MAWAC-ENAR Water Research & Innovation (WRI) Workshop

Date(s): Mar 20, 2023 - Mar 21, 2023
Time: 8:30 AM - 7:00 PM
Location: NYU, Tandon School of Engineering
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MAWAC-ENAR Water Research & Innovation (WRI) Workshop

NYC, 20 & 21 March, 2023

Co-organized by NYU, NYCDEP & NYCDDC under the auspices of UNESCO (MAWAC Secretariat)

with the collaboration of SIAAP, MGP, The ARCEAU-IdF Association, LEESU and the W-SMART Association

03/20 – NYU, Tandon School of Engineering, CUSP, Room#1201, 370 Jay Street, Brooklyn, NY 11201

03/21 – NYU, Tandon School of Engineering, Polytechnic Institute,6 Metrotech Center, Brooklyn, NY 11201

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ProgramProceeding

Purpose

Facing the ever-growing climate change impacts and extreme events along with the energy crisis, economic constraints, new regulatory requirements and rising public concerns, local governments and water operators of megacities are being increasingly challenged with the critical needs to establish climate adaptation policies and assess best practices for their water systems management as well as to accelerate the deployment of innovative solutions for improving their water security and upgrading the resilience of the metropolitan water ecosystems. The climate change adaptation calls for consumers education to engage a societal crisis preparedness culture, as well as effective measures for meeting emerging regulations for reducing GHG / carbon emission and striving to achieve energy neutrality and demand control. Within this context, while the Megacities in the Euro-North American Region (ENAR) experience a variety of climate change impacts and face different hydrological, socio-cultural, environmental, economic, technological, regulatory and operational conditions, their collaboration, exchanges and experience sharing present a great interest for leveraging the development, demonstration and integration of innovative solutions for facing metropolitan climate adaptation challenges.

Following upon the recommendations of the round table panel sessions organized by MAWAC ENAR as part of the EAUMEGA 2022 conference, the purpose of this Water Research & Innovation (WRI) Workshop is to provide the forum for such an experience sharing among the megacities, bringing together their government officers, policy decision makers, water operators and researchers in order to share climate impacts challenges of each megacity, its experience of adaptation strategies, R&D priority needs and current programs, as well as early monitoring results of innovative solutions and their environmental, societal and economic impacts assessment. The goal is to explore synergistical opportunities for leveraging experience and resources for current and future WRI programs and accelerate the deployment of innovative solutions for the metropolitan adaptation needs.

Organization

The MAWAC-ENAR Water Research & Innovation (WRI) Workshop, which is co-organized by NYU and NYCDEP under the auspices of UNESCO, as the MAWaC Secretariat, with the collaboration of MGP (Metropolis of Greater Paris), the ARCEAU-IdF Association, the LEESU Research Center, and the W-SMART Association. The WRI Workshop will be hosted by NYCDEP and NYU at NYU Polytechnic Institute, 6 Metrotech Center Brooklyn, NY 11201 on March 20 & 21, 2023.

Main Workshop Objectives

Provide a stakeholders’ WRI overview of the priority challenges of each megacity, its experience of climate impacts adaptation, R&D needs and programs, and assessment of early monitoring of innovative solutions;
Explore the synergistic opportunities for leveraging current and future R&D programs, including analytical/numerical studies, “beta” testing of innovative solutions in operators’ sites, smart monitoring systems, their early deployment monitoring as well as financing and consumers’ education strategies;
Support collaborative development of inter-city R&D projects to optimize resources and accelerate the adaptation and demonstration of innovative solutions to the local needs using current digital environments;
Explore the best way forward to establish a strategic collaborative framework for leveraging experience and resources for R&D collaborative projects focused on the megacities’ climate adaptation priority needs.

Site visit – Lower manhattan Coastal Resiliency project for site description

NYCDDC Coastal Resiliency Project With our thanks to Eric MACFARLANE, Deputy Commissioner, NYCDDC, for registration before 03/17

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March 20	*NYU, Tandon School of Engineering, CUSP, Room#1201, 370 Jay Street, Brooklyn, NY*
8:30 – 8:45	Registration
8:45 – 9:00	Introduction: Welcome & Workshop Objectives Prof. (Ret.) Ilan JURAN, NYU; Dylan MEAGHER, Chief of Staff, Sustainability, NYCDEP; Presentation
9:00 – 9:10	The NYU-CUSP Goals – Prof. Maurizio PORFIRI, Director, CUSP, Host Institute; Proceedings; Presentation
9:10 – 9:20	The MAWAC background and its Strategic Global Framework – Dr. Sarantuyaa ZANDARYAA, Program Specialist, and Corentin JUIN, Project Officer, UNESCO IHP; Presentation
9:20 – 9:30	MAWAC-ENAR Agenda Bruno NGUYEN, W-SMART; Prof. Jean-Claude DEUTSCH, ARCEAU-Idf; Prof. Ilan JURAN; Presentation
	Metropolitan WRI Overview Sessions
9:30 – 10:55	NYC WRI Overview Session Moderators: Terri MATTHEWS, Director of Town & Gown, NYCDDC; Proceedings; Presentation & Dylan MEAGHER, Chief of Staff, Sustainability, NYCDEP; Presentation NYC Stormwater Resiliency Study: Prof. Jennifer CHERRIER; Professor & Researcher, CUNY, Brooklyn College; Presentation NYC Stormwater Flood Risk: Melissa ENOCH; Managing Director, NYC DEP; Presentation NYC Flood Net: Prof. Andrea SILVERMAN; Assistant Professor, NYU Tandon; Proceeding; Presentation Cultivating a Modern Research Community: Jennifer FARMWALD; Section Chief of Research Coordination, Water Innovation and Research, NYC DEP; Proceeding; Presentation Reference Material Provided by the Moderators Town+Gown:NYC Master Academic Consortium Contract Water Research & Innovation Workshop – March 20 and 21, 2023 New York City Panelists’ Biographies
10:55 – 11:10	Coffee Break
11:10 – 11:25	Facing the Challenges of Climate Change for the Water Supply of Paris: the Path of Social Innovation and Systemic Transition – Benjamin GESTIN, CEO, Eau de Paris; Presentation
11:25 – 12:20	Paris WRI Overview Session; Moderators: Prof. Regis MOILLLERON, LEESU; Presentation and Dr. Claire BEYELER, MGP; Presentation Climate Changes for Paries Water Supply: Benjamin GESTIN; CEO, Eau de Paris, The Path of Social Innovation and Systemic Transition; Presentation OPUR: Observatory Of Urban Hydrology In Île De France Prof. Ghassan CHEBBO; Leesu , Professor, OPUR Observatory; Proceeding; Presentation The PIREN-Seine Program Prof. Nicolas FLIPO; Professor, Mines Paris/PIREN Seine; Presentation Infrastructure Management Risk Assessment Prof. Youssef DIAB; Professor, Lab’Urba/Gustave Eiffel University; Presentation Water And Climate Management In Greater Paris Area Claire BEYELER; Head of the Flood and Water Service, Métropole du Grand Paris; Presentation Wastewater Management Six Industrial And Environmental Issues Prof. Régis MOILLERON; Professor, Leesu – UPEC – Ecole des Ponts; Presentation Examples of Scientific Collaborations Marcello SERRAO & Sam WHITE; PhD Candidates, École des ponts ParisTech & NYU Tandon; Presentation Reference Material Provided by the Moderators Paris WRI Overview Session Greater Paris Metropolis Session
12:20 – 13:15	London WRI Overview Session Moderator: Prof. Dan HART, Professor, University of Birmingham Introduction to Drainage in London Graeme KASSELMAN; Wastewater Planning System Lead (London), Thames WateR; Proceeding; Presentation Sub-regional Integrated Water Management Matthew WHALEY; Senior Infrastructure Policy Officer, City of London; Presentation Lessons Learned from July 2021 Floods in London Alex NICKSON; Head of Partnerships and Catchment Management, Thames Water; Proceeding; Presentation Modelling Tools to Support Integrated Water Planning Prof. Ana MIJIC; Director of Centre for Systems Engineering and Innovation and Reader in Water Systems Integration, Imperial College; Proceeding; Presentation Vision of NYU Research Prof. Kurt BECKER; Vice Dean, NYU Tandon School of Engineering; Presentation Reference Material Provided by the Moderators Summary for MAWAC – London / Thames Water Utilities Greater London Authority (GLA) – Water
13:15 – 14:15	Lunch Guest Speaker: Prof. Kurt H. Becker, Vice Dean for Research, Innovation and Entrepreneurship; Presentation
14:15 – 15:10	Chicago WRI Overview Session Moderators: Commissioner Kimberly DU BUCLETAS and Prof. Kuldip KUMAR, MWRD; Proceedings; Presentation Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago Prof. Kuldip KUMAR & Johnathan GRABOWY; Principal Environmental Scientist; Managing Engineer, Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago; Presentation Urban Water Management and Climate Resilience in the Megacity of Chicago Joseph KRATZER; Managing Civil Engineer; Metropolitan Water Reclamation District, ; Presentation Chicago’s Urban Integrated Field Laboratory Cristina NEGRI; Director of Environmental Science; Argonne National Lab; Presentation Innovative City Adaptations to Climate Change Prof. Sevin YILDIZ; Assistant Professor, University of Illinois at Chicago; Presentation eJUST – Environmental Justice using Urban Scalable Toolkit Ashish SHARMA; Discovery Partners Institute Climate and Urban Sustainability Leader, University of Illinois at Chicago; Presentation The Circular Economy for Regional Resilience Thomas THEIS; Director of the Institute for Environmental Science and Policy, University of Illinois at Chicago; Proceeding; Presentation Catalyzing Chicago’s Cleantech Ecosystem for an Inclusive Innovative Blue Economy Alaina HARKNESS; Executive Director, Current; Presentation Reference Material Provided by the Moderators Megacity Chicago Stakeholders bios Water Research and Innovation at the Megacity Chicago Factsheets Megacity Chicago Projects and Programs
15:10 – 16:05	Los Angeles WRI Overview Session Moderator: Felicia MARCUS, W. Landreth Visiting Fellow, Stanford University; Proceeding; Presentation The Greater Los Angeles Mega-Region Felicia MARCUS; William C. Landreth Visiting Fellow, Stanford University; Proceeding; Presentation Sustainability, Resilience, and Innovation at Metropolitan Water District Liz CROSSON; Chief Sustainability, Resiliency and Innovation Officer, Metropolitan Water District; Proceeding; Presentation Transition to Water Resilience: California Drought, Adapting to a New Normal, Rebecca Rasmussen Rebecca RASMUSSEN; Legislative Director for Office of Councilwoman Yaroslavsky, City of Los Angeles – City Council; Proceeding; Presentation Los Angeles County Stormwater Management Rita KAMPALATH; Acting Chief Sustainability Officer, Los Angeles County Chief Sustainability Office; Proceeding; Presentation UCLA Sustainable LS Grand Challenge Prof. Eric HOEK; Faculty Director of the UCLA Sustainable LA Grand Challenge, UCLA; Proceeding; Presentation Sustainable Water Management in the Megacity of Los Angeles Mark GOLD, Director & Deputy Secretary, Adjunct Professor, D.Env.; NRDC & UCLA; Proceeding; Presentation Reference Material Provided by the Moderators Updated 3-6 MAWAC– Greater Los Angeles Mega-region Overview and agenda for 3-20-23 presentation (Greater LA Case Study excerpt) Multi-Agency Water Reuse Programs: Lessons for Successful Collaboration
16:05 – 16:20	Coffee Break
	Invited Experts
16:20 – 16:35	The Water – Energy Nexus – US-DOE Perspectives & NREL WRI Program Dr. Scott STRUCK, Researcher VI-Systems Engineering, NREL; Presentation Department of Energy Research Initiatives Dr. Scott Struck; Principal Research Engineer, National Renewable Energy Laboratory; Presentation Public-Private Partnership Challenges, Solutions and Experience Sharing in the Context of Climate Change Sandrine DUBUC; Director of Strategy and Innovation Municipal Water, Veolia, SVD Development; Proceeding; Presentation Solidarity-Based and Peer Partnerships: An Innovative Mechanism for Sharing Good Practice – Dr. Anne LE STRAT, Senior Advisor, GWOPA, Former Deputy Mayor of Paris & Julie PERKINS, Officer-in-Charge of the Global Water Operators’ Partnerships’ Secretariat of UN-Habitat; Presentation
16:35 – 16:50	Public-Private Partnership Challenges, Solutions and Experience Sharing in the Context of Climate Change Sandrine DUBUC, Strategy & Innovation Director, VEOLIA North America SVP Development; Proceeding; Presentation Eric NESME, Director, Business Support & Performance Key offers, VEOLIA
16:50 – 17:10	Solidarity-Based and Peer Partnerships: An Innovative Mechanism for Sharing Good Practice – Dr. Anne LE STRAT, Senior Advisor, GWOPA, Former Deputy Mayor of Paris; Presentation & Julie PERKINS, Officer-in-Charge of the Global Water Operators’ Partnerships’ Secretariat of UN-Habitat; Presentation
17:10 – 17:30	Summary of the 1^st Day – Information sharing assessment as an essential input for exploring inter-city WRI collaboration and planning the 2^nd day break-out sessions
17:30 – 18:30	Planning meeting with the moderators for the break-out and the way forward sessions
19:00	Reception
March 21	*NYU, Tandon School of Engineering, Polytechnic Inst., 6 Metrotech Center, Brooklyn* ,
8:30 – 8:45	Registration
8:45 – 8:55	Introduction – Prof. Ilan JURAN, Industry Professor, NYU and Angela LICATA, Deputy Commissioner, DEP
8:55 – 9:15	NYCDEP Challenges & Adaptation Strategy facing Climate Change Impacts Angela LICATA, Deputy Commissioner, Sustainability, NYC-DEP; Proceeding; Presentation
9:15 – 9:30	Eau de Paris Challenges & Adaptation Strategy facing Climate Change Impacts Benjamin GESTIN, CEO, Eau de Paris
9:30 – 9:45	Rome (Guest City) Eco-sustainability Challenges & Climate Adaptation Strategies Prof. Lucio UBERTINI, UNESCO Chair Professor, University of Rome; Proceeding; Presentation
9:45 – 10:00	The NYC Lower Manhattan Protection facing Risks of Sea Level Rise (The U Project) Eric MACFARLANE, Deputy Commissioner, NYCDDC; Presentation; Proceeding
10:00 – 10:15	Waste Valorization & Energy Recovery Nexus Management Denis PENOUEL, CEO, SYCTOM; Paris; Proceeding Corinne TROMMSDORFF, CEO & Founder of Water Cities
10:15 – 10:30	Climate adaption in the US: The Las Vegas Case Example Dave JOHNSON, Deputy General Manager Operation, LVVWD/SNWA; Proceeding; Presentation
10:30 – 10:45	Coffee Break
10:45 – 12:00	Breakout group sessions – the purpose is to explore the best way for efficiently engaging strategic stakeholders’ partnerships and inter-city collaboration on mutually identified challenges for leveraging programs, pilot site demonstrations, experience and resources and accelerate the integration and deployment of innovative solutions. For this purpose, each breakout session will be focused on priority challenge(s) of common interest, as identified by the megacities following their Metropolitan WRI Overview presentations. It will be chaired by the Moderator(s) of a City Overview session and will involve the experts from the different megacities interested in the identified challenge(s). The outcome of each breakout session is expected to include: o WRI Challenge(s) identified for potential inter-city exchanges & collaboration; o The purpose, objectives of the participating cities and scope of collaboration (e.g. lessons learned; data sharing; technology demonstrations; others); o Inter-city Information/data sharing mode, platform and security challenges; o The way forward strategy, resources and milestones for inter-city collaboration; o The potential impacts and contribution to the MAWAC goals and Metropolitan SDG Outcome of each session will be presented in the Way Forward session by the moderator
12:00 – 12:45	The Way Forward – The Moderators of the breakout sessions will briefly present (5 min) the outcome of the sessions for plenary discussion. It will summarize the proposed strategic inter-city collaborative framework for leveraging experience and resources for the identified WRI projects, focused on the megacities’ climate adaptation priority needs. Presentation Theme 1: Storm Water Management – Best Practice, Modelling & Monitoring Dylan Meagher, Chief of Staff, Sustainability, NYCDEP Theme 2: IWRM, Recycling & Circular Economy for Climate Adaptation Prof. Regis MOILLERON; Professor, Leesu – UPEC – Ecole des Ponts , Theme 3: Governance Policy, New Regulations, & Climate Adaptation Urban Planning Felicia MARCUS; William C. Landreth Visiting Fellow, Stanford University, Theme 3: Infrastructure Assets Management – Modeling & Technology Solutions Prof. Dan HART, Professor, University of Birmingham Theme 5: Research Partnerships, Innovation Ecosystems, Community engagement & public education for Resilient Cities Prof. Aaron PACKMAN, Professor, Northwestern University Argonne National Lab
12:45 – 13:00	MAWAC Global Strategic Development Plan – Sarantuyaa ZANDARYAA, Program Specialist; Presentation, and Corentin JUIN, Project Officer, UNESCO IHP; Presentation MAWAC Regional Strategic Development Plan (ENAR & LAC) Bruno NGUYEN, Prof. Jean Claude DEUTSCH and Prof. Ilan JURAN; Presentation
13:00 – 14:00	Lunch & Closing Remarks
14:00 – 18:00	Site Visit *For site description NYCDDC Coastal Resiliency Project* Eric MACFARLANE, Deputy Commissioner, NYCDDC

Note: City Overview sessions are expected to include about 40min delegates’ presentations & 15min Q&A

Breakout Group Sessions Planning

We would like to thank the overview sessions moderators for sharing their WRI Overview Summaries attached and proposed agenda issues for the breakout group sessions. The review of the proposed agendas suggests several issues of common interest for consideration as the themes for the breakout group sessions, including:

Proposed Themes Issues	NYC	Paris	London	Chicago	Los Angeles	Proposed Moderator
1) Storm Water Management – Best Practice, Modelling & Monitoring	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	NYC
2) IWRM, Recycling & Circular Economy for Climate Adaptation	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Paris
3) Governance Policy, New Regulations, & Climate Adaptation Urban Planning	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Los Angeles
4) Infrastructure Assets Management – Modeling & Technology Solutions	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	London
5) Research Partnerships, Innovation Ecosystems, Community engagement & public education for Resilient Cities	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Chicago

Referenced Documents Kindly Provided by the Moderators

Metropolitan WRI Overview Sessions – WRI Overview Summaries & Speakers Bios (Attachments)

NYC Agenda – Moderators: Terri MATTHEWS, Town & Gown, NYCDDC and Dylan MEAGHER, NYCDEP

NY WRI Overview Summary; Speakers’ Bios

Paris Agenda – Moderators: Prof. Regis MOILLLERON, LEESU and Dr. Claire BEYELER, MGP

Paris WRI Overview Summary;

London Agenda – Moderators: Prof. Dan HART, University of Birmingham;

London WRI Overview Summary

Chicago Agenda – Moderators: Commissioner Kimberly DU BUCLETAS (TBC) and Dr. Kuldip KUMAR, MWRD

Chicago WRI Overview Summary; Speakers’ Bios

Los Angeles Agenda – Moderator: Felicia MARCUS, W. Landreth Visiting Fellow, Stanford University

Los Angeles WRI Overview Summary

Proposed Agendas for the Metropolitan WRI Overview Sessions of each Megacity

NYC Agenda – Moderators: Terri Matthews, Town & Gown, NYCDDC & Dylan MEAGHER, NYCDEP

Theme	Presenter(s)	Organization	Time	Attendance
NYC DEP Overview of Operations and Research Focus	Dylan MEAGHER	NYC DEP	9:30-9:35 AM	In person
Town+Gown:NYC Program	Terri MATTHEWS	Town + Gown	9:35-9:40 AM	In person
NYC Stormwater Maps—Hydraulics and Hydrology Study	Dr. Jennifer CHERRIER	City University /Brooklyn College	9:40-9:50 AM	In person
Industry-University Partnership	Melissa ENOCH	NYC DEP	9:50-10:00 AM	In person
NYC FloodNet	Prof. Andrea SILVERMAN	NYU/Tandon	10:00-10:10 AM	In person
R & D in the 21^st Century: Cultivating a Modern Research Community	Jennifer FARMWALD	NYC DEP	10:10-10:20 AM	In person
Characterizing Current and Future Extreme Heavy Rainfall in New York City, Climate Vulnerability, Impact and Adaptation Analysis	Prof. Patrick GURIAN	Drexel	10:20-10:30 AM	Remote
Jamaica Bay Story	Zehra KUZ	Pratt	10:30-10:40 AM	TBD
Q/A Discussion			10:40-10:55 AM

Paris Agenda – Moderators: Prof. Regis MOILLLERON, LEESU and Dr. Claire BEYELER, MGP

Theme		Presenter	Organization	Timeslot	Attendance
1	Paris Conurbation & water-related competencies Greater Paris Metropolis	Dr. Claire BEYELER	GPM	11:10-11:17	On-line
2	Infrastructure management	Prof. Youssef DIAB	Lab’Urba/Gustave Eiffel University	11:17-11:24	In person
3	Wastewater Management and circular economy	Prof. Régis MOILLERON	SIAAP (Scientific council) – Leesu	11:24-11:31	In person
4	Stormwater management observatory	Prof. Ghassan CHEBBO	OPUR observatory – LEESU	11:31-11:38	On-line
5	Integrated water resources management at the Seine River watershed scale	Prof. Nicolas FLIPO	Mines Paris /PIREN Seine	11:38-11:45	On-line
6	AI/ML Application for Wastewater Treatment Process Modelling	Marcello SERRAO Sam WHITE	LEESU NYU	11:45-11:55	On-Line In-person
	Q/A Discussion			11:55-12:10

London Agenda – Moderator: Prof. Dan HART, University of Birmingham

Title of presentation		Presenter	Org.	Position	Timeslot
1	Moderator	Dr Dan Hart	University of Birmingham	Assistant Professor	12:10-12:14 (In-prerson)
2	Introduction to drainage in London	Graeme Kasselman	Thames Water	Wastewater Planning System Lead (London)	12:14 – 1232 (Remote)
3	Lessons learned from July 2021 floods in London	Alex Nickson	Thames Water	Head of Partnerships and Catchment Management	12:14 – 1232 (Remote)
4	Integrated Water Management for London	Matthew Whaley	London Greater Authority	Senior Infrastructure Policy Officer	12:32 – 12:42 (Remote)
5	Modelling tools to support integrated water planning	Dr Ana Mijic	Imperial College	Reader in Water Systems Integration, and Director of Centre for Systems Engineering and Innovation	12:42 – 12:50 (Remote)
7	Q & A / Discussion				12:50 – 13:00

Los Angeles Agenda – Moderator: Felicia MARCUS, W. Landreth Visiting Fellow, Stanford University

Title of Presentation	Presenter	Affiliation	Position	Time
Overview	Felicia MARCUS	Stanford University	W. Landreth Visiting Fellow,	14:55 – 15:00 (In person)
City of LA (Green plan for reducing reliance on imported water by 70% by 2035 including efficiency, stormwater capture, largest recycled water project in the world)	Rebecca RASMUSSEN	Energy and Environmental Committee LA City Council	Legislative Director of the Committee Chair	15:00 –15:08 (Remote)
County of Los Angeles (Sustainability Plan; $300 million/year for multi-benefit green space, stormwater capture projects for water supply, water quality, flood control, urban greening):	Rita KAMPALATH	LA County	Chief Sustainability Officer	15:08 – 15:16 (In-person)
Metropolitan Water District of Southern California Adaptation Planns	Elizabeth CROSSON	Metropolitan Water District of Southern California	Chief Sustainability Officer,	15:16 –15:24 (Remote)
re Sustainable LA Grand Challenge and other research tools	Prof. Eric HOEK	UCLA Sustainable LA Grand Challenge	Director	15:24 – 15:40 (In-person)
Q&A			15:40 – 15:55

Chicago Agenda: Moderator: Dr. Kuldip KUMAR, MWRD

Title of the Presentation		Presenter	Organization	Timeslot	Attendance
1.	Chicago Monography & Regional Climate Goals	Mr. Brian Daly	Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning	14:02-14:06	In-person
2.	Urban Water Management and Climate Resilience	Mr. Joseph Kratzer	MWRD Chicago	14:07-14:16	In-person
3.	Community Research on Climate and Urban Science	Dr. Cristina Negri	Argonne National Lab	14:17-14:21	In-person
4.	Innovative City Adaptations to Climate Change	Dr. Sevin Yildiz	University of Illinois at Chicago	14:22-14:26	In-person
5.	Environmental Justice Using Urban Scalable Toolkits	Dr. Ashish Sharma	Discovery Partners Institute, UIC	14:27-14:31	In-person
6.	Recycling and Circular Economy for Regional Resilience	Dr. Thomas Theis	University of Illinois at Chicago	14:32-14:46	In-person
7.	Technology and Innovation Ecosystem	Ms. Alaina Harkness	Current, NFP	14:37-14:41	In-person
	Q/A Discussion			14:42-15:00
8.	In-Attendance	Dr. Junhong Chen	University of Chicago/Argonne National Lab		In-person
9.	In Attendance	Mr. Jonathan Grabowy	MWRD Chicago		In-person
10.	In Attendance	Dr. Kuldip Kumar	MWRD Chicago		In-person
11.	In Attendance	Dr. Marcello H. Garcia	University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign		In-person
12.	In-Attendance	Dr. Brian Chaplin	University of Illinois at Chicago		Virtual
13.	In-Attendance	Dr. George Wells	Northwestern University		Virtual
14.	In-Attendance	Dr. Aaron Packman	Northwestern University		In-person On 03/21

With our thanks for your support and effective cooperation,

On behalf of the Steering Committee

Prof. (Ret.) Ilan JURAN, CUE Department, NYU, Tandon School of Engineering

Former Head, Civil and Environmental Eng., Polytechnic University

Acting Secretary, MAWAC-ENAR

& Executive Director, W-SMART Association

Official UNESCO Associate Partner NGO

Workshop List of Participants

City

Name

Position

Affiliation/Organization

UNESCO

Dr. Sarantuyaa ZANDARYAA

Specialist, Human Settlements sec

UNESCO

(In-person)

Corentin JUIN

Project Officer

UNESCO

(In-person)

New York

Angela LICATA

Dep. Comm. Sustainability

NYCDEP

(In-person)

Dylan MEAGHER

Chief of Staff, Sustainability

NYCDEP

(In-person)

Prof. Jennifer CHERRIER

Prof. Earth and Environ Sciences

CUNY

(In-person)

Melissa ENOCH

Director, Green Infrastructure Capital Planning & Partnerships

NYCDEP

(In-person)

Jennifer FARMWALD

Chief, Water Innovation and
Research coordination Section

NYCDEP Bureau of Water Supply (BWS)

(In-person)

Prof. Patrick GURIAN

Prof. Environmental Sc. & Policy

Drexel University, Civil and Environmental Eng.

(Remote)

Prof. Zehra KUZ

Registered Architect

Adjunct Professor

Pratt Institute, School of Architecture

(In-person)

Prof. Hossein MOHSEN

Director, Civil Eng. PhD Program

NYU, CUE Dept.

(In-person)

Prof. Andrea SILVERMAN

Assistant Prof. Environ Eng.

NYU, CUE Dept.

(In-person)

Eric MACFARLANE

CEO, Deputy Commissioner

NYCDDC

(In-person)

Prof. (Retired) Ilan JURAN

Former CUE Head, Polytechinc Un. Executive Director

NYU, CUE Dept.

W-SMART Association

(In-person)

Terri MATTHEWS

Director of NY Town & Gown

NYC DDC

(In-person)

Prof. Maurizio PROFIRI

Director, Center for Urban Science & Progress

NYU, CUSP

(In-person)

Prof. Magued ISKANDER

Head, Civil & Urban Eng. Dept

NYU, CUE Dept.

(In-person)

Sam WHITE

PhD Candidate

Research Assoc.

NYU (In-person)

W-SMART

Dr. Tedi GEBEREMMARIAM

Director of In-house Design

NYCDEP

Jason RAILING

Bureau of Water Supply Expert

NYCDEP

Miki URISAKA

Green Infrastructure R&D

NYCDEP

Paris

Dr. Claire BEYELER

Chief of Service GEMAPI‑Eau,

MGP, Dept. of Environ

Water & Climate

(Remote)

Prof. Jean Claude DEUTSCH

Prof. (Retired) Environ Eng.

and Former President

ENP-ParisTech

ARCEAU-IdF (Remote)

Prof. Regis MOILLERON

Director, LEESU

ENPC, University of Paris-Est Créteil (U-PEC)

(In-person)

Joakim GIACOMONI

Admin. Public & Intern affairs,

SIAAP

(in-person)

Prof. Youssef DIAB

Research Director

EIVP; U-PEM

(in-person)

Prof. Ghassan CHEBBO

Research Director, OPUR observatory

ENP, ParisTech, LEESU

(Remote)

Prof. Nicolas FLIPO

Research Director, PIREN Seine

Mines Paris

(Remote)

Paris

Marcello SERRAO

PhD Candidate

LEESU

(Remote)

Eric NESME

Director, Business Support & Performance Key Offers

VEOLIA

(In-person)

Benjamin GESTIN

CEO

Eau de Paris

(Remote)

Denis PENOUEL

CEO

SYCTOM

Remote)

Corinne TROMMSDORFF

CEO & Founder of Water Cities

Water-Cities

(In-person)

London

Matthew WHALEY

Sr. Infrastructure Policy Officer

Greater LONDON Auth

(Remote)

Prof. Dan HART

Professor

Birmingham Univ.

(In-person

Graeme KASSELMAN

Wastewater Planning System Lead (London)

Thames Water (Remote)

Alex NICKSON

Head of Partnerships and Catchment Management

Thames Water (Remote)

Dr. Ana MIJIC

Director, Centre for Systems Engineering and Innovation; Reader in Water Systems Integ.

Imperial College

(Remote)

Dr Jeni GIAMBONA

Imperial College

Head of Stakeholder Engagement (Remote)

Chicago

Dr. Kuldip KUMAR

Principal Environmental Scientist, Capital Planning, Research, Technology Evaluation

Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago (MWRD)

(in-person)

Brian DALY

Senior Planner

Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning

(In-person

Joseph KRATZER

Supervising Civil Eng.

MWRD Chicago

(In-person)

Dr. Cristina NEGRI

Director of the Environmental Science (EVS) Division

Argonne National Lab

(In-person)

Prof. Sevin YILDIZ

Assistant Professor, Urban Planning and Policy

University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC)

(In-person)

Prof. Ashish SHARMA

Climate and Urban Sustainability Lead at Discovery Partners Inst.

Discovery Partners Institute, UIC

(In-person)

Prof. Thomas THEIS

Director, The Institute for Environmental Science & Policy

University of Illinois at Chicago (In-person)

Alaina HARKNESS

Executive Director at Current, Chicago’s Water Innovation Hub

Current, NFP

(In-person)

Prof. Junhong CHEN

Crown Family Professor of Molecular Engineering and

lead water strategist at Argonne National Laboratory.

University of Chicago Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering /Argonne National Lab

(In-person)

Jonathan GRABOWY

Managing Civil Eng.

MWRD Chicago

(In-person)

Prof. Marcello H. GARCIA

Director, Ven Te Chow Hydrosystems Laboratory

University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign

(In-person)

Prof. Aaron PACKMAN

Research focus: Water, Sediments & Microbiata

Northwestern University

Argonne National Lab

(In-person)

Prof. Brian CHAPLIN

Research prof. Chemical Eng.

University of Illinois at Chicago (Remote)

Chicago

Prof. George WELLS

Associate Prof. Civil & Env. Eng.

Northwestern University

(Remote)

Los Angeles

Dr. Felicia MARCUS

W. Landreth Visiting Fellow

Stanford University

(In-person)

Dr. Elizabeth CROSSON

Chief, Sustainability, Resiliency

& Innovation

Metropolitan Water District (Remote)

Rebecca RASMUSSEN

Legislative Director of the Chair, Energy and Environ Committee

LA City Council

(TBD)

Rita KAMPALAT

Chief Sustainability Officer,

LA County;

(In-person)

Prof. Eric HOEK

Director, UCLA Sustainable LA Grand Challenge

UCLA

(In-person)

Prof. Mark GOLD

Director, Water Scarcity Solutions, NRDC; former Vice-chancellor, Sustainable LA Grand Challenge

UCLA

(Remote)

Rome / Italy

Prof. Lucio UBERTINI

UNESCO Chair Prof.

University of Rome

(in-person)

Francisco FIORETTI

Director

Marmore Falls Museum

(In-person)

Marco ARCIERI

Vice President, ICID

ICID – Intern Comm. on Irrigation and Drainage

(In-person)

Giusepe di DUCA

Director General

Universe Foundation

(In-person)

Tonino BERNABE

President

Romagna Acque

(In-person)

Prof. Piergiorgio MANCIOLA

University of Perugia

US-DOE/NREL

Dr. Josh SPERLING

Dr. Scott STRUCK

Urban Future Research, NREL

Research VI-Systems Eng.

NREL (Remote)

NREL (In-person)

AMWA US

Dave JOHNSON,

Deputy General Manager Operation,

LVVWD/SNWA

(In-person)

VEOLIA North America

Sandrine DUBUC

SVP Development, Strategy & Innovation

Veolia North America

(In-person)

GWOPA

UN Habitat

Dr. Anne LE STRAT

Senior Adviser, GWOPA

Former Deputy Mayor, Paris

GWOPA HABITAT

(In-person)

Julie PERKINS

Officer-in-Charge of the Global Water Operators’ Partnerships’ Secretariat of UN-Habitat.

GWOPA/UN Habitat

(In-person)

W-SMART

Bruno NGUYEN

Honorary President

W-SMART

(In-person)

Karine CHARLEMAGNE

Research Associate

W-SMART

(In-person)

MAWAC LAC

Prof. Nilo de OLIVEIRA NASCIMENTO

Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais – Escola de Eng

Brazil (invited)

MAWAC India

Ashok HUKKU

Major General (Ret)

Mumbai (India)

(In-person)

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