Future Water Research Symposium 2017

FUTURE WATER RESEARCH SYMPOSIUM

“Equity and efficiency in allocating water in South Africa
- Challenging attitudes, changing behaviours”

08h30 – 17h00, 28 July 2017

LT 2B, Snape Building, Upper Campus, University of Cape Town

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Schedule: Morning session.

PRESENTATION SESSIONS: Lecture Theatre 2B, Snape Building

Time	Topic	Presenter/Facilitator
08:00	REGISTRATION: Foyer, New Engineering Building
08:30	Welcome	Prof Sue Harrison: Director: Future Water, UCT
08:35	Introduction	Prof Alison Lewis – Dean: EBE, UCT
08:45	Opening Address	Prof Loretta Feris: DVC: Transformation, UCT
09:10	The role of Future Water as an interdisciplinary research institute at UCT	Dr Kirsty Carden: Research Coordinator: Future Water, UCT
	PRESENTATION SESSIONS:	Lecture Theatre 2B, Snape Building
09:30	The River Multiple: Ontologies of fluid relationships with water	Ms Nikiwe Solomon: African Centre for a Green Economy; Anthropology, UCT
09:50	Behavioural interventions for saving water, Experimental evidence from the City of Cape Town	Prof Martine Visser: School of Economics, UCT
10:10	Do toilets and the internet have anything in common?	Prof Ulrike Rivett: Information Systems, UCT
10:30	MORNING TEA: Foyer, New Engineering Building
11:00	Water affordability and equity: Assessing the invisible burdens for the poor	A/Prof Horman Chitonge: Centre for African Studies, UCT
11:20	Life after mining – a brighter future	Ms Vicki Shaw – Programme Manager: Mine Water Coordinating Body, hosted by Nepad Business Foundation
11:40	Overcoming water scarcity for good? Querying the adoption of desalination technology in the Knysna Local Municipality	Dr Suraya Scheba – Environmental & Geographical Science, UCT
12:00	PANEL DISCUSSION: Lecture Theatre 2B, Snape Building
12:45	LUNCH: Foyer, New Engineering Building

The conversations that occurred in the round table sessions will be available in due course.

13:30 ROUND TABLE SESSIONS: Garnet Room, New Engineering Building

13:30	ROUND TABLE SESSIONS	Garnet Room, New Engineering Building
Table 1	Creating liveable neighbourhoods	Dr Tom Sanya: Architecture & Planning, UCT
Table 2	To sewer or not to sewer / Resource recovery – value to community, or protecting the environment?	Bernelle Verster: Chemical Engineering, UCT
Table 3	Practical ways in which businesses can reduce their water demand	Prof Neil Armitage: Civil Engineering, UCT
Table 4	What is the minimum amount of water needed to keep the city green and appealing to tourists and investors alike?	Dr Kirsty Carden: Civil Engineering, UCT
Table 5	Changing the tipping point – trading off the need to save with the need to perform	Dr Tony Colman
Table 6	Basins of the Future: Keeping rivers flowing	Dr Kevin Winter: Environmental & Geographical Science, UCT
Table 7	Repurposing water – fit for what purpose?	Prof Sue Harrison – Chemical Engineering
15:00	AFTERNOON TEA	Foyer, New Engineering Building
15:30	Report back from roundtable discussion	Table Raconteurs*
16:15	Concluding remarks	Dr Kevin Winter: Environmental & Geographical Science
16:30	COCKTAIL FUNCTION AND NETWORKING	Foyer, New Engineering Building

* Rui Hugman, Callies Selala, Juarez Amaral Filho, Fadzai Kadzinga, John Okedi, Deanna Polic, Tynan Marais

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