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On Friday, February 27th, our annual Water Business Day will take place. Waterleau has graciously offered to host the event at their headquarters (Nieuwstraat 26, 3150 Haacht).

The Water Business Day is an event for academic and business platform members of the CAPTURE Water pipeline, to stimulate networking and collaboration. This year, the front stage will be almost entirely reserved for business platform members.

Agenda:

  • 09:00 - 09:20 Walk-in and registration
  • 09:20 - 09:40 Welcome and 'State-of-the-union' - Francis Meerburg (Water pipeline manager)
  • 09:40 - 09:50 Academic perspectives - setting the scene - Siegfried Vlaeminck (academic Water pipeline lead)
  • 09:50 - 10:50 Research and innovation needs - perspectives from the business platform (part 1)
    • 09:50 - 10:10 Waterleau - Michel Caluwé & Fatine Bennani - Waterlear welcome & overview of R&D activities
    • 10:10 - 10:25 Ajinomoto - Joris De Keijser - Presenting Ajinomoto as a new member
    • 10:25 - 10:40 Zaparay - Duncan Verstraeten - Presenting Zaparay as a new member
    • 10:40 - 10:55 Witteveen+Bos - Wouter De Vos - Overview of R&D activities at Witteveen+Bos
  • 10:55 - 11:30 Coffee break
  • 11:30 - 12:00 Research and innovation needs - perspectives from the business platform (part 2)
    • 11:30 - 11:45 Colsen - Bert Bundervoet - "Overview of R&D activities at Colsen"
    • 11:45 - 12:00 AM-Team - Stijn Wyffels - "Unique simulation solutions for water industry’s biggest challenges" 
    • 12:00 - 12:15 Ekopak - Benjamin Buysschaert - "Challenges and novelties in the water sector" 
  • 12:15 - 12:30 Closing perspectives by Jan Arends (Industrial innovation manager)
  • 12:30 - 13:30 Networking lunch
  • [13:00 Optional: guided tour of the Waterleau labs] - Fatine Bennani
     


Why join?

  • Business platform members will be given the opportunity to showcase their projects, highlight trends, and launch collaboration ideas
  • Academic members will be able to network, discover industry trends, and discuss collaboration opportunities

Note:
This event is reserved for CAPTURE Water members. You can request registration link through your water pipeline manager.