Watershed: World Water Day
Wednesday, 22 MARCH 2017
Centro Congressi Augustinianum
Via Paolo VI, 25 (1:30 PM – 7:45 PM)
Creative Opening Invocation Michael Fitzpatrick Cellist
Opening
Dr. (h.c.) Nik Gowing, Watershed Anchor/Moderator
H.E. Cardinal Gianfranco Ravasi, President of the Pontifical Council for Culture and of the Pontifical Commission of Sacred Archaeology
H.E. Archbishop Paul Richard Gallagher, Secretary for Relations with States, Holy See’s Secretariat of State
Prof. Ernst Ulrich von Weizsäcker, Co-President, The Club of Rome
Silvia Zimmermann del Castillo, Co-Director, Watershed
Joerg Geier, Associate Director, Watershed
Session I: Water Nexus
Making the Leap into the Nexus
· Dr. Rabi Mohtar, Founding Director of Qatar Environment and Energy Research Institute (QEERI), TEES Endowed Professor, Texas A&M University
Water at the Crossroads: A global commons
· H.E. Minister (Dr.) Seleshi Bekele Awulachew, Ministry of Water, Irrigation and Electricity, Ethiopia
· Dr. Fred Boltz, Managing Director for Ecosystems, Rockefeller Foundation
· Dr. Assia Bensalah Alaoui, Ambassador at Large for H.M. the King of Morocco
· J. Carl Ganter, Co-Founder and Director, Circle of Blue
The Nexus of Water and Humanity
· H.E. Cardinal Peter Kodwo Appiah Turkson, Prefect, Dicastery for the Promotion of Integral Human Development
Water or Food: Innovations in water models for agriculture, industry and communities
· Prof. Gunter Pauli, Sustainability Entrepreneur; Author, The Blue Economy
BREAK 15:45 – 16:05 (0:20)
Life on a Pale Blue Dot
· Dr. Kathryn D. Sullivan, Lindbergh Fellow for Aerospace History, Smithsonian Institute; NOAA (retired); former NASA astronaut
Water in Space: Life beyond the blue planet
· Gary White, CEO and Co-Founder Water.org and Matt Damon, Academy Award Winning Actor, Co-Founder Water.org (via video)
Session II: Water Stories
Telling Our Water Story: How storytelling will transform the global water dialogue
· Scott Harrison, CEO, Charity:Water
Water Wisdom – Sacred Legacy: How oral history and tradition can inform the future
· Dr. Malidoma Somé, West African Elder, author and teacher, Burkina Faso
The Breath of Waters – Liquid Links between Water and Aesthetics
· Eriberto Eulisse, Director of Civiltà dell’Acqua and Manager, Water Museum of Venice, Italy
BREAK17:30 – 17:50 (0:20)
Session III: Water: Shared Values
Water: Is it a human right?
· Dr. Peter Gleick, President Emeritus and Chief Scientist, Pacific Institute (Live Remote Interview)
· Dr. Sara Ahmed, Gender and Water Specialist; Board Member, WaterAid India
· Ambassador (Dr.) Godknows Boladei Igali, Former Secretary of Power and Water Resources of Nigeria
· Yusuf Nessary, Social Entrepreneur and Founder, Zam Zam Water
Water and Children: What we do today is our children’s future
· Kajsa Dahlström, President, Globetree
Water in Peace
· HRH Prince El Hassan bin Talal of Jordan, Chairman of the Royal Institute for Inter-Faith Studies, Amman, Jordan (Video Statement)
Redefining the Value of Water
· Jennifer J. Sara, Director, Water Global Practice, World Bank
· Dr. Fred Boltz, Managing Director for Ecosystems, Rockefeller Foundation
Our Watershed Moment: The 21st Century Renaissance
· Dr. Ian Goldin, Author, Speaker and Oxford University Professor of Globalisation and Development and a Senior Fellow at the Oxford Martin School
Closing: Water: A Call for Action
Where do we go from here?
· Msgr. Tomasz Trafny, Head of Science and Faith Department, Pontifical Council for Culture
· Graeme Maxton, Secretary-General, The Club of Rome
· Nik Gowing, Watershed Anchor/Moderator
Creative Closing Michael Fitzpatrick, Cellist
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Msgr. Tomasz Trafny
Head of Science and Faith Department
Pontifical Council for Culture
General Secretary
Science and Faith – STOQ Foundation
00120 Vatican City
Tel. (+39) 06 69893813
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