UAE to Host Water Forum 2023 to Drive Global #WaterSecurity Conversations, Enable #Innovation

Abu Dhabi: Amid the rising water scarcity crisis, UAE has announced three additional seawater desalination plants to be completed by 2023, with a combined capacity of 420 million imperial gallons per day.  These projects water projects and alarming water crisis will be on the agenda of upcoming global debate at Water Forum being held in Abu Dhabi n 2023.

Water Forum, a global event, is the place to discover innovative technology that can accelerate sustainable development and help solve climate change challenges. The forum is considered a platform where market leaders launch new products for sustainable water desalination, smart resource management and water efficiency.

Also, the event is termed as the most comprehensive event in the MENA region showcasing solutions regarding water production, distribution, treatment and reuse. According to reports of the World Bank, Arab countries are home to six per cent of the world’s population but have less than two percent of renewable water supply.

Thus, to focus on water security, world class speakers including Dr Corrado Sommariva, CEO & Founder, SWPC; Fatima Al Shaygi, Vice President of Thermal & Water, Taqa; Rami Ghandour, Managing Director, Metito Utilities; Dr Shehab Al Ameri, Water Asset Division Manager, Transco; and Dr Mohamed Abdel Hamyd Dawoud, Advisor – Water Resources, Environment Quality, Environment Agency, Abu Dhabi will explore these developments at the Water Forum.

The forum will feature decarbonising desalination, water efficiency strategies, water re-use priorities, food security – water nexus, and digitalisation and innovation highways for the l update attendees.

“The Water Forum this January will aim to tackle challenges related to the implementation of such strategies and the importance of public-private partnerships in developing more capital-intensive water projects. The Forum will also discuss the latest eco-friendly technologies that can be applied in the Middle East for greener operations,” said Rami Ghandour, Managing Director at Metito.

“Integrating advanced water management strategies enables more sustainable communities”, Ghandour added.

Moreover, the Water Forum will present the latest technologies and thinking to ensure water security in the water stressed regions. It will focus on new approaches to water management, mitigating water threats and innovations that will help reduce water demand and foster clean, efficient production.

The major topics for discussion and debates on #WaterCrisis will be:

• Post pandemic strategy for water: water effectiveness not efficiency
• New consumption trends and the impact of localisation and self-efficiency
• Water resilience, emergency response and continuity
• Asset management and whole of life water costing models
• Automation and smart water
• Increasing water reuse
• Decarbonisation of water production
• Water conservation programmes and retrofits
• New water food nexus and efficient food production

According to the hosts, the Water Expo & Forum drives the global water security conversation regionally, while facilitating business partnerships between the public and private sectors to enable innovation and sustainability in water projects across the region.

Actually, Water Forum is a part of World Future Energy Summit 2022 that will put the spotlight on five critical subjects that are shaping sustainability and driving investments globally.

The World Future Energy Summit 2022 will offer an unparalleled in-person business, innovation and knowledge exchange programme that runs in person from 17 – 19 January 2023 at ADNEC Abu Dhabi.

They are Solar and Clean Energy, EcoWASTE, Water, Smart Cities and Climate and Environment. Forums on these subjects will take place from January 17 to 19, 2023, at the World Future Energy Summit, hosted by Masdar, Abu Dhabi Future Energy Company, held in partnership with the Abu Dhabi Department of Energy and NEOM as part of Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week.

According to organizers, more than 275 industry leaders, who will share their insights with the Middle East’s most powerful investors, policy makers, business leaders, project owners, entrepreneurs, and technology pioneers will join the World Future Energy Summit 2022.

“These five forum programmes at the World Future Energy Summit 2022 bring together leaders and stakeholders driving the sustainability agenda, though leadership and global investment strategy. Attendees can network, do business and share knowledge about issues critical to sustainable development”, said Grant Tuchten, Group Event Director at World Future Energy Summit.

The forums under World Future Energy Summit 2022 provide the perfect platforms for global stakeholders to network and do business, and in turn drive clean energy and sustainable development in the Mena region. Frost & Sullivan estimates that additional investment in solar in According to reports, MENA region could reach $182.3 billion by 2025. At the same time, Dubai’s Clean Energy Strategy 2050 epitomises public-private partnerships widely viewed in the industry as the most efficient way to move forward.

The World Future Energy Summit 2022 will be organised by RX Global and held at the Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Centre (Adnec). Hosted by Masdar as part of Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week, it comprises a series of high-profile events addressing current global challenges and the means with which the world can cooperate to build a sustainable future for everyone.

By M.A