The quality of the Water and Development Congress & Exhibition is ensured by a Programme Committee formed by leading experts in water and development from around the world.
2023 Programme Committee Members

Chair – Doulaye Kone
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, USA

Ligy Philip
Indian Institute of Technology, India

Chérifa Abdelbaki
University of Tlemcen, Algeria

Osward M. Chanda
African Development Bank, Côte d’Ivoire

Juan P. R. Sanchez
University of Los Andes, Colombia

Jay Bhagwan
Water Research Commission, South Africa

Miriam Otoo
Tetra Tech, USA

Siméon Kenfack
African Water Association, Côte d’Ivoire

Charles Niwagaba
Makerere University, Uganda

Md. Tahmidul Islam
WaterAid, Bangladesh

Bécaye Sidy Diop
DELVIC Sanitation Initiatives, Senegal

Caroline Delaire
Aquaya, France

Tanuja Ariyananda
Lanka Rain Water Harvesting Forum, Sri Lanka

Marcelo Kenji Miki
Sabesp, Brazil

Isha Basyal
Global Water and Sanitation Center, Thailand

Min Yang
National Engineering Research Center of Industrial Wastewater Detoxication and Resource Recovery, China

Olutayo Bankole-Bolawole
WaterAid, Rwanda

François Xavier Tetero
World Bank Group, Rwanda