FUTURE WATER RESEARCH SYMPOSIUM
“Equity and efficiency in allocating water in South Africa
- Challenging attitudes, changing behaviours”
08h30 – 17h00, 28 July 2017
LT 2B, Snape Building, Upper Campus, University of Cape Town
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Follow up: Ulrike Rivett reflects on lessons learnt at the Symposium
Reflections on the Symposium Roundtable discussions (pdf, 300KB)
Schedule: Morning session.
PRESENTATION SESSIONS: Lecture Theatre 2B, Snape Building
| Time | Topic | Presenter/Facilitator |
| 08:00 | REGISTRATION: Foyer, New Engineering Building | |
| 08:30 | Welcome | Prof Sue Harrison: Director: Future Water, UCT |
| 08:35 | Introduction | Prof Alison Lewis – Dean: EBE, UCT |
| 08:45 | Opening Address | Prof Loretta Feris: DVC: Transformation, UCT |
| 09:10 | The role of Future Water as an interdisciplinary research institute at UCT | Dr Kirsty Carden: Research Coordinator: Future Water, UCT |
| PRESENTATION SESSIONS: | Lecture Theatre 2B, Snape Building | |
| 09:30 | The River Multiple: Ontologies of fluid relationships with water |
Ms Nikiwe Solomon: African Centre for a Green Economy; Anthropology, UCT |
| 09:50 | Behavioural interventions for saving water, Experimental evidence from the City of Cape Town | Prof Martine Visser: School of Economics, UCT |
| 10:10 | Do toilets and the internet have anything in common? | Prof Ulrike Rivett: Information Systems, UCT |
| 10:30 | MORNING TEA: Foyer, New Engineering Building | |
| 11:00 |
Water affordability and equity: Assessing the invisible burdens for the poor |
A/Prof Horman Chitonge: Centre for African Studies, UCT |
| 11:20 | Life after mining – a brighter future | Ms Vicki Shaw – Programme Manager: Mine Water Coordinating Body, hosted by Nepad Business Foundation |
| 11:40 | Overcoming water scarcity for good? Querying the adoption of desalination technology in the Knysna Local Municipality | Dr Suraya Scheba – Environmental & Geographical Science, UCT |
| 12:00 | PANEL DISCUSSION: Lecture Theatre 2B, Snape Building | |
| 12:45 | LUNCH: Foyer, New Engineering Building |
The conversations that occurred in the round table sessions will be available in due course.
13:30 ROUND TABLE SESSIONS: Garnet Room, New Engineering Building
| 13:30 |
ROUND TABLE SESSIONS |
Garnet Room, New Engineering Building |
| Table 1 | Creating liveable neighbourhoods | Dr Tom Sanya: Architecture & Planning, UCT |
| Table 2 | To sewer or not to sewer / Resource recovery – value to community, or protecting the environment? | Bernelle Verster: Chemical Engineering, UCT |
| Table 3 | Practical ways in which businesses can reduce their water demand | Prof Neil Armitage: Civil Engineering, UCT |
| Table 4 | What is the minimum amount of water needed to keep the city green and appealing to tourists and investors alike? | Dr Kirsty Carden: Civil Engineering, UCT |
| Table 5 | Changing the tipping point – trading off the need to save with the need to perform | Dr Tony Colman |
| Table 6 | Basins of the Future: Keeping rivers flowing | Dr Kevin Winter: Environmental & Geographical Science, UCT |
| Table 7 | Repurposing water – fit for what purpose? | Prof Sue Harrison – Chemical Engineering |
| 15:00 | AFTERNOON TEA | Foyer, New Engineering Building |
| 15:30 |
Report back from roundtable discussion |
Table Raconteurs* |
| 16:15 | Concluding remarks | Dr Kevin Winter: Environmental & Geographical Science |
| 16:30 | COCKTAIL FUNCTION AND NETWORKING | Foyer, New Engineering Building |
* Rui Hugman, Callies Selala, Juarez Amaral Filho, Fadzai Kadzinga, John Okedi, Deanna Polic, Tynan Marais