Volume 24, Number 10—October 2018
Conference Summary
VisiEAU 2018—A Vision for Water in Haiti, 20181
Jocelyn M. Widmer, Florence Sergile, Yvens Cheremond, and J. Glenn Morris
Table
Conference speakers and topics at VisiEAU 2018—a vision for Water in Haiti, 2018*
| Session and speaker | Topic | Affiliation |
|---|---|---|
| First day keynote address | ||
| Wilson Celestin | Integrated water management: an absolute need for Haiti | Université d’Etat d’Haiti |
| Water natural resource: volume, inventory, and mapping | ||
| Bobby Emmanuel Piard | Mapping water | Centre National de l’Information Géo-Spatiale |
| Pierre Adam | Recharge of the water table | Université d’Etat d’Haiti |
| Lionel Rabel | Water resources in Haiti | Université d’Etat d’Haiti |
| Tom Frazer | Water, ecology, and environment | University of Florida |
| Wendy Graham and Niangona Gonomy | Workshop A. Water as a natural resource workshop | University of Florida and Université d’Etat d’Haiti |
| Who owns water? Governance, rights, and legislation | ||
| Jean-André Victor | Water war between Haiti and the Dominican Republic | Université d’Etat d’Haïti and Association Haïtienne de Droit de l’Environnement |
| Marie Jane Angelo | Water law and management: perspective from the United States | University of Florida |
| Astrel Joseph | Current state of water governance in Haiti | Ministry of Environment |
| Jean-Marie Raymond Noël | Access, social and communal water management | Université d’Etat d’Haiti |
| Montes Charles and Samantha Jacob | Workshop B. Who owns water? Governance, rights, and legislation | Université d’Etat d’Haiti and Ministry of Agriculture; University of Florida |
| Second day keynote address | ||
| Evans Emmanuel | Environmental impacts on public health: medical geology contribution to understanding chemical risks associated with water | Quisqueya University |
| Water management, structures, and distribution | ||
| Cinthia J.-B. Blaise | Water quality, human and environmental health in Greater Port-au-Prince | Direction Nationale de l’Eau Potable et de l’Assainissement |
| James K. Adamson | A recent evaluation of the Plaine du Cul-de-Sac Aquifer, and its potential to serve Canaan | Northwater International |
| Johnny François | Developing a community drinking water system: Perspective of a nongovernmental organization | Water Mission |
| Alexandre Laraque | Water value chain and business | Caribbean Bottling Company |
| One Health | ||
| Richard Gelting | WASH and waterborne diseases in Haiti | US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention |
| Jacques Blaise | Zoonotic parasites transmission risks in drinking water in Haiti | Université d’Etat d’Haiti |
| Eric Nelson and Molly Klaman | How might we best train first responders to waterborne infectious disease outbreaks? | University of Florida |
| J. Glenn Morris | Research on transmission of waterborne pathogens in Haiti | University of Florida |
| Jean Allain Darius and Réginald Clvéus | Workshop C. WASH and water management | US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and UNICEF |
| Elda Déronette and Eric Nelson | Workshop D. Technology and water security: how might we... | Université d’Etat d’Haiti and University of Florida |
| Stace Maples | How might we better rapidly map waterborne infectious disease outbreaks? | Geospatial Manager at the Stanford University Geospatial Center |
| Joshua Wyrtzen | How might poor communities be empowered to report water infrastructure problems? | SeeClickFix |
*UNICEF, United Nations Children’s Fund; WASH, water, sanitation, and hygiene.
1Report of a Conference held November 16–17, 2017, at the Université d’Etat d’Haiti Campus des Sciences de la Santé, Port-au-Prince, Haiti, under the sponsorship of Université d’Etat d’Haiti and the University of Florida. A more detailed summary of presentations given as part of the conference can be found at http://epi.ufl.edu/haiti-water-summit.
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