Water Projects Europe at AQUATECH 2025

March 12, 2025 at 10:30 AM
- March 12, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Amsterdam, Netherlands

AQUATECH 2025​, as an international hub for water technology, offers the ideal platform to showcase the synergy between innovation, digitalization, and European collaboration in water management. With stakeholders from across the globe converging in Amsterdam, this setting fosters a rich exchange of ideas, catalysing partnerships and elevating the visibility of EU-funded projects at the cutting edge of technological advancement.

Water Projects Europe event at AQUATECH 2025​ will cluster light-house EU funded projects working at the forefront of digitalization and innovation in water management. Under the primary theme of EU funded projects IDEATION​ and WATERVERSE​, the event will focus on a unified, interoperable digital twin of the hydrosphere, from inland waters to oceans, which can be facilitated by the creation of an ecosystem for efficient Water Data Management.

Water management is entering a new era, driven by data integration, digital twins, and collaboration across diverse water bodies. IDEATION, with its vision of integrating inland waters into the Digital Twin Ocean (DTO), sets the stage for this transformative journey. WATERVERSE enriches this narrative by focusing on the development of secure, resilient, and interoperable added-value digital services within the water sector. These services ensure seamless data flow across systems while maintaining data provenance and trustworthiness, ultimately facilitating the realization of the Water Data Space.

Through this event, participants will explore how digital tools, stakeholder engagement, and cross-border collaboration can address Europe’s critical water challenges, from enhancing resilience to climate change to fostering sustainable water usage. Showcasing the experiences and innovations of projects such as DALIA, AquaInfra, EcoDalli, FERRO, and Sundancse, the event highlights a collective effort to achieve the European Green Deal’s water-related objectives.

Schedule

Registration and welcome coffee

10:30 - 11:00

Opening: The Vision for a Water-Smart Society

11:00 - 11:20

- Welcome Address: representative from Water Europe and AQUATECH

- Keynote Speech: the digital hydrosphere: from inland waters to oceans, Eliades Demetrios, KIOS Center of Excellence, University of Cyprus

Session 1. Understanding the digital twin and its domain of application

11:20 - 11:50

- IDEATION project presentation - Eloisa Vargiu, CETAQUA

- Digital twin as backbone for Bronderslev‘s water distribution system operation and analytics - Valerie Fehst, DIEHL Metering

Session 2. Understanding digital water management and interoperability

11:50-12:20

- WATERVERSE project presentation - Lydia Vamvakeridou-Lyroudia, KWR

Session 3: Digital transition for global water security

12:20 – 12:30

Session 4: Panel discussion on building the foundations of a unified digital twin for waters

12:30 - 13:00

- Contributions from IDEATION, WATERVERSE and Water4All highlighting cross-border cooperation, stakeholder involvement, and interoperability challenges - Moderator: Water Europe

Light lunch and networking

13:00 - 14:00

Session 5. Showcase of innovations: EU-funded projects on stage

14:00 - 14:45

- Dalia-Danube: Enhancing the management of the Danube basin through digital tools - Márton PESEL and Boglárka Lakatos, General Directorate of Water Management of Hungary

Session 6. Clustering panel: future directions for a water-smart Europe from inland waters to the digital ocean and Q&A

14:45 - 15:45

-A moderated discussion on aligning projects with the European Green Deal, the Water Data Space, and the Digital Twin of Waters vision.

Panellists: all speakers
Moderator: IDEATION and/or WATERVERSE

-Clustering panel discussion
-Q&A with the audience

Wrap-up and conclusions

15:45 - 15:50

Water Europe

Farewell cocktail and networking

15:50 – 16:30

Registrations for the event will open soon

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