I just learned about Designing Water, a two-day symposium organized by the American Academy in Rome and Longwood Gardens, and taking place at the latter in Kennett Square, Pennsylvania, October 17-18, 2018. From the description, it's certainly a timely event:
Water is the most compelling and consequential design matter of the 21st Century. Not just a life source or a source of beauty, water has crucial social, cultural, and symbolic functions and plays an essential role in all living systems.

But when looking at the "international scholars and practitioners in garden design, landscape architecture, urban design, architecture, and ecology" who will convene "to discuss and advance concepts of and strategies for designing water from the scale of a singular garden feature to integrated regional systems," my first thought is, "Who's not participating"" It's quite an impressive list:
Julia Czerniak, Chief Curator, Designing Water; Professor & Associate Dean, Syracuse ArchitectureAnita Berrizbeitia, ASLA; Professor and Chair of Landscape Architecture, Harvard Graduate School of Design???????Elma van Boxel and Krisitan Koreman, Founding Directors, ZUS [Zones Urbaines Sensibles]James Corner, RLA, ASLA; Founding Partner and CEO, James Corner Field OperationsGeorges Descombes, Principal, Atelier Descombes Rampini???????James A. Garland, AIA, NCARB President; President & Founder, Fluidity Design ConsultantsAdriaan Geuze, Prof., Ir., RLA, OAL...