Americas Closing Meeting 7th World Water Forum Program March 4-5 Renaissance São Paulo Hotel, Brazil Room: Pantanal March 4th Time 8:30 Theme Dynamic Presenter Registry and welcome coffee 9:00-9:45 (45 min) Opening Protocol act Benedito Braga, President of the WWC and Secretary of State for Sanitation and Water Resources for the State of Sao Paulo Roberto Olivares, Director General of ANEAS, Regional Coordinator of the Americas and WWC Governor 9:45-10:30 (45 min) The Americas for Future Water Security Keynote Speech Benedito Braga, President of the WWC 10:30-11:30 (60 min) Presentation of Regional Document Presentation Roberto Olivares, Director General of ANEAS, Regional Coordinator of the Americas and WWC Governor Enrique Aguilar, Regional Consultant 11:30-12:00 Coffee break 12:00-13:30 (90 min) Panel “Towards an Americas th positioning in the 7 World Water Forum” Panel based on triggering questions, regarding the Regional Document Facilitator: Giancarlo Gerli, WWC Alternative Representative i. Caridad Canales, Economic Affairs Officer, CEPAL ii. Zelmira May, Coordinator of the International Hydrological Program for Latin-America and the Caribbean, UNESCO iii. Andrés Rodriguez, Department Head Hydrologist UnderSecretary of Water Resources of Argentina – Member of CODIA iv. Lupercio Ziroldo, Permanent Technical Secretary of RELOC and WWC Governor v. Aziza Akhmouch, Head of Water Governance Programme, OCDE vi. 6.Oscar Velez, Board director, AySA - ALOAS 13:30- 15:00 Lunch 15:00- 17:00 (120 min) 19:00 Feedback to the regional document Round tables to make input to the Document Facilitator: Javier Aparicio , Consultant Gala dinner for participants, Room Amazonia March 5th 9:00 Welcome Coffee 9:30-10:30 (60 min) Conclusions from prior day Presentation/ input to be added to the document 10:30-11:30 (60 min) Sub-regional perspective: preparatory process so far Presentations: - North America - Mexico - Central America and the Caribbean - South America i. ii. iii. iv. v. th Dale Jacobson, EWRI/ASCE, North America Sub-Region Coordinator and WWC Governor Victor Yamanaka, Head of Hydraulic Division, IMTA and Coordinator of the Mexico Subregion Fabiola Tábora, Executive Secretary, GWP and Coordinator of the Central America and the Caribbean Sub-region Victor Arroyo, Chief Executive, CAF and Coordinator of the South America Sub-region Newton Lima, Vice-president of ABDIB and WWC Governor 11:30-12:00 (30 min) Linkages to the 8 World Water Forum Presentation Paulo Varella, Director of ANA and WWC Governor 12:00 Closing Ceremony Protocol act Benedito Braga, President, World Water Council Roberto Olivares, Director General of ANEAS, Regional Coordinator of the Americas and WWC Governor Presentation National Water Agency of Brazil (ANA) Technical session 14:30-17:30 Water Resources in Brazil: current situation and focus on the Brazilian South East