Symposium on Knowledge and Capacity for the Water Sector
The 7th International Symposium on Knowledge and Capacity for the Water Sector will bring together sector organizations, knowledge institutes and policy makers to explore the significant shifts that have taken place in the water sector over the past decades.
The symposium will take place from 2 - 4 July 2025 in a hybrid format, i. e. at IHE Delft and online.
About the symposium
The 7th International Symposium on Knowledge and Capacity for the Water Sector will bring together sector organizations, knowledge institutes and policy makers to explore the significant shifts that have taken place in the water sector over the past decades.
Participants will analyze how these changes impact knowledge and capacity strengthening, especially in relation to the new generation water and sanitation professionals, and investigate how knowledge and capacity strengthening can further contribute to water-related improvements.
The Symposium will also assess how these developments alter the landscape of knowledge and capacity strengthening in the water sector - and what that means to the way capacity strengthening is organized and implemented.
The symposium aims to:
- promote collaborative sharing on knowledge and capacity strengthening in the water sector between an international community of practitioners, academics and policy-makers
- analyze trends of knowledge and capacity strengthening occurring in the water sector and estimate how the trends will (and should) develop in the future
- explore capacity challenges and identify possible sustainable solutions to these challenges
- identify opportunities for inter-generational learning and empowering a new generation for a new era of water-related knowledge and capacity strengthening
- formulate and advance an agenda for knowledge and capacity development in the water sector for the coming years.
Important dates
- Deadline for submission of abstracts: 3 February 2025
- Deadline for registration: 26 May 2025