Stockholm Water Prize

Thursday, August 21

16:30     Stockholm City Hall

First presented in 1991, The Stockholm Water Prize is the world’s most prestigious prize for outstanding achievement in water-related activities. The annual prize, which includes a USD 150,000 award and a crystal sculpture, honours individuals, institutions or organisations whose work contributes broadly to the conservation and protection of water resources and to improved health of the planet’s inhabitants and ecosystems. H.M. King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden is the Patron of the Stockholm Water Prize.

The 2008 Stockholm Water Prize will be awarded to Professor John Anthony Allan from King’s College London, the innovator of the virtual water concept. The prize will be presented by H.R.H. Crown Princess Victoria at a ceremony followed by a Royal Banquet on Thursday, August 21, in the Stockholm City Hall.

Professor Allan will deliver the annual Laureate Lecture during the Opening Plenary Session and will also be honoured guest speaker at the seminar, Virtual Water and Water Footprint: From Theory to Practice on Wednesday August 20.