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Programme and presentations:


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Thursday 29 October

Opening session

Carl-Emil Larsen

Chairman for the Danish National Committee and
Director of Danish Water and Wastewater Association

 

Connie Hedegaard 

Minister – Climate and Energy, Host for COP15

 

Keynote presentations (plenary opening session):

 

Peter Wilderer

Technical University of Munich

“Water contra Energy. And the winner is … ?”

 

Allan Hoffman

US Department of Energy

"Energy and Water Security: Inextricably Linked"

 

 

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AB2: Platform presentations

Water and energy competition / Integrated operation and management of water systems

 

Karl Svardal

Vienna University of Technology
"Energy requirements for waste water treatment - proportions and perspectives"

Eilard Jacobs
Waternet, Amsterdam
“Energy from the Amsterdam watercycle”

Debborah Marsh
University of Technology, Sydney
“Integrated assessment of long-term water and energy scenarios for Australia”

Daniel Hellström
Swedish Water & Wastewater Association
“Energy savings in Swedish water and wastewater utilities – an initiative to increase energy awareness and energy efficiency”


Isabel Escaler (Carlos Campos)

CETaqua, Spain
“Climate Change, Water and Energy: Formulating a R&D based concept for actions”

 

Parallel sessions:

A3: Evaluation of environmental efficiency – LCA


Paul Lant
The University of Queensland, Australia
“Energy and Greenhouse Footprints of Wastewater Treatment Plants – Establishing a Benchmark”


Riccardo Gori
University of Florence
“Effects of Biosolids Carbon Sequestration on Energy Footprint at Wastewater Treatment Plants”


Kim Cecilia Zambrano
Copenhagen Energy
“Life Cycle Analysis of the Copenhagen Water System”


Ronald Tize
MWH
“Zero and Maximal Water Use Biomass Power Plant: No process Water Usage while Using Water as Mode of Transport”

 

B3: Energy recovery (biogas)


Bert Hamelers
Wageningen University, Netherlands
“Anaerobic alternatives for biogas production”


Patricia Camacho
Suez Environnement, France
“Technical expertise on the new strategies for the improvement of biogas production by anaerobic digestion”


Cristina Cavinato
University Ca’Foscari of Venice, Italy
“Two-phase thermophilic anaerobic co-digestion of organic waste and activated sludge: process optimization for bio-hythane production in a integrated waste-wastewater treatment approach”


Nicholas Gurieff
Krüger A/S
“Implementation of technologies to deliver energy positive thermophilic sludge digestion”


A4: Efficient operation of water systems

 

Jan Egelund
DANVA, Danish Water and Wastewater Association
“Save 25 % in 5 years. An energy saving campaign for Danish water and wastewater utilities”


Thomas Jensen
Orbicon, Denmark
“Energy Efficiency in the Supply Sector”


Jacques Labre
Suez Environnement, France
“Is seawater desalination a sustainable option for a carbon light future? Global carbon footprint of desalination and outlook for its minimization”

Anne Katrine Falk
DHI, Denmark
“Energy efficient management of groundwater well fields”


Enrique Cabrera
Polytechnic University, Valencia, Spain
“District Metering Areas (DMAs) and Pressure Reducing Valves (PRVs). A strategy to save water and energy”

B4: Energy recovery (Heat and head transfer)


Matthijs Bonte
KWR Watercycle Research Institute
“Underground Thermal Energy Storage and Drinking Water Production in the Netherlands: an Inventory of Potential Conflicts and Risks”


Eric Fievez
DEGREMONT, France
“AS SAMRA WWTP: Towards the Energy Self-sufficient Wastewater Treatment Plant”


Christian Urich
University of Innsbruck, Austria
“Assessment of the technically usable shallow geothermal potential of an aquifer”

Poster session

 

Friday 30 October:


AB5: Keynote presentations
(plenary morning session):

 

Jacqueline McGlade

European Environment Agency, EEA Executive Director

“ Needs for climate change mitigation efforts from households, industry and society”

 

Michel Coeytaux

Veolia Water Solutions & Technologies

“Technologic opportunities for mitigation efforts by the water industry”

 

Hans Larsen

Risø DTU National Laboratory for Sustainable Energy

“Future Energy Systems – outlooks from The intelligent energy infrastructure for the future”


Parallel sessions:

A6: Efficient operation of water systems

 

Gerd Kolisch
WiW mbH, Germany
”Increasing the Energy Efficiency of Sewage Plants – Experiences of Energy Analysis carried out in Germany”


Eoin Casey
University College Dublin
“Energy analysis of full scale MABR configurations”


Tine Berenhard Önnerth
Krüger A/S, Denmark
“Focus and efforts on energy optimisation based on online control pays off well: a detailed case from Avedøre Wastewater Services”


Lingbo Yang
Tsinghua University, Beijing
“Operational Energy Performance Assesment System of Municipal Wastewater Treatment Plants”


Tianlun Li
Suez Environnement, France
“Full-scale demonstration of the technical, economical and environmental effeciency of the nitrate shunt for the treatment of N loads from anaerobic digestion”


Christian Mauer
Pöyry, Germany
“Improved Energy Savings and Recovery on Wastewater Treatment Plants by the use of standardized Optimization Procedures or Simulation Studies”

B6: Planning, incentives and regulation

Jos Frijns / Maarten Nederlof
KWR, Netherlands
“Water as energy carrier: climate mitigation and renewable energy options in the water sector”

Martin Rygaard
Technical University of Denmark, DTU Environment
“Water quality and energy considerations in water supply – the costs and benefits of purity”

Sarah Mack
Tierra Resources LLC, United States
“Wastewater Wetland Assimilation: Climate Change Mitigation in New Orleans”

Aaron Burman
Natures Voice Our Choice, United States
“The Link between Carbon Markets and Fresh Water Resources”

Steven Kenway
University of Queensland, Australia
“Influence of Urban Water choices on Energy Use – whose responsibility is it?”


AB7: Plenary session:
 

Integrated operation and management of water systems


Harald Schneider
former Vice President EUREAU, CEO Innsbruck Utilities
"Responsibilities and opportunities for the water utilities"


Stephen Palmer
MWH, UK
“Developing Climate Change Mitigation Best Practice toward the Cost Benefit of the Water Industry”


Steven Kenway
University of Queensland, Australia
“Energy Use in Urban Water in Australia – opportunity to move beyond carbon neutrality”

 

AB8: Panel discussion:

Messages for COP 15

 

Saturday 31 October:

Workshop for invited experts: Refining messages for COP 15. Discussion on Declaration for integrated approach to water and energy. 
 

Technical Tour to DONG Energy and Avedøre Wastewater Services.