WssTP Stakeholder Event     WssTP held its Stakeholder event, Strengthening European research and innovation for water on June 1st 2010 in Brussels.

Strengthening European research and innovation for water

More was learnt about innovation, its challenges and barriers in the water sector as well as on-going funding opportunities. Presentations were made by  high level speakers from the European Commission and the water sector.

To access the participant list, please click here.

To review the agenda, please click here.

Please scroll down to find all presentations online and available for consultation.

Session 1: Boosting innovation through the European water sector

“Addressing water challenges in the European context”
             Manuela Soares, Directorate Environment, DG Research 

“Approach of DG Environment to boost research and innovation”
             Peter Gammeltoft, Head of Unit, DG Environment 

“Water challenges for a changing world”
             Dr. Valentin González, Administration Leader of MICINN
             Dr.Enrique Playán, Scientific Leader of CSIC-MICINN  

“General framework to boost industries”
            Janus-Gohr Mork, DG Enterprise and Industry 

“Importance of vision and strategy for research and innovation”
            Durk Krol, WssTP Board member

Session 2: Challenges of cros-cutting issues: what tools towards innovation?

“Improving innovation in the water industries: challenges and opportunities”
           John Hargreaves, Director of Indepen, UK  

“Standardisation and public procurement”
          AarreViljanen, DG Enterprise and Industry 

“Water innovates: opportunities of ACQUEAU, EUREKA Cluster for water”
         Xavier Chazelle, Representative of ACQUEAU

“Collaboration to bring innovative solutions, example of Chemwater”
        Sylvie Baig, SUEZ Environnement and Albert Jansen, TNO and Ger Spork, SusChem  

“Water and Energy nexus as potential industrial breakthrough”
        Boris Lesjean, WssTP  PCC Leader 

Session 3: Support Implementation and applied research on water key challenges 

“Sensors and Monitoring” FP7: SECUREAU
        Sylvain Fass, University of Nancy, France

“Environmental footprint on wastewater treatment plants” Life +: BIOCELL
        Carlos Montero, CETAQUA, Spain   

 “Wastewater treatment and sludge” CIP: WASTEred
         Antonia Maria Lorenzo, BIOAZUL, Spain

“The Energy Factory”
        Jan-Evert van Veldhoven, Waterboard Dommel, The Netherlands

Session 4: Funding projects: shaping the future of research and innovation

“Funding opportunities of the CIP”
        Beatriz Yordi, Head of Unit, Market replication Eco-Innovation and Intelligent Energy, Executive Agency for Competitiveness and Innovation (EACI) 

“CIP funding possibilities in the area of ICT for Energy and Water Efficiency”
        Manuel Monteiro, Deputy Head of Unit, ICT Sustainable Growth, DG Information Society and Media  

“Activities of NMP workprogramme of 2011”
       Soren Bowadt, Programme Officer, Nanosciences, nanotechnologies, materials and new production technologies, DG Research   

“Eco innovation call of the Environment WP2011”
        Andrea Tilche, Head of Unit, DG Research 

See you next year in Brussels on the 17^th/18^th or 18^th/19^th of May 2011!

This event was kindly supported by the Chartered Institution of Water and Environmental Management (CIWEM). To consult their website, please click here.