Water and the Developing World: Voices from Industry, Policy, and the Human Rights Perspective

Presented by the Stanford Association for International Development (SAID) and Engineers for a Sustainable World (ESW)

 

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Water is an essential human need, yet over one billion people live without access to an improved water supply. Water—and insufficient access to it—affects all aspects of development, including agricultural productivity, health, business, population demographics, sustainability, technology and human rights. Considering development, policy and technology through an interdisciplinary lens, the panelists at this year's SAID-ESW conference will discuss the future of water in our world today, examining challenges to progress, priorities going forward and promising strategies for the developing world.

 

The vision of our conference is to educate undergraduates, graduates, and others from diverse educational backgrounds, explore the technological and policy challenges to access to clean water, and produce creative solutions in international development.