European Water Tech Week 2022

19-09-2022 - 22-09-2022, Leeuwarden, the Netherlands

Meet the Water Test Network at our official final event (in its current form) during European Water Tech Week From 19 to 21 September the global water technology sector will get together in Leeuwarden, the Netherlands, the capital of water technology. During the second 𝗘𝘂𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗮𝗻 𝗪𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗧𝗲𝗰𝗵𝗻𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝘆 𝗪𝗲𝗲𝗸 (EWTW), business and innovation leaders from companies, universities and governments will gather in the innovative climate of WaterCampus Leeuwarden. In short during those four days 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗺𝗲𝗲𝘁 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗶𝗻𝘀𝗽𝗶𝗿𝗲 𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗵 𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿, 𝗷𝗼𝗶𝗻 𝗶𝗻.

Overcoming barriers for effective innovation

Summary:

Find out about the Water Test Network project and how it delivered innovation into the water sector. How an international network of testing facilities and demo sites has been created and what has been the impact for the SMEs that participated to bring their innovations one step closer to the marketplace. The event is hosted by the Water Test Network partners and it will present the outputs achieved over the last 4 years and how the network will continue in the future.

Programme:

Overview of innovation support
1. Role of innovation testing support in Europe, the importance of Demos and test facilities and how policies are crucial to innovation (Elisabeth Rekker, Province of Friesland)
2. The example of Water Test Network (Ruth McNeil, Scottish Water)
Success cases of SMEs in the test sites: Pitch-mode presentations

Each pitch lasts a maximum of 5 min, after them they will have a 5 min Q&A (Host, Jelmer Hobma Water Alliance)

Continuation and opportunities

Wrap up and presentation of the continuation of the Network (Ruth McNeil, Scottish Water)

Discover the programme and register here: https://www.ewtw2022.eu/