Sessions & Speakers
Speakers

Is Emeritus Professor of Economics and Chairholder UNESCO Chair in Water Economics

Director of the Research Institute for Equity Development (EQUIDE) at Universidad Iberoamericana, Mexico City.
Co-coordinator of the Water Insecurity Network in Latin America and the Caribbean (WISE-LAC).

She holds a PhD in Urban and Environmental Studies from El Colegio de México, a Master’s in Social Sciences from FLACSO Mexico

Representative of the Women Defenders of Kimsakocha and the Federation of Peasant and Indigenous Organizations of Azuay.

Is a medical anthropologist and global health researcher whose work focuses on reducing maternal

He holds a degree in Civil Engineering from the University of Guanajuato and has extensive postgraduate training in engineering and irrigation in the United States

He is a tenured research professor at CIAD in Hermosillo, where he leads the Obesity and Diabetes Research Unit.

Representative of the intercultural organization Kachipukara and the Federation of Peasant and Indigenous Organizations of Azuay.

Is a researcher at the International Water Management Institute (IWMI) in Nepal.

Is a Research Fellow at the Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University.

Sofía Aristeo Serdán, from the state of Querétaro, has worked for 18 years on a rainwater harvesting project with 70 families.

Gabriela Sacco is a civil engineer specialized in hydraulics and an advisor on water governance and integral ecology in Latin America.


He is a community leader who has served as a Justice of the Peace, participated in the water committee

Professor-Researcher at the Center for Demographic, Urban, and Environmental Studies, El Colegio de México.

Paulo Díaz Sevillano is a Peruvian environmental professional and consultant with extensive experience in water justice, natural resource management, and community-based work in the Amazon region.

Champion of water justice, driving advocacy and accountability to safeguard South Africa’s water future.

Doctor of Social Sciences, communication specialist, editor, writer, and unapologetic smoker.

Dr. Teresa Shamah Levy is the director of the Center for Research in Evaluation and Surveys (CIEE) at Mexico’s National Institute of Public Health and a professor


