WASH-RAG Action Conference & Dinner Event

A scintillating evening on Friday 11 September 2026 at the Postillion Hotel & Convention Centre WTC Rotterdam

Programme:

WASH Conference starts: 17h30

Hosts: Dilip Mirchandani (WASH Coordinator Europe), PDG Bas Hendriksen (Director WASH-RAG)

1. It all starts with WASH: video presentation
2. Introduction to WASH-RAG: S.N Srikanth (WASH-RAG Chair)
3. WASH-RAG presentation video
4. VEI CEO Toine Ramaker (VEI, world leading organization implementing Water Operator Partnerships)
5. I.H.E. Graham Jewitt (IHE Delft Institute for Water Education – the largest international graduate water education facility in the world)
6. District Governor Ben Ewals (the Water Governor) on how WASH is organised in his district and how WASH-RAG can help
7. Dr. Reem Abd EL Meguid (advisor to UN agencies, and Egyptian government ministries on ESG strategy, climate adaptation, and organizational development).

Panel discussion on the importance of WASH & how it can be organized in Rotary at a District level: CEO Toine Ramaker, District Governor Ben Ewals, Graham Jewitt, Dr. Reem Abd EL Meguid

Mediator: PDG Kathleen Van Rysseghem (Region 22 Rotary Foundation Coordinator 2022-2025)

Question and answers session

19h00: The ICC – WASH-RAG – PAUL HARRIS SOCIETY Dinner Event: a tasty Italian buffet extravaganza Conference + Dinner Event 75/-eur pp