Paris 2000 Berlin 2001 Melbourne 2002 Marrakech 2004 Beijing 2006 Vienna 2008 Montreal 2010 Busan 2012 Lisbon 2014 Brisbane 2016 Tokyo 2018 1
2018 WWCE Tokyo KEITH ROBERTSON, 6 MARCH 2018
WHAT IS THE CONGRESS? The Global Water Event for Water Professionals Congress & Exhibition; Global; Inter-Disciplinary The IWA Flagship where we meet and engage with our members and the world 3
WHEN IS THE CONGRESS? Opening Ceremony 4pm on Sunday 16 September Closing Ceremony 3pm on Thursday 20 September Congress Dinner 7pm on Thursday 20 September But Training and other sessions Saturday, Sunday (before) and Friday, Saturday (after) Technical Tours on Friday (after) WHERE IS THE CONGRESS? Tokyo. Japan. Tokyo Big Sight https://goo.gl/maps/qddnzvpqa8r2 4
WHAT IS THE CONGRESS? 5
2018 WWCE UPDATE Good Progress on all Fronts Registration is Open Super Early Bird Deadline 30 April Advance Programme released Strong Sponsorship Strong Exhibition Strong Local Interest Academia, Industry, Utility, Government. Presenters, Sponsors, Exhibitors. 6
2018 WWCE UPDATE Strong Local Interest VIPs for Opening Ceremony: Crown prince of Japan; President Japan Water Forum (Former Prime Minister, Japan) Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare; Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism; Minister of the Environment; Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry; Governor of Tokyo 7
PROGRAMME Introduction 8
SUBMISSIONS Theme Title Papers Workshops 1 Water Utility Management 465 15 2 Wastewater 616 14 3 Drinking Water & Potable Reuse 289 13 4 Urban Water Systems 144 14 5 Communities, Integrated Planning & Enabling Environment 91 12 6 Large Scale Water Management 114 11 Cross Theme TOTAL 1722 79 9
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SUBMISSIONS AND DELEGATES Congress Submissions Delegates Paris 2000 1170 Berlin 2001 1212 Melbourne 2002 1388 Marrakech 2004 1606 Beijing 2006 1705 n/a Vienna 2008 1357 2658 Montreal 2010 1609 2148 Busan 2012 1208 1950 Lisbon 2014 1703 2758 Brisbane 2016 1285 2073 Tokyo 2018 1723??? 11
OUTCOME Sunday Opening Ceremony and Welcome Reception Monday to Wednesday 3 sessions (Thursday 2 Sessions) 17 Rooms for Forums, Workshops, Sessions, Trainings 187 Sessions in Total 350 Oral Presentations 700 1000 Posters Acceptance Rates Total Submissions Accepted as Oral Paper Accepted as Poster Paper Rejected Papers 1743 350 (20%) 1046 347 Total Submissions Accepted Rejected Workshops 81 50 (62%) 31 12
HIGHLIGHTS Forum Disaster Counter-measures and Risk Management - Towards Resilient Cities Forum on Science to Practice and Diffusion of Innovation Water and Digitization Emerging Water Leaders Programme Project Innovation Awards Full Programme - http://worldwatercongress.org/programme/ 13
PROGRAMME OUTLINE 14
PROGRAMME TIMELINE Call for Papers 24/07/2017 Abstract submission deadline 01/10/2017 Registration open 02/2018 2018 Draft Programme 30/03/2018 Authors notification 06/04/2018 Early bird registration deadline 01/07/2018 Final Programme 08/2018 Event 16/09/2018 2017 04 06 08 10 12 02 04 06 08 10 2018 Today 15
PROFESSIONAL AND LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT New Focus for 2018 Clearly Defined Learning Goals for All Sessions Concerted Effort to define and support CPDs Mater Lectures Transferable skills track Training workshop track Definition of leadership opportunities 16
SPONSORSHIP Principal Welcome Platinum Congress App Gold 17
SPONSORSHIP JPY 180,000,000 Total (EUR 1,380,000) (EUR 1,025,000 Brisbane 2016, EUR 810,000 Lisbon 2014) 18
EXHIBITION Space available in Hall 1 (net space): 2900 square meters Currently solid on floor plan: 2750 square meters Expected to sell all available space Comparison: Brisbane 2016 Lisbon 2014, both approx. 2300 sq.m. net space Approx. 15 country pavilions (global spread)(large Japan Pavilion) Good mix of leading global technology brands, utilities, governments, research institutes, NGO s Emerging Technology Pavilion (joint with Isle Utilities) Cities Pavilion (connected to IWA stand) Smart Water Pavilion (joint with SWAN Forum) 2 Business Forum rooms in exhibition Increase of number of visitors expected Posters and meeting room space in adjacent Atrium area Matchmaking programme available for all exhibitors (linked to IWA Connect) 19
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THANK YOU AND QUESTIONS 21