The autonomic secretary of Economic Model of the Generalitat Valenciana, María José Mira, and the vice-principal of Innovation and Transfer of the Universitat de València, Rosa Donat, will participate in the event with representatives of the Ministry for Ecological Transition, EPSAR, the Valencia City Hall, EMSHI, the Council of Valencia, the Valencian Federation of Municipalities and Provinces and the Global Omnium, Facsa and Hidraqua business.
In a context in which water sustainability is essential so as to not put in danger the resources of the current and future generations and with the purpose of moving forward to a more efficient integral water services management, the Transformation of the Economic Model Chair: Circular Economy in the Water Section of the Generalitat Valenciana and the Universitat de València (GVA-UV) has organised the event ‘Digitalisation and Sustainability in Water Infrastructures: Challenges and Opportunities’ on Friday 18 November in the central office of ADEIT of València.
It is an event of free registration in www.economiadelagua.com that is addressed to professionals, researchers and general public interested in this field. On it, specialists and people in charge of public entities and leading companies in the sector of water will analyse the need and the challenge of modernising and improving the urban water cycle in all its stages, from catchment to purifying and reusing, through a digitalisation of hydric infrastructures.
In the event will participate as speakers the autonomic secretary of Economic Model and Funding of the GVA, María José Mira, who will open the act, the coordinator of Recovery, Transformation and Resilience of the Ministry for the Ecologic Transition, Adolfo Torres, who will talk about the opportunities that the water sector offers when it comes to digitalisation and, the vice-principal of Innovation and Transfer of the Universitat de València, Rosa Donat, who will close the event.
As far as the director of the Transformation of the Economic Model Chair of the GVA-UV and who has organised the event, Francesc Hernández, is concerned, the water cycle in Spain needs a complete modernisation so as to move forward to a more efficient and sustainable management. “It is necessary to have full information not only on the water use, but also on the wastes produced in distribution networks in order to reduce energetic consumptions, increase the efficiency of facilities and prolong its life span, guaranteeing the sustainability of the system itself”, explained Hernández.
In addition, Juan Ángel Conca, manager of the Public Entity of Wastewaters in the Comunitat Valenciana will also take part in the event. He will give a speech on digitalisation and sustainability in water treatment infrastructures. The Chief Operating Officer of Global Omnium, Javier Macián, the chief executive of FACSA, José Claramonte, and the Regional Director of Hidraqua, Francisco Bartual will talk about the business perspective of digitalisation and sustainability.
The event will also include several conferences about the municipal insight on digitalisation and sustainability in which will participate the city councillor of the Integral Water Cycle of the Valencia City Hall, Elisa Valía, as well as the EMSHI manager, Joaquín Juste and representatives of the Council of València and of the Valencian Federation of Municipalities and Provinces.
The detailed program of the face-to-face seminar on ‘Digitalisation and Sustainability of Water Infrastructures: Challenges and opportunities addressed to professionals, researchers and general public, as well as the free registration form are available in the web site of the Water Economy Group www.economiadelagua.com
