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7th - 8th of October 2021

Aqua Circular On-line Conference 2021

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The Aqua Circular Online Conference 2021 is organized by the Aquademica Foundation.
The partners of this event include water operators (Aquatim, Aquaserv, Münchner Stadtentwässerung), academic environment (Politehnica University of Timișoara, Gheorghe Asachi Technical University of Iași, National Technical University of Athens, University of Exeter) and other Research& Innovation organizations (Business Development Group, EIT Climate-KIC, WATERSHARE, KWR Water Research Institute, The Galilee Society, Greener Than Green Technologies, Agricola International SA Bacau). 
 
For two days (7th and 8th of October 2021), in unconventional circumstances forced by the health crisis, the conference will (virtually) create the best environment for debates on emerging innovative technologies, regional policies, barriers and business models. Aquademica will provide technical support for Romanian-English live interpretation.

The conference is going to be an innovative mixture of presentations, circular water project presentations and debates, aiming to create business opportunities in regional markets and to build strong partnerships among regional water operators, decision-makers and technicians from regional utilities, local industry and agriculture, local start-ups, regional universities and R&D centers, technology providers, local and central administrations.
 
Aqua Circular On-Line Conference 2021 is intended to promote innovative solutions for all the interested stakeholders in Western Romania and also from the neighboring regions from Hungary and Serbia. The main objective of the conference is to organize the framework for matching demand and supply in the circular water sector, with the aim of improving the competitiveness of local stakeholders within the regional water market.

The innovative concept of circular economy and its relation with the implementation of the National Strategy of Sustainable Goals for Romania by 2030 will attract specialists, students, engineers and managers, NGOs and public officers, as well as future water leaders, who are able to design and implement innovative solutions, with the aim of having a holistic approach on the future sustainable development, despite any barriers they could encounter.
 
For more detailed information, please do not hesitate to contact us:
aquademica@aquademica.ro

+40743099555

 

Conference Agenda (Romanian time/UTC+3/EEST) *

* the conference agenda is still subject to changes 
 

7th of October 2021

10:00-10:30Welcome speech
Ilie VlaicuPresident of the Romanian Water Association
Plenary Session  – Urban development and its role in quality of life
Sorin Maxim – General Director, West Regional Development Agency, Romania
10:30-11:00Recovery of phosphorus from wastewater
Csaba Bauer – Aquaserv, Romania
11:00-11:30WATER RESOURCE GARDENS – a Sustainable Solution for the Urban Water Cycle
Attila BODNÁR – Organica Water, Hungary
11:30-12:00Urban Floods, Think Circular
Stefania Balica – Independent researcher in floods management
 Break – Virtual tour of Timisoara, Romania
14:00-16:00

What is Circular Economy? – Watershare and Aquademica Joint Webinar

 
  1. Welcome speech & introduction
    Ciprian Nanu – Business Development Group, Romania
  2. Basics of Circular Economy in Industrial Symbiosis
    Anne Kleyboecker – ULTIMATE WP Leader, KompetenzZentrum Wasser Berlin, Germany 
 

Case studies

  1.  Sewer mining at the Athens urban tree nursery
    Christos Makropoulos – National Technical University of Athens, Greece
  2. Biogas production from anaerobic pre-treatment of municipal and/or food industry wastewater in Karmiel, Israel
    Issam Sabbah – Galilee Society
    Dimitri Iossifidis – Greener than Green Technologies, Greece
  3. Smart and circular water management approaches at Agricola slaughterhouse – EU H2020 AquaSPICE
    Johann Poinapen – KWR, Netherlands
    Nicoleta Frunza – Agricola, Romania
  4. Serious Game on Circular Economy – EU H2020 NextGen
    Dr. Mehdi Khoury – University of Exeter, UK
 Q&A with speakers and audience

 

Webinar Closing
Ciprian Nanu
– Business Development Group, Romania

8th of October 2021

10:00-10:30Steinzeug-Keramo and Circular Economy. Let’s not use what we can’t reuse.
Mihai Stefan – Sales Engineer SE Europe, Steinzeug-Keramo
10:30-11:00Utilization of industrial effluents: from Water Treatment to Zero Liquid Discharge
Robert Körner – Head of Marketing & Strategic Sales WEHRLE-WERK AG, Germany
11:00-11:30Technology for the reuse of industrial wastewater
Doru Popa – Nijhuis Industries
11:30-12:00Break – Virtual tour of Timisoara, Romania
12:00-12:30Water safety in the context of circular economy
Mihaela Vasilescu
– Ecological University of Bucharest, Romania
12:30-13:00Nanotechnology in the field of Wastewater Circular Economy
Constantin Damian – Director, KEMATRONIC, Romania
13:00-13:30Contribution of wastewater epidemiology to community COVID-19 surveillance. Case study: The city of Thessaloniki in Greece (BIOREGIO Project)
Theodoros Karapantsios – Professor, Head of Laboratory of Chemical and Environmental Technology, Department of Chemistry, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
13:30-14:00Important educational tools and resources in raising awareness of environmental issues applicable in the water sector
Anca Draghici –
Professor, Politehnica University Timisoara, Romania
  
 Conclusions/proposals/feedback/opinions

Aquademica Foundation

Organizer

Vocational training courses, consultancy, partnerships initiation & development, scientific events

Aquatim SA

Partner. Aquademica founding member

Drinking water and waste water services regional operator. Timiș County, Romania

Münchner Stadtentwässerung

Partner. Aquademica founding member

Public wastewater management company of the city of Munich, Germany

Aquaserv SA

Partner

Drinking water and waste water services regional operator. Mureș County, Romania

UPT100

Politehnica University of Timișoara

Partner

The largest technical university in Western Romania

Asachi

Gheorghe Asachi Technical University of Iași

Partner

The largest technical university in Northeastern Romania

BDG

Business Development Group

Partner

Expertise in market entry & development, stimulating legal & institutional framework, knowledge transfer & capacity building, research & education

NextGen

Partner

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.

KWR

KWR

Partner

KWR generates knowledge to enable the water sector to operate water-wisely in our urbanized society. With a sense of professional and social responsibility for the quality of water, KWR's scientific findings and the resulting practical innovations contribute, worldwide, to a sustainable water provision in the urban water cycle.

Watershare

Watershare

Partner

A worldwide network of water research organisations and utilities, dedicated to delivering equitable water solutions for all. Watershare bridges research to practice on pressing water sector issues through global to local collaboration

BIOREGIO

Partner

Regional circular economy models and best available technologies for biological streams. BIOREGIO boosts bio-based circular economy through transfer of expertise about best available technologies and cooperation models.

ICECHIM

Partner

National Institute for Research & Development in Chemistry and Petrochemistry. Applied research for the development of new products and technologies in the following areas: Capitalization of bioresources; Nanosciences and nanomaterials; Environmental protection and sustainable management of resources; Increasing the competitiveness of industrial products; Recovery, recycling and recovery of by-products.

ClimateKIC

EIT Climate-KIC

Partner

The Romanian hub of Europe’s leading climate innovation initiative