Speakers

High Level Speakers

Antonio Tajani

Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Italy

Dubravka Šuica

European Commissioner for the Mediterranean

Retno Marsudi

UN Special Envoy on Water

Jessika Roswall

Commissioner for the Environment, Water Resilience and a Competitive Circular Economy

Gilberto Pichetto Fratin

Minister of the Environment and Energy Security, Italy

Francesco Lollobrigida

Minister of Agriculture, Food Sovereignty and Forestry, Italy

Orazio Schillaci

Minister of Health, Italy

Nello Musumeci

Minister for Civil Protection and Sea Policies, Italy

Anna Maria Bernini

Minister of University and Research, Italy

Paolo Zangrillo

Minister for Public Administration, Italy

Edmondo Cirielli

Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Italy

Francesco Rocca

President of Lazio Region

Roberto Gualtieri

Mayor of Rome

Sofjan Jaupaj

Minister Environment of Albania

Hani Sewilam

Minister of Water Resources and Irrigation, Egypt

Fitore Pacolli Dalipi

Minister of Environment and Spatial Planning ,Republic of Kosovo

Ezzeddine Ben Cheikh

Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Water Resources, Tunisia

Abdulaziz Alshaibani

Deputy Minister for Water, MEWA, Saudi Arabia

Walid Hakiki

Head of Planning Sector at Ministry of Water Resources and Irrigation (MWRI), Egypt

Qu Dongyu

Director-General, FAO

Alvaro Lario

President, IFAD; Chair, UN-Water

Fatou Haidara

Deputy to the Director General, UNIDO

Marcos Neto

Assistant Secretary-General and Assistant Administrator, UNDP

Pedro Arrojo-Agudo

UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Water, Spain

Federica Diamanti

Vice President International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)

Claudia Falavolti

Head of Sovereign and Sub-Sovereign Financing – Development Cooperation, Cassa Depositi e Prestiti (CDP)

Philippe Blanchot

Director of Institutional, International and European Relations Caisse des Dépôts et Consignation (CDC France)

Ismini Papakirillou

Chief Executive Officer Hellenic Development Bank (HDB)

Silvio Pedrazzi

Chief Executive Officer Albanian Development Bank (ADB)

Sébastien Valleur

Deputy Head of Water and Sanitation Division, Agence Française de Développement (AFD)

Mohamed Ben Neji

Director of the Cooperation, Marketing and Communication Department Caisse des Dépôts et Consignations (CDC Tunisia)

Taoufiq Marzouki Zerouali

Deputy General Director, Caisse de Dépôt et de Gestion Développement (CDG Morocco)

Lifeng Li

Director of the Land and Water Division (NSL) Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)

Sarantuyaa Zandaryaa

Programme Specialist, Section of Hydrological Systems, Climate Change and Adaptation, UNESCO

Saroj Kumar Jha

Global Director Water Department, World Bank Group

Fadi Hajali

Secretary-General Ad Interim, Union for the Mediterranean (UfM)

Joan Borrell

Deputy Secretary General, UfM

Maria Spena

President, One Water Committee Italy

Alain Meyssonnier

President, IME

Mahmoud Abu-Zeid

President, Arab Water Council

Walid A. Abderrahman

Vice President, Arab Water Council

Veronica Manfredi

Director for Zero Pollution, Water Resilience and Green Cities, European Commission

Francisco Betti

Head of Global Industries; Member of the Executive Committee, World Economic Forum

Antti Rautavaara

Special Envoy for Water, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Finland

Meike van Ginneken

Water Envoy, Government of the Netherlands

Teodoro Miano

Secretary General, CIHEAM

Alessandra Zampieri

Director, Directorate for Sustainable Resources, Joint Research Centre (JRC), European Commission

Luigi Ferrara

Head of Department, Casa Italia — Presidency of the Council of Ministers, Italy

Marco Rago

Special Envoy for Water Italy

Laura D'Aprile

Director, Department for Sustainable Development (DiSS), Ministry of the Environment and Energy Security, Italy

Alessandro Guerri

Director General for European and International Affairs and Finance, Ministry of the Environment Italy

Eric Tardieu

Secretary General, INBO

Fadi Comair

Vice President of IME, University of Balamand (CDSP-Hub), The Cyprus Institute, Blue Peace Middle East Policy Advisory Board

Marco Riccardo Rusconi

Director, AICS

Lionel Goujon

Head of Water & Sanitation division, Agence Française de Développement, France

Giovanni Gorno Tempini

President, Caisse des Dépôts et Prêts (CDP), Italy

Dario Scannapieco

CEO, Caisse des Dépôts et Prêts (CDP)

Lutz-Christian Funke

Secretary General, Kreditanstalt für Wiederaufbau (KfW)

Gianpiero Nacci

Managing Director, Climate Strategy and Delivery European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)

Bensassi Belgacem

Chief Water and Sanitation Engineer African Development Bank (AfDB)

Nizar Zaied

Manager, Agriculture, Water Resources and Rural Development Islamic Development Bank (IsDB)

Mika Uchino

Chief Rappresentative in Paris, Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC)

Enrico Petrocelli

Head of International Institutional Relations, Cassa Depositi e Prestiti, CDP

Gelsomina Vigliotti

Vice-President, European Investment Bank (EIB)

Edouard Perard

Head of the Water Division, European Investment Bank (EIB)

Henk Ovink

Professor Watercycle Diplomacy & Design, Delft University of Technology Executive Director Global Commission on the Economics of Water

Biagio Di Terlizzi

Director CIHEAM Bari

Emilio Ciarlo

Director General, One Water Committee Italy

Filippo Maria Soccodato

Secretary General, One Water Committee Italy

Erasmo D'Angelis

Partner and Co-Founder One Water Committee Italy; President EWA Foundation

Mauro Grassi

Partner and Co-Founder One Water Committee Italy; Director EWA Foundation

Ornella Segnalini

Councillor for Infrastructure, Roma Capitale

Sergio Liardo

Inspector Admiral, Port Authority, Italy

Andrea Lenzi

President, CNR

Francesco Petracchini

CNR

Emanuele Romano

CNR-IRSA, Water Research Institute of the National Research Council

Fedra Francocci

Seconded National Expert, Directorate-General for Research and Innovation (DG RTD), European Commission

Rocco Bellantone

President, Istituto Superiore di Sanità (ISS)

Andrea Piccioli

Director General, National Institute of Health

Angelica Catalano

Director General, Directorate General for Dams and Water Infrastructure, MIT

Dagmar Behrendt Kaljarikova

Policy Officer, European Commission, Directorate-General for Environment

Francesco Corvaro

Special Envoy for Climate Change of Italy

Fabrizio Curcio

Special Commissioner for Post-Flood Reconstruction

Fabio Fatuzzo

Extraordinary Commissioner for Wastewater Treatment and Water Reuse, Italy

Guido Castelli

Special Government Commissioner for the Post-2016 Earthquake Reconstruction, Italy

Roberto Amerise

Head of the Division for General Affairs, Financial Programs and International Cooperation, Sustainable Finance and Development Ministry of the Environment and Energy Security of Italy

Alix Roumagnac

President, Predict Services (Météo-France)

Abou Amani

Director, Water Sciences Division, UNESCO

Miguel Doria

Director, Water Sciences Division, UNESCO

Francesca Bernardini

Head, Transboundary Cooperation Section, UNECE, United Nations Economic Commission for Europe

Sonja Koeppel

Secretary, UNECE Water Convention, United Nations Economic Commission for Europe

Silvia Paparella

President, Sogesid

Errico Stravato

CEO, Sogesid

Mara Tignino

Scientific Director, Geneva Water Hub

Charles Calestroupat

President, Microsoft Europe South

Patrizia Rutigliano

CEO, Suez Italia

Denis Snidaro

Deputy Technical Director, SUEZ Water France

Pierre Pauliac

Executive Vice-President and Chief International Officer Suez, France

Josè Diaz Caneja

CEO Infrastructures, Acciona

Quang Ngo Dinh

CEO, Olivetti

Francesco Vincenzi

President, ANBI

Massimo Gargano

Director General, ANBI

Luca Dal Fabbro

President, Utilitalia

Annamaria Barrile

Director General, UTILITALIA

Ettore Prandini

President, Coldiretti

Cristiano Fini

President, CIA - Confederazione Agricoltori Italiani

Massimiliano Giansanti

President, Confagricoltura

Cristian Maretti

President, Legacoop Agroalimentare

Attilio Toscano

Professor of Agricultural Hydraulics, University of Bologna; Advisor to the Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport

Amgad El Mahdi

Regional Head, Green Climate Fund, MENA Region

Massimo Catizone

Global Head of ESG Advisory Unicredit

Luca Lucentini

Director, National Center for Water Safety National Institute of Health (ISS), Italy

Marta Valdes García

Humanitarian Director, Oxfam International, Spain

Roberto Barbieri

Director, Oxfam Italia

Sally Abi Khalil

Regional Director SWANA, Oxfam International

Selmin Burak

Professor Emeritus, Istanbul University

Nicolas Roche

Professor at Aix-Marseille University, France

Alice Aureli

Vice President, International Water Resources Association

Akiça Bahri

Former Minister of Agriculture, Water Resources and Fisheries, Tunisia

Hadeel Faidi

Head of Gaza Reconstruction, Palestine

Manuel Sapiano

Member, IME

Tarik Hamane

CEO, ONEE – National Office of Electricity and Drinking Water, Morocco

Josep Lluís Armenter Ferrando

CEO, ACA – Catalan Water Agency

Andrea Tinagli

EIB Representative at UfM

Juan Ojeda

Director, Hydraulic Engineering Department, TYPSA

Lydia Vamvakeridou-Lyroudia

Director, Watershare Programme, KWR Water Research (Netherlands) and Centre for Water Systems University of Exeter (UK)

Hussein El-Atfy

Secretary General, Arab Water Council

Frédéric de Dinechin

Senior Policy Advisor for Water, UfM

Hilda Hoti

Water Resources Management Agency (UfM Focal Point), Albania

Ersilia Francesca

UNESCO chair in Education, Gender Equality and Climate Action University L’Orientale of Naples (UNIOR)

Valeria Saggiomo

UNESCO co-chair in Education, Gender Equality and Climate Action University L’Orientale of Naples (UNIOR)

Livia Peiser

Head of the Geospatial Unit, Land and Water Division, FAO

Prof. Ing. Umberto Fratino

Rector, Politecnico di Bari

Marco Casini

Secretary General, Central Apennines River Basin District Authority

Gaia Checcucci

Secretary General, Northern Apennines River Basin District Authority

Alessandro Delpiano

Secretary General, Po River Basin Authority

Sidi Mokhtar El Kanti

Director, Sakia El Hamra and Oued Eddahab Hydraulic Basin Agency (ABHSHOD), Kingdom of Morocco

Elisabeth Mas Asturias

Director of Water Supply, Catalan Water Agency, Spain

Hans Goossens

Past President, Water Europe

Laurent Pacoud

IME

Vangelis Constantianos

Executive Secretary and Regional Coordinator, Global Water Partrnership Mediterranean

Anthi Brouma

Deputy Regional Coordinator, Global Water Partnership - Mediterranean

Houda Ben Jannet Allal

Director General, Mediterranean Energy and Climate Organisation (OMEC)

Tatjana Hema

Coordinator, Mediterranean Action Plan, UN Environment Programme

Eric Mino

Director, SEMIDE

Clara Estrela

Júcar River Basin Authority

Maria Huerta

Technitian at Water Cycle Direction Service, Àrea Metropolitana de Barcelona (AMB), Spain

Andrea Rocchi

President, CREA, Italy

Alessio Tola

Director, CREA Research Centre for Agriculture and Policy-Bioeconomy, Italy

Nicola Dell'Acqua

President, ARERA

Vera Eirò

President, WAREG – European Water Regulators

Seval Sozen

Member of the Board of Managment, ISKI – Istanbul Water and Sewerage Administration, Turkey

Roberto Venneri

President, Acquedotto Pugliese S.p.A.

Giorgio Lupoi

President, OICE

Maud Guerlain

Co-Founder, Water Wiser

Diego Pozzoli

Water Management and Governance Officer, IUCN Centre for Mediterranean Cooperation

Mercedes Bresso

President, Hydroaid, Italy

Alberto Pirni

Associate Professor in Moral Philosophy at the Interdisciplinary Center Sustainability and Climate” (CISC) of the Sant’Anna School of Advanced Studies in Pisa, Italy