MAWAC-ENAR Water Research & Innovation (WRI) Workshop
Date(s): Mar 20, 2023 - Mar 21, 2023Time: 8:30 AM - 7:00 PM
Location: NYU, Tandon School of Engineering
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MAWAC-ENAR Water Research & Innovation (WRI) Workshop
NYC, 20 & 21 March, 2023
Co-organized by NYU, NYCDEP & NYCDDC under the auspices of UNESCO (MAWAC Secretariat)
with the collaboration of SIAAP, MGP, The ARCEAU-IdF Association, LEESU and the W-SMART Association
03/20 – NYU, Tandon School of Engineering, CUSP, Room#1201, 370 Jay Street, Brooklyn, NY 11201
03/21 – NYU, Tandon School of Engineering, Polytechnic Institute,6 Metrotech Center, Brooklyn, NY 11201
Find complete MAWAC ENAR WRI brochure for W-SMART Workshop 2023
Purpose
Facing the ever-growing climate change impacts and extreme events along with the energy crisis, economic constraints, new regulatory requirements and rising public concerns, local governments and water operators of megacities are being increasingly challenged with the critical needs to establish climate adaptation policies and assess best practices for their water systems management as well as to accelerate the deployment of innovative solutions for improving their water security and upgrading the resilience of the metropolitan water ecosystems. The climate change adaptation calls for consumers education to engage a societal crisis preparedness culture, as well as effective measures for meeting emerging regulations for reducing GHG / carbon emission and striving to achieve energy neutrality and demand control. Within this context, while the Megacities in the Euro-North American Region (ENAR) experience a variety of climate change impacts and face different hydrological, socio-cultural, environmental, economic, technological, regulatory and operational conditions, their collaboration, exchanges and experience sharing present a great interest for leveraging the development, demonstration and integration of innovative solutions for facing metropolitan climate adaptation challenges.
Following upon the recommendations of the round table panel sessions organized by MAWAC ENAR as part of the EAUMEGA 2022 conference, the purpose of this Water Research & Innovation (WRI) Workshop is to provide the forum for such an experience sharing among the megacities, bringing together their government officers, policy decision makers, water operators and researchers in order to share climate impacts challenges of each megacity, its experience of adaptation strategies, R&D priority needs and current programs, as well as early monitoring results of innovative solutions and their environmental, societal and economic impacts assessment. The goal is to explore synergistical opportunities for leveraging experience and resources for current and future WRI programs and accelerate the deployment of innovative solutions for the metropolitan adaptation needs.
Organization
The MAWAC-ENAR Water Research & Innovation (WRI) Workshop, which is co-organized by NYU and NYCDEP under the auspices of UNESCO, as the MAWaC Secretariat, with the collaboration of MGP (Metropolis of Greater Paris), the ARCEAU-IdF Association, the LEESU Research Center, and the W-SMART Association. The WRI Workshop will be hosted by NYCDEP and NYU at NYU Polytechnic Institute, 6 Metrotech Center Brooklyn, NY 11201 on March 20 & 21, 2023.
Main Workshop Objectives
- Provide a stakeholders’ WRI overview of the priority challenges of each megacity, its experience of climate impacts adaptation, R&D needs and programs, and assessment of early monitoring of innovative solutions;
- Explore the synergistic opportunities for leveraging current and future R&D programs, including analytical/numerical studies, “beta” testing of innovative solutions in operators’ sites, smart monitoring systems, their early deployment monitoring as well as financing and consumers’ education strategies;
- Support collaborative development of inter-city R&D projects to optimize resources and accelerate the adaptation and demonstration of innovative solutions to the local needs using current digital environments;
- Explore the best way forward to establish a strategic collaborative framework for leveraging experience and resources for R&D collaborative projects focused on the megacities’ climate adaptation priority needs.
Site visit – Lower manhattan Coastal Resiliency project for site description
Find complete workshop here.
| March 20 | NYU, Tandon School of Engineering, CUSP, Room#1201, 370 Jay Street, Brooklyn, NY |
| 8:30 – 8:45 | Registration |
| 8:45 – 9:00 | Introduction: Welcome & Workshop Objectives
Prof. (Ret.) Ilan JURAN, NYU; Dylan MEAGHER, Chief of Staff, Sustainability, NYCDEP; Presentation |
| 9:00 – 9:10 | The NYU-CUSP Goals –
Prof. Maurizio PORFIRI, Director, CUSP, Host Institute; Proceedings; Presentation |
| 9:10 – 9:20 | The MAWAC background and its Strategic Global Framework –
Dr. Sarantuyaa ZANDARYAA, Program Specialist, and Corentin JUIN, Project Officer, UNESCO IHP; Presentation |
| 9:20 – 9:30 | MAWAC-ENAR Agenda
Bruno NGUYEN, W-SMART; Prof. Jean-Claude DEUTSCH, ARCEAU-Idf; Prof. Ilan JURAN; Presentation |
| Metropolitan WRI Overview Sessions | |
| 9:30 – 10:55 | NYC WRI Overview Session
Moderators: Terri MATTHEWS, Director of Town & Gown, NYCDDC; Proceedings; Presentation & Dylan MEAGHER, Chief of Staff, Sustainability, NYCDEP; Presentation
NYC Stormwater Resiliency Study: Prof. Jennifer CHERRIER; Professor & Researcher, CUNY, Brooklyn College; Presentation
NYC Stormwater Flood Risk: Melissa ENOCH; Managing Director, NYC DEP; Presentation
NYC Flood Net: Prof. Andrea SILVERMAN; Assistant Professor, NYU Tandon; Proceeding; Presentation
Cultivating a Modern Research Community: Jennifer FARMWALD; Section Chief of Research Coordination, Water Innovation and Research, NYC DEP; Proceeding; Presentation
Reference Material Provided by the Moderators Town+Gown:NYC Master Academic Consortium Contract Water Research & Innovation Workshop – March 20 and 21, 2023 New York City Panelists’ Biographies |
| 10:55 – 11:10 | Coffee Break |
| 11:10 – 11:25 | Facing the Challenges of Climate Change for the Water Supply of Paris: the Path of Social Innovation and Systemic Transition –
Benjamin GESTIN, CEO, Eau de Paris; Presentation |
| 11:25 – 12:20 | Paris WRI Overview Session;
Moderators: Prof. Regis MOILLLERON, LEESU; Presentation and Dr. Claire BEYELER, MGP; Presentation
Climate Changes for Paries Water Supply: Benjamin GESTIN; CEO, Eau de Paris, The Path of Social Innovation and Systemic Transition; Presentation
OPUR: Observatory Of Urban Hydrology In Île De France Prof. Ghassan CHEBBO; Leesu , Professor, OPUR Observatory; Proceeding; Presentation
The PIREN-Seine Program Prof. Nicolas FLIPO; Professor, Mines Paris/PIREN Seine; Presentation
Infrastructure Management Risk Assessment Prof. Youssef DIAB; Professor, Lab’Urba/Gustave Eiffel University; Presentation
Water And Climate Management In Greater Paris Area Claire BEYELER; Head of the Flood and Water Service, Métropole du Grand Paris; Presentation
Wastewater Management Six Industrial And Environmental Issues Prof. Régis MOILLERON; Professor, Leesu – UPEC – Ecole des Ponts; Presentation
Examples of Scientific Collaborations Marcello SERRAO & Sam WHITE; PhD Candidates, École des ponts ParisTech & NYU Tandon; Presentation
Reference Material Provided by the Moderators |
| 12:20 – 13:15 | London WRI Overview Session
Moderator: Prof. Dan HART, Professor, University of Birmingham
Introduction to Drainage in London Graeme KASSELMAN; Wastewater Planning System Lead (London), Thames WateR; Proceeding; Presentation
Sub-regional Integrated Water Management Matthew WHALEY; Senior Infrastructure Policy Officer, City of London; Presentation
Lessons Learned from July 2021 Floods in London Alex NICKSON; Head of Partnerships and Catchment Management, Thames Water; Proceeding; Presentation
Modelling Tools to Support Integrated Water Planning Prof. Ana MIJIC; Director of Centre for Systems Engineering and Innovation and Reader in Water Systems Integration, Imperial College; Proceeding; Presentation
Vision of NYU Research Prof. Kurt BECKER; Vice Dean, NYU Tandon School of Engineering; Presentation
Reference Material Provided by the Moderators Summary for MAWAC – London / Thames Water Utilities Greater London Authority (GLA) – Water
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| 13:15 – 14:15 | Lunch Guest Speaker:
Prof. Kurt H. Becker, Vice Dean for Research, Innovation and Entrepreneurship; Presentation |
| 14:15 – 15:10 | Chicago WRI Overview Session
Moderators: Commissioner Kimberly DU BUCLETAS and Prof. Kuldip KUMAR, MWRD; Proceedings; Presentation
Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago Prof. Kuldip KUMAR & Johnathan GRABOWY; Principal Environmental Scientist; Managing Engineer, Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago; Presentation
Urban Water Management and Climate Resilience in the Megacity of Chicago Joseph KRATZER; Managing Civil Engineer; Metropolitan Water Reclamation District, ; Presentation
Chicago’s Urban Integrated Field Laboratory Cristina NEGRI; Director of Environmental Science; Argonne National Lab; Presentation
Innovative City Adaptations to Climate Change Prof. Sevin YILDIZ; Assistant Professor, University of Illinois at Chicago; Presentation
eJUST – Environmental Justice using Urban Scalable Toolkit Ashish SHARMA; Discovery Partners Institute Climate and Urban Sustainability Leader, University of Illinois at Chicago; Presentation
The Circular Economy for Regional Resilience Thomas THEIS; Director of the Institute for Environmental Science and Policy, University of Illinois at Chicago; Proceeding; Presentation
Catalyzing Chicago’s Cleantech Ecosystem for an Inclusive Innovative Blue Economy Alaina HARKNESS; Executive Director, Current; Presentation
Reference Material Provided by the Moderators Megacity Chicago Stakeholders bios |
| 15:10 – 16:05 | Los Angeles WRI Overview Session
Moderator: Felicia MARCUS, W. Landreth Visiting Fellow, Stanford University; Proceeding; Presentation
The Greater Los Angeles Mega-Region Felicia MARCUS; William C. Landreth Visiting Fellow, Stanford University; Proceeding; Presentation
Sustainability, Resilience, and Innovation at Metropolitan Water District Liz CROSSON; Chief Sustainability, Resiliency and Innovation Officer, Metropolitan Water District; Proceeding; Presentation
Transition to Water Resilience: California Drought, Adapting to a New Normal, Rebecca Rasmussen Rebecca RASMUSSEN; Legislative Director for Office of Councilwoman Yaroslavsky, City of Los Angeles – City Council; Proceeding; Presentation
Los Angeles County Stormwater Management Rita KAMPALATH; Acting Chief Sustainability Officer, Los Angeles County Chief Sustainability Office; Proceeding; Presentation
UCLA Sustainable LS Grand Challenge Prof. Eric HOEK; Faculty Director of the UCLA Sustainable LA Grand Challenge, UCLA; Proceeding; Presentation
Sustainable Water Management in the Megacity of Los Angeles Mark GOLD, Director & Deputy Secretary, Adjunct Professor, D.Env.; NRDC & UCLA; Proceeding; Presentation
Reference Material Provided by the Moderators Updated 3-6 MAWAC– Greater Los Angeles Mega-region Overview and agenda for 3-20-23 presentation |
| 16:05 – 16:20 | Coffee Break |
| Invited Experts | |
| 16:20 – 16:35 | The Water – Energy Nexus – US-DOE Perspectives & NREL WRI Program
Dr. Scott STRUCK, Researcher VI-Systems Engineering, NREL; Presentation
Department of Energy Research Initiatives Dr. Scott Struck; Principal Research Engineer, National Renewable Energy Laboratory; Presentation
Public-Private Partnership Challenges, Solutions and Experience Sharing in the Context of Climate Change Sandrine DUBUC; Director of Strategy and Innovation Municipal Water, Veolia, SVD Development; Proceeding; Presentation
Solidarity-Based and Peer Partnerships: An Innovative Mechanism for Sharing Good Practice – Dr. Anne LE STRAT, Senior Advisor, GWOPA, Former Deputy Mayor of Paris & Julie PERKINS, Officer-in-Charge of the Global Water Operators’ Partnerships’ Secretariat of UN-Habitat; Presentation |
| 16:35 – 16:50 | Public-Private Partnership Challenges, Solutions and Experience Sharing in the Context of Climate Change
Sandrine DUBUC, Strategy & Innovation Director, VEOLIA North America SVP Development; Proceeding; Presentation Eric NESME, Director, Business Support & Performance Key offers, VEOLIA |
| 16:50 – 17:10 | Solidarity-Based and Peer Partnerships: An Innovative Mechanism for Sharing Good Practice –
Dr. Anne LE STRAT, Senior Advisor, GWOPA, Former Deputy Mayor of Paris; Presentation & Julie PERKINS, Officer-in-Charge of the Global Water Operators’ Partnerships’ Secretariat of UN-Habitat; Presentation |
| 17:10 – 17:30 | Summary of the 1st Day – Information sharing assessment as an essential input for exploring inter-city WRI collaboration and planning the 2nd day break-out sessions |
| 17:30 – 18:30 | Planning meeting with the moderators for the break-out and the way forward sessions |
| 19:00 | Reception |
| March 21 | NYU, Tandon School of Engineering, Polytechnic Inst., 6 Metrotech Center, Brooklyn
, |
| 8:30 – 8:45 | Registration |
| 8:45 – 8:55 | Introduction –
Prof. Ilan JURAN, Industry Professor, NYU and Angela LICATA, Deputy Commissioner, DEP |
| 8:55 – 9:15 | NYCDEP Challenges & Adaptation Strategy facing Climate Change Impacts
Angela LICATA, Deputy Commissioner, Sustainability, NYC-DEP; Proceeding; Presentation |
| 9:15 – 9:30 | Eau de Paris Challenges & Adaptation Strategy facing Climate Change Impacts
Benjamin GESTIN, CEO, Eau de Paris |
| 9:30 – 9:45 | Rome (Guest City) Eco-sustainability Challenges & Climate Adaptation Strategies
Prof. Lucio UBERTINI, UNESCO Chair Professor, University of Rome; Proceeding; Presentation |
| 9:45 – 10:00 | The NYC Lower Manhattan Protection facing Risks of Sea Level Rise (The U Project)
Eric MACFARLANE, Deputy Commissioner, NYCDDC; Presentation; Proceeding |
| 10:00 – 10:15 | Waste Valorization & Energy Recovery Nexus Management
Denis PENOUEL, CEO, SYCTOM; Paris; Proceeding Corinne TROMMSDORFF, CEO & Founder of Water Cities |
| 10:15 – 10:30 | Climate adaption in the US: The Las Vegas Case Example
Dave JOHNSON, Deputy General Manager Operation, LVVWD/SNWA; Proceeding; Presentation |
| 10:30 – 10:45 | Coffee Break |
| 10:45 – 12:00 | Breakout group sessions –
the purpose is to explore the best way for efficiently engaging strategic stakeholders’ partnerships and inter-city collaboration on mutually identified challenges for leveraging programs, pilot site demonstrations, experience and resources and accelerate the integration and deployment of innovative solutions. For this purpose, each breakout session will be focused on priority challenge(s) of common interest, as identified by the megacities following their Metropolitan WRI Overview presentations. It will be chaired by the Moderator(s) of a City Overview session and will involve the experts from the different megacities interested in the identified challenge(s). The outcome of each breakout session is expected to include: o WRI Challenge(s) identified for potential inter-city exchanges & collaboration; o The purpose, objectives of the participating cities and scope of collaboration (e.g. lessons learned; data sharing; technology demonstrations; others); o Inter-city Information/data sharing mode, platform and security challenges; o The way forward strategy, resources and milestones for inter-city collaboration; o The potential impacts and contribution to the MAWAC goals and Metropolitan SDG Outcome of each session will be presented in the Way Forward session by the moderator |
| 12:00 – 12:45 | The Way Forward –
The Moderators of the breakout sessions will briefly present (5 min) the outcome of the sessions for plenary discussion. It will summarize the proposed strategic inter-city collaborative framework for leveraging experience and resources for the identified WRI projects, focused on the megacities’ climate adaptation priority needs. Presentation
Theme 1: Storm Water Management – Best Practice, Modelling & Monitoring Dylan Meagher, Chief of Staff, Sustainability, NYCDEP
Theme 2: IWRM, Recycling & Circular Economy for Climate Adaptation Prof. Regis MOILLERON; Professor, Leesu – UPEC – Ecole des Ponts ,
Theme 3: Governance Policy, New Regulations, & Climate Adaptation Urban Planning Felicia MARCUS; William C. Landreth Visiting Fellow, Stanford University, Theme 3: Infrastructure Assets Management Prof. Dan HART, Professor, University of Birmingham
Theme 5: Research Partnerships, Innovation Prof. Aaron PACKMAN, Professor, Northwestern University Argonne National Lab |
| 12:45 – 13:00 | MAWAC Global Strategic Development Plan –
Sarantuyaa ZANDARYAA, Program Specialist; Presentation, and Corentin JUIN, Project Officer, UNESCO IHP; Presentation MAWAC Regional Strategic Development Plan (ENAR & LAC) Bruno NGUYEN, Prof. Jean Claude DEUTSCH and Prof. Ilan JURAN; Presentation |
| 13:00 – 14:00 | Lunch & Closing Remarks |
| 14:00 – 18:00 | Site Visit
For site description NYCDDC Coastal Resiliency Project Eric MACFARLANE, Deputy Commissioner, NYCDDC |
Note: City Overview sessions are expected to include about 40min delegates’ presentations & 15min Q&A
Breakout Group Sessions Planning
We would like to thank the overview sessions moderators for sharing their WRI Overview Summaries attached and proposed agenda issues for the breakout group sessions. The review of the proposed agendas suggests several issues of common interest for consideration as the themes for the breakout group sessions, including:
| Proposed Themes
Issues |
NYC | Paris | London | Chicago | Los Angeles | Proposed Moderator |
| 1) Storm Water Management – Best Practice, Modelling & Monitoring | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | NYC
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| 2) IWRM, Recycling & Circular Economy for Climate Adaptation | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Paris |
| 3) Governance Policy, New Regulations, & Climate Adaptation Urban Planning | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Los Angeles |
| 4) Infrastructure Assets Management – Modeling & Technology Solutions | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | London |
| 5) Research Partnerships, Innovation Ecosystems, Community engagement & public education for Resilient Cities | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Chicago |
Referenced Documents Kindly Provided by the Moderators
| Metropolitan WRI Overview Sessions – WRI Overview Summaries & Speakers Bios (Attachments) |
| NYC Agenda – Moderators: Terri MATTHEWS, Town & Gown, NYCDDC and Dylan MEAGHER, NYCDEP |
| NY WRI Overview Summary; Speakers’ Bios |
| Paris Agenda – Moderators: Prof. Regis MOILLLERON, LEESU and Dr. Claire BEYELER, MGP |
| Paris WRI Overview Summary; |
| London Agenda – Moderators: Prof. Dan HART, University of Birmingham; |
| London WRI Overview Summary |
| Chicago Agenda – Moderators: Commissioner Kimberly DU BUCLETAS (TBC) and Dr. Kuldip KUMAR, MWRD |
| Chicago WRI Overview Summary; Speakers’ Bios |
| Los Angeles Agenda – Moderator: Felicia MARCUS, W. Landreth Visiting Fellow, Stanford University |
| Los Angeles WRI Overview Summary |
Proposed Agendas for the Metropolitan WRI Overview Sessions of each Megacity
NYC Agenda – Moderators: Terri Matthews, Town & Gown, NYCDDC & Dylan MEAGHER, NYCDEP
| Theme | Presenter(s) | Organization | Time | Attendance |
| NYC DEP Overview of Operations and Research Focus | Dylan MEAGHER | NYC DEP | 9:30-9:35 AM | In person |
| Town+Gown:NYC Program | Terri MATTHEWS | Town + Gown | 9:35-9:40 AM | In person |
| NYC Stormwater Maps—Hydraulics and Hydrology Study | Dr. Jennifer CHERRIER | City University /Brooklyn College | 9:40-9:50 AM | In person |
| Industry-University Partnership | Melissa ENOCH | NYC DEP | 9:50-10:00 AM | In person |
| NYC FloodNet | Prof. Andrea SILVERMAN | NYU/Tandon | 10:00-10:10 AM | In person |
| R & D in the 21st Century: Cultivating a Modern Research Community | Jennifer FARMWALD | NYC DEP | 10:10-10:20 AM | In person |
| Characterizing Current and Future Extreme Heavy Rainfall in New York City, Climate Vulnerability, Impact and Adaptation Analysis | Prof. Patrick GURIAN
|
Drexel | 10:20-10:30 AM | Remote |
| Jamaica Bay Story | Zehra KUZ | Pratt | 10:30-10:40 AM | TBD |
| Q/A Discussion | 10:40-10:55 AM |
Paris Agenda – Moderators: Prof. Regis MOILLLERON, LEESU and Dr. Claire BEYELER, MGP
| Theme
|
Presenter | Organization | Timeslot | Attendance | |
| 1 | Paris Conurbation & water-related competencies
Greater Paris Metropolis |
Dr. Claire BEYELER | GPM | 11:10-11:17 | On-line |
| 2 | Infrastructure management | Prof. Youssef DIAB | Lab’Urba/Gustave Eiffel University | 11:17-11:24 | In person |
| 3 | Wastewater Management and circular economy | Prof. Régis MOILLERON | SIAAP (Scientific council) – Leesu | 11:24-11:31 | In person |
| 4 | Stormwater management observatory | Prof. Ghassan CHEBBO | OPUR observatory – LEESU | 11:31-11:38 | On-line |
| 5 | Integrated water resources management at the Seine River watershed scale | Prof. Nicolas FLIPO | Mines Paris /PIREN Seine | 11:38-11:45 | On-line |
| 6 | AI/ML Application for Wastewater Treatment Process Modelling | Marcello SERRAO
Sam WHITE |
LEESU
NYU |
11:45-11:55 | On-Line
In-person |
| Q/A Discussion | 11:55-12:10 | ||||
London Agenda – Moderator: Prof. Dan HART, University of Birmingham
| Title of presentation | Presenter | Org. | Position | Timeslot
|
|
| 1 | Moderator | Dr Dan Hart | University of Birmingham | Assistant Professor | 12:10-12:14
(In-prerson) |
| 2 | Introduction to drainage in London | Graeme Kasselman | Thames Water | Wastewater Planning System Lead (London) | 12:14 – 1232
(Remote) |
| 3 | Lessons learned from July 2021 floods in London | Alex Nickson | Thames Water | Head of Partnerships and Catchment Management | |
| 4 | Integrated Water Management for London | Matthew Whaley | London Greater Authority | Senior Infrastructure Policy Officer | 12:32 – 12:42
(Remote) |
| 5 | Modelling tools to support integrated water planning | Dr Ana Mijic | Imperial College | Reader in Water Systems Integration, and Director of Centre for Systems Engineering and Innovation | 12:42 – 12:50
(Remote) |
| 7 | Q & A / Discussion
|
12:50 – 13:00 | |||
Los Angeles Agenda – Moderator: Felicia MARCUS, W. Landreth Visiting Fellow, Stanford University
| Title of Presentation | Presenter | Affiliation | Position | Time |
| Overview | Felicia MARCUS | Stanford University | W. Landreth Visiting Fellow, | 14:55 – 15:00
(In person)
|
| City of LA (Green plan for reducing reliance on imported water by 70% by 2035 including efficiency, stormwater capture, largest recycled water project in the world) | Rebecca RASMUSSEN | Energy and Environmental Committee LA City Council | Legislative Director of the Committee Chair | 15:00 –15:08
(Remote) |
| County of Los Angeles (Sustainability Plan; $300 million/year for multi-benefit green space, stormwater capture projects for water supply, water quality, flood control, urban greening): | Rita KAMPALATH | LA County | Chief Sustainability Officer | 15:08 – 15:16
(In-person) |
| Metropolitan Water District of Southern California Adaptation Planns | Elizabeth CROSSON
|
Metropolitan Water District of Southern California | Chief Sustainability Officer, | 15:16 –15:24
(Remote) |
| re Sustainable LA Grand Challenge and other research tools | Prof. Eric HOEK | UCLA Sustainable LA Grand Challenge | Director | 15:24 – 15:40
(In-person) |
| Q&A | 15:40 – 15:55 | |||
Chicago Agenda: Moderator: Dr. Kuldip KUMAR, MWRD
| Title of the Presentation
|
Presenter | Organization | Timeslot | Attendance | |
| 1. | Chicago Monography & Regional Climate Goals | Mr. Brian Daly | Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning | 14:02-14:06 | In-person |
| 2. | Urban Water Management and Climate Resilience | Mr. Joseph Kratzer | MWRD Chicago | 14:07-14:16 | In-person |
| 3. | Community Research on Climate and Urban Science | Dr. Cristina Negri | Argonne National Lab | 14:17-14:21 | In-person |
| 4. | Innovative City Adaptations to Climate Change | Dr. Sevin Yildiz | University of Illinois at Chicago | 14:22-14:26 | In-person |
| 5. | Environmental Justice Using Urban Scalable Toolkits | Dr. Ashish Sharma | Discovery Partners Institute, UIC | 14:27-14:31 | In-person |
| 6. | Recycling and Circular Economy for Regional Resilience | Dr. Thomas Theis | University of Illinois at Chicago | 14:32-14:46 | In-person |
| 7. | Technology and Innovation Ecosystem | Ms. Alaina Harkness | Current, NFP | 14:37-14:41 | In-person |
| Q/A Discussion | 14:42-15:00 | ||||
| 8. | In-Attendance | Dr. Junhong Chen | University of Chicago/Argonne National Lab | In-person | |
| 9. | In Attendance | Mr. Jonathan Grabowy | MWRD Chicago | In-person | |
| 10. | In Attendance | Dr. Kuldip Kumar | MWRD Chicago | In-person | |
| 11. | In Attendance | Dr. Marcello H. Garcia | University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign | In-person | |
| 12. | In-Attendance | Dr. Brian Chaplin | University of Illinois at Chicago | Virtual | |
| 13. | In-Attendance | Dr. George Wells | Northwestern University | Virtual | |
| 14. | In-Attendance | Dr. Aaron Packman | Northwestern University | In-person
On 03/21 |
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With our thanks for your support and effective cooperation,
On behalf of the Steering Committee
Prof. (Ret.) Ilan JURAN, CUE Department, NYU, Tandon School of Engineering
Former Head, Civil and Environmental Eng., Polytechnic University
Acting Secretary, MAWAC-ENAR
& Executive Director, W-SMART Association
Official UNESCO Associate Partner NGO
Workshop List of Participants
| City | Name
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Position | Affiliation/Organization | ||
| UNESCO |
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Specialist, Human Settlements sec | UNESCO
(In-person) |
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| Corentin JUIN | Project Officer | UNESCO
(In-person) |
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| New York | Angela LICATA | Dep. Comm. Sustainability | NYCDEP
(In-person) |
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| Dylan MEAGHER | Chief of Staff, Sustainability | NYCDEP
(In-person) |
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| Prof. Jennifer CHERRIER | Prof. Earth and Environ Sciences | CUNY
(In-person) |
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| Melissa ENOCH | Director, Green Infrastructure Capital Planning & Partnerships | NYCDEP
(In-person) |
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| Jennifer FARMWALD | Chief, Water Innovation and Research coordination Section |
NYCDEP Bureau of Water Supply (BWS)
(In-person) |
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| Prof. Patrick GURIAN | Prof. Environmental Sc. & Policy | Drexel University, Civil and Environmental Eng.
(Remote) |
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| Prof. Zehra KUZ | Registered Architect
Adjunct Professor |
Pratt Institute, School of Architecture
(In-person) |
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| Prof. Hossein MOHSEN | Director, Civil Eng. PhD Program | NYU, CUE Dept.
(In-person) |
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| Prof. Andrea SILVERMAN | Assistant Prof. Environ Eng. | NYU, CUE Dept.
(In-person) |
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| Eric MACFARLANE | CEO, Deputy Commissioner | NYCDDC
(In-person) |
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| Prof. (Retired) Ilan JURAN | Former CUE Head, Polytechinc Un. Executive Director | NYU, CUE Dept.
W-SMART Association (In-person) |
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| Terri MATTHEWS | Director of NY Town & Gown | NYC DDC
(In-person) |
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| Prof. Maurizio PROFIRI | Director, Center for Urban Science & Progress | NYU, CUSP
(In-person) |
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| Prof. Magued ISKANDER | Head, Civil & Urban Eng. Dept | NYU, CUE Dept.
(In-person) |
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| Sam WHITE | PhD Candidate
Research Assoc. |
NYU (In-person)
W-SMART |
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| Dr. Tedi GEBEREMMARIAM | Director of In-house Design | NYCDEP | |||
| Jason RAILING | Bureau of Water Supply Expert | NYCDEP | |||
| Miki URISAKA | Green Infrastructure R&D | NYCDEP | |||
| Paris | Dr. Claire BEYELER |
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MGP, Dept. of Environ
Water & Climate (Remote) |
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| Prof. Jean Claude DEUTSCH | Prof. (Retired) Environ Eng.
and Former President |
ENP-ParisTech
ARCEAU-IdF (Remote) |
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| Prof. Regis MOILLERON | Director, LEESU | ENPC, University of Paris-Est Créteil (U-PEC)
(In-person) |
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| Joakim GIACOMONI | Admin. Public & Intern affairs, | SIAAP
(in-person) |
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| Prof. Youssef DIAB | Research Director | EIVP; U-PEM
(in-person) |
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| Prof. Ghassan CHEBBO | Research Director, OPUR observatory | ENP, ParisTech, LEESU
(Remote) |
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| Prof. Nicolas FLIPO | Research Director, PIREN Seine | Mines Paris
(Remote) |
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| Paris | Marcello SERRAO | PhD Candidate | LEESU
(Remote) |
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| Eric NESME | Director, Business Support & Performance Key Offers | VEOLIA
(In-person) |
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| Benjamin GESTIN | CEO | Eau de Paris
(Remote) |
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| Denis PENOUEL | CEO | SYCTOM
Remote) |
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CEO & Founder of Water Cities | Water-Cities
(In-person) |
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| London | Matthew WHALEY | Sr. Infrastructure Policy Officer | Greater LONDON Auth
(Remote) |
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| Prof. Dan HART | Professor | Birmingham Univ.
(In-person |
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| Graeme KASSELMAN | Wastewater Planning System Lead (London) | Thames Water (Remote) | |||
| Alex NICKSON | Head of Partnerships and Catchment Management | Thames Water (Remote) | |||
| Dr. Ana MIJIC | Director, Centre for Systems Engineering and Innovation; Reader in Water Systems Integ. | Imperial College
(Remote) |
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| Dr Jeni GIAMBONA | Imperial College | Head of Stakeholder Engagement (Remote) | |||
| Chicago | Dr. Kuldip KUMAR
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Principal Environmental Scientist, Capital Planning, Research, Technology Evaluation | Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago (MWRD)
(in-person) |
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| Brian DALY | Senior Planner | Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning
(In-person |
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| Joseph KRATZER | Supervising Civil Eng. | MWRD Chicago
(In-person) |
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| Dr. Cristina NEGRI | Director of the Environmental Science (EVS) Division | Argonne National Lab
(In-person) |
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| Prof. Sevin YILDIZ | Assistant Professor, Urban Planning and Policy | University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC)
(In-person) |
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| Prof. Ashish SHARMA | Climate and Urban Sustainability Lead at Discovery Partners Inst. | Discovery Partners Institute, UIC
(In-person) |
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| Prof. Thomas THEIS | Director, The Institute for Environmental Science & Policy | University of Illinois at Chicago (In-person) | |||
| Alaina HARKNESS | Executive Director at Current, Chicago’s Water Innovation Hub | Current, NFP
(In-person) |
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| Prof. Junhong CHEN | Crown Family Professor of Molecular Engineering and
lead water strategist at Argonne National Laboratory. |
University of Chicago Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering /Argonne National Lab
(In-person) |
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| Jonathan GRABOWY | Managing Civil Eng. | MWRD Chicago
(In-person) |
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| Prof. Marcello H. GARCIA | Director, Ven Te Chow Hydrosystems Laboratory | University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign
(In-person) |
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| Prof. Aaron PACKMAN | Research focus: Water, Sediments & Microbiata | Northwestern University
Argonne National Lab (In-person) |
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| Prof. Brian CHAPLIN | Research prof. Chemical Eng. | University of Illinois at Chicago (Remote) | |||
| Chicago | Prof. George WELLS | Associate Prof. Civil & Env. Eng. | Northwestern University
(Remote) |
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| Los Angeles | Dr. Felicia MARCUS | W. Landreth Visiting Fellow | Stanford University
(In-person) |
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Dr. Elizabeth CROSSON |
Chief, Sustainability, Resiliency
& Innovation |
Metropolitan Water District (Remote) | |||
Rebecca RASMUSSEN |
Legislative Director of the Chair, Energy and Environ Committee | LA City Council
(TBD) |
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| Rita KAMPALAT | Chief Sustainability Officer,
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LA County;
(In-person) |
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| Prof. Eric HOEK | Director, UCLA Sustainable LA Grand Challenge | UCLA
(In-person) |
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| Prof. Mark GOLD
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Director, Water Scarcity Solutions, NRDC; former Vice-chancellor, Sustainable LA Grand Challenge | UCLA
(Remote) |
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| Rome / Italy | Prof. Lucio UBERTINI | UNESCO Chair Prof. | University of Rome
(in-person) |
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| Francisco FIORETTI | Director | Marmore Falls Museum
(In-person) |
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| Marco ARCIERI | Vice President, ICID | ICID – Intern Comm. on Irrigation and Drainage
(In-person) |
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| Giusepe di DUCA | Director General | Universe Foundation
(In-person) |
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| Tonino BERNABE | President | Romagna Acque
(In-person) |
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| Prof. Piergiorgio MANCIOLA | University of Perugia | ||||
| US-DOE/NREL | Dr. Josh SPERLING
Dr. Scott STRUCK |
Urban Future Research, NREL
Research VI-Systems Eng. |
NREL (Remote)
NREL (In-person) |
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| AMWA US | Dave JOHNSON, | Deputy General Manager Operation, | LVVWD/SNWA
(In-person) |
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| VEOLIA North America | Sandrine DUBUC | SVP Development, Strategy & Innovation | Veolia North America
(In-person) |
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| GWOPA
UN Habitat |
Dr. Anne LE STRAT | Senior Adviser, GWOPA
Former Deputy Mayor, Paris |
GWOPA HABITAT
(In-person) |
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| Julie PERKINS | Officer-in-Charge of the Global Water Operators’ Partnerships’ Secretariat of UN-Habitat. | GWOPA/UN Habitat
(In-person) |
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| W-SMART | Bruno NGUYEN | Honorary President | W-SMART
(In-person) |
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| Karine CHARLEMAGNE | Research Associate | W-SMART
(In-person) |
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| MAWAC LAC | Prof. Nilo de OLIVEIRA NASCIMENTO | Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais – Escola de Eng | Brazil (invited) | ||
| MAWAC India | Ashok HUKKU | Major General (Ret) | Mumbai (India)
(In-person) |
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- MAWAC-ENAR Water Research & Innovation (WRI) Workshop - Mar 20, 2023 - Mar 21, 2023 - 8:30 AM - 7:00 PM
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