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"New Dimensions in Water"

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Thursday, December 13, 2007

7:00 - 9:00 p.m.
EARLY REGISTRATION
Refreshments & Casual Entertainment
Exhibits

Friday, December 14

8:30 - 9:00 a.m.
LATE REGISTRATION
Exhibits

9:00 - 9:20 a.m.
INTRODUCTORY REMARKS & WELCOME ADDRESS

9:20 - 9:40 a.m.
THE BASICS - 1: The Water Problem in Haiti

9:40 - 10:00 a.m.
THE BASICS - 2: Roadblocks to Clean Water in Haiti

10:00 - 10:20 am.
COFFEE BREAK

10:20 - 11:00 a.m.
SUSTAINABILITY: WHAT IS IT?

11:00 - 11:45 a.m.
SUSTAINABILITY & WATER TECHNOLOGIES

12:00 - 1:15 p.m.
KEYNOTE LUNCHEON
Wilfred J. Wilkinson, President, Rotary International

1:30 - 2:15 p.m.
SUSTAINABILITY & PROJECT DESIGN

2:15 - 3:00 p.m.
SUSTAINABILITY & PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION

3:00 - 5:00 p.m.
SUSTAINABILITY & SCALE-UP
The Private Sector - Panel (3:00 - 4:00).
The Public Sector - Panel (4:00 - 5:00).

7:30 - 10:00 p.m.
PRESIDENTIAL GALA
_ Jacques Edouard Alexis, Prime Minister, Haiti
_ Wilfrid J. Wilkinson, President, Rotary International

_ Meet and Greet the Dignitaries
_ Entertainment, Dinner and Dancing

Saturday, December 15, 2007

9:00 - 9:30 a.m.
SUSTAINABILITY & STEWARDSHIP
The Bridge from Projects to Funding

9:30 - 10:30 a.m.
CURRENT WATER INITIATIVES IN HAITI
Private and Public.

10:30 - 11:45 a.m.
SUSTAINABILITY & FUNDING.

12:00 - 12:45 p.m.
KEYNOTE LUNCHEON: "Building a Future for Water in Rotary"
_ Ron Denham, Chairman, Water and Sanitation Rotary Action Group (WASRAG)

Water projects are successful only to the extent that they improve the human condition. A project that performs well for a time but, for avoidable reasons, fails to produce its benefits over the long term is not what we're looking for. Such projects also are not a wise use of humanitarian funds.

How to design and implement sustainable projects is the most pressing challenge in clean water, today. The second is how to scale- up the delivery of clean water to meet the world's pressing need to stop water-borne diseases.

Using the landscape of problems and opportunities for clean water in Haiti's schools and households, the Summit will examine these two most elusive goals SUSTAINABILITY and SCALABILITY.















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