AIDA World Water Law Congress 2026
Water Law and Governance in Times of Climate Change and Biodiversity Loss
24 - 26 June 2026 | University of Oslo, Norway
Conference Agenda
Overview and details of the sessions of this conference. Please select a date or location to show only sessions at that day or location. Please select a single session for detailed view (with abstracts and downloads if available).
|
Agenda Overview |
| Date: Wednesday, 24/June/2026 | |
| 8:00am - 9:00am | Registration Location: Foyer of Aula |
| 9:00am - 9:25am | Welcome adresses Location: University Aula |
| 9:25am - 9:55am | Keynote 1: Water at the Heart of Global Environmental Challenges: The Role and Limits of Law Location: University Aula Professor Christina Voigt, University of Oslo |
| 9:55am - 10:55am | Plenary Session 1: The Manifesto for the Freshwater Rule of Law Location: University Aula Session Chair: Gabriel Eckstein Participants: Stefano Burchi (International Assocation for Water Law), Dr. Jessica Troell (ELI), Zaki Shubber(World Bank), Water Lawyer Robyn Stein (Stein & Buchler Consultants) |
| 10:55am - 11:20am | Coffee Break Location: University Library |
| 11:20am | Special Sessions |
| 11:20am | Track 1: Climate Adaptation & Mitigation |
| 11:20am | Track 2: Rights, Obligations & Justice |
| 11:20am | Track 3: Hydrologic Change, Use & Biodiversity |
| 11:20am - 12:50pm | Special Session 1: Asian Perspectives on Transboundary Water Governance in an Era of Climate Risk Location: Gamle Festsal Session Chair: David Devlaeminck Yang Liu, Chenjun Zheng, Barbara Janusz-Pawletta and Mohamad Mova AlAfghani; |
| 11:20am - 12:50pm | A1 Location: Auditorium 4 |
| 11:20am - 12:50pm | B1 Location: Auditorium 5 |
| 11:20am - 12:50pm | C1 Location: Auditorium 6 |
| 1:00pm - 2:00pm | Lunch Break Location: University Library |
| 2:00pm - 3:30pm | Special Session 2: Indigenous Water Laws & Relationships Responding to Climate Change and Biodiversity Imperatives Location: Gamle Festsal Session Chair: Deborah Curran Linda Te Aho, Tara Marsden, Tessa Terbasket, Aimée Craft and Sherry Copenance |
| 2:00pm - 3:30pm | A2 Location: Auditorium 4 |
| 2:00pm - 3:30pm | B2 Location: Auditorium 5 |
| 2:00pm - 3:30pm | C2 Location: Auditorium 6 |
| 3:30pm - 4:00pm | Coffee Break Location: Hallway Domus Academica |
| 4:00pm - 5:30pm | Special Session 3: An Interdisciplinary Approach to Water Policy Design Location: Gamle Festsal Session Chair: Johanna Ohlsson Anna Zemskova, Erik Brattström, Dong An, Juliane Koch and Johanna Ohlsson |
| 4:00pm - 5:30pm | A3 Location: Auditorium 4 |
| 4:00pm - 5:30pm | B3 Location: Auditorium 5 |
| 4:00pm - 5:30pm | C3 Location: Auditorium 6 |
| 6:00pm - 7:30pm | Welcome reception at Oslo City Hall Location: Oslo City Hall (Rådhus) |