Program

Download the full program of the Berlin Water Dialogues 2012 here.

Including contributions from

Prof. Dr. Antanas Maziliauskas, Rector, Aleksandras Stulginskis University Kaunas, Lithuania

Dr. Volker Laabs, Environmental Expert - Water, Global Sustainability & Product Stewardship, BASF SE

Dr. Rüdiger Schaub, Sustainable Development, Bayer CropScience AG

Senator Sybille von Obernitz, Senate Department for Economics, Technology and Research

Prof. Dr. Joachim von Braun, Director, Center for Development Research Bonn (ZEF)

Dr. Elisabeth van den Akker, Senior Planning Officer & Policy Consultant, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ)

Jorge Jurado, Ambassador of Ecuador in Germany

Dr. Friedhelm Schmider, Director General, European Crop Protection Association (ECPA)

Friedrich Barth, Vice-Chairman, European Water Partnership (EWP)

Alexander Müller, Assistant Director-General, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)

Friedrich Wacker, German Federal Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Consumer Protection (BMELV)

Thomas Stratenwerth, German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (BMU)

Dr. Manfred Konukiewitz, Deputy Director General, Global and Sectoral Policies, German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ)

Dieter Ernst, State Secretary (ret.), German Water Partnership (GWP)

Prof. Dr. Konrad Hagedorn, Humboldt Universität Berlin

Dr. Parto Teherani-Krönner, Humboldt Universität Berlin

Prof. Dr. Klaus Töpfer, Director, Institute for Advanced Studies Climate, Earth System and Sustainability Sciences

Dr. Claudia Ringler, Deputy Division Director, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

Dr. Judy Libra, Leibniz-Institut für Agrartechnik Potsdam-Bornim e.V.

Hans-Jürgen Matern, Head of Sustainability & Regulatory Affairs, Metro Group

Dr. Hans Jöhr, Head of Corporate Agriculture, Nestlé SE

Holger Hoff, Research Fellow, Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI) / Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK)

Dr. Matthias Retter, Senior Consultant, Pricewaterhouse Cooper (PwC)

Prof. Dr. Felix Ekardt, Universität Rostock

Ruth Mathews, Executive Director, Water Footprint Network

Martin Geiger, Freshwater Director, Private Sector Finance, World Wildlife Fund for Nature (WWF) Germany

The conference program is subject to amendments and modifications.