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Message preview	Hi there, You are invited to a Zoom webinar. Topic: GERD/Nile International Symposium for Equitable and Sustainable Use Register in advance for this webinar: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_vvEYfJLqQvamw6yPzsNIQg After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar. ---------- Webinar Speakers HE. Dr-Ing Seleshi Bekele, (Minister - Chief Negotiator and Advisor on Transboundary Rivers and GERD @Office of the Prime Minister) Ethiopia’s Water Resources as Pillar of Development: Vision and roadmap DR. Aklog Birrara (Chairman @Ethiopian Waters Advisory Council) Why this Symposium now? EWAC Chairman, former Sr. Advisor at World Bank, Commentator at Center for Inclusive Development (ABRAW) Professor Yacob Arsano (Professor @Department of Political Science and International Relations, Addis Ababa University.) The challenges and opportunities I witnessed in the Tripartite Negotiations, Professor of Hydro Politics, Prof. Abdella Kemal (Scientific Director @Water Technology Institute , Arba Minch University) Water as a pillar for sustainable development: why establishing Ethiopian institutions is imperative, Scientific Director, Water Technology Institute , Arba Minch University, Ethiopia (20 minutes). Dr. Belete Berhanu (Associate Professor @Addis Ababa Institute of Technology) The water, food and energy nexus and the GERD, Addis Ababa Institute of Technology, Ethiopia, (20 minutes) Prof., Dr.-Ing Esayas Alemayehu (PhD, P.E) (Professor of Water and Environment @Jima Institute of Technology, Jima University) GERD: Implications of freshwater crisis and affordable technologies, Professor of Water and Environment, Jima Institute of Technology, Jima University, Ethiopia (20 minutes) Dr. Mulat Demeke (Former Dean, Economics Department, Addis Ababa University, @Fellow with FAO, and consultant) Dr. Mulat Demeke, The economic and social benefits of rural electrification in Ethiopia, an economic perspective, former Dean, Economics Department, Addis Ababa University, Fellow with FAO, and consultant. Professor Semu Moges (Professor and Chairman of EWAC Hydraulics, Waters and Environment Team @Ethiopian Waters Advisory Council) Professor Semu Moges, Hydro Egoism and Misinformation: addressing barriers for equitable and sustainable use of the Nile, Professor and Chairman of EWAC Hydraulics, Waters and Environment Team, (20 minutes) H.E. Ato Mersie Ejigu (Former Minister of Planing @Chairman of the EWAC Environment and Sustainability Team.) H.E. Ato Mersie Ejigu, Why Ethiopia must adopt a comprehensive framework in harnessing its rivers for equity and sustainability, Chairman of the EWAC Environment and Sustainability Team. Prof. Assefa Melesse, (Moderator: Interactive session, Q & A covering Symposium I ) Prof. Assefa Melesse, Moderator: Interactive session, Q & A covering Symposium I, Session I – Professor & Graduate Program Director, Institute of Environment, Florida International University.

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