Olympic Rivers: Restoring Urban Waterways and Creating a Legacy

Having made international headlines during the recent Olympic and Paralympic Games, the Seine River underwent massive rehabilitation efforts to make it swimmable for the first time in nearly a century. Benjamin Raigneau, Head of Sanitation and Water for the City of Paris, will join as a keynote speaker, taking us through the ecological transformation and learnings from the Seine.

Through this online satellite event, we aim to connect stakeholders from across the globe – city planners, environmentalists, policy-makers, urban developers, tourism officials, businesses and the public – in a dialogue about the role of rivers in building sustainable, swimmable, and tourist-friendly urban environments.

The event will focus on the importance of river revitalisation for city livability and the global trend towards reclaiming rivers as natural and recreational assets.