Water we waiting for? - Official UN 2023 Water Conference Side Event (Hub Unicamp Campinas)

A trans-Continental forum on setting the water action agenda for sustainable development. Water we waiting for?

08.45 – 09.00    Welcome and Opening

Prof. Gustavo Paim Valenca, UNICAMP Brazil;

Prof. Patricia Osseweijer, Coordinator Water Mining and TU Delft Ambassador The Netherlands;

 Prof. Marcelo Nolasco, USP Brazil;

Prof. Luana Mattos de Oliveira Cruz, UNICAMP Brazil

Prof. João Marcos Travassos Romano, ProRector Research from Unicamp, Brazil

09.00 – 09.30    Water: challenges and solutions

Invited companies:

Hélio Gabardo – Solvey

Thiago Forteza de Oliveira – General Water

09.30 – 10.00    Discussion and formulation problem statement

10.00 – 10.30    Break (Live transfer to New York: Opening United Nations session)

10.30 – 10.50     Live link to Delft: Valuable products from wastewater: Kaumera

                            Prof. Mark van Loosdrecht, TU Delft The Netherlands

10.50 – 11.00    Break

11.00 – 11.40    Implementation circular wastewater treatment Brazil: challenges and opportunities

Antonio Martins (Aguas do Algarve, Portugal), Rene Noppeney (RHKDHV, NL), Harald Mikkelsen (Koppert, NL)

11.40 – 12.00    Discussion

12.00 – 13.00    Live transfer to New York

12.00 – 12.07    Campinas: Problem Statement Brazil

Prof. Luana Mattos de Oliveira Cruz, Prof. Marcelo Nolasco, Prof. Patricia Osseweijer and Dr. Thiago Bressani

12.07 – 12.19     New York: Movie Water Mining (https://watermining.eu/water-mining-value-for-society/) : product recovery in wastewater treatment

                            Solutions from experiences Water Mining, Dr. Philipp Wilfert, TU Delft

12.21 – 12.25     Delft: Student pitch on future solutions. Discussion with Prof. Mark van Loosdrecht and Dr. Dimitris Xevgenos, both TU Delft

12.25 – 12.45     New York and Campinas: Panel discussion

12.45 – 13.00    New York, Delft and Campinas: Final conclusions and Commitments  

13.00 – 14.00    New York Closing session with panel and input from Campinas and Nairobi