SMART-WaterDomain: International Workshop on Water Reuse for Sustainable and Smart Water Management in Europe and Japan

Workshop Objectives:

• Provide a multi-disciplinary platform featuring high-profile keynote speakers who will provide theoretical and practical insights on the most pertinent topics for water reuse emphasising the cross-cutting importance of wastewater for the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
• Build an understanding of climate-responsive water reuse and the strategies to balance environmental needs and complex resource challenges using change-climate change scenarios to project potential shifts in future water availability and distribution patterns.
• Draw on the significance of corporate responsibility by analysing the scale of the impact of the operations on water resources. The Workshop will be an opportunity to present the ‘SMART-WaterDomain Decision Support Tool’ crafted to aid organisations in navigating their water management processes.
• Present the barriers and opportunities of water reuse and strategic water management for the implementation of sustainable options of water reuse in agriculture/ agro-industrial sectors in European and Japanese contexts.
• Initiate a dynamic dialogue with industry representatives and policymakers to assess and validate the accreditation scenarios developed from the tool and shape the framework to foster practical applications for industry agriculture and government.

Speakers to Include:

• Dr. Serena Caucci, SMART WaterDomain PI & Project coordinator -Associate Programme Officer, UNU-FLORES
• Prof. Tshilidzi Marwala, Rector, United Nations University
• Prof. Dr.  Edeltraud Guenther, Director, United Nations University Institute for Integrated Management of Material Fluxes and of Resources (UNU-FLORES)
• Prof. Shinobu Yume Yamaguchi, Director, United Nations University Institute for the Advanced Study of Sustainability (UNU-IAS)
• Prof. T. Bartosz Kalinowski, Associate Professor, University of Łódź
• Prof. Ewa Burszta-Adamiak, Assistant Professor, Institute of Environmental Engineering, Wrocław University of Environmental and Life Sciences
• Prof. Futaba Kazama, Specially-Appointed Professor of Yamanashi Prefectural University
• Prof. Hiroaki Furumai, Institute Professor of the Research and Development Initiative, Chuo University
• Prof. Katarzyna Pawęska, Associate Professor, Institute of Environmental Engineering, Wrocław University of Environmental and Life Sciences
• Prof. T. Bartosz Kalinowski, Associate Professor, University of Łódź
• Dr. Agata Rudnicka – Reichel, Assistant Professor, University of Łódź
• Dr. Aleksandra Bawiec, Assistant Professor, Institute of Environmental Engineering, Wrocław University of Environmental and Life Sciences
• Dr. Jonathan Clive Morris, Research Associate, Leibniz-Institute of Ecological Urban and Regional Development
• Dr. Pavel Zahradníček, Senior Researcher, CzechGlobe
• Dr. Petr Štěpánek, Senior Researcher, CzechGlobe
• Dr. Piotr C. Sosnowski, Assistant Professor, University of Łódź
• Dr. Takashi Hashimoto, Associate Professor, Research Center for Water Environment Technology, School of Engineering, University of Tokyo
• Dr. Wieslaw Fialkiewicz, Assistant Professor, Institute of Environmental Engineering, Wroclaw University of Environmental and Life Sciences
• Zeynep Ozkul, Senior Research Assistant, UNU-FLORES
• Mr. Petr Skalák, Senior Researcher, CzechGlobe
• Mr. Yu Kamei Director, International Cooperation Office, Environment Management Bureau, Ministry of the Environment, Japan
• Ms. Isabella Georgiou, Doctoral Researcher, TU Dresden | UNU-FLORES

The SMART-WaterDomain Project is the product of the collective efforts of the following partners:

• United Nations University Institute for Integrated Management of Material Fluxes and of Resources (UNU-FLORES)
• United  Nations University Institute for the Advanced Study of Sustainability (UNU-IAS)
• University of Environmental and Life Sciences. Institute of Environmental Engineering
• Wroclaw University of Environmental and Life Sciences.
• Institute of Environmental Engineering (WUELS)
• Faculty of Management, University of Łódź
• Technische Universität Dresden (TUD)
• SlovakGlobe – a joint centre of Institute of Forest Ecology,
• Slovak Academy of Sciences and Institute of Management,
• Slovak University of Technology
• Nature research centre of Lithuania (NRC-LIT)

Register in person; agenda can be found here: FINAL_International SMART-WaterDomain Workshop Concept Note & Agenda

Background of the Project:

The International project “Framework for Organizational Decision-Making Process in Water Reuse for Smart Cities (SMART-WaterDomain)” focuses on enhancing the adoption of fit-for-purpose reuse water in the agricultural-industrial sector and developing a systematic framework for companies and utilities to facilitate the uptake of water reuse practices in their operations.

With pilot studies carried out across Europe (e.g., Germany, Poland, Slovakia, Czech Republic, Lithuania) and Japan, the project engages in utility operational framework development with critical stakeholders to produce digital decision support and monitoring tools that utilise real-time data and climate change projections. SMART-WaterDomain represents a unique example of an international project jointly led by UNU institutes: UNU-FLORES and UNU-IAS.

SMART-WaterDomain advocates for water reuse for urban development that explores strategies to encourage Public Private Partnerships (PPPs), as a form of intersectoral cooperation to facilitate the sustainable management of water resources.