Final conference of Urban_WFTP project, 20th November 2014 – Debrecen, Hungary
Published on by Markus Pahlow, University of Canterbury - Senior Lecturer
Final conference of Urban_WFTP project
20th November 2014 - Debrecen, Hungary
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The Final Conference of the project will take place on 20 November 2014 in Debrecen, Hungary. This conference will present the most important results of the project in order to share the experiences and the best practices achieved and to support the knowledge exchange and application of the water footprint approach in other European countries. In addition to project partners, presentations will be held by a representative of the Water Footprint Network and a local policy maker from the Debrecen area. Experts of the Central Europe Programme have also been invited in order to cover the recent achievements as well as the future vision of the Programme. The provisional conference agenda is below. In case of interest, please contact Andras Kis from ENEREA at andras.kis@enerea.eu.
Provisional Program
09:00 Registration
09:30 Greetings and Welcome
Antonio Scipioni, University of Padova, Italy
Gábor Vámosi, ENEREA, Hungary
10:00 The water footprint approach for urban water management and the structure of the project
Alessandro Manzardo, University of Padova, Italy
10:30 Applications of the water footprint method in water management, links to sustainability
Ashok Kumar Chapagain, Water Footprint Network, Netherlands
Coffee break
11:20 Central Europe Urban Water Footprint Labs: Poland
Anna Kolonko, MPWIK, Wroclaw UWFLab, Poland
11:40 Central Europe Urban Water Footprint Labs: Austria
Christin Haida, alpS, Innsbruck UWFLab, Austria
12:00 Central Europe Urban Water Footprint Labs: Italy
Roberto Scalco, Municipality of Vicenza, Vicenza UWFLab, Italy
Lunch
13:40 Water management challenges in East Hungary
Gábor Ungvári, Corvinus University of Budapest, Hungary
14:00 Best practices and water footprint improvement plans
András Kis, ENEREA, Hungary
14:20 Making use of research results in regional development
András Ibrányi, Local Government of Hajdu Bihar County, Hungary
14:40 The 2007-2013 Central Europe Program - results, lessons learnt
Richárd Gönczi, Central Europe Program
15:00 The future of the Central Europe Program
Richárd Gönczi, Central Europe Program
Coffee break
15:40 Presentation of the transnational strategy to support UWFT Lab replication
Donato Bedin, Veneto Productivity Center Foundation, Italy
16:00 Panel discussion on the future of the water footprint methodology
Ashok Kumar Chapagain, Water Footprint Network, Netherlands
Alessandro Manzardo, University of Padova, Italy
Wiesław Fiałkiewicz, Wroclaw University, Poland
Robert Schmidt, Nuremberg Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Germany
Christin Haida, alpS, Innsbruck UWFLab, Austria
moderated by András Kis, ENEREA, Hungary
16:50 Q&A session and open discussion
17:00 Closing remarks
Antonio Scipioni, University of Padova, Italy
Location
Hunyadi János str. 1-3, H-4026 Debrecen