Luan Oliveira

Head of the Young Professionals for Sanitation Program (JPS) and Manager of the Brazilian Stage of the Stockholm Junior Water Prize

Luewton Lemos F. Agostinho

Luewton L F Agostinho is a water technologist graduated by Federal University of Ceará (Civil Engineering) with a PhD in Applied Physics, done in a TU Delft-Wetsus cooperation format in The Netherlands. He has worked as consultant for different water utilities, water companies and water institutes like the Center of Expertise Water Technology (CEW) in Brazil and The Netherlands. Currently, he is the head of the NHL Stenden University Water Technology group and a senior researcher at Wetsus. Dr Agostinho has been also working for many years bridging the Dutch and The Brazilian water technology markets, acting together with companies, institutes and diplomatic offices between the two countries.

Pablo Bereciartua

Pablo Bereciartua is an engineer from the National University of La Plata, Argentina. He currently serves as the Minister of Infrastructure for the City of Buenos Aires and is a Steering Committee Member of the 300 Water Leaders Group. He’s also a member of the global board of the Global Water Partnership (GWP) and serves on the advisory board of Europe’s Climate Innovation Institute (Climate KIC). Pablo has pursued postgraduate studies at IHE Delft in the Netherlands, as well as at Berkeley and Yale universities.

In addition to his role in government, Pablo is a professor at the University of Buenos Aires (UBA) and was previously the Dean of the Instituto Tecnológico de Buenos Aires (ITBA). His past government roles include serving as Secretary of Infrastructure and Water Policy for Argentina, Undersecretary of Water Resources, and Director of Infrastructure for the City of Buenos Aires.

Pablo has been recognized as a Fulbright, Eisenhower, IIASA, and Yale World Fellow. He has received prestigious awards such as the Antonio Marin Award (2009) and the Enrique Butty Award (2017) from Argentina’s National Academy of Engineering.