The Focus on the Americas sessions will feature an outstanding group of high-profile experts with extensive experience in water and sanitation. Panelists will represent government agencies, utilities, international organizations, universities, the private sector, and donor agencies, among others. The Focus on the Americas Program is partially sponsored by AquaFund, the IDB's multi-donor fund for water and sanitation investments, financed with its own resources and those of partners: the Spanish Agency for International Development Cooperation (AECID), the Government of Switzerland through the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) and the State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO), the Government of Austria and the PepsiCo Foundation.