Provisional Seminar ProgrammeWater Africa & West Africa Building and Construction 2019

Kempinski Gold Coast Hotel26-28 June 2019

Water and Sanitation SeminarWednesday, 26 June 2019

Theme: Ghana’s Urban and Rural Water and Sanitation Challenges in the 21 st Century

Chairman for Opening Ceremony and Water Seminar:

Dr Joseph Addo Ampofo, Former Director, CSIR-Water Research Institute, Accra

09.00 Registration: Free of charge

10.00 Official Opening and Keynote Address by the Guest of Honour:Hon. Cecilia Dapaah, Minister of Sanitation and Water Resources

10.45 Official Tour around the exhibition with the Guest of Honour: Hon. Cecilia Dapaah, Minister of Sanitation and Water Resources and Tracey Nolan-Shaw, Managing Director of ACE Event Management

Seminar Programme begins:

11.10 Water – The Essence of Life and Key Determinant in a Clean Cities AgendaOrganisation: AWD Consult, Inc., USA/GhanaPresenter: Professor Bob Andoh, Consultant / Technical Advisor

11.35 Ghana, a Water-sufficient Country in CrisisOrganisation: CSIR Water Resource InstitutePresenter: Dr Anthony A. Duah, Senior Research Scientist

12.00 Financing Water and Sanitation Projects – The Role of the Private SectorOrganisation: Cleanearth Scientific LimitedPresenters: Michael Akumfi-Ameyaw; Isaac S. Kuwornu

12.25 Private Sector Role in Safe Handling of Faecal Sludge in GAMAOrganisation: Sewerage Systems Ghana Limited. Department of Civil Engineering, KNUSTPresenters: Gideon Sago; Felix Safo-Danquah; Eric S. Amofa-Sarkodie; Eugene Appiah-Effah

12.50 Questions and Answers Session

13.05 Coffee break and chance to meet the exhibitors

13.40 Optimal Limited Available Water Resources Allocation ModelOrganisation: AngloGold Ashanti, Iduapriem MinePresenters: Dominic O. Fordjour; Elvis K. Nyarko

14.05 Interpretation of Groundwater Water Quality for Drinking Purpose in Nsuta-Anomakokrom Using a Multivariate Statistical TechniqueOrganisation: Department of Geological Engineering, University of Mines and Technology, TarkwaPresenters: Richard Mensah; Richard Brakoh Andoh; Kenneth Enimil Conduah; Rutherford Kofi Brandful

14.30 Questions and Answers Session

14.45 Digitizing Payments for Household Water Connections in GhanaOrganisation: Safe Water NetworkPresenters: Sandy Hwang; Charles Yeboah; Francis Tetteh-Zomayi

15. 10 Renewable Energy for Chlorine and Sodium Hypochlorine for Water TreatmentOrganisation: Sustainable Energy and Environment Research ProjectPresenter: Jacob Kow Mensah

15.35 Institutional Challenges with Urban Water Management in GhanaOrganisation: Presenter: Dr Bertha Darteh and Professor Bob Andoh

16.00 CDM, New Generation of High Efficient vertical Multistage Centrifugal PumpOrganisation: Nanfang Zhongjin Environment Co. LtdPresenters: Zhao Caifu, Chief Technician of CNP; Leo Song

16.20 Questions and Answers Session and Closing Remarks

16.40 Close and another chance to go and see the exhibitors

The presentations will be uploaded on the ACE Event Management websitewww.ace-events.com from 15 July 2019

Remember to come back tomorrow for Infrastructural Challenges Facing Ghana in the 21st Century

All attendees will receive a Certificate of Attendance on Friday, 28 June 2019

Building and Construction SeminarThursday, 27 June 2019

Theme: Infrastructural Challenges Facing Ghana in the 21 st Century

Chairperson of the Building and Construction Seminar:

Ms Kafui Vera Mills-Odoi, Project Director YIEDIE and Global Communities Ambassador

09.00 Registration. Free of charge

10.00 Mitigating the Effects Climate Change in the Construction IndustryOrganisation: Ghana Institute of PlannersPresenter: Mr. Alfred Kwasi Opoku (FGIP), Jeavco Associates (President, Ghana Institute of Planners)

10.20 Introduction to IFC’s EDGE Green Building Market Transformation ProgramOrganisation: IFCPresenter: Dennis Papa Odenyi Quansah

10.40 Green Buildings: The tool for Ahieving 12 out of 17 SDG’sOrganisation: Ghana Green Building Council (GHGBC)Presenter: Arc Foster Osae - Akonnor. AGIA, RIBA

11.00 Sustainable Consumption and Production (SCP) Patterns in Large BuildingsOrganisation: Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI)Presenter: Okechukwu Daniel Ogbonnaya, Rwanda

11.20 Get Connected: Smart Buildings and the Internet of Things.Organisation: Schneider ElectricPresenters: Adedamola Olusakin; Ifeanyi Odoh, Nigeria

11.40 Question and Answer Session

12.00 Coffee break and a chance to walk around the exhibition

13.00 Assessing Causes of Failure on New Construction Firms in GhanaOrganisation: KnustPresenter: Dr. Ernest Kissi

13.25 The Urban Economic and Spatial Viability of Development ControlOrganisation: Adakklu District AssemblyPresenter: Paul Opon Tutu

14.00 The Role of AGI Construction Sector in Construction Governance in GhanaOrganisation: AGI – Construction Sector (Association of Ghana Industries)Presenter: Ing. Francis Lawson

14.20 Pedestrian Footbridges and the Production of Socio- economic Spaces in Urban Ghana: Reflection from KumasiOrganisation: KNUST UniversityPresenter: Dr. Clifford Amoako

14.50 Questions and Answers Session

15.15 Youth in Construction: Strengthening the Nexus between Policy and Practice Organisation: YIEDIEPresenter: Maxwell Ashon, Policy and Sustainability Specialist (YIEDIE)

15.40 Mentoring for Positive Youth Workforce in Construction - A 21st ApproachOrganisation: YIEDIEPresenter: Vera Kafui Mills–Odoi, Project Director

16.05 Questions and Answers Session and Closing Remarks

16.30 Tour of the exhibition

CPD Course and Workshop Attendees - Remember to come back Tomorrow Friday 29th June for:

An Introduction to Alternative Urban Stormwater Drainage Systems for Integrated Urban Water Management

Admission Fee: GHC450

For those wishing to take part in this CPD course by Professor Robert Andoh and The Ghana Institution of Engineering (GhIE) there is an admission fee of GHS 450.00.

Interested persons should please contact the GhIE Secretariat via email at secretariat@ghie.org.gh or call 050422861

&Afternoon Seminar Programme

Trenchless Installation Methods for Utility installationsHerrenknecht, Germany

Free of charge

All attendees will receive a Certificate of Attendance on Friday, 28 June 2019

CPD Workshop Agenda

Topic: Addressing Flooding and Urban Water Management ChallengesDate: 28 June 2019 at the Kempinski Gold Coast Hotel, Accra

Workshop Programme:

09.00 Welcome and Introductions

09.15 Urban Water Management Practice – Addressing Flooding Challenges Stormwater Management (Evolutionary Context) Paradigm Shifts and Alternative Approaches Sustainable Drainage Systems Applications and Case Examples

10.45 Questions and Answers Session

11.00 Urban Water Management Practice – Case Studies and Worked Examples Local examples of Sustainable Drainage Design of Attenuation Storage Systems Rainwater Harvesting for Source Control Large Scale Systems

12.00 Questions and Answers Session

12.15 Challenges of Implementing IUWM in the Sub-region Group Work, Advocacy and Brain Storming Considerations for Slum and Peri-Urban Areas Discussions on Institutional Issues The Odaw Catchment as a Case Study

13.15 Workshop Review, Recap and Close Attendees will earn 4 CPD points and receive an associated certific-

ate of attendance showing Ghana Institution of Engineering CEU Credits

Coffee Break from 13:30 until 1400 - Sponsored by Herrenknecht, Germany

14.00 Trenchless Installation Methods for Utility installationsHerrenknecht, Germany

Presenter: Ing. Frank Stevens. South Africa and Swen Weiner, Germany

(You can now collect your certificates for attendance of the seminar programmes, CPD course and Herrenknecht’s seminar)