FIRST ANNOUNCEMENT Towards a sustainable and integrated urban water management
in Europe and beyond: from science to policy.
Final international conference of SANITAS project«SUSTAINABLE AND INTEGRATED
URBAN WATER SYSTEM MANAGEMENT»
BARCELONA, 18th September 2015 (mark your calendar!)Organized by: University of Girona (Spain), LEQUIA research group
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SANITAS Full Network Partners
SANITAS Associated Partners
About SANITASSANITAS, a Marie Curie Initial Training Network financed by the European Commission (7th Framework Programme, 2011-2015) is a Europe-wide research and training platform that is contributing to create the next generation of integrated Urban Water System (UWS) management professionals. SANITAS entails 15 different research projects that have a common denominator: the need to comprehensively address the fundamental rethinking of water management that climate change demands nowadays. The SANITAS research approach focuses on extending knowledge and tools for practical implementation of sustainable and integrated approaches for meeting emerging challenges in UWS management and policy-making.
The final SANITAS conferenceThe final SANITAS conference will be held on September 18th in Barcelona (1 full day conference), starting at 09:00 and finishing at 18:00. The conference aims to integrate the research carried out in the project within the larger context of the EU water policy and the European Innovation Partnership (EIP) on Water. The aim is to present the research findings with a practical perspective, highlighting their relevance to current and upcoming water issues and policies. More specifically, the SANITAS fellows will present their results and show how their work in the past 3 years is contributing to meet the challenges identified by the EIP Water: water reuse, emerging pollutants, energy efficiency, climate change (adaptation and miti-gation), stricter water quality standards, resource recovery, overall efficiency, minimizing environmental impact, or developing integrated/holistic solutions, are just a few of the issues to be discussed at the conference. A round table with prestigious researchers in the network will be organized at the end of the conference, moderated by Prof. Gustaf Olsson from Lund University.
About LEQUIA-UdG, the organiserSANITAS is coordinated by Dr. Joaquim Comas, researcher at LEQUIA, the Laboratory of Chemical and En-vironmental Engineering of the University of Girona (UdG), a research group founded in 1992 and devoted to the development of eco-innovative water solutions. LEQUIA is a “consolidated research group” rec-ognised by the Catalan Government, and a member of TECNIO, the network that brings together leading experts in applied research and technology transfer in Catalonia.
Call for postersThe SANITAS final conference welcomes 2-page abstracts for poster presentations (4000 characters max-imum). Posters should address topics related to the EIP Water priorities. Abstracts should be submitted through the registration link below until 30th June 2015.
Registration and contactLink for registration: http://www.sanitas-itn.eu/sanitas-final-conference/Contact: [email protected]; +34.972.41.8281Registration is free (includes conference material, coffee breaks and lunch) but number of attendants is limited. ‘First come, first serve’ rule applies.
Venue: Aula Europa, Headquarters of the European Institutions in Barcelona, C/Passeig de Gracia 90
This project has received funding from the People Programme (Marie Curie Actions) of the European Union’s Seventh Framework Programme FP7/2007-2013, under REA agreement 289193. The conference reflect only the organizors’ views and the European Union is not liable for any use that may be made of the
information contained therein
