European Voice conference: Europe’s Water

08:30 - 09:00 Registration and refreshments

09:00 – 11:00 Session One: Water in scarcity and excess

Opening remarks from the conference chairman: Tim King, deputy editor, European Voice

Communication on water scarcity and droughts

• Stavros Dimas, European commissioner for environment
  
• Johannes Blokland MEP (IND-DEM – NL), vice-chairman on the environment, public health and food safety committee, European Parliament (confirmed)
  
  Dealing with extreme weather: more frequent droughts & floods
  
• Stephen Haddrill, director-general, Association of British Insurers
  
  The competition for water resources & reducing the water footprint of agriculture, industry & urban life
  
• Sergey Moroz, water policy officer, WWF European Policy Office (confirmed)
  
• Ulrike Ebert, corporate responsibility director - environment, Coca Cola European Union Group (confirmed)
  
• Pierre-Yves Monette, Secretary-General, EUREAU, the European union of national associations of water suppliers and waste water services
  
  
  11:00 – 11:20 refreshments
  
  
  11:20 – 13:00 Session Two: Water Quality
  
  Chairman: Tim King, deputy editor, European Voice
  
  Threats to water quality (surface water and ground water)
  
• Beate Werner, head of water and agriculture group, European Environment Agency - EEA
  
• Anne Laperrouze MEP (ALDE – FR), member of the environment, public health and food safety committee, European Parliament
  
  Land use
  
• Representative, European Crop Protection Association - ECPA
  
  Water and public health
  
• Roger Aertgeerts, regional adviser on water and sanitation, WHO European Centre for Environment and Health
  
  Technologies for cleaning polluted water
  
• Andrea Tilche, head of unit, environmental technology – pollution prevention, directorate general for research, European Commission and member of the Water Supply and Sanitation Technology Platform –WSSTP (confirmed)
  
  
  
  13:00 – 14:30 lunch
  
  
  14:30 – 16:00 Session Three: Business and water
  
  Chairman: Tim King, deputy editor, European Voice
  
  Water: public or private service?
  
• Fritz Barth, vice chairman, European Water Partnership – EWP
  
• Joël Decaillon, environment officer, European Trade Union Confederation - ETUC
  
  Solutions for more sustainable use:
  
• Representative, GE
  
  How are businesses approaching their water consumption?
  
• Ulrich Paetzold, director general, European Construction Industry Federation - FIEC
  
• Jeff Bertus, secretary, European Federation of Leisure Parks – Europarks and vice president - Europe, International Association of Amusement Parks and Attractions - IAAPA
  
  Closing remarks
  
  
  16:00 – 17:00 cocktail reception