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Feb 10 '16 - Feb 11 '16
Dutch EU presidency associated event
On 11 February 2016, there will also be a “Mayors and Water” event for which you can register here
Introduction
The 2016 Conference of the European Innovation Partnership on Water will be held on 10th February 2016 in Leeuwarden, The Netherlands. It will carry the theme:
How is water innovation succeeding in Europe?”
This 3rd EIP Water conference builds up on the success of the first two conferences in 2013 and 2014 in Brussels and Barcelona, respectively. The city of Leeuwarden was selected as a host city after a pan-European competition won by the the province of Fryslân in the Netherlands.
Leeuwarden’s proposal included strong institutional and private sector involvement, political buy-in, as well as synergies with ongoing EU research and innovation projects in the water sector. In December 2014, Leeuwarden had already been officially recognized as ‘Innovative City’ in the UN Global Compact Cities Programme; the unique structure of Leeuwarden’s WaterCampus with its close cooperation between water technology companies, knowledge centres and governments, are at the heart of Leeuwarden’s participation in this UN programme.
EIP Water and the Leeuwarden conference
The EIP Water conference will be preceded and followed by a number of side meetings as well as site visits on 9th and 11th February. Participants of the conference will learn about Leeuwarden’s unique features, attend site visits in the north of the Netherlands, and be able to participate in a series of side meetings before and after the event.
EIP Water has taken a central role on the European water innovation landscape, providing a platform for collaboration of all actors in the field of water and innovation. After a successful first EIP Water conference in November 2013 in Brussels, the second EIP Water Conference took place in November 2014 in Barcelona, Europe’s Innovation Capital 2014. More than 400 attendees participated in enlightening discussions on connecting water innovation demand and supply, learned about the activities of 25 EIP Water Action Groups, identified opportunities for collaboration and helped shape European water innovation policy.
EIP Water conferences are brilliant opportunities for strengthening pan-European and global networking for boosting innovation in the water sector. The organizers are confident that the 2016 conference in Leeuwarden will once again be an outstanding event for the European water sector and will contribute to removing innovation barriers and creating opportunities for more water innovation in Europe and globally.
Aim – and what you can expect
The 3rd EIP Water Conference will foster innovation in the European water sector by showcasing the experience of innovators and the lessons they have learned. The conference will give inspiring ideas, discuss a variety of outspoken and conflicting viewpoints about appropriate approaches to innovation, and help nurture and establish partnerships.
Participants will learn how the European Commission and EIP Water are working to overcome the established five key barriers & bottlenecks to innovation in water in Europe, and they will gain insights on regulation, financing and public-private partnerships.
The Leeuwarden Declaration: Why and how to drive water innovation in Europe
This declaration will present the key findings and a European action agenda that address the urgent need to accelerate the development and uptake of innovation – i.e. innovative approaches, technology and governance – in the European water sector; it will be proclaimed at the 3rd conference of the European Innovation Partnership on Water (EIP Water), held in Leeuwarden, the Netherlands, on 10 February 2016. – See more at: http://www.eip-water.eu/leeuwarden-declaration-draft-comments#sthash.bNj…The Leeuwarden Declaration: Why and how to drive water innovation in Europe
This declaration will present the key findings and a European action agenda that address the urgent need to accelerate the development and uptake of innovation – i.e. innovative approaches, technology and governance – in the European water sector; it will be proclaimed at the 3rd conference of the European Innovation Partnership on Water (EIP Water), held in Leeuwarden, the Netherlands, on 10 February 2016.
Preliminary programme
A preliminary programme providing some details on the session, speakers as well as other information is available here. The conference will be held in English; no translations will be provided.