Save the Date – AIDA World Water Law Congress, 24-26 June 2026

We welcome participants with a diverse range of backgrounds, disciplines and professions, from law to economics to hydrology. The event will be relevant for all professionals working at the intersection of water law, governance, and policy.

The central theme will be: Water law and governance in times of climate change and biodiversity loss.

The congress will be a meeting place to share experiences, promote discussion, and present new knowledge, research results, and developments in the fields of water law, regulations, and governance from around the world.

More information to follow. Calls for panels, keynotes and abstracts will be announced before summer 2025

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Organizers, partners, councils and committees

• Organizers and partners

  • The International Association for Water Law (AIDA) - organizer
  • Norwegian University of Life Sciences (NMBU) - partner
  • University of Oslo (UiO) - partner
  • The Norwegian Institute of Water Research (NIVA) - partner
• Advisory Council

  Members of the Advisory Council are:

  • Aaron Wolf, Professor of Geography, University of Oregon, USA
  • Alice Aureli, (retired) Chief of the Groundwater Resources and Aquifer Systems Section of UNESCO’s International Hydrological Programme, France
  • Christina Voigt, Professor of Law, University of Oslo and Chair of the IUCN World Commission on Environmental Law, Norway
  • Laurence Boisson de Chazournes, Professor of International Law, University of Geneva, Switzerland
  • Louis Kotzé, Research Professor of Law, North-West University, South Africa
  • Marleen van Rijswick, Professor of European and Dutch Water Law and Director of Utrecht University Centre for Water, Oceans and Sustainability Law, The Netherlands
  • Salman M.A. Salman, (retired) World Bank Legal Counsel and Water Law Advisor, USA
  • Stefano Burchi, Former Chair of AIDA and Chair, Water and Wetlands Specialist Group, IUCN, Italy
  • Lilian del Castillo-Laborde, former Professor of Public International Law at the Faculty of Law, University of Buenos Aires, former Counselor with Argentina’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Argentina
• International Steering Committee

  Members of the International Steering Committee are:

  • Amael Notini, Legislative Counselor to the Brazilian Senate for Human Rights and Citizenship, Brazil
  • Amaka Odili, State Counsel, Federal Ministry of Justice, Abuja, Nigeria
  • Aron Westholm, Associate Senior Lecturer in Environmental Law, The University of Gothenburg, Sweden
  • Cathy Suykens, Postdoctoral Researcher, Utrecht Centre for Water, Oceans and Sustainability Law, The Netherlands
  • Gayathri Naik, National Law School of India, India
  • Götz Reichert, Head of the Department on Energy, Environment, Climate, and Transport, Centre for European Policy, Germany
  • Heping Dang, Chinese University of Hong Kong, China
  • Imad Antoine Ibrahim, University of Twente, The Netherlands
  • Jill Robbie, Professor of Property Law and the Natural Environment, University of Glasgow, UK
  • Michael Hantke, Universidad San Sebastián, Chile
  • Petr Stejskal, Lecturer and researcher in Public International Law, Palacký University Faculty of Law, Czech Republic
  • Rhett Larson, Professor of Water Law, Arizona State University, USA
  • Robyn Stein, Buchler Stein Consulting, South Africa
  • Mara Tignino, Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Law, University of Geneva, and Senior International Law Specialist, Geneva Water Hub
  • Ariella D'Andrea, Legal Advisor at Pacific Community SPC, New Caledonia
  • Gabriel Eckstein, Chair of the Executive Council of AIDA and Professor of Law, Texas A&M University School of Law
  • Paul Stanton Kibel, Professor Emeritus in Water Law, Golden Gate University, School of Law and Executive Council, International Association for Water Law
  • Froukje Maria Platjouw, Research Manager, Research Institute for Water and the Environment (NIVA), Norway
  • Katrine Broch Hauge, Associate professor of Law, The University of Oslo, Norway
  • Gunnhild Storbekkrønning Solli, Associate professor of Law, The Norwegian University of Life Sciences (NMBU), Norway

Location

The Congress will take place at the University of Oslo, in venues near Oslo's main street, Karl Johans gate.

Calls

Calls for panels, keynotes and abstracts will be announced before summer 2025

Contact

If you have any questions, please use the Congress Secretariat email: aidacongresssecretariat@gmail.com