Welcome to the first interview in the Kini interview series. In today's interview, I speak with Chris O'Neill and environmental engineer and the financial director of Hydronumerics whose mission is to bring innovative, state-of-the-art and solution based services to the global water industry.

Chris is based in Melbourne and in this interview, we will discuss:
- His work in Australia, India and Brazil.
- How he got started with working in India
- His ideas for authentic international collaboration to address water management
- How to build relationships with communities and
- His advice for people who want to get involved professionally with water management in developing countries.

Enjoy this interview and conversation with Chris.

Chris O'Neill - Applied environmental engineering for improved catchment management in India

Welcome to the 2nd interview in the Kini Interview series. Today we are interviewing Brad Moggridge from the University of Canberra.

Brad is from the Kamilorai nation from North Western, NSW from a large and proud extended family. He grew up in Western Sydney and now lives in Canberra.

Brad is currently a doctoral researcher at the University of Canberra and he is also the Indigineous Liaison Officer at the National Environmental Science Program (Threatened Species Recovery Hub).

In this interview we discuss many things. We talk about

• diversity of Aboriginal Knowledge meanings of traditional and scientific knowledge
• developing credible evidence to back up traditional knowledge and indigenous knowledge systems
• opportunities for bringing Aboriginal and indigenous people into the research process

We hope you enjoy this interview. For more updates please visit www.Kini.org.au.

Brad Moggridge – Traditional Knowledge & Scientific Knowledge: pros and cons in water management

Tari Bowling is an Integrated Water Management practitioner and PhD student with 15 years’ experience encompassing the fields of WASH and nutrition, Community Led Total Sanitation, participatory community development, environmental management, and water resource management with a focus on project integration.
Tari has over seven years’ experience in Laos, in remote areas, working with development organisations and private industry on project proposals and development in WASH and nutrition.
Tari also has nine years’ experience working at state and local government levels in Australia in the fields of large scale and rural/urban catchment management.
She is currently undertaking a Doctor of Philosophy at the University of Queensland measuring impacts of integrated WASH and nutrition projects in the Asia Pacific region in light of Sustainable Development Goal 6 - Water and Sanitation.
Her focal areas are on social behaviour change communication and institutional change to achieve long term health outcomes through integrated WASH and nutrition programmes.
In this interview, we discuss SDGs and their implementation, her experience working in Lao, and opportunities for making progress to achieve SDG 6.

Tari Bowling – Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals and implementing WASH programs in Laos

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Welcome to the eighth interview in the Kini Interview series. Today we talk to Tony Slatyer, the Special Advisor for the High Level Panel on Water for the Australian Government. 

Tony’s previous roles include having been head of the Water Division and its predecessor Divisions of the Commonwealth Government for over nine years. 

Prior to this he was directly involved at the Division Head level in the making of the National Water Initiative, the Living Murray and other national water reforms of that time. 

In this interview, we discuss:
-	What is the High Level Panel on Water, and what its mandate is
-	Why SDG 6, the SDG focused on water, is important for achieving the other SDGs
-	Australia’s initiative as a part of the High Level Panel on Water: the World Water Data Initiative

Please enjoy this far insightful, and inspiring discussion with Tony Slatyer.

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Tony Slatyer: The High Level Panel on Water, its Initiatives, and Sustainable Development Goal 6

In this interview with IWCAN’s Karen Delfau at the Asia International Water Week(AIWW), Sri Lanka Water Partnership Senior Advisor and Chair, Kusum Athukorala talks about women in irrigation, need for a gendered perspective in water, sustainable financing and the opportunities and challenges available to young water professionals.

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Gender and Water in Sri Lanka, and the importance of Young Water Professionals

Christy Davis has been with World Vision for six and a half years, working in Singapore and supporting the Asia region. She has worked both in the public and private sector, including UNDP. Asia has been her home for over 27 years.

In this interview with Karen Delfau, Christy talks about her work with World Vision, Asia P3 Hub, and combinatorial innovation

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Combinatorial Innovation and Effective Partnerships for Water Management in Asia

Tony Weber from Alluvium talks about working on water modeling projects in China, India and Myanmar, river basin planning efforts, and water governance in the developing world and how they can be supported.

Tony is one of Australia’s leading practitioners in the catchment modelling and water quality field. Tony has over 27 years’ experience in the water industry delivering a range of catchment modelling, water sensitive urban design, integrated water management, water quality and stormwater management projects.

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Reflections on Supporting River Basin Planning Efforts in China, India and Myanmar

In an interview with IWCAN’s Karen Delfau, Rona Ramos, Camille Adle, and Perlita Gacutno from Oxfam Philippines share their experiences on sanitation marketing in the Philippines, women’s leadership projects, financial structures, and implementing market based programmes in forced emergency situations.

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Full - PhillippinesOxfam

Dr Shahriar Wahid, Principal Research Scientist, CSIRO shares this insights on climate change impacts on water in South Asia.

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Gender and Water in Sri Lanka, and the importance of Young Water Professionals

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