One Health Forum: Safe and reliable drinking water for all
Date: Wednesday, 7 October 2026
This forum is by registration only and capacity will be limited – we strongly encourage early registration of your interest.
Successful registrants will be notified by 31 August 2026.
Water, society’s health and wellbeing are highly interconnected, and face emerging threats to water quality. This forum will consist of three sessions around how water interacts with health, land and food, and the environment. Recommendations to deliver success at scale will be discussed, documented and fed back as part of the drive for action to reach the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
Description
Through three sessions, delegates will collaborate to develop recommendations around safe and reliable drinking water for all for large-scale success, which will discussed, documented and fed back as part of the drive for action to reach the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The ‘Water and Health’ session will explore the links between water quality, sanitation, and human health, highlighting the importance of the global harmonisation standards to drive better compliance, resilience, and equal health benefits across regions.
The ‘Water, Land and Food’ session will examine the links between water quality, livestock, wildlife, and food production, highlighting how reducing anti-microbial resistance (AMR) risks can strengthen ecosystem resilience and protect the safety of our food supply. The final session on ‘Water and the Environment’ will consider key questions such as, whether source-control interventions deliver greater environmental benefits than downstream, end-of-pipe solutions such as quaternary treatments. It will also examine collective environmental stewardship, bringing together communities, landowners, and water companies to strengthen shared responsibility and public awareness.
Delegates should attend to learn about the latest developments in the One Health Breakthrough Partnership, emerging risks, and the perspective of young professionals. By attending this forum, attendees will discuss practical case studies and actions with leading experts from across the globe, to support the future direction of the sector. This forum is by registration only and capacity will be limited – we strongly encourage early registration.
Objectives
- Explore gaps in research, regulation and guidance to promote actionable solution.
- Examine emerging threats in water quality and reliability.
- Promote One Health as a framework for integrated water and health strategies.
- Drive action via collaborative and impactful projects across two or three priority areas
Forum Session Schedule
| 10:30 – 12:00 | Session 1: Water & Health |
| Presentations and Interactive Panel: Exploring the links between water quality, sanitation and human health, highlighting the importance of global harmonisation standards to drive better compliance, resilience, and equal health benefits across regions. |
| Speakers to be announced |
| 13:30 – 15:00 | Session 2: Water, Land & Food |
| Presentations and Interactive Panel: Examining the links between water quality, livestock, wildlife, and food production, highlighting how reducing antimicrobial resistance (AMR) risks can strengthen ecosystem resilience and protect the safety of our food supply. |
| Speakers to be announced |
| 15:30 – 17:00 | Session 3: Water & The Environment |
| Presentations and Interactive Panel: Considering key questions such as whether source-control interventions deliver greater environmental benefits than downstream, end-of-pipe solutions such as quaternary treatment. Examining collective environmental stewardship by bringing together communities, landowners, and water companies to strengthen shared responsibility and public awareness. |
| Speakers to be announced |
