STREAM Policy Seminar on Urban Water Management in IWW available online
1 November 2011
Austria
The seminar aims to show the current state of the European policy and research efforts on urban water management, as well as the best practices and challenges for practical implementation of sustainable water management in cities.
The event brings politicians and researchers together to make sure that policies are based on the latest research, research is policy driven, and together they focus on the practical implementation of solutions.
Participation to the event is available for all registered participants in the IWW Conference. The seminar will also be recorded and available on line for those who are interested to follow it from any part of the world.
You can access the seminar from www.stream-project.eu
For more information: www.stream-project.eu/policy-seminars/urban-water
Please find below the seminar programme that starts with the keynote speech of Arnaud Pinxteren, MP from the Brussels-Capital Region and is concluded by an open discussion session.
Programme
SESSION 1: Policy and Research developments (14.00-15.30)
Keynote: Overview of the challenges of urban water management: Arnaud Pinxteren, Member of the Parliament of the Brussels-Capital Region
Dutch Policies on Urban Water Management: speaker to be confirmed
Overview of the current state of research on urban water management: Chris Jefferies, SWITCH Project, University of Abertay, Urban Water Technology Center
DAnCE4Water Project: Wolfgang Rauch, University of Innsbruck
Research on Urban Water Management in the Netherlands: Hans Gehrels, DELTARES (tbc)
Open Discussion Session
Coffee Break (15.30-16.00)
SESSION 2: Sustainable Water Management in Cities in practice – challenges for implementation (16.00-17.30)
Water Stewardship Programme – Urban Areas: Murray Biedler, EWP
Practical examples on the challenges of implementing urban water management:
Stefan Milotti, GreenClimeAdapt project (LIFE+)
Ian Plenderleith,Tallinn (Estonia)
Jan Bondaruk, Rybnyk (Poland)
Corjan Gebraad, Rotterdam (The Netherlands)
Open Discussion Session
The event brings politicians and researchers together to make sure that policies are based on the latest research, research is policy driven, and together they focus on the practical implementation of solutions.
Participation to the event is available for all registered participants in the IWW Conference. The seminar will also be recorded and available on line for those who are interested to follow it from any part of the world.
You can access the seminar from www.stream-project.eu
For more information: www.stream-project.eu/policy-seminars/urban-water
Please find below the seminar programme that starts with the keynote speech of Arnaud Pinxteren, MP from the Brussels-Capital Region and is concluded by an open discussion session.
Programme
SESSION 1: Policy and Research developments (14.00-15.30)
Keynote: Overview of the challenges of urban water management: Arnaud Pinxteren, Member of the Parliament of the Brussels-Capital Region
Dutch Policies on Urban Water Management: speaker to be confirmed
Overview of the current state of research on urban water management: Chris Jefferies, SWITCH Project, University of Abertay, Urban Water Technology Center
DAnCE4Water Project: Wolfgang Rauch, University of Innsbruck
Research on Urban Water Management in the Netherlands: Hans Gehrels, DELTARES (tbc)
Open Discussion Session
Coffee Break (15.30-16.00)
SESSION 2: Sustainable Water Management in Cities in practice – challenges for implementation (16.00-17.30)
Water Stewardship Programme – Urban Areas: Murray Biedler, EWP
Practical examples on the challenges of implementing urban water management:
Stefan Milotti, GreenClimeAdapt project (LIFE+)
Ian Plenderleith,Tallinn (Estonia)
Jan Bondaruk, Rybnyk (Poland)
Corjan Gebraad, Rotterdam (The Netherlands)
Open Discussion Session