FIRST ANNOUNCEMENT AND CALL FOR ABSTRACTS
17th EWA Symposium during IFAT 2014
“WatEnergyResources – Water, Energy and Resources:
Innovative Options and Sustainable Solutions”
Munich, Germany, 5-9 May 2014
Organized by: European Water Association (EWA)
Deadline for Abstract Submission:
15 October 2013
Interestingly, “WatER” can be seen as the acronym of three fundamental environmental
components: Water itself, Energy and Resources. The successful harmonization of these
“water-permeated” components is actually a main technical-scientific challenge for the
human society impacted by both global environmental pressures and economic
difficulties. In this perspective, the challenge for the water and wastewater sector is to
combine the traditional goal of achieving appropriate and improved quality standards
with the exigencies of energy sustainability and resource conservation and recovery of
the solutions/systems proposed, planned and implemented that should attain also an
economic efficiency.
In line with the new claim of IFAT as “resources, innovations, solutions”, the 17th Edition
of the EWA Symposium - “WatEnergyResources” is looking for speakers and poster
authors to inspire innovative options and discuss sustainable solutions orientated
towards the feasible correlation of the energy and material resources with four strategic
areas of the water sector: water supply, wastewater treatment, biosolid management
and new sanitation systems.
Symposium Technical and Scientific Committee
R. Falconer (UK), P. Goethals (BE), A. Heduit (FR), P. Horton (UK), K. Kovacs (HU), M. Kollar (SK), J.
Londong (DE), P. Matthews (UK), H. Marecos do Monte (PT), M. Patziger (HU), J. Pinnekamp (DE),
M. Soler (ES), J.F. Schmidt (DE), F. Tatàno (IT), J. Wanner (CZ), B. Zmaic (HR).
Symposium Themes
Theme 1: Energy and Efficiency in Water Supply (including, but not limited to: Water
footprint accounting – Detecting and managing water leaks in water supply networks Automating system operations and implementing remote-control systems - Implementing
efficiency measures [pump systems, pressure management for leak reduction, metering
and monitoring] - Integration of hydropower with other renewable energy sources - Cost
efficiency of options/solutions).
Theme 2: Energy and Resource Management in Wastewater Treatment (including, but
not limited to: Options for energy savings at WWTPs - Aeration control strategies Renewable energy generation from wastewater - Biofuels generable by using resources
[carbon and nutrients] in wastewater for growing algae - Applications of microbial fuel
cells - Solar radiation and wind power captured at WWTPs - Hydropower or
heating/cooling energy using WWTP influent or effluent – Reuse of treated wastewater Cost efficiency of options/solutions).
Theme 3: Bio-energy and By-Product Recovery in Biosolids Management (including, but
not limited to: Anaerobic digestion and co-digestion of sludge and
biomasses/residues/organic waste - Anaerobic digested sludge as useful inoculum for
digestion process of organic substrates and biomasses - Bio-hydrogen production - Energy
utilization options of biogas - Detailed digestate characterization and quality - Innovative
options and solutions for digestate recovery and utilization - Cost efficiency of
options/solutions).
Theme 4: Energy and Resource Recovery in New Sanitation Systems (including but not
limited to: Integration of renewable energy systems in new sanitation districts Integration with the bioenergy recovery of organic fraction of municipal solid waste Wastewater separation and recovery options and solutions in Eco-building approaches Full-scale projects of new sanitation systems - Cost efficiency of options/solutions).
Call for Abstracts
Deadline for abstract submission: 15 October 2013. The official language will be English
and all papers must therefore be written and presented in English.
The submitted abstracts will be evaluated and selected for oral and poster presentations
by the “Symposium Technical and Scientific Committee” (members of the “ETSC,
European Technical and Scientific Committee” at the EWA).
Criteria for selection include correspondence to the Symposium themes, originality,
project/research status, technical and/or scientific content, benefits, significance,
appropriate case-studies, and quality. Presentations of a purely commercial nature will
not be accepted.
EWA Secretariat will notify authors of acceptance at latest by 30 November 2013.
Authors will be required to submit the final paper to the EWA Secretariat by 1st March
2014.
All final papers selected and submitted will be included in the Symposium Proceedings
(Summaries + CD ROM) made available at the event. After the event, the Proceedings will
be available also at the EWA web site (http://www.ewa-online.eu/).
Submission of Abstracts
Abstracts related to the Symposium Themes mentioned above should be submitted as a
Word or PDF file attachment at latest by 15 October 2013 by e-mail to:
[email protected]
(Boryana Dimitrova, Symposium Secretariat - European Water Association
Theodor-Heuss-Allee 17, 53773 Hennef, Germany,
Phone +49 2242 872189, Fax +49 2242 872135)
Abstracts (at least one but no more than two full pages) should be structured with the
following order: Title; Authors and Affiliations; Keywords (maximum of 5); Abstract text.
Authors of accepted abstracts who does not submit the final papers by the due date will
be replaced on the program. The Leading Authors (who will present the papers - oral or
poster presentations - at the Symposium) will be responsible for paying their own travel
expenses for the Symposium. There is no participation fee for the Authors.
With the submission of abstract by e-mail, the following “Abstract Form” should be
completed and inserted in the corresponding e-mail message.
Abstract Form
Presentation Title:
Leading Author (who will present the paper at the Symposium):
Organization/Company:
Address:
City/State or Province/Zip/Country:
Phone:
Fax:
E-mail:
Co-authors:
Suggested Symposium Theme (1, 2, 3, or 4):
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Preferred form of Presentation (Oral, Poster):
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Symposium Secretariat:
Technical-Scientific Information:
European Water Association (EWA)
Theodor-Heuss-Allee 17
53773 Hennef (Germany)
Phone:
+49 2242 872189
Fax:
+49 2242 872135
E-mail:
[email protected]
Dr.-Eng. Fabio Tatàno
Chairman “ETSC, European Technical and
Scientific Committee” at the EWA
University of Urbino “Carlo Bo”, Italy
Phone:
+39 0722 304264
E-mail:
[email protected]