The Canadian Water Network is pleased to debut its video series featuring keynote and plenary speakers from Connecting Water Resources 2011, our national conference held from February 28 to March 3, 2011 in Ottawa, Canada.

Dr. Zafar Adeel

Chair to UN-Water
Director, United Nations University, Institute for Water, Environment and Health

Keynote: topic: The Emerging Global Water Crises — Canada as a Champion?

Dr. Rita R. Colwell

Distinguished University Professor
University of Maryland College Park and Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Senior Advisor and Chairman Emeritus, Canon U.S. Life Sciences
President and CEO, CosmosID, Inc.
Recipient of the 2010 Stockholm Water Prize

Keynote topic: Climate, Oceans and Human Health: Lessons from Cholera

Ooi Kian Eng

Director of Water Reclamation (Network)
Public Utilities Board, Singapore’s National Water Agency

Keynote topic: Innovations in Response to Singapore’s Water Needs

Charles Fishman

Author of The Big Thirst: The Fate of Water in the Modern World

Hon. Peter Kent

Federal Minister of the Environment

Gregory J. Koch

Managing Director
Global Water Stewardship
Environment & Water Resources
The Coca-Cola Company

Keynote topic: Water Stewardship at The Coca-Cola Company: Reduce, Recycle, Replenish

Nicholas R. Parker

Executive Chairman, Cleantech Group
Keynote topic: The Changing Nature of the Global Environmental Market

Dr. Gilles Patry, President and CEO, Canada Foundation for Innovation
Mr. David Henderson, Managing Director of XPV Capital Corporation

Discussion topic: The challenges of bringing water innovations to market

Jean-François Barsoum, Senior Managing Consultant and Practice Leader, Green + Innovation Strategies, IBM

Dr. Hans Schreier, Professor Emeritus, Institute for Resources, Environment and Sustainability, University of British Columbia

Dr. Bob Page, TransAlta Professor of Environmental Management and Sustainability, University of Calgary

Dr. Margaret Catley-Carlson, Vice Chair, World Economic Forum, Global Agenda Council on Water Security

Futures panel discussion: What the water world will look like in 2035 and how we might collectively respond to the challenges