Michael Spanos, Managing Director of Global Sustain Group participated with a keynote address and participation at the panel entitled “Water for a Sustainable Society” presenting the interlinkages between the UN Sustainable Development Goals and water, as a member of the European Commission Expert Group on the SDGs. Please find below Michael Spanos presentation.
Water Innovation Europe 2016
‘Water-Smart! European Solutions for a smart water society’
Over three days, Water Innovation Europe 2016 attracted more than 200 participants from all around Europe. The 2016 edition of WssTP annual stakeholder conference ‘Water-Smart! European Solutions for a Smart Water Society’ was held with great success from the 21st to 23rd of June in Brussels at the Diamant Conference Centre in Brussels.
Thirty distinguished speakers from all the aspects of the European water sector contributed to the agenda of Water Innovation Europe 2016 conference that revolved around four key areas:
• Water on the interface between the physical and digital world
• Water-energy-food nexus in practice
• The value of Water
• Water for a sustainable society
Water Innovation Europe conference, once again, provided participants with a platform to have stimulating discussions, share data, generate ideas and initiate collaborations. We would like to warmly thank all our speakers and attendees, whose active participation and support made our conference a success! The biggest applause goes finally to them!
Carlos Moedas, EU commissioner for Research, Innovation, and Science was present at WIE2016 to deliver his keynote speech the first day of our conference. Tomas Michel, WssTP President seized this opportunity to hand over the first copy of WssTP Water Vision 2030 ‘The Value of Water: Towards a Future proof model for a European water-smart society’ to Commissioner Moedas. Moedas welcomed WssTP’s work, stating:
‘I am very happy to be here today and to have received your Water Vision. I’m in a room full of conscious people and that fills me with hope for our future.’
“Water for a Sustainable Society, Michael Spanos, Global Sustain.”
