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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Agenda Overview | |
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Location: Gamle Festsal 1st floor Domus Academica building, Faculty of Law, Univesity of Oslo Karl Johans gt. 47, 0162 Oslo |
| Date: Wednesday, 24/June/2026 | |
| 11:20am - 12:50pm |
Special Session 1: Asian Perspectives on Transboundary Water Governance in an Era of Climate Risk Location: Gamle Festsal Chair: David Devlaeminck Yang Liu, Chenjun Zheng, Barbara Janusz-Pawletta and Mohamad Mova AlAfghani; |
| 2:00pm - 3:30pm |
Special Session 2: Indigenous Water Laws & Relationships Responding to Climate Change and Biodiversity Imperatives Location: Gamle Festsal Chair: Deborah Curran Linda Te Aho, Tara Marsden, Tessa Terbasket, Aimée Craft and Sherry Copenance |
| 4:00pm - 5:30pm |
Special Session 3: An Interdisciplinary Approach to Water Policy Design Location: Gamle Festsal Chair: Johanna Ohlsson Anna Zemskova, Erik Brattström, Dong An, Juliane Koch and Johanna Ohlsson |
| Date: Thursday, 25/June/2026 | |
| 11:20am - 12:50pm |
Special Session 4: How to Govern the Hydrological Cycle: Relevant Legal Frameworks and Emerging Issues Location: Gamle Festsal Chair: David Devlaeminck Christina Leb, Owen McIntyre, Ana Maria Daza Clark, Susanne Schmeier, Zaki Shubber and Mara Tignino |
| 2:50pm - 4:20pm |
Special Session 5: Strengthening Water Law through Collaborative Environmental Compliance Assurance Location: Gamle Festsal Chair: Eléonore Maitre-Ekern Uta Wehn, Gitte Kragh, Line Barkved,Neha Mungekar, Pauline Tawil, Steven Loiselle, and Sven Teurlincx |
| 4:40pm - 6:10pm |
Special Session 6: Sectoral water conflicts and water justice in South Asia – Multi-scalar aspects Location: Gamle Festsal Chair: Philippe Cullet Birsha Ohdedar, Lovleen Bhullar and Nate Palmer
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| Date: Friday, 26/June/2026 | |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 12:20pm - 12:45pm |
Closing Plenary Session Location: Gamle Festsal |