Evidence from countries that are paying less than England and Wales but getting better water quality in their rivers, lakes and seas.

Please note the timings of the speakers at this event are still subject to change

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Timetable

13.15 Chair’s Welcome

13.30 Opening summary Dr Emanuele Lobina, Associate Professor, Public Services International Research Unit (PSIRU), University of Greenwich.

13.50 Witnesses present evidence and their views.

France

France: System overview and Montpellier case study. Dr Marine Colon, Executive head of Joint Research Unit GEAU (Water Matters), lecturer and researcher on water and sanitation utilities' management. Leads the annual observatory on competition for water and sanitation concession contracts for the French Biodiversity Office.

Paris case study. Dr Anne Le Strat, Senior consultant, Global Water Operators'​ Partnerships Alliance, Previously Deputy Mayor in charge of water, sanitation and canals management,  Chairwoman and CEO Eau de Paris

14.50 Comfort Break

15.00 Netherlands

Rian Kloosterman. Policy Advisor and Strategist for Drinking Water Infrastructure at Vitens ( largest water utility in the Netherlands)

15.30 Comfort Break

15.40 Witnesses to present evidence and their views.

Germany: Berlin case study.

Vera Weghmann, Director of Public Services International Research Unit (PSIRU) whose research has significantly influenced policy at the European level, contributing to initiatives at the European Parliament and the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work.

Ross Beveridge, Senior Lecturer in Urban Studies , University of Glasgow, and author of ‘A Politics of Inevitability: The Privatisation of the Berlin Water Company, the Global City Discourse and Governance in 1990s Berlin’

16.20 Public response. Members of the Public are invited to respond to what they have heard. 

16.40  Thanks, What Next

16.45 Close