-13:00, Folkets Hus, Congress Hall

Chair: Dr. Cecilia Sharp, Head of Water Division, Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency

09:00 Closing Speech
H.E. Zhou Ying, Vice Minister of the Ministry of Water Resources, China
09:20 Prof. Hans Rosling, Department of Public Health Sciences, Karolinska Institute, Sweden
09:40 Tanzanian Perspectives
Hon. Dr. Shukuru J. Kawambwa, Minister of Water,
Ministry of Water, The United Republic of Tanzania
10:00 Coffee Break
10:30 Plenary Closing Session

Chair: Mr. Anders Berntell, Executive Director, Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI)
10:30 The 2007 Swedish Baltic Sea Water Award Presentation. H.E. Ms. Gunilla Carlsson, Minister for International Development Cooperation, Ministry for Foreign Affairs, Sweden
10:45 Best Poster Award. Prof. Ausaf Rahman, Scientific Programme Committee, University of California, USA
11:00 Personal Reflections from the World Water Week
Prof. Malin Falkenmark, Scientific Programme Committee, SIWI
11:10 World Water Week Synthesis Panel
12:45 Closing Address Mr. Anders Berntell, Executive Director, SIWI
12:55 Through the Lens: The World Water Week in Pictures
13:00 End of Closing Session

Synthesis Panel: Wrapping Up the Week

Friday, August 17
11:10-12:45, Folkets Hus, Congress Hall

The World Water Week Synthesis Panel was consist of representatives from the World Water Week’s workshops and seminars. The panel’s purpose was to present in brief the findings from specific events and then, in panel discussion format and with interaction from the audience, determine how the various issues and conclusions fit, support or contradict one another.

Synthesis panel: taking stock in Stockholm
Short presentation of questions
Short summary of results from workshops and seminars
Disscussion

Click here for the Synthesis panel presentation.