Stockholm World Water Week 2017: An Overview

Stockholm cityscape

Every year, thousands of people representing hundreds of organizations, from hundreds of countries, gather in Stockholm, Sweden to talk about water. World Water Week, hosted annually by the Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI), is a forum for the sharing of ideas, initiatives, and lessons learned around global water sustainability. Experts, practitioners, decision-makers, business innovators and young professionals from a range of sectors come foster new thinking and develop solutions to today’s most pressing water challenges.

SWWW17 summary

For the past nine years, the CEO Water Mandate has been holding multi-stakeholder side meetings in conjunction with World Water Week in addition to participating in the main conference sessions. These side meetings are an opportunity for companies, governments, and civil society to learn about and discuss a variety of emerging water stewardship trends, concepts, and projects. It is also an opportunity for the Mandate to update our community on the work we are doing.

This year, the CEO Water Mandate convened four side meetings and participated in five World Water Week sessions. These have all been summarized here, with a highlight on the main objective and key takeaways from each session.

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Cora Kammeyer, Pacific Institute
Cora Kammeyer joined the Pacific Institute in 2017 as a Research Associate. Cora conducts research and analysis on water policy and management issues in California, and supports the Institute's corporate water stewardship initiatives. Prior to joining the Pacific Institute, Cora worked for a global environmental nonprofit on a project focused on using water markets to provide wetland habitat for migratory birds in California's Sacramento Valley. She also worked with a San Francisco-based startup that uses behavioral science techniques to encourage residential water conservation. Cora received a B.A. in Environmental Studies with a minor in Spanish from the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB). She also received a Master’s Degree in Environmental Science and Management from the Bren School at UCSB, where she was a Sustainable Water Markets Fellow.

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