On October 22, 2022, GWA hosted a one-day conference that explored the progress made to date, the remaining challenges, and examples of policy implementations in meeting the sanitation goal set by the UN that is to be accomplished by 2030. Speakers and panelists provided perspectives from a variety of international, national, and local organizations. Guest speakers included Ann Thomas, Senior WASH Advisor, Sanitation and Hygiene, UNICEF; David Parker, Deputy Director, Water, Sanitation, & Hygiene, Gates Foundation; Kelly Parsons, CEO, WaterAid America; Eddy Perez, Technical Director, Global WASH & Health, Global Communities

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On June 9, 2022, GWA board member, Debbie Heuckeroth, hosted a webinar covering topics related to water and wastewater infrastructure, including global and local examples large and small with strategies and tools for public private partnerships, environmental sustainability, climate resiliency, watershed and land use considerations, and gray and green infrastructure complimentary approaches. Joining the webinar were panelists Lindsey Geiger, PE, ENV SP, LEED AP BD+C, Director, Education, Institute for Sustainable Infrastructure, Gerard Dalziel, PE, Chief Engineer, Engineers Without Borders – USA, and Gail Farmer (she/her), Executive Director, Wissahickon Trails.

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Hartwick College and Global Water Alliance hosted a symposium on Water & Peace: The Art of Sharing Water on October 14, 2019 from 8:00 am – 1:00 pm ET at the Anderson Center for the Arts, Hartwick College.

With the overwhelming success of the 10th GWA Conference (2017) in Kolkata, India, the Board of Directors of GWA hosted the 13th Annual Conference in Kolkata, India on January 4-7, 2020. The conference worked jointly with local universities and organizations in Philadelphia and with the Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology, SHIBPUR, as well as the Rural Development Forum of the Institution of Engineers (India) and others in India.
Conference Proceedings can be found here.

On November 16, 2021, GWA moderator, Vince Uhl, Professional Hydrogeologist at UHL & Associates, Inc., hosted the second Nile River Basin discussion with distinguished panelists Lange Schermerhorn, Former Ambassador to Djibouti; Dr. Hani Sewilam, Professor of Water Resources Management and Rector’s Delegate, RWTH Aachen University – Germany; Dr. Seifu Kebede, Professor of Hydrogeology at University of KwaZulu in South Africa; and Dr. David Kreamer, Professor of Hydrogeology at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas and President of the International Association of Hydrogeologists.  The complex and varied uses of water are exemplified within the Nile River Basin, a transboundary river system with a long history of tension, conflict, but also cooperation.  The Nile River travels through eleven riparian nations in northeastern Africa.  Watch the recording of the event here.

On Saturday, October 9, 2021, the Global Water Alliance with Thomas Jefferson University held its virtual 14th Annual Conference titled, “Securing the Green to Make it Clean: Funding for Sustainable Sanitation.” The conference—the theme of which draws its inspiration from the 2020 launch of the United Nations-affiliated Sanitation and Hygiene Fund—brought speakers from across the finance sector to address the modernization of traditional funding sources, as well as the innovations needed to achieve Sustainable Development Goal 6: water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) for all. Conference information and recording can be found here

The complex and varied uses of water are exemplified within the Nile River Basin, a transboundary water source with a long history of tension, conflict, but also cooperation. On August 19, 2020, GWA brought together practitioners and researchers to offer different perspectives on the construction and filling of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), a hydroelectric power dam on the Blue Nile meant to provide power for a significant portion of Ethiopia’s population – ultimately a source of immense tension between Ethiopia and Egypt. The webinar recording can be found here.