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bio

Benedito (Ben) Braga is a civil engineer from University of São Paulo, Brazil. M.Sc. in Hydrology and Ph.D. in Water Resources from Stanford University, USA. Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at University of Sao Paulo, from 1980 to December 2018. He was Director of the National Water Agency (ANA) of Brazil from its creation in 2000 until 2009; Secretary of State of Sanitation and Water Resources of the State of São Paulo, Brazil from 2015 to 2018 and CEO of the Water and Sanitation Utility of the State of Sao Paulo (SABESP) from 2019 to 2023. President of the International Hydrologic Programs (IHP) of UNESCO from 2008 to 2009. President of the World Water Forum held in France (2012), he co-chaired the International Organizing Committee of the World Water Forum in Korea (2015) and Brazil (2018). Prof. Braga is Honorary President of the World Water Council (WWC) and the President of the Latin American Water Council (LAWC).