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WIN 2026 – Programme overview

All times are local. Parallel items are listed under the same time slot.

Sunday 28 June

09:00–12:30 Courses (parallel)
  • Electrochemical and Hybrid Technologies for Wastewater Treatment and Resource Recovery. Sanjeeb Mohapatra, and Jules van Lier (TU Delft, the Netherlands)
  • Life Cycle Assessment as a Decision-Support Tool for Industrial Water and Wastewater Projects Using openLCA. (Nooshin Barzegar Marvasti, Aashlesha Chekkala, United Kingdom, India)
14:00–15:30 Workshops Part 1 (parallel)
  • Building the bridges – Comprehensive Water Stewardship Plan for Industrial Resilience in Water-Stressed Basins. Basja Jantowski and Lourens Meijer (Haskoning, Unilever, the Netherlands)
  • Enabling Water Circularity and Management: Feasibility, Finance and Practice. Mehak Puri and Arpita Amarnani (Centre for Excellence in Sustainable Development, Goa Institute of Management, India)
  • Educating the Next Generation of Industrial Water Professionals – developing a dedicated industrial water curriculum. Johan Oost (Wetskills, the Netherlands)
  • Data-Driven Water Stewardship: Certification as a Structured Pathway to Water Positivity. Akash Deep, Moumita Ghosh and Tarishi Kaushik (GRIHA Council, India)
15:30–16:00 Break
16:00–17:30 Workshop Part 2
Moved to Wednesday 12:30–14:00
19:00–22:00 Welcome Reception
19:30–19:34 Welcome speech — Kala Vairavamoorthy, Executive Director International Water Association

Monday 29 June

09:00–09:30Performance (plenary)
09:30–10:00Opening speech (plenary)
Geoff Townsend, Water Europe Chair of the Water-Smart Industries Community of Practice. Water stress across Europe: challenges for the industry
10:00–10:45Keynote 1 (plenary)
Christophe Lasseur, European Space Agency, head of MELiSSA program — Mission to Mars, the ultimate example of a circular economy?
A human mission to Mars requires metabolic mass that is not compatible with performances with current launchers. While some are considering even bigger launchers, Europe, through the MELiSSA project, is considering a “full” recycling approach. Over 35 years, this European consortium has been studying technologies and system tools to produce oxygen, nitrogen, water, food, and materials from the mission wastes. This keynote will outline the main space-related challenges, the underlying engineering approach, and selected results. It will also explore how the extreme constraints of a Mars mission can inspire terrestrial applications, offering thought-provoking best-practice reference models for water-intensive industries.
10:45–11:15Break
11:15–12:00Keynote 2 (plenary)
Guido Janssen, CEO Nyrstar. Water challenges in industry at different corners of the world: challenges and solutions
For production and processing of several mining products like lead and zinc water is required for several applications. And water is not always available at right quality and quantity. Also, requirements for discharge are getting stricter. In this father/daughter presentation perspectives of the Nyrstar challenges will be presented from different points of view.
12:00–12:30Group photo
12:30–14:00Lunch
14:00–15:30Technical Session (plenary)
Industrial Effluent – Treatment, Reuse and Discharge (1)
15:30–16:00Break + Posters + Exhibition
16:00–17:30Technical Session
Industrial Effluent – Treatment, Reuse and Discharge (2)

Tuesday 30 June

09:00–09:30Keynote
Kees van der Voort Maarschalk, Science Director Avebe. Prevention of brine in the food processing industry
09:30–10:30Technical Session (plenary)
Industrial Effluent – Treatment, Reuse and Discharge (3)
10:30–11:00Break + Posters + Exhibition
11:00–12:30Technical Session (plenary)
Industrial Effluent – Treatment, Reuse and Discharge (4)
12:30–14:00Lunch
12:30–14:00 Workshops Part 2 (parallel)
Lunch will be provided during the workshop
  • Industrial Water Transition: how climate change forces the industry to look at alternative water sources (Frank Oesterholt, KWR, the Netherlands)
  • Humber UK Case Study of the implications of no water available for Industry: How can we ensure growth in the sector whilst protecting the environment and ensuring enough water for people? Liz Cairns, Jenny Marshall-Reed (Environment Agency, United Kingdom)
  • Building the Business Case for Circular Industrial Water Management Investments at Site Level. (Cejna Anna Quist-Jensen, Thomas Track, Ken Stockil Colm Gaskin, Aisling O’Connor, Bettina Muster, Christoph Höfer, Andres Lucht (Denmark, Germany, Ireland, Austria)
14:00–15:30 Technical Sessions (parallel)
  • Resource and Energy Recovery (1)
  • Digitalization and Smart Control (1)
15:30–16:00Break + Posters + Exhibition
16:00–17:30 Technical Sessions (parallel)
  • Resource and Energy Recovery (2)
  • Digitalization and Smart Control (2)

Wednesday 1 July

09:00–10:00 Technical Sessions (parallel)
  • Industrial Effluent – Treatment, Reuse and Discharge (5)
  • Digitalization and Smart Control
10:00–10:30 Company cases (parallel)
  • Water Reuse
    • Reuse of Garmerwolde municipal effluent for industrial processes. Hannah van der Wal, WLN, Netherlands
    • Waterbank Agriport: A Large-Scale Rainwater Storage and Reuse System for industry and horticulture – Releasing pressure on the drinking water supply. Coen Geerligs (ECW, The Netherlands) and Toon Boonekamp (Sweco, The Netherlands)
  • Salt Removal / Reducing Industrial Water Intake
    • Mine water treatment facility and 50 tonnes per day dry salt removal. Rosan van Wyngaard (South-Africa).
    • Water Transition: Reducing Industrial Water Intake Through Utility–Industry Collaboration. Nienke Peek, Vitens
    • Full scale ultra short chain PFAS removal using new ion exchange resin. Dick Meijer and Pieter van Staveren (Netherlands) [TO BE CONFIRMED]
    • Water Efficiency Framework developed as part of project AQUASPICE. Johann Poinapen (KWR Water, Dow) [TO BE CONFIRMED]
10:30–11:00Break + Posters + Exhibition
11:00–12:30 Technical Sessions (parallel)
  • Industrial Effluent – Treatment, Reuse and Discharge (6)
  • Digitalization and Smart Control
12:30–14:00Lunch
12:30–14:00Resource and Energy Recovery
14:00–15:30Technical Session (parallel)
Water Policies and Industrial Symbiosis
16:00–17:30Young Water Professionals (plenary)
16:00–16:15 Introduction by director of local water authority
16:15–17:30 Panel discussion with young water professionals: Water for industry, industry for the future
17:30Drinks & pub quiz

Thursday 2 July

09:00–10:30 Technical Sessions (parallel)
  • Industrial Effluent – Treatment, Reuse and Discharge (7)
  • Industrial Water Pollutants
10:30–11:00Break + Posters + Exhibition
11:00–12:30 Technical Sessions (parallel)
  • Industrial Effluent – Treatment, Reuse and Discharge (8)
  • Industrial Water Pollutants
12:30–14:00Lunch
14:00–15:30 Technical Sessions (parallel)
  • Resource and Energy Recovery
  • Water – Energy Nexus
15:30–16:00Break + Posters + Exhibition
16:00–17:30Closing Session
16:00–16:30 Awards: Best poster, Best presentation
16:30–17:00 Announcement WIN2028
17:00–17:30 Concluding remarks

Friday 3 July

09:00–12:00 Site visits (depending on site)
  • Visit to Veolia Water Tech – Biothane
    “Anaerobic” Tour at Biothane (Veolia): explore the evolution of anaerobic industrial wastewater treatment technology, including UASB/EGSB developments, selected projects, and a tour of the biomass analysis and feasibility study laboratory.
  • Chemelot Site Tour
    Presentation about past/present and sustainability efforts at Chemelot, followed by a site tour incl. flocculator (river water intake), demineralized water plant, and IAZI (integrated wastewater treatment).
  • Visit to Holland Hydrogen 1 – clean water for a clean fuel
    Visitor centre presentation on the water system development/integration (intake to outfall), followed by a visit to the water production systems.
  • Tata Steel
    Information to be completed.

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