Local Organising Committee
| Jon Rathjen | Team Leader, Water Industry Team, Scottish Government |
| Professor Bob Ferrier | Director of Research Impact, The James Hutton Institute |
| Professor Gareth Pender FREng, FRSE | Professor of Environmental Engineering Heriot Watt University Edinburgh |
| Barbara Barbarito | Business Strategy and Policy Manager Scottish Water |
| John McAleese PhD | Business Partnerships Manager, Research Strategy & Innovation Office, University of Glasgow |
| Dr Alistair Rieu-Clarke | Reader in International Law, Dundee Centre for Water Law, Policy and Science (under the auspices of UNESCO), University of Dundee |
International Scientific Committee (ISC) of the Congress:
CHAIR: Dr. Cecilia Tortajada, President of the Third World Centre for Water Management, Mexico
COMMITTEE:
| Mr. Jon Rathjen | Team Leader, Water Industry Team, Scottish Government, Edinburgh, Scotland |
| Dr. Emmanuel M. Akpabio | Lecturer, Department of Geography & Regional Planning, University of Uyo, Nigeria |
| Dr. Eugenio Barrios | Director, Water Programme, WWF-Mexico |
| Dr. Marius Claassen | Research Group Leader, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), Pretoria, South Africa |
| Dr. Anthony Cox | Head of Division, Environment Directorate, OECD, Paris, France |
| Dr. David Brooks | Associate, IISD’s Natural and Social Capital program, Canada |
| Prof. Gabriel Eckstein | Professor of Law, Texas A&M University School of Law and Treasurer, IWRA |
| Dr. James Horne | Principal, James Horne and Associates and Visiting Fellow, Australian National University |
| Dr. Elcin Kentel | Associate Professor, Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey |
| Prof. Lilian del Castillo-Laborde | Professor, Buenos Aires University, Argentina |
| Dr. David Molden | Director General, International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development, Kathmandu, Nepal |
| Prof. Mikiyasu Nakayama | Head and Professor, Department of International Studies, Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan |
| Prof. James Nickum | Editor-in-Chief, Water International, Tokyo, Japan |
| Dr. Markus A. Palenberg | Director, IFDS – Institute for Development Strategy, Munich, Germany |
| Prof. Gareth Pender | Head of School, Environmental Engineering, Institute for Infrastructure and Environment, Heriot Watt University, Edinburgh, Scotland |
| Mr. Puah Aik Num | Chief Specialist of Water Treatment, Public Utilities Board, Singapore |
| Dr. Ahmet Saatci | President, Turkish Water Institute, Istanbul, Turkey |
| Prof. Christopher Scott | Professor and Distinguished Scholar, University of Arizona, Tucson, USA; and Chair, XIV IWRA Congress (Recife, 2011) |
| Dr. Kai Wegerich | Senior Researcher, International Water Management Institute, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia |
| Dr. Jun Xia | Dean, Research Institute for Water Security (RIWS), Wuhan University, Wuhan, China |
| Prof. Jaeeung Yi | Professor, Ajou University, Sowon, Korea |
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