From uncertainty to leadership
Water resilience starts with decisions
Senior-level delegates
Strategic leadership forum
From challenges to solutions
Building water resilience at scale
Why attend
From strategic dialogue to collective action
A focused international forum for leaders who shape policy, direct investment, manage critical systems and drive cross-sector transformation.
Anticipate the challenges ahead
Explore how climate extremes, geopolitical uncertainty, ageing infrastructure, pollution and changing demand affect cities, utilities, industries and economies.
Connect leadership across sectors
Exchange perspectives with senior leaders from government, utilities, cities, industry, finance, research and international organisations.
Turn strategy into solutions
Move beyond isolated projects and examine the governance, finance, legislation, technology and partnerships needed to scale integrated solutions.
Shape meaningful collaboration
Use the roundtable sessions to discuss real cases, identify shared obstacles and build relationships that can continue beyond the forum.
Programme journey
From challenges to solutions
Morning sessions examine pressures and uncertainty. Afternoon sessions focus on responses, investment, legislation, partnerships and scale.
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Understand the challenge
Governing water in an uncertain world
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Explore the system
Connecting policy, finance and implementation
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Accelerate the solution
Turning integrated thinking into action
Key themes
Featured topics
The leadership questions shaping water resilience
The forum connects strategic leadership with concrete cases involving cities, utilities, infrastructure, industry, technology and finance.
Who should attend
A forum for leaders shaping water's future
A maximum of 180 attendees at senior executive/director-level are expected.
The board
We are proud to be advised and supported by the following people in the ILF Programme Committee.
From left to right:
Piers Clark – Isle Utilities, Guy Alaerts – KU Leuven, Monique Bekkenutte – KNW / IWC, Geoff Gage – Roland Berger, Suzanne Hansen – UvA, Piet Dircke – Arcadis, Christopher Gasson – GWI, Menno Holterman – Nijhuis Saur Industries, Sjoerd Kerstens – Royal Haskoning DHV, Roelof Kruize, Lykke Leonardsen – City of Copenhagen, Mark van Loosdrecht – TU Delft, Andrea Rubini – Water Europe, Gritta Nottelman – Unie van Waterschappen, Johan Oost – Wetskills Foundation, Frodo van Oostveen – Wereld Waternet, Luuk Rietveld – TU Delft, Damir Brdjanovic – IHE, Heleen Sombekke – UTwente – TKI, Nora Sutton – WUR, Rik Thijssen – Vitens, Henk Jan Top – Accenture, Eleanor Treadwell – Afreau, Enrique Cabrera – IWA, André Struker – AGV, Arjen van Nieuwenhuizen – Witteveen+Bos, Samuel Chui – Environmental Protection Department, Hong Kong
Sponsors
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Connect with water sector leaders
Maximise your organisation’s visibility among influential decision-makers. As an ILF sponsor, you can connect directly with C-level executives, utility directors, mayors and industry leaders through exclusive networking opportunities, targeted roundtables and the Leaders Dinner.
Get in touch with our core team
Heleen van der Meer
Exhibition Manager