Dear colleagues, I would like to provide you with a final update on the EIP Water Conference 2014 scheduled for Wednesday 5th November in Barcelona and held under the theme "Connecting Innovation Demand and Supply": - Over 500 water-innovation interested participants have registered already and registration for the Conference has been closed. - The good news is that you can follow all sessions online, via our all day live–streaming starting on 5 November at 9 am Barcelona time. Please sign up here: www.eip-water.eu/live-streaming-eip-water-conference-2014">www.eip-water.eu/live-streaming-eip-water-conference-2014 - The Conference programme has been updated once again and we are pleased to present a great line up of high-level speakers (www.eip-water.eu/speakers-eip-water-conference-2014">www.eip-water.eu/speakers-eip-water-conference-2014) and thought-provoking sessions (www.eip-water.eu/programme-eip-water-conference-2014">www.eip-water.eu/programme-eip-water-conference-2014) - Here are just three highlights from the day, among many others: 1. During the "EIP Water auction" starting at 10.50 am four EU Member States - Spain, the UK, the Netherlands and Slovenia - will present their water management challenges, and EIP Water Action Groups as well as the audience are expected to provide innovative proposals and solutions. 2. "How corporate stewardship is driving innovation in water" starting at 3.30 pm will see the presentation of the CDP Global Water Report 2014 which explores the increasing recognition that mismanagement of water can result in significant business failure while effective and innovative action can result in sustainable growth: www.cdp.net/en-US/Pages/events/2014/cdp-water-report.aspx 3. In "Resolving the bottlenecks and barriers to water innovation in the EU" at 4 pm high-level presenters from industry, academia, financial institutions and non-profits will convene on the stage for a debate on bottlenecks and barriers to innovation in water and what we should do about them I hope you will be able to join online and look forward to meeting you virtually! I will live-tweet from the Conference with EIp-Water's recently established twitter account @eip_water, using #EIPWater2014 for the Conference- follow and engage with us! Furthermore, the EIP Water Conference 2014 will mark the launch of the 3rd call for expressions of commitment to establish an EIP Water Action Group. This new call will have a particular focus on actors from eastern European countries and on those EIP Water priority areas which are currently underrepresented. More information will be available online as of 5 November on www.eip-water.eu Best wishes, Sören