DAY 1 (4 OCTOBER 2023) (CEST)

09:30 – 10.00

High-Level Opening

• Remarks by FAO Director-General 
• Remarks by high-level guests

10.00 – 10.15

Keynote Presentation: FAO’s Water Journey, Mr Lifeng  Li, Director, Land and Water Division, FAO

10.15 – 11.30

Technical Session 1: Data, information, innovation, and technology 

• Keynote presentation: Launch of the Global System to Monitor Water Use in Agriculture through Remote Sensing, Ms Livia  Peiser, Land and Water Division, FAO
• Multi-stakeholder panel discussion
• Q&A Session

11.30 – 12.30

Technical Session 2: Water scarcity, flood, drought, and climate change

• Keynote presentation: Integrated Flood Risk Management, Mr Lifeng  Li, Director, Land and Water Division, FAO
• Multi-stakeholder panel discussion
• Q&A Session 

12.30 – 14.00

Lunch Break

14.00 – 15.00

Technical Session 3: Water Infrastructures and financing

• Keynote presentation: Innovative approaches for sustainable water infrastructure development, Mr Maher Salman, Land and Water Division, FAO
• Multi-stakeholder panel discussion
• Q&A Session

15.00 – 16.00

Technical Session 4: Water tenure and governance: Equitable and sustainable water access

• Keynote presentation
• Multi-stakeholder panel moderated discussion
• Q&A Session  

16.00 – 17.00

Technical Session 5: National Water Roadmaps and strategies

• Keynote presentation: National  Water  Roadmaps  to  spearhead  Global  Acceleration Framework  for  Water  and  the  Sustainable  Development  Goals, Mr Lifeng  Li, Director,Land and Water Division, FAO
• Multi-stakeholder panel moderated discussion
• Q&A Session

DAY 2 (5 OCTOBER 2023) (CEST)

09.00 – 10.00

Technical Session 6: One Water, One Health, One Planet 

• Keynote presentation: Launch of the co-­publication of FAO-IWMI, Water Quality in Agriculture: Risks and Risk Mitigation, Ms Sasha Koo-Oshima, Deputy Director, Land and Water Division, FAO and Ms 
  Rachael McDonnell, Deputy Director General, International Water Management Institute (IWMI)
• Multi-stakeholder panel discussion: AMR: A Global Challenge Through a Personal Lens, Ms Sara Marjani  Zadeh, FAO Regional Office for Europe and Central Asia
• Q&A Session

10.00 –11.00

Technical Session 7: Ecosystem-based solutions in Agriculture, Forestry, Fisheries and Aquaculture

• Keynote presentation
• Multi-stakeholder panel discussion
• Q&A Session  

11.00 –12.00

Technical Session 8: Water stewardship of the private sector 

• Keynote presentation
• Multi-stakeholder panel discussion
• Q&A Session

14:00 – 16:40 

JOINT PLENARY SESSION - Rome Water Dialogue 2023 & Global Symposium on Soils and Water 

The Rome Water Dialogue 2023: Reporting back by rapporteurs 

• Session 1: Data, information, innovation and technology 
• Session 2: Water scarcity, drought, flood and climate change 
• Session 3: Water Infrastructure and financing 
• Session 4: Water tenure and governance,  
• Session 5: National Water Roadmaps and strategies 
• Session 6: One Water, One Health, One Planet 
• Session 7: Ecosystem-based solutions in agriculture, forestry, fisheries and aquaculture 
• Session 8: Water stewardship of the private sector 

The Global Symposium on Soils and Water: Reporting back by rapporteurs

• Theme 1: Soil and water management in dryland agriculture 
• Theme 2: Soil and water management in irrigated agriculture 
• Theme 3: Soil and water management under One Health framework 
• Theme 4. Integrated soil and water management and effective governance 

16:40 – 17:00

JOINT CLOSING CEREMONY - The Rome Water Dialogue 2023 & the Global Symposium on Soils and Water