ICT4WATER Workshop: Digital Tools and Technologies enhancing water resilience
A Water Innovation Europe (WIE) event organised by the ICT4Water cluster, June 19, 2024, 9:30 – 16:00, BluePoint, Brussels
On June 19, members of the ICT4Water cluster, policy makers from various DGs, and other professionals gathered in a session to discuss tools and technologies for enhancing water resilience and to explore how water policies could be improved. The session was part of Water Innovation Europe 2024, one of a series of events organised by Water Europe and attracted around 30 people. Continued
Linking Digital Water to EU policies for the twin green and digital transition.
ICT4Water cluster event, June 21, 2023, 9:00 – 11:00, Brussels, BluePoint
On June 21, members of the ICT4Water cluster, policy makers from various DGs, and other professionals gathered in a session to discuss the linkage of digital water to EU policies. The session was part of Water Project Europe, one of a series of events organised by Water Europe and attracted over 50 people. Continued
Flash Report: Water Projects Europe 2022
THE EU DIGITAL TRANSITION FOR THE WATER SECTOR IN THE EU GREEN FUTURE CHALLENGES, PRESSURES AND ACHIEVEMENTS
THE NEW ICT4WATER ACTION PLAN
Hybrid workshop
October 19, 2022, 9:00 – 13:00, Brussels, BluePoint
On October 19, members of the ICT4Water cluster, policy makers from various DGs, and other professionals gathered in a workshop to discuss the digital transition for the water sector and the cluster’s activities and plans for the next few years. The workshop was part of Water Projects Europe, one of a series of events organised by Water Europe. The hybrid workshop attracted about 50 people who attended physically and an online audience who participated remotely.
Andrea Rubini welcomed the participants on behalf of Water Europe and stressed the good relation between Water Europe and the ICT4Water cluster. Continued
Flash report: ICT4Water cluster Annual Event 2022
June 29, 2022, 10:00 – 12:30, Virtual (Teams)
On June 29, the ICT4Water cluster met with policy makers from various DGs to discuss the cluster’s activities and plans for the next few years. Next to that, the Policy Brief on the Digitalisation of water sector developed by the synergy group DW2020 (group of 5 ICT4Water cluster projects), and the links with the BRIDGE Energy cluster were presented. In this online meeting, which attracted about 50 water professionals and policy makers, short presentations were combined with discussions in breakout sessions. Continued
ICT4Water cluster Annual meeting 2020
Brussels, June 16, 2020
On 16 June, the ICT4Water cluster Annual meeting gathered nearly 150 professionals from the smart water community and over 30 member projects to work together on the digital transformation of the water sector. Because of the COVID-19 crisis, this year’s annual meeting took place online. The event was organised by EASME with the support from DG CONNECT and comprised of presentations from keynote speakers and interactive panel discussions. The moderator of the event was Sotirios Kanellopoulos, EASME Project adviser H2020 Eco-innovation. Continued
Water & Energy: ICT4Water participates in annual BRIDGE Event
Brussels, February 12, 2020
On 12 February representatives from the ICT4Water cluster participated in the annual event of the BRIDGE cluster, to which ICT4WATER was invited for the first time. The overall scope of the invitation was to explore synergies, interactions and potential paths for future collaboration. Continued
Flash Report: ICT4Water outreach activities during AIWW 2019
During one of Europe’s largest water industry events, Amsterdam International Water Week (AIWW), the ICT4Water cluster has reached out to water professionals worldwide. From November 4 until November 8, ICT4Water was involved in a number of outreach activities. Continued
Flash report: ICT4Water cluster Annual Event 2019
Brussels, June 11, 2019
On 11 June the ICT4Water cluster Annual event gathered nearly 100 professionals from the smart water community and 27+ member projects to work together on the digital transformation of the water sector. The event was organised in Brussels by EASME and combined speeches from keynote speakers with workshops and interactive sessions. Continued
Flash report on WIE ICT4Water cluster workshop
Towards A Digital Single Market of water Services
“Smart water services: Bridging the digital and the physical world”.
Brussels, June 13, 2018
On June 13th 2018, during the annual Water Innovation Europe Event held in Brussells, the Executive Agency for SMEs (EASME) B2.1, in collaboration with DG CONNECT Smart Mobility and Living, the European Water Technology Platform (WssTP) and the ICT4Water cluster jointly organized the open workshop “Smart water services: Bridging the digital and the physical world”. Fruitful discussions took place regarding the development of activities contributing to a “Digital single Marquet of Water Services”. Relevant key areas were presented as follows: Continued
Action Plan 2017 Flash Report
ICT4Water Action Plan, Digital Single Market of water services
Brussels, December 1, 2017
European Commission – DG CONNECT – Avenue de Beaulieu, 25 – 1160 Auderghem (Brussels)
On December 1st 2017, the ICT4Water cluster presented an Action Plan to support the setting out of a Digital Single Market of Water Services. Promoted by DG-CONNECT, the action plan is a step forward from roadmaps presented in 2015 and 2016. This year (2017) open workshops were held as core sessions of big water sector events, such as Water Wise Conference, Water Innovation Europe, EIP Water conference 2017, DG RTD /EASME “Boosting Research & Innovation in the Water Sector: The Impact of EU-funded actions” and several bilateral events, with ICT4Water cluster members discussing and proposing how to afford digital water challenges, so as to collect and define the views presented in this strategic document. Additionally, collaborative contributions provided by co-members of several associations and working groups such as the WssTP, BDVA, AIOTI and EIP Water were collected too. Continued