Tuesday

09:30 – 10:00
Welcome, coffee/tea

10:00 – 10:50
Plenary session
Chair: prof.dr.ir. Cees Buisman, Wetsus Executive Board

• Introduction keynote: dr.ir. Jan Post, program director Wetsus
• Keynote: From molecules to microplastics: successes and challenges for exposure assessment, prof.dr. Marja Lamoree, faculty of Science, Chemistry for Environment & Health, VU Amsterdam

10:50 – 11:20
Break

11.20 – 12.45

Four of the parallel sessions (1.4-1.7)are organized as linked science–business pairs across the two session blocks today, with each science session connected to a corresponding business session, and vice versa.

Parallel sessions:

1.1 Vortices in water technology: a new frontier

1.2 How new developments in physical chemistry can impact water technology applications

1.3 Breaking the chains in soil

1.4 Future‑ready drinking‑water networks through Artificial Intelligence

1.5 Carbon recovery and valorization in the WWTP of the future

1.6 Towards resilient industrial water systems: integrating alternative water resources

1.7 From Blue Energy to resource recovery – the entrepreneurial journey of bipolar membranes

1.8 BlueTech Unplugged 1: Market impact of new EU regulations

12:45 – 14:00
Lunch, matchmaking, visit exhibition floor, poster presentations

14:00 – 15:00
Plenary session
Chair: prof.dr.ir. Cees Buisman, Wetsus Executive Board

• Introduction keynote: dr. Slawomir Porada, scientific advisor Wetsus/ Wroclaw University of Science and Technology

• Keynote: How can we make PFAS removal from water more sustainable? From activated carbon design to electrosorption, dr. Anett Georgi, Group Leader Advanced Adsorption and Oxidation, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research, Germany

14.00 – 17.00
Water Technology on site visit (register via the registration form. Places are limited. Gather at 13.45 entrance De Harmonie)

During the afternoon you can also choose the water technology on site visit

The water technology site visit offers participants insight into innovation within the water technology sector, showing how research, development, testing, and implementation are integrated within a single ecosystem.

The program includes a guided tour of the WaterCampus, where participants learn how water innovations are developed, tested, and scaled through collaboration between research institutes, industry partners, and market actors. It also features a visit to a pilot installation at Leeuwarden’s wastewater treatment plant, where the company Brightwork is testing an innovative filtration technology using activated carbon to remove micropollutants from wastewater. Overall, the visit provides a comprehensive perspective on how innovation in water technology is shaped and translated into real-world applications through collaboration.

15:00 – 15:30
Break

15:30 – 17:00

Four of the parallel sessions (2.4-2.7)are organized as linked science–business pairs across the two session blocks today, with each science session connected to a corresponding business session, and vice versa.
Parallel sessions

2.1 Innovative materials for sustainable water technologies

2.2 Water cycle restoration: where does rain come from and how do we bring it back?

2.3 Photocatalytic degradation of micropollutants

2.4 From data to decisions: AI and digital twins in water management

2.5 Implementing resource recovery in practice: lessons from pioneering end-users

2.6 Measuring, monitoring and mitigating micropollutants

2.7 Electromembrane processes

2.8 BlueTech Unplugged 2: From regulation to solutions

2.9 Artificial Intelligence in water technology: from data to impact

17:00 – 18:30
Drinks, visit exhibition floor, posters