🗽 To warm up for the UN Water Conference in New-York, join us at the SuSanA North-America Meeting at  Columbia University  and let's discuss the latest sector trends, the position of Sanitation at the UN Water Conference and the SuSanA activities in the North-American region. 🗣 An outstanding line-up of speakers awaits you:  Kala Vairavamoorthy ,  Kartik Chandran ,  Marni Sommer ,  Francis de los Reyes III, Ph.D., BCEEM ,  Arne Panesar ,  Carla Liera ,  Katrin Bruebach ,  Dorothee Spuhler , and more...

📅 19 March, 10am-5pm EST

📬 Register quickly, the number of places is limited:  https://susana.org/jSjlCa

As part of the SuSanA North America meeting in New York, SuSanA and Columbia University are organising an interesting field trip on the topic of Wastewater Surveillance for Tracking COVID-19. Come and learn about the COVID-19 monitoring processes from Columbia University, who will demonstrate the sampling procedure, followed by a discussion on COVID prevention through wastewater.

When and where:Monday 20 March, from 10 to 11.30am (EST). The meeting point is: 4th floor entrance of the Mudd Building, 500 W 120th St, New York.

How: Register now, the field trip is free but space is limited: https://susana.org/uKZeVM

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🙌🏽 Like many,  Sustainable Sanitation Alliance (SuSanA)  is actively preparing for the  #UN23WaterConference  in New York 🗽 The  SuSanA Secretariat  will be represented by  Arne Panesar ,  Daphne Manolakos  and  Maren Heuvels  and the Global Steering Committee by  Carla Liera ,  Dorothee Spuhler  and  Kartik Chandran . Reach out to them, they are looking forward to meeting as many SuSanA friends as possible and to discussing sanitation with you all!!

🏃🏾 Together, with the support of partner organisations and active members of the network, we have organised a number of activities and will contribute to several side-events during the conference:

✔️ SuSanA North America Meeting
✔️ Covid Monitoring field trip
✔️ SDG 6.2 – A Pipe Dream Without a Professional Sanitation Workforce (online)
✔️ Resilient and inclusive sanitation in combatting climate change events and extremities (online)
✔️ "Know your water" side-event
✔️ Swiss Apéro “Connecting the Drops”
✔️ Cross-sectoral partnerships to accelerate progress towards inclusive sanitation
✔️ Achieving SDG 6 through (1) a gender lens on climate change & youth and (2) global goals for menstrual health & hygiene
✔️ The Future of Water starts now - From Regional Committment to a Global Workforce Initiative
✔️ Stronger Together! 100 Women for SDG 6 - Network, Pledge & Mingle
✔️  #Waterisahumanright  celebration and exhibition
✔️ Pollution, Sanitation, Water Quality and Climate Resilience, a Call to Action
✔️ Water Action and Human Rights – Implementing the Human Rights to Water and Sanitation at the Local Level

📬  For more information and registration links, click here:  https://susana.org/tMU35i

Enjoy the conference and feel free to use this Forum thread to promote your events and report back with key messages and personal feedback and impressions from the UN Water Conference.

Alexandra, on behalf of the SuSanA Secretariat