SINGAPORE –
Media OutReach Newswire – 8 June 2026 – The Singapore Worldwide Water Week (SIWW) 2026 will deliver collectively thought leaders, consultants and practitioners from governments, cities, utilities and business from 15 to 18 June 2026 on the Sands Expo and Conference Centre in Singapore to deal with among the world’s most urgent city water and climate-associated challenges.
Now in its eleventh version, the biennial occasion takes place towards the backdrop of utilities and cities dealing with mounting strain on getting old city water techniques, increased power prices, growing water demand, unsustainable water extraction practices, and extra frequent and excessive flooding in city areas. Attributable to fast urbanisation and financial development, these results are additional exacerbated by local weather impacts from excessive climate patterns and rising sea ranges, and rising demand from water-intensive industries resembling knowledge centres.
Addressing these challenges would require governments to undertake a holistic and built-in strategy in water administration, coupled with good governance, efficient insurance policies and rules, adoption of modern technological options, and energetic engagement of stakeholders.
To this finish, SIWW2026 will concentrate on triple key themes of municipal water options, coastal and flood resilience, and industrial water options. In whole, greater than 80 classes — starting from high-level panels, roundtables, summits, workshops, boards and accomplice occasions — can be held over 4 days masking a large spectrum of subjects and points associated to those themes, with 2,000 international leaders and consultants anticipated in attendance, together with 25,000 commerce guests who’re anticipated to go to the Water Expo.
SIWW2026 at a Look: Key Programme Highlights
Visitor-of-Honour,
Mr Gan Kim Yong, Singapore’s Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Commerce and Trade, will ship the opening tackle on the opening of SIWW2026 on Tuesday, 16 June 2026. This can be adopted by the Lee Kuan Yew Water Prize 2026 Award Ceremony, the place the 2026 Laureate Professor Joan Bray Rose will obtain the Prize medallion and certificates from Mr Gan.
The Ministerial Plenary can be held on the identical morning after the opening, the place
Ms Grace Fu, Singapore’s Minister for Sustainability and the Surroundings and Minister-in-charge of Commerce Relations, will be a part of different invited international Water and Surroundings Ministers to share their views on how international locations can work collectively to advance the water and local weather agenda.
Different programme highlights at SIWW2026 embrace:
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Thought Management:Excessive-level platforms such because the
SIWW Keynotes, Titans of Trade, Coastal and Flood Resilience Leaders Summit, and the
Water Leaders Summit will deliver collectively international authorities, metropolis, utility and business leaders to alternate insights on newest tendencies, options, and case research throughout numerous thematic areas. -
Options and Know-how: The
Water Conference, TechXchange, and the
Industrial Water Options Discussion board will present water consultants, expertise suppliers, scale-ups, utilities and industrial customers with platforms to share city water administration, for municipal and industrial customers. -
Enterprise and Networking: The
Water Expo, organised in cooperation with IFAT, will function a pre-eminent market for the worldwide water, coastal and flood group to converge and discover alternatives in enterprise. That includes greater than 20 pavilions and near 500 worldwide exhibitors, the Expo — alongside
networking capabilities and accomplice occasions — will deliver collectively business gamers, utilities and governments to foster collaboration and partnerships.
Distinguished Leaders from Utilities, Cities and Trade at SIWW2026
Greater than 55 utilities around the globe, together with the USA, Europe, Center East, Australia and Asia, can be taking part in SIWW2026, with not less than 40 represented at C-level. These senior executives can be attending the Utilities CEO Roundtable, whereas technical consultants can be talking in different classes and workshops through the week.
These utilities could be joined by near 30 cities worldwide, together with Copenhagen, Rotterdam, Hong Kong, New York Metropolis, Antwerp, Dubai, Jakarta, Melbourne, Quezon Metropolis, Tokyo and Yokohama. Metropolis officers from these cities could be taking part within the Metropolis Leaders Roundtable, in addition to Leaders Summit.
Senior leaders from worldwide organisations and associations, such because the Intergovernmental Panel on Local weather Change (IPCC), Asian Growth Financial institution, World Financial institution Group, C40 Cities, Worldwide Water Affiliation, Worldwide Desalination and Reuse Affiliation may even be in attendance. They’re joined by international executives and consultants from the water business, together with engineering consultants, expertise suppliers, system integrators contractors, and OEMs.
For extra info on SIWW2026, go to the occasion web site at
www.siww.com.sg/home or entry the total programme at
siww2026-app.siww.com.sg
SIWW is a part of the strategic programme of the Singapore Authorities to develop the water business and develop water applied sciences. The occasion additionally helps Go Inexperienced SG and Singapore’s Yr of Local weather Adaptation, reinforcing collective motion in direction of sustainability and local weather resilience.
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