09:30 – 10:00
Welcome, coffee/tea
10:00 – 12:00
Plenary session
Chair: Johannes Boonstra, Wetsus Executive Board
- Opening by Friso Douwstra, regional minister of the Province of Friesland
- Wetsus developments, prof.dr.ir. Cees Buisman, Wetsus Executive Board
- Keynote Alessandra Zampieri, Director of Sustainable Resources, European Commission, Joint Research Centre
- Keynote Mikael Kamp Sørensen, CEO of EIT Water
- Marcel Mulder Award Ceremony, presented by drs. Ed Nijpels, chair Wetsus Supervisory Board
- Pitch by last year’s winner Ruixuan Qi
- 2026 Award Ceremony
- Vincent Karremans, Minister of Infrastructure and Water Management
12:00 – 14:00
Lunch, matchmaking, visit exhibition floor and posters
14:00 – 16:30
Plenary session
Chair: Hein Molenkamp, director Water Alliance
- Keynote Christopher Gasson, owner Global Water Intelligence
- WIS Award 2026: the pitches
- Jasper Schakel, CIWI
- Mees Beaumont, Deep
- Baker Bozeyeh, Flowless
- Maarten Kieft, Luper Technologies
- Reuben Moore, Solaq
- Girts Ozolins, Spectromarine
- Samira Ehsani, Versa Solution
Judges: Cees Buisman, Wetsus / Cora Uijterlinde, STOWA / Judith Le Fèvre, FerrTech
- Intermezzo: winner WIS Award 2024 Dennis Luiten, Bubbleflush
- Panel discussion with global water technology cluster representatives: Bryan Stubbs, President & CEO Cleveland Water Alliance, Angela MacOscar, Head of Innovation Northumbrian Water, João Simão Pires, Executive Director Portugal Water Partnership
- WIS Award 2026 Winner Announcement
16:30 – 18:00
Drinks, matchmaking, visit exhibition floor and posters
19:00 – 21:00
Congress dinner (by invitation and pre-registration only)