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
![WDCE_Doulaye Kone WDCE_Doulaye Kone](https://waterdevelopmentcongress.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/WDCE_Doulaye-Kone-200x200.jpg)
Chair – Doulaye Kone
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, USA
![WDCE_Ligy Philip WDCE_Ligy Philip](https://waterdevelopmentcongress.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/WDCE_Ligy-Philip-200x200.jpg)
Ligy Philip
Indian Institute of Technology, India
![WDCE_Cherifa Abdebaki WDCE_Cherifa Abdebaki](https://waterdevelopmentcongress.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/WDCE_Cherifa-Abdebaki-200x200.jpg)
Chérifa Abdelbaki
University of Tlemcen, Algeria
![WDCE_Osward M Chanda WDCE_Osward M Chanda](https://waterdevelopmentcongress.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/WDCE_Osward-M-Chanda-200x200.jpg)
Osward M. Chanda
African Development Bank, Côte d’Ivoire
![WDCE_Juan P R Sanchez WDCE_Juan P R Sanchez](https://waterdevelopmentcongress.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/WDCE_Juan-P-R-Sanchez-200x200.jpg)
Juan P. R. Sanchez
University of Los Andes, Colombia
![WDCE_Jay Bhagwan WDCE_Jay Bhagwan](https://waterdevelopmentcongress.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/WDCE_Jay-Bhagwan-200x200.jpg)
Jay Bhagwan
Water Research Commission, South Africa
![WDCE_Miriam Otoo WDCE_Miriam Otoo](https://waterdevelopmentcongress.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/WDCE_Miriam-Otoo-200x200.jpg)
Miriam Otoo
Tetra Tech, USA
![WDCE_ Simeon Kenfack WDCE_ Simeon Kenfack](https://waterdevelopmentcongress.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/WDCE_-Simeon-Kenfack-200x200.jpg)
Siméon Kenfack
African Water Association, Côte d’Ivoire
![WDCE_ Charles Niwagaba WDCE_ Charles Niwagaba](https://waterdevelopmentcongress.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/WDCE_-Charles-Niwagaba-200x200.jpg)
Charles Niwagaba
Makerere University, Uganda
![WDCE_ Md. Tahmidul Islam WDCE_ Md. Tahmidul Islam](https://waterdevelopmentcongress.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/WDCE_-Md.-Tahmidul-Islam-200x200.jpg)
Md. Tahmidul Islam
WaterAid, Bangladesh
![WDCE_ Becaye Sidy Diop WDCE_ Becaye Sidy Diop](https://waterdevelopmentcongress.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/WDCE_-Becaye-Sidy-Diop-200x200.jpg)
Bécaye Sidy Diop
DELVIC Sanitation Initiatives, Senegal
![WDCE_ Caroline Delaire WDCE_ Caroline Delaire](https://waterdevelopmentcongress.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/WDCE_-Caroline-Delaire-200x200.jpg)
Caroline Delaire
Aquaya, France
![WDCE_ Tanuja Ariyananda WDCE_ Tanuja Ariyananda](https://waterdevelopmentcongress.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/WDCE_-Tanuja-Ariyananda-200x200.jpg)
Tanuja Ariyananda
Lanka Rain Water Harvesting Forum, Sri Lanka
![WDCE_ Marcelo Kenji Miki WDCE_ Marcelo Kenji Miki](https://waterdevelopmentcongress.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/WDCE_-Marcelo-Kenji-Miki-200x200.jpg)
Marcelo Kenji Miki
Sabesp, Brazil
![Isha_PC Isha_PC](https://waterdevelopmentcongress.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/MicrosoftTeams-image-200x200.jpg)
Isha Basyal
Global Water and Sanitation Center, Thailand
![WDCE_ Min Yang WDCE_ Min Yang](https://waterdevelopmentcongress.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/WDCE_-Min-Yang-200x200.jpg)
Min Yang
National Engineering Research Center of Industrial Wastewater Detoxication and Resource Recovery, China
![WDCE_ Olutayo Bankole-Bolawole WDCE_ Olutayo Bankole-Bolawole](https://waterdevelopmentcongress.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/WDCE_-Olutayo-Bankole-Bolawole-200x200.jpg)
Olutayo Bankole-Bolawole
WaterAid, Rwanda
![WDCE_ Francois Xavier Tetero WDCE_ Francois Xavier Tetero](https://waterdevelopmentcongress.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/WDCE_-Francois-Xavier-Tetero-200x200.jpg)
François Xavier Tetero
World Bank Group, Rwanda