News (International Activities)-JAPAN WATER WORKS ASSOCIATION【JWWA】

　　IWA Workshop on Specialist Group on Statistics and Economics was held at JWWA on 19th March, 2015 under the theme of “Current Status and Financial Strategy of Water Utilities in the World”. In this workshop, presentations regarding the management strategies of water sector in the world and panel discussion were performed by specialists. About 120 participants from Japan attended this workshop.
　　Date                19th March 2015, 9:00 - 17:00
　　Venue             Meeting Room 1 on 7th floor, Japan Water Works Association
　　Chairperson        Prof. Satoshi Takizawa（Tokyo University）（Tokyo University）
　　Organized by IWA Specialist Group on Statistics and Economics, Japan Water Works
　　Association and IWA Japan National Committee

The program and presentation data are as follows:

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Time	Program
9:30-9:40	Opening Address from Dr. Masaru Ozaki, Executive Director, Japan Water Works Association
9:40-9:50	Address from Workshop Chair Prof. Satoshi Takizawa (Tokyo University)
9:50-10:10	Address from Chairman of IWA Specialist group on Statistics and Economics Dr. Ed Smeets (Chairman of IWA Specialist group on Statistics and Economics)
10:10-10:40	(1) Water Utility Management in Japan (Reference#1) (Reference#2) Prof. Satoshi Takizawa (Tokyo University)
10:40-11:20	(2) Water Utility Management in the World Current Status & Financial Strategies of Water Utilities in the World / The Netherlands (Reference) 　Dr. Ed Smeets [The Netherlands] (Chairman of IWA Specialist group on Statistics and Economics)
11:20-12:00	Current status of “The Romanian Water Services” 　 Mr. Teodor Popa [Rumania] 　(Vice Chairman of IWA Specialist group on Statistics and Economics) 　(Financial Manager, Compania Apa Brasov)
12:00-13:00	Lunch
13:00-13:40	Current Status of Waterworks in Spain 　Dr. Francesc Hernández-Sancho [Spain] 　(Leader of the Working Group on Water Economics) 　(Associate Professor, Department of Applied Economics 2, Faculty of Economics, 　University of Valencia, Spain)
13:40-14:30	Water price around the globe and uncovering the Belgian Water sector (Reference) 　Mr. Jan Hammenecker [Belgium] 　(Leader of the WG on Statistics) 　(Flemish Water Supply Company, De Watergroep)
14:30-15:10	Current Status of Waterworks in United States (Reference) 　 Dr. Deborah Galardi [United States] 　(Principal, Galardi Rothsten Group)
15:10-15:30	Break
15:30-16:50	(3) Discussion
16:50-17:00	(4) Round-up


Address from Dr. Masaru Ozaki, Executive Director, JWWA	Address from Dr. Ed Smeets, Chairman of IWA Specialist group on Statistics and Economics

Presentation	Presentation

Panel discussion	Group photo at Kanamachi WTP, Bureau of Waterworks Tokyo Metropolitan Government