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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Location: University Aula 2nd floor Domus Media building, Faculty of Law, Univesity of Oslo Karl Johans gt. 47, 0162 Oslo |
| Date: Wednesday, 24/June/2026 | |
| 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
Keynote: Water at the Heart of Global Environmental Challenges: The Role and Limits of Law |
| 9:55am - 10:55am |
Plenary Session 1: The Manifesto for the Freshwater Rule of Law Location: University Aula 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) |
| Date: Thursday, 25/June/2026 | |
| 9:00am - 9:55am |
Plenary Session 2: Plural Water Rights and Food Security of Disadvantaged Groups in the Context of Climate Change Location: University Aula Chair: Anne Hellum Participants: Mr. Pedro Arrojo-Agudo (Special rapporteur on the Human Rights to Water) Dr. Barbara van Koppen (IWMI), Dr. Patricia Kameri- Mbote (UNEP), Dr. Jessica Troell (ELI)
Commentator: Professor Bill Derman, NMBU |
| 10:00am - 11:00am |
Plenary Session 3: Deep Ecology and the Future of Water Governance Location: University Aula Chair: Karen V. Lykke Participants: Professor Deborrah Curran (University of Victoria), Professor Jill Robbie (University of Glasgow), Professor Erik Gomez-Baggethun (NMBU) and Professor Gro Ween (University of Oslo) |
| 2:00pm - 2:45pm |
Keynote 2: On global water issues from a scientific and policy perspective Location: University Aula Professor Jay Famiglietti, Arizona State University |