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
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Daily Overview |
| 8:59am | Please note: This programme is preliminary and subject to change. |
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| 9:00am - 10:30am |
Special Session 7: Knowledge bases and impact assessments as enablers of just and sustainable protection and use of water Location: Gamle Festsal Chair: Lena Schøning Sofie Elise Quist, Mathilde Morel, Ingunn Elise Myklebust, Sigrid Engen, Christine Myrseth, Ole Kr. Fauchald
Special session on knowledge bases and impact assessments as enablers of just and sustainable protection and use of water Presentations of the Symposium Preliminary topic: Coastal revaluation: environmental standards and the future of low-trophic aquaculture Preliminary topic: knowledge co-creation and working with local and scientific knowledge across science and management Preliminary topic: Obligations to include traditional knowledge in water and coastal governance: a justice perspective Preliminary topic: Can Participation Bring Traditional and Local Knowledge to Life? Insights from Regional Water Management in Troms: Exploring Representation, Valuation, and Normative Challenges in Knowledge Integration Preliminary topic: when and how environmental and climate concerns are integrated into decision-making processes in developing new aquaculture regulation Preliminary topic: Strategic environmental assessments in fjord ecosystems |
A7: Water–Energy Futures: Competing Uses, Renewables & Ecological Integrity Location: Auditorium 4 Chair: Katrine Hauge Powering Progress or Peril? The Hidden Environmental Costs of AI-Data Centers An overflow of interests? Flood-motivated hydropower development in Norway Tension between offshore wind energy and marine nature conservation Quantifying water sustainability by integrating the Water-Energy-Food-Ecosystem (WEFE) Nexus: implications for the EU Taxonomy Swedish Fisheries Fees – from rights-based fish replacement in hydropower operations to biodiversity offsetting |
B7: Rethinking Human–Nature Relations: Rights of Nature, Legal Pluralism & Water Law Location: Auditorium 5 Chair: Eléonore Maitre-Ekern Rivers Flowing to the Courts: Reimagining Justice Beyond the Human Like Water Through Stone: Reshaping Sovereignty through Communities in International Water Law Community-Based Water Governance and Legal Empowerment in the Sahel: A Case for Integrating Customary and Formal Water Law in Mali Flowing without voice and Justice: Dammed Soverignties and Forgotten Riparian in the Tigris and Euphrates river basin |
Special Session 8: Developing Principles for the Responsible Governance of Water Tenure: A Consultative Forum Location: Auditorium 6 Chair: Jessica Troell |
| 10:30am - 10:50am |
Coffee Break Location: Hallway Domus Academica |
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| 10:50am - 11:40am |
Plenary Session 4: Competing Needs, Shared Resources: Rethinking the Water–Energy Nexus? Location: Gamle Festsal Moderator: Dr. Götz Reichert (Centres for European Policy Network)
Participants: Professor and Partner Henrik Bjørnebye (BAHR), Professor Melissa Scanlan (University of Wisconsin), Senior Researcher Birthe Marie Steensen (Centre for International Climate Research - Cicero), TBA |
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| 11:45am - 12:20pm |
Keynote 3: Futuring water law: How to shape the futures of water law in a changing world? Location: Gamle Festsal Professor Susanne Schmeier, IHE Delft |
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| 12:20pm - 12:45pm |
Closing Plenary Session Location: Gamle Festsal |
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| 12:45pm - 1:00pm |
Pick up packed lunch |
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| 1:00pm - 3:00pm |
Excursions and Extended Programs |
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