Speakers
IIWF brings together national and international experts in water management, climate change, resilient cities, hydro-politics, technology, and sustainability to share inspiring perspectives, research insights, and solution-oriented approaches directly from leading voices.
İbrahim Yumaklı
Minister of Agriculture and Forestry
Ambassador Berris Ekinci
Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs
Ebubekir Gizligider
Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Forestry
Dr. Ahmet Bağcı
Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Forestry
Retno L.P. Marsudi
UN Secretary-General's Special Envoy on Water
Dr. Cheikh Tidiane Diéye
Minister of Water and Sanitation of the Republic of Senegal
Loïc Fauchon
President, World Water Council
Abdulla Balalaa
Assistant Minister of Foreign Affairs for Energy and Sustainability of UAE
Dr. Hassan Tolba Aboelnga
Chair of the Water Security Task Force, International Water Resources Association (IWRA)
Assoc. Prof. Şuay Nilhan Açıkalın
Ankara Hacı Bayram Veli University
Dr. Babatunde Ahonsi
The UN Resident Coordinator in Türkiye
Prof. Lütfi Akca
President, Turkish Water Institute (SUEN)
İrfan Aker
Chairman of the Executive Board, DOLSAR Engineering
Aseel Al-Mkhaimer
Head of Coordination Office, Blue Peace Middle East
Assoc. Prof. Marwan Al-Raggad
Executive Director, INWRDAM
Dr. Abdulaziz bin Muhareb Al-Shibani
Deputy Minister for Water, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Eng. Mufleh Al Alaween
Regional Water Cooperation Advisor, Switzerland
Dr. Hydar Lafta Ali
Managing Committee Member-Iraq, Blue Peace Middle East
Bandar Alotaibi
Political Process Co-chair, 11th World Water Forum
Prof. Bilge Alpaslan Kocamemi
Board Director, IWRA - Advisor, Turkish Water Institute (SUEN)
Abdulaziz Ali Alqahtani
Ministry of Environment, Water and Agriculture (MEWA), KSA
Dr. Marco Arcieri
President, ICID
Assoc. Prof. İzzet Arı
Social Sciences University of Ankara
Dr. Tasnim Atatrah
Representative, World Health Organization (WHO)
Ambassador Zafer Ateş
Director General for Energy, Environment and Transboundary Waters, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Türkiye
Dr. Alice Aureli
Vice-President, International Water Resources Association (IWRA)
İsmail Aydın
Head of Water Loss Reduction and Pressure Management Department, İSKİ
Prof. Alper Baba
Director of UNESCO Chair on Mediterranean Water Resource Management, Izmir Institute of Technology
Mehmet Akif Balta
Director General, General Directorate of State Hydraulic Works (DSİ)
Ko Barrett
Deputy Secretary-General, World Meteorological Organization (WMO)
Assoc. Prof. Şafak Başa
Director General, Istanbul Water and Sewarage Administration (İSKİ)
Richard Berman
Associate Vice President for Strategic Initiatives, Research and Innovation, University of South Florida
Joan Borrell
Deputy Secretary General for Stability and Resilience, Union for the Mediterranean (UfM)
Sanoi Boyzoda
Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Tajikistan
Mustafa Bulut
Head of Water and Forestry Department, Presidency of Strategy and Budget
Prof. Zinet Selmin Burak
Deputy Governor, Mediterranean Water Institute (IME)
Natasha Carmi
Senior Water-Peace Programme Manager, Geneva Water Hub
Dr. Raúl Muñoz Castillo
Lead Global Technical Specialist, Water and Rural Infrastructure, IFAD
Muhammed Ceylan
Manager, Konya Water and Sewerage Administration (KOSKİ)
Dr. Maria Ilinca Cheveresan
Manager, International Development, DHI (Romania and Eastern Europe)
Burcu Çallı
Expert, Turkish Water Institute (SUEN)
Prof. Gökşen Çapar
Director, Water Management Institute, Ankara University
Dr. Tunay Çarpar
Manager, Research and Development Department, İstanbul Water and Sewerage Administration (İSKİ)
Selcan Çatal
Sustainability and Technology Advisor, Algbio Inc.
Prof. Guido D'urso
Napoli Federico II University
Ruth Davis OBE
UK Special Representative for Nature
Prof. Mehmet Cüneyd Demirel
Istanbul Technical University (ITU)
Ignacio Deregibus
Executive Director, International Water Resources Association (IWRA)
Dr. Mohamed Diatta
Senegal's Sherpa for 2026 UN Water Conference
Frederic de Dinechin
Senior Policy Advisor, Water Environment and Blue Economy Division, Union for the Mediterranean Secretariat (UfM)
Lara van Druten
Advisory Board member to the Secretary General of the UN on Zero Waste - CEO and Founder, The Waste Transformers
Ambassador Bakyt Dzhusupov
Co-ordinator of OSCE Economic and Environmental Activities
Dr. M. Mehdi Eker
Member of the Presidential Council on Agriculture and Food Policies
Muhammed Ercan
Deputy Director General, Ankara Water and Sewerage Administration (ASKİ)
Prof. Veysel Eroğlu
Türkiye's Special Envoy to Iraq, Former Minister of Forestry and Water Affairs of Türkiye
Prof. Mustafa Tolga Esetlili
Ege University, Faculty of Agriculture
Prof. Emine Didem Evci Kiraz
Aydın Adnan Menderes University
Mohamed Amin Faris
Chairperson of the Managing Committee, Blue Peace Middle East
Satuk Buğra Fındık
Deputy Director General, General Directorate of Water Management
Dr. Florika Fink-Hooijer
General Director, The European Commission's Health Emergency Preparedness and Response Authority (EC HERA)
Dr. Bernd Manfred Gawlik
Portfolio Co-Leader for Climate and Water Resilience, EC-JRC
Bruce Allan Gordon
Unit Head of Water, Sanitation, Hygiene (WASH) and Health, World Health Organization (WHO)
Dr. Viorel Gutu
Assistant Director-General, Regional Representative for Europe and Central Asia, FAO
Selçuk Erdal Günal
Deputy Director General of Foreign Economic Relations, Ministry of Treasury and Finance
Damla Hacıibrahimoğlu Dabak
Policy Analyst, OECD Istanbul Centre
Nick Hartmann
Deputy Regional Director, CIS, UNDP
Prof. Halil Hasar
Director, Directorate of Climate Change
Buse Hıdıroğlu
Program Specialist, Climate Lab Community Program, TTGV
Assoc. Prof. Rashail Ismayilov
Deputy Chair, Water and Amelioration Scientific Research Institute (SMETI)
Göktuğ İlter
Deputy Director General, General Directorate of State Hydraulic Works (DSİ)
Prof. Derya Yüksel İmer
İstanbul Technical University
Dr. Özlem İritaş
Head of Foreign Relations Department, General Directorate of State Hydraulic Works (DSİ)
Dr. Atilla Karaman
Director of Training and Technical Cooperaiton, Statistical, Economic and Social Research and Training Centre for Islamic Countries (SESRIC)
Marine Karcher
Deputy Director for Türkiye, French Development Agency (AFD)
Dr. Jauad El Kharraz
CEO & Founder, WECEN
Cengiz Han Kılıçaslan
Deputy Director General, General Directorate of State Hydraulic Works (DSİ)
Assoc. Prof. Şiir Kılkış
IPCC Vice-Chair, WGIII
Prof. Ayşegül Kibaroğlu
MEF University
Yoonjin Kim
Director of Strategy and Development, World Water Council
Prof. Mehmet Kitiş
Süleyman Demirel University
Dr. Martina Klimes
Senior Manager/Advisor, SIWI
Dr. Ali Osman Koca
Mechanical Engineer, İstanbul Water and Sewerage Administration (İSKİ)
Anastasia Koutsolioutsou
Policy Officer, European Commission, Health Emergencies Preparedness and Response Authority (HERA)
Dr. Arnold Kreilhuber
Regional Director and Representative for Europe, UNEP
Dr. Muhammed İmran Kulat
Coordinator of Foreign Relations Department, State Hydraulic Works (DSİ)
Catherine Lagarde
Political Process Co-Chair, 11th World Water Forum
Patrick Lavarde
Former President of International Water Resources Association (IWRA)
Anne Le Guennec
CEO, Veolia Water Tech Zone
Dr. Benjamin Lopez
CEO, Water4All/ANR
Dr. Tuğba Evrim Maden
Policy Development Coordinator, Turkish Water Institute (SUEN)
Humberto López
Türkiye Country Director, World Bank
Dr. Renée Martin-Nagle
Secretary General, IWRA
Prof. Gertjan Medema
Principal Microbiologist, KWR - Water & Health at Delft University of Technology
Kate Medlicott
Team Lead of Sanitation and Wastewater, World Health Organization (WHO)
Alain Meyssonnier
President, Mediterranean Water Institute (IME)
Bakhodir Mirzaev
Senior Global Water & Sanitation Specialist, IsDB
Ambassador Tanja Miškova
Ambassador-at-Large for Water Diplomacy, Slovenia
Prof. Rabi Mohtar
Vice-President, International Water Resources Association (IWRA)
Prof. Eddy Moors
Special Advisor, IHE Delft Institute for Water Education
Yogita Mumssen
Practice Manager, Water Policy & Regulations, World Bank
Dr. Windi Muziasari
CEO, Resistomap
Prof. Bilgehan Nas
Konya Technical University
Prof. Mutawakil Obeidat
Director, JUST Water Diplomacy Center
Henk Ovink
Executive Director, Global Commission on the Economics of Water (GCEW)
Elif Okumuş Öksüz
Water Expert, Turkish Water Institute (SUEN)
Mahir Özcan
Deputy Director General, General Directorate of Water Management
Ebru Özdemir
Chairperson of the Board, Limak Holding
Simla Yasemin Özkaya
Advisor for Transboundary Waters and Environment, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Şafak Özsoy
Founder & General Manager, TULIP
Glenn Pearce-Oroz
Senior Programme Manager, UNOPS
Teodor Popa
Vice President, International Association of Water Companies in the Danube Basin (IAWD) - Treasurer and Board Member, International Water Association (IWA)
Antti Rautavaara
Special Envoy for Water, Finland
Prof. Ahmet Mete Saatçı
Former President of Turkish Water Institute (SUEN)
Ali Sağlık
Director General , Kocaeli Water and Sewerage Administration (İSU)
Manuel Sapiano
Hydrogeologist, Malta Resources Authority
Mustafa Salih Sarıkaya
Capacity Development and Publications Coordinator, Turkish Water Institute (SUEN)
Zehra Zümrüt Selçuk
Director General, SESRIC
Dr. Ayşegül Selışık
Asistant Representative, FAO Türkiye
Elizabeth Sellwood
Senior Advisor, United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
Prof. Yusuf Serengil
Istanbul Cerrahpasa University
Paolo Enrico Sertoli
Technical Officer – Water Focal Point, Italian Agency for Development Cooperation (AICS)
Afire Sever
Director General , General Directorate of Water Management
Prof. Ebru Canan Sokullu
Director, UNITAR Global Water Academy - Associate Head, CIFAL Global Network
Bülent Solmaz
Deputy Director General, İstanbul Water and Sewerage Administration (İSKİ)
Gwi-Yeop Son
Regional Director, UN Development Coordination Office for Europe and Central Asia
Prof. Seval Sözen
Board Member, İstanbul Water and Sewarage Administration (İSKİ)
Fatma Şahin
Mayor, Gaziantep Metropolitan Municipality
Dr. Figen Şişman Nayal
Project Manager, STANTEC Türkiye
Şevket Altuğ Taşdemir
Head of International Relations Department, İlbank
Prof. Bedir Tekinerdoğan
Wageningen University
Dr. Jang Ping Thia
Assistant Chief Economist, Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank
Sera Tolgay
Researcher, University of Cambridge (Gates Scholar)
Hülya Tomak
Biotechnologist, Founder of Blueit
Claudia Topalli
Head of EU Affairs & Government Relations, IDEXX Laboratories Inc
Prof. Hayriye Eşbah Tunçay
Istanbul Technical University
Canan Yıldız Uz
Senior Water Resources Management Specialist, World Bank Group
Dr. Olcay Ünver
Professor of Practice, Arizona State University
Sameh Wahba
Regional Director for Sustainable Development, Europe and Central Asia
Prof. Tsugihiro Watanabe
Kyoto University
Alper Yazagan
Environmental Engineer, Co-Founder of Clewas
Prof. Kasım Yenigün
Director General , Directorate General of Combating Desertification and Erosion
Junhan Yun
Head of Global Technology Marketing Department, K-water
Dr. Nizar Zaied
Manager, Agriculture, Water Resources and Rural Development Division, Islamic Development Bank (IsDB)
Dr. Sarantuyaa Zandaryaa
Programme Specialist, Division of Water Sciences, Intergovernmental Hydrological Programme (IHP), UNESCO
Riccardo Zennaro
Project Management Officer, UNOPS