Final conference of Urban_WFTP project, 20th November 2014 – Debrecen, Hungary

Published on by

Final conference of Urban_WFTP project

20th November 2014 - Debrecen, Hungary

Conference website:

http://www.urban-wftp.eu/en/news-events/urban-water-footprint-an-innovative-approach-to-manage-water-in-urban-areas,3,46

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