The debate will consist of live broadcast expert panels from London, followed by online discussions where leading academics, thinkers and business representatives respond to and debate with a global audience.

SIWI’s Andreas Lindström will engage in the online panel discussion on “Food and Water for Energy” at 1.45 p.m. and SIWI’s Jens Berggren is present in London and will take part of the “Energy for Water” live discussion at 3 p.m.

Visit The Guardian’s site to register, follow the live streams, and get involved in the discussions!

Full Programme:

11.45 – 12.30 (GMT):

Live online discussion with expert panel consisting of:

• Anna Swaithes, head of water and food security policy at SABMiller
• Tim Lang, professor of food policy at City University
• Charles Iceland is senior associate at the World Resources Institute’s markets & enterprise programme.

13.45 – 14.30:

Live online discussion with expert panel consisting of:

• Giulio Boccaletti, expert associate principal at McKinsey & Company Inc.
• Andreas Lindström is programme manager at Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI).
• Betsy Otto is director of Aqueduct at the World Resources Institute.
• Kyle Rabin is director of water and energy programmes at GRACE Communications Foundation.

15.45 – 16.30:

Live online discussion with expert panel consisting of:

• Johan Rockström, professor in natural resource management at Stockholm University, and executive director of the Stockholm Resilience Centre
• Stuart Orr, freshwater manager at WWF International
• Paul Street, director of sustainable solutions at Black & Veatch.

The event is intended to increase political will and catalyse action around water and security issues. It will highlight recent analyses by the United States, the UN and others that demonstrate the relationships between water, peace and security, and will include an open discussion among High Level Panelists and Ministers on the implications of these findings for addressing challenges at the national and regional levels.

SIWI experts are taking part in:

• High-Level Roundtable on Water, Peace and Security: organized by UN-Water, the European Union and the United States and intended to increase political will and catalyze action around water and security issues.
• Expert Panel on Water Security hosted by UN-Water: to provide input to the development of an Analytical Brief on Water Security that will be launched on World Water Day 2013.

The Roundtable will be webcast on UN WebTV at 1.15pm EDT, 25 September, and you can watch it on UN-Water website at: www.unwater.org/webcast.html