7th October 2020 | |
10,00-10,30 | Decentralised solutions in the context of circular economy Shilp Verma – IWMI (International Water Management Institute) |
10,30-11,00 | Romania’s views regarding circular economy applied to water sector, in the spirit of Agenda 2030 László Borbély – State Councelor & Head of the Department for Sustainable Development of the Romanian Government, Romania |
11,00-11,30 | Circular economy in the Belgian Water Sector Francis Meerburg – Aquafin NV, Belgium |
11,30-12,00 | Circular economy in Water sector in view of Water Europe Durk Krol – Water Europe, Belgium |
12,00-12,30 | Mangroves and the Circular Economy: where water meets water and what that implies Katharine N. Farrell – Universidad de Rosario (Profesora Asociada de Carerra), Columbia |
12,30-13,00 | Advances in applying circular economy concepts Milan Veselinov – Industrial Ecology CEO – CIREKOV D.O.O., Serbia |
13,00-13,30 | The strategy of developing the circular economy in the vision of the European Circular Economy Stakeholder Platform Doris Cadar – Director | Department for Environmental Protection and Sustainable Development, IRCEM, Romania |
13,30-14,00 | Circular Economy & Water in The Netherlands -best practices- Anca Turtoi – Holland Circular Hotspot, The Netherlands |
14,00-14,30 | SARS-CoV-2 surveillance in wastewater – international efforts Thomas Wintgens – University of Aachen, Germany |
14,30-15,00 | Sustainability, innovation and internationalization support services for the companies Raluca Cibu – The Agency for Regional Development West , Romania |
8th October 2020 | |
10,00-10,30 | NEXTGEN Water project presentation Jos Frijns – NextGen Water, KWR Water Research Institute, The Netherlands |
10,30-11,00 | NEXTGEN Demo Case AQUATIM Mihai Grozavescu – Aquatim SA, Romania |
11,00-11,30 | NEXTGEN Demo Case Switzerland Altenrhein |
11,30-12,00 | BIOREGIO – Regional Circular economy models and best available technologies for biological streams Mihaela Frincu – ICECHIM (National Research and Development Institute for Chemistry and Petrochemistry), Romania |
12,00-12,30 | VOLATILE Project presentation Thomas Dietrich – Tecnalia, Spain |
12,30-13,00 | Development of a Volatile Fatty Acids Platform Filip Velghe – OWS, Belgium |
13,00-13,30 | Circular economy applied to wastewater management Carmen Teodosiu – Gheorghe Asachi University of Iasi, Romania |
13,30-14,00 | Reuse of water and nutrients in hydroponic systems Marius Mohr – Fraunhofer Institute, Germany |
14,00-14,30 | Water reuse in industry Xavier Martinez Lladó – Director | UT Water, Air and Soil, EURECAT, Spain |
14,30-15,00 | NanoTermo – Patented technology for the circular economy |
Member of Fraunhofer Society (the largest organization for applied research and development services in Europe), IGB develops and optimizes processes, technologies, and products for health, sustainable chemistry and the environment
The NextGen initiative will evaluate and champion innovative and transformational circular economy solutions and systems that challenge embedded thinking and practices around resource use in the water sector. NextGen will demonstrate innovative technological, business and governance solutions for water in the circular economy in ten high-profile, large-scale, demonstration cases across Europe, and we will develop the necessary approaches, tools and partnerships, to transfer and upscale.