Venue

World Water Week, the leading annual event on global water issues, is evolving in response to increasing demand as the gravity of global water crises sets in. Starting in 2019, the event will move to Tele2 Arena in the Swedish capital Stockholm. We have selected the new venue with the intention of creating a more inclusive World Water Week village. Tele2 Arena not only makes it possible for more people to attend, it also allows for more flexibility and networking opportunities.

World Water Week is evolving in response to increasing demand as the gravity of global water crises sets in. We want to bring together both high water users and those who can contribute to solutions.

We want to create a collaborative learning experience and an even more inclusive World Water Week. Tele2 Arena allows for greater flexibility and more networking opportunities. This is particularly poignant given next year’s theme – Leave no one behind.

Tele2 Arena is a multi-purpose stadium that typically hosts major sporting and music events. https://www.stockholmlive.com/en/our-arenas/tele2-arena

Tele2 Arena is located at Stockholm Globe Centre, just south of central Stockholm and close to no less than six subway stations, including Globen and Gullmarsplan (just a 10min subway ride from Central Station).

Well, it is an arena! It is a flexible, modern space and is of course, spacious. We can also take advantage of facilities inside and very near to the venue, helping to create a sort of World Water Week village. Accommodation, cafes and restaurants, and options for closed meetings and social events are all available in or very near to the arena.

The arena floor will serve as the central square, a space for meetings, networking and the exhibition area.The programme will be largely the same as previous years, but the venue will offer new opportunities for partners, more space for exhibitors and of course more networking opportunities for convenors and participants.

We will introduce a Swedish pavilion at the exhibition area to showcase Swedish organizations’ and companies’ work with the SDGs. We also hope that events often held in the side-lines of World Water Week can be held in the arena, or close by.It will evolve, rather than grow. World Water Week is a collaborative learning experience with some 3300 participants from more than 130 countries come to Stockholm each year to exchange knowledge, network and develop solutions to water-related challenges. Nearly 400 organizations will convene sessions this year.

We would like to see representation from the high water-use sectors increase over coming years – such as industry, energy, agriculture, food, the private sector generally – but key to the Week’s success over the last quarter of a century has been the focus on quality content and inclusive, solution-driven collaboration. This will continue to be the core of the Week.

Planning for the move to Tele2 Arena is underway. Please contact Gabriela Suhoschi, Director of World Water Week and Prizes, SIWI for more information.

Insurance and liability

SIWI recommends all participants to hold a personal insurance for personal damages, losses and health purposes during the World Water Week. The organisers cannot accept liability for personal injuries sustained, or for loss of or damage to property belonging to participants (or their accompanying person), either during or as a result of the World Water Week’s activities.

The new venue address is:

Tele2 Arena 
Arenaslingan 14,
Johanneshov, Sweden
www.tele2arena.se
NOTE! For everyone’s safety, no large bags are allowed into the venue or at any social events. We encourage all participants to drop luggage at hotels before arriving to the venue. Please be prepared for bag search at the entrance.

Wi-Fi

Free Wi-Fi is available throughout the conference venue.

Language

English is the official language of World Water Week and is used for all presentations and printed material. Simultaneous translation or interpretation services are not available.