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Water at the Annual Meeting 2008
Water sessions in Davos

We 23rd January 2008
12.00-14.00
Opening Media Lunch
The Global Water Challenge

Th 24th January 2008
08.00 - 10.15 Food and Beverage Industry Partner Session (Private session)
Water for Human Health, Industry, Agriculture and The Environment

10.30 - 11.30 Plenary Session
Time Is Running Out for Water

12.30 - 14.00 Interactive Lunch Session
The True Value of Water


Fr 25th January 2008
09.00 - 10.15 Interactive Session
Who Is Managing Your Supply of Water?

12.00 - 14.00 Energy Community Session
Thirsty Energy - The Water Challenge

20.00 - 22.00, Interactive Dinner Session
Are We Being Bio-Foolish?


Sa 26th January 2008
09.00 - 12.00 Workspace
Securing A Watertight Future

14.00 - 15.15 Interactive session
Death, Disease and Dirty Water

    
 
Point of View
 
 
Jamshyd Godrej, Chairman, CII Green Business Centre
"The Indian Business Alliance on Water holds great potential to address the challenges that India faces on clean water access and waste water management."
Jamshyd Godrej, Chairman, CII Green Business Centre
 

 Watch Vasundhara Raje, Chief Minister, Government of Rajasthan, India
  Interactive water map
 

Quick Facts                 
 

By installing a closed-looped, re-circulated cooling water system, an aluminum rolling mill can cut its water consumption by 93 %, saving more than 40,000 cubic metres per year.
Source: Alcan Water Paper

In order to meet the UN Millennium water supply and sanitation target, an additional 260,000 people per day up to 2015 should gain access to improved water sources and an additional 370,000 people should gain access to improved sanitation. Source: WHO
Meeting the UN Millennium target would avoid health-related costs of US$ 7.3 billion per year. Source: World Water Council









 
    
 
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