Program

Sunday, 15 October 2023
	Early registration begin ( 5pm onwards)
	Meet and greet ( 6pm to 8pm)
	NB: Special workshops and seminars might be accommodated
Day 1 – Monday, 16 October 2023 – Registration, Conference Launch and Start of Technical Sessions
08:00 – 9:00	Registration IWA NSS 2020
9:00 – 10:30	Plenary Session Welcome: WRC CEO Plenary Keynote Presentations: TBC
10:30 – 11.00	MORNING TEA
	Start of Technical Sessions & Workshops
11:00 – 13:00	Session 1:	Session 2:	Session 3:
	Re-engineered household toilets	Pit emptying	Research-based innovations and solutions for city-wide sanitation
13:00 – 14:00	LUNCH
14:00 – 15.40	Session 4:	Session 5:	Session 6:
	Emerging processes / Technology Development in NSS	Community-based systems	Capacity Building for NSS
15.40 – 16.00	AFTERNOON TEA
16.00 – 17.40	Session 7:	Session 8:	Session 9:
	Health & Safety	Community-based systems	Capacity Building for NSS
	CLOSE OF DAY 1
Day 2 – Tuesday, 17 October 2023, Technical Sessions and Workshops
9:00 – 10:00	Plenary Session Plenary Presentation: TBC
10:00 – 10:30	MORNING TEA
	Start of Technical Sessions & Workshops
10.30 – 12.30	Session 7:	Session 8:	Session 9:
	Application and demonstration – scientific exploration of lessons and experiences	Moisture, Dewatering and Drying Faecal Sludge	Solutions for Informal Settlements
12:30 – 13:30	LUNCH
13:30 – 15:30	Session 10:	Session 11:	Session 12:
	Session Keynote on theme	Session Keynote on theme	Session Keynote
	Application and demonstration – scientific exploration of lessons and experiences	Biological, Physical and Chemical Processes in NSS	Fundamentals of sanitation economy and service delivery
15:30 – 16:00	AFTERNOON TEA
16:30 – 17:30	Application and demonstration – scientific exploration of lessons and experiences	Biological, Physical and Chemical Processes in NSS	Fundamentals of sanitation economy and service delivery
19:00 – 22:00	GALA DINNER
Day 3 – Wednesday 18 October 2023 – Technical Sessions and Workshops
09:00 – 10:00	Plenary Session Plenary Presentation: TBC
10:00 – 10:30	MORNING TEA
	Start of Technical Sessions & Workshops
10:30 – 12:30	Session 13:	Session 14:	Session 15:	Workshop:
	Session Keynote on theme	Session Keynote on theme	Session Keynote on theme	Selected NSS workshops
	Application and demonstration – scientific exploration of lessons and experiences	Detection, characterisation & quantification in relation to process performance, standards & regulation	Circular economy and resource recovery applied in NSS
12:30 – 13:30	OFFICIAL CLOSING OF THE CONFERENCE
13:30 – 14:30	Voting for the next conference by NSS Committee