Join us at Stockholm world water week
Every year the world’s water sector convenes in Stockholm, this year under the theme of “Water for People and Progress”.
Water Witness and our partners are hosting multiple events across the week.
Online passes are free: register for your free online pass.
Check out the full programme here: Stockholm World Water Week 2026: Programme
[please note- all times are CEST]
Sunday 23rd August 2-3pm, online only
Unequal waters - uncovering systematic inequalities
Speakers include:
Aaron Salzberg, CEO, American Water Resources Association
Barbara Schreiner, Executive Director, Water Integrity Network
Case study presentations
Systemic inequalities in global supply chains: Land tenure, water extraction, and resource control
Institutional design failures in fiscal policy as a structural driver of inequality
Constitutional Water Rights Violations in Zimbabwe and the Silencing of Accountability
Dr. Risimati Mathye, Deputy Director General, Water Services, South Africa
Monday 24th: 430-6pm Room 26, Level 2
Dismantling systemic inequalities
An in-person workshop to develop a shared vision and set of actionable steps. Come prepared to work!
Political exclusion – who decides?
Resource capture – who gets funded?
Rights denial – who is protected?
Knowledge suppression – who is visible?
Process capture – who shapes practice?
Social reproduction – who bears the burden?
Tues 25th: 9-1030am Room A4, Level 6
Shaping a just water future
Speakers include:
Tanja Miškova, Ambassador-at-Large for Water Diplomacy, Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs, Republic of Slovenia
David Mahlobo, Deputy Minister of Water and Sanitation, Republic of South Africa
Pedro Arrojo Agudo, UN Special Rapporteur on the Human Rights on Water and Sanitation
Nick Hepworth, CEO, Water Witness International
Muyatwa Sitali, CEO, Sanitation and Water For All
Sheryl Hedges, Assistant Secretary and Branch Head of the First Nations Water Branch at the Australian Government's Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water
Kaveh Madani - 2026 Stockholm Water Prize Laureate, Director of the United Nations University Institute for Water, Environment and Health
Wed 26th: 9-1030am, Room 26, Level 2
Behavioural perspectives for inclusive water security for people and progress
Speakers include representatives from
London School of Economics (LSE)
Shahidi wa Maji Tanzania
Water Witness Malawi
United Nations University Institute for Water, Environment and Health (UNU-INWEH)
WaterAid Tanzania
Wed 26th: 2-330pm, Room A4, Level 6
Strengthening Voices for Water in a Changing World
Speakers include: