We look forward to seeing you in Montreal!
Cities of the Future Steering Committee
Tuesday 21st 09:15 – 15:45 Room 06
Sessions 1 - The Future Show
Chair Steve Moddemeyer, US
09:15 IWA and Cities of the Future, Paul Reiter, IWA
09:25 Cities of the Future Programme – The Vision and Where We are Going, Paul Brown, US, Kala Vairavamoorthy, UK
09:45 Draft Water Management Principles for Sustainable Cities of the Future, Rob Skinner, Australia
10:05 Managing Change in the Water Community, Wim van Vierssenn, Netherlands
10:25 Roundtable discussion
Eric Lesueur, France
Jean-Marie Dubreuil, France
Nick Apostolidis, Australia
10:45 – 11:15 Morning break
Session 2 - Urban Metabolism and the Footprints of Cities
Chair Kala Vairavamoorthy, UK
11:15 The Footprint of the City, Urban Metabolism and Water, Vladimir Novotny, US
11:30 The Metabolism of Cities – Latest Australian Research, Steven Kenway, Australia
11:45 Urban Metabolism in Practice, Dave Spector, Singapore
12:00 Collaboration Through City Information Modeling for Sustainable Cities, Nick Apostolidis, Australia
12:15 Roundtable Discussion- Kala Vairavamoorthy, UK
12:45 – 14:15 Lunch
Session 3 - Integrated Technologies for Cities of the Future
Chair Valerie Nelson, US
14:15 Possible Reuse Concepts and Technologies for Cities of the Future, Hallvard Odegaard, Norway
14:30 Emerging Concepts and Technologies for Integrated Treatment, Peter Cornel, Germany
14:45 Case Study – District and Site Scale Strategies for Resource Recovery, Stormwater Harvesting and Energy Recovery, Ed Clerico, US
15:00 Case Study – Tools for Resource Recovery at Centralised Plants, Jurg Keller, Australia
15:15 Planning and Design for Substantial and Efficient Urban Water Systems- Professor Xiaochang Wang, China
15:30 Case Study – Rehabilitation of Qingdao Wastewater Treatment Plant to 21st Century Strategies, Fabrice Latchoumanin, France
Wednesday 22nd 09:15 – 15:45 Room 06
Session 4 - Institutional and Spatial Change for Cities of the Future
Chair Rob Skinner Australia
09:15 Recap of Day 1 and Introduction by Chair, Uwe Brandes, US, Rob Skinner, Australia
09:30 Spatial, Development and Institutional Factors – Translating Vision and Principles Into On-The-Ground Reality – The Canadian Perspective, Maggie Carlson, Canada
09:45 Adopting the Cities of the Future Principles in the United States –The View From the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission, Vicki Elmer, US
10:00 European Perspective on the Institutional and Development Challenges to Adopting the Cities of the Future Principles and Recommendations, Jacques Labre, France
10:15 Interactive Discussion, Peter Binney US
10:35 Conclusions – Priorities For Next Stages, Ross Young, Australia
10:45 – 11:15 Morning break
Session 5 - Turkish Cities of the Future – Integrating Water and Development Planning
Chair Paul Reiter IWA
Working Group Glen Daigger. US, Steve Moddemeyer, US, Ruya Tasli, Turkey, Orhan Yenigun, Turkey
11:15 Working Group – Trabzon and Kayseri, Turkish Cities of the Future
• Report on results of Kayseri and Trabzon session in Turkey in July
• Team member discussion about the concepts and challenges
Concepts developed will assist in a follow-on workshop in Istanbul in cooperation with IWA, the City of Istanbul, IWA Turkey and the Turkish Ministry of the Environment and Forestry.
12:45 – 14:15 Lunch
Session 6 - Montreal Declaration
Facilitator Paul Brown US
Panelists Paul Reiter, IWA, Uwe Brandes, US, Nicolas Buchoud, France, Dennis McGlade, US, Skip Graffam, US
14:15 Panel Discussion – What We Heard – What This Means
14:55 Presentation of Montréal Declaration Draft, Kala Vairavamoorthy, UK
15:05 Roundtable Group Discussion, Facilitator Paul Brown, US
15:35 Closing Presentation, Paul Reiter, Netherlands
