CONGRESS

EUROPE AND ITS WATER RESILIENCE

17 AND 18 DE NOVEMBER.
NELVA HOTEL

A top-level forum to showcase progress in research, innovation and circular economy solutions that are already a reality in the Region of Murcia.

SCHEDULE NOV 17

9:00 – 9:30

Opening by Fernando López Miras, President of the Region of Murcia

WATER GOVERNANCE AND WATER RESILIENCE

09:30 – 10:30

The European Strategy for Water Resilience

• Representative of the European Union.

10:30 – 11:00

Spanish Water Policy Facing Climate Change

• Ministry for the Ecological Transition
and the Demographic Challenge (MITERD)

11:00 – 11:30

The Region of Murcia as a European Benchmark in Water Management

• Autonomous Community of the Region of Murcia (CARM)

11:30 – 12:00
Coffee Break
12:00 – 12:30

From Drought to Water Security: Australia’s Journey in Water
Management, Desalination and Potable Reuse

• Danielle Francis, Water Services Association of Australia (WSAA)

12:30 – 13:00

Water Regulator in Portugal

• Portugal Water and Waste Services Regulation Authority (ERSAR)

13:00 – 14:15
Panel Discussion: Financing Sources for Water Resilience • Development Bank of Latin America (CAF): Antonio Ramses Morales Jiménez • Spanish Association of Urban Water Management Companies (DAQUAS): Carmen Hernández de Vega • Association of Infrastructure Construction and Concession Companies (SEOPAN) • CAJAMAR Ricardo García Lorenzo • AMAZON
14:15 – 16:00
Lunch Break

TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION IN REUSE AND DESALINATION

16:00 – 16:30

Are we solving the PFAS problem or just moving it?

• Mohamed Ateia: AECOM Technology Corporation

16:30 – 16:50

Challenges and Barriers in Reclaiming Treated Wastewater

• Wastewater Management and Treatment Entity
of the Region of Murcia (ESAMUR)

16:50 – 17:10

Challenges and Advances in Desalination

• Belén Gutierrez López, Spanish Desalination
and Reuse Association (AEDYR)

17:10 – 18:30
Presentation of Advanced Research Lines in Desalination and Reuse

SCHEDULE NOV 18

09:00 – 10:00

Presentation of the S3 Thematic Platform:
Marine Desalination and Treated Wastewater Reuse

• Assigned Project Officer, Marc Pattison (to be confirmed)

• Apulia Region, Valeria Patruno (to be confirmed)

• Region of Murcia, Pedro Simón

• South Aegean Region, Gregory Yovanof (to be confirmed)

10:00 – 10:30
Corporate Water Positive Targets as Financing Catalysts • Alejandro Sturniolo, Water Positive Think Tank
10:30 – 11:00
Coffee Break

CLIMATE PHENOMENA: DIVERSE APPROACHES TO ADDRESS THEM

11:00 – 11:30

Decentralized Rainharvesting – History and Highlights

• Klaus W. König, German National Professional Association for Water
recycling and Rainwater Utilization (fbr)

11:30 – 12:00

How Urban Space Design Contributes to City Resilience: SUDs

• Sara Perales Monparler, Green Blue Management

12:00 – 12:30

Stormwater Retention Basins: More Than Just Storing Rainwater

• Antonio Lastra, Canal de Isabel II

PROMOTING RESEARCH IN WATER RESILIENCE

12:30 – 13:30

Entrepreneurship, Research and Knowledge Transfer: Cajamar’s Innovation Model for Advancing More Sustainable Water Resource Management

• Juan Carlos Gázquez Garrido, Director of Technological Innovation, CAJAMAR

13:00 – 14:00

Closing Panel Discussion: Water Security in Mediterranean
Regions in a Climate Change Context

• Joaquín Buendía, Minister for Water, Agriculture,
Livestock and Fisheries of Murcia

• Mario Urrea, President of Segura Hydrographic Confederation (CHS)

• Adriano Battilani, Irrigants d’Europe

• Mariano Blanco Orozco, European Association for Water Services (EUREAU)

• Lucas Jiménez, Central Union of Irrigators of the Tajo-Segura Aqueduct (SCRATS)

14:00 – 14:30
Closing by Joaquín Buendía, Minister for Water, Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries of Murcia

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