Prof. Juran’s expertise covers areas of interest related to urban infrastructure engineering and innovative technologies for upgrading infrastructure performance, lifecycle extension and resiliency. He earned his Doctorate of Engineering, in 1977, and Doctorate Es Science from the University of Paris VI, in 1987. Prof. Juran's research was summarized in more than seventy refereed publications, technical papers and books. Prof. Juran is the Executive Director of W-SMART, the International Security Alliance of Water Utilities established in the aftermath of 9/11 to promote cooperation among European, Canadian, American and Israeli water utilities for upgrading security management capabilities. He is presently the Secretary of the Specialists Group on Water Safety & Security Management of IWA and the Associate Editor of the International Journal on Water Technology & Science published by IWA. In January 2010 Prof. Juran has been awarded the International Chair of Urban Engineering at the University of Lille.