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Join the Water Institute in person this year for World Water Day 2023 celebrations!
More information, including speaker profiles, can be seen on the World Water Day event website.

11:00 - 12:30 PM

WATER: Life, History, Art

This fireside chat will explore our intricate relationship with water; how it has shaped civilizations, reconfigured landscapes, formed political institutions, inspired culture and art. Learn how understanding our past can inform our future water security.

Featuring:
Giulio Boccaletti, Author, Water: A Biography; Honorary Research Associate, Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment, Oxford University
Dustin Garrick, Professor and University Research Chair in Water and Development Policy, School of Environment, Resources and Sustainability, University of Waterloo
Ulrike Al-Khamis, Director and CEO, Aga Khan Museum

(In-person event)