 The IWA World of Congress in 2020 in Copenhagen will be much more than just a Congress. We will have stakeholders from the traditional water sector, but we will also have key stakeholders from other fields, such as the urban planners, the architects, the water-consuming industry, the energy and food sector, and also funders and other organisations. We will have discussions on how to meet the Sustainable Development Goals in 2030 and really use Copenhagen as a stepping stone to take stock of the water sector's contribution to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals, but the water sector cannot do it by itself, so we need to bring in all the other stakeholders, all the other sectors. We will combine the topic of the Congress, water for smart, liveable cities, with the UN Sustainable Development Goals. Copenhagen is a water-smart city. We have a living water laboratory just outside the Bella Centre and we can take people, we can show people and we can discuss at the Congress and at the exhibition how to find solutions for the future. Welcome to Copenhagen, where the world-best water professionals will meet and forge solutions that will shape our water future.