1st IWA Non-Sewered Sanitation Conference
4 – 7 July 2021 / Pretoria / South Africa
Key Dates
30 July 2020
AUTHORS NOTIFICATION
15 April 2021
EARLYBIRD REGISTRATION DEADLINE
15 JUN 2021
FULL PAPER SUBMISSION DEADLINE
Shaping Our Water Future, Together.
The 1st IWA Non-Sewered Sanitation (NSS) specialist group conference is being hosted in Pretoria, South Africa in partnership with the Water Research Commission and the University of Pretoria. The event responds to the challenges and needs of around 4 billion people requiring sanitation. The aim of the conference is to provide stimulus for research and innovation for NSS and off-grid sanitation solutions including faecal sludge management, build the technical and scientific base for NSS and to contribute to scientific knowledge and good practice learnings.
The venue for the conference is www.futureafrica.science, which is in Pretoria, South Africa.


Topics
- Advancements in NSS technology – Product development
- Advancements in pit emptying solutions, faecal sludge processing technology, logistics and management
- Application and demonstration – a scientific exploration of lessons and experiences
- Advances in process science
- Capacity Building for NSS
- Municipal and private sector transitions to off-grid and NSS solutions
- Emerging circular economy and resource recovery concepts
- New developments / Advances in manufacturing, demonstration and scale-up of new solutions
- Case studies on off-grid and NSS applications
- Detection, characterisation and quantification in relation to process performance, standards and regulation
- Fundamentals of sanitation economy and service delivery
- Research-based innovations and solutions for city-wide sanitation
- Solutions for Informal Settlements
- Any new areas of interest related to off-grid and NSS
Programme Committee
Damir Brdjanovic – IHE Delft Institute for Water EducationNetherlands
Mei Yee Chan – TUV SUD Singapore
Kartik Chandran – Columbia UniversityUnited States Of America
Yu-Ling Cheng – Univesity of Toronto Canada
Mark Deshusses – Duke University United States Of America
Teddy Gounden – eThekwini MunicipalitySouth Africa
Suresh Kumar Rohilla – Centre for Science & EnvironmentIndia
RS Arun Kumar – Energy and Environment Resource Group
Miriam Otoo – International Water Management InstituteSri Lanka
Sudhir Pillay – Water Research CommissionSouth Africa
Linda Strande – SANDEC-EAWAGSwitzerland
Roshan Shresta – Bill & Melinda Gates FoundationUnited States Of America
Santiago Septien – University of KwaZulu-NatalSouth Africa
Konstantina Velkushanova – University of KwaZulu-NatalSouth Africa