Water Innovation Europe

COST is delighted to support Water Innovation Europe and reaffirms its commitment to research in the water sector. Water Innovation Europe is an event led jointly by The European Water Platform (WssTP) and ACQUEAU, the EUREKA Cluster for water. It aims to push forward the central initiative of the European water sector – innovative collaboration for sustainable & competitive results – through active discussion and debate.

It will include the joint annual stakeholder event for ACQUEAU and WssTP, the IWA Project Innovation Awards European and West Asia Final, and strong and active participation from supporting bodies, stakeholders and other European water sector organisations.

Water Innovation Europe will address the major topics related to efficiency and innovation with regard to water, addressing quantity and quality issues and taking the entire water cycle into consideration.

It is an opportunity for conversation, debate, discussion and a translation of these into tangible actions, with the combined efforts of all of those who will be involved and those who will attend.

High Profile Speakers include:

• Commissoner Janez Potočnik
• Richard Seeber, MEP
• Xavier Leflaive, principal administrator at the OECD Environment Directorate
• Paul-Joel Derian, Senior Vice President of Research, Innovation & Performance, SUEZ ENVIRONNEMENT
• Philippe Martin, Director of Research and Innovation at Veolia Environnement
• Wim van Vierssen, Director of KWR (Dutch Watercycle Research Institute)

This event was awarded the label of Satellite Event for the European Commission's Green Week 2012 .