For a sustainable management of Mediterranean waters

LOCATION: New Rome Fair Centre - Est Entrance - Hall 4 - 4B Conference Room.
ENTRANCE: The access to the Conference is free, upon payment of the Fair ticket.
REGISTRATION: Participants are adviced to report to the Conference Reception well in advance; at least, 20 minutes before the start of the session.
LANGUAGE: Unless otherwise specified, Conference Presentations will be held in Italian; simultaneous translation will not be provided.

* provisional title
** invited chair/speaker

Wednesday, September 30th, 2009

2.00pm-5.45pm

2.00pm-3.45pm Water in the Mediterranean area: resources and uses
Chair: Walter Mazzitti (EMWIS/SEMIDE - Interministerial Commission for Water Policy in the Mediterranean area)
2.00pm-2.15pm	Chairman's address
2.15pm-2.30pm	in Spanish Escasez de agua en la cuenca Mediterranea *Water scarcity in the Mediterranean Basin* Milagros Couchoud (Insitut Méditerranéen de l'Eau)
2.30pm-2.45pm	Pietro Laureano (Ipogea)
2.45pm-3.00pm	The Mediterranean needs quality water Gianni Guerrieri (Marevivo)
3.00pm-3.15pm	The INECO project: Istitutional and Economic Instruments for Sustainable Water Management in the Mediterranean Region Antonio Massarutto (IEFE Università Bocconi - Università di Udine)
3.15pm-3.30pm	Poverty and water crisis in the Mediterranean area Eugenia Ferragina (CNR-Istituto di Studi sulle Società del Mediterraneo)
3.30pm-3.45pm	Dibattito

4.00pm-5.45pm Integrated water services and rational water management
Chair: Renato Drusiani (Federutility)
4.00pm-4.10pm	Chairman's address
4.10pm-4.25pm	representative of the Italian Ministry for the Environment, Land and Sea**
4.25pm-4.40pm	Economic regulation of water utilities in the international experiences Antonio Massarutto (IEFE Bocconi University - University of Udine)
4.40pm-4.55pm	Water services regulation 15 years after the reform Giovanni Canitano (Associazione Nazionale Enti di Ambito)
4.55pm-5.10pm	Water services and quality of life in the Mediterranean area Pierluigi Martini (Associazione Idrotecnico Italiana)
5.10pm-5.25pm	The reform of the water sector for the rational management of the resources. The Sardinia case Sergio Vacca (EnAS Ente Acque Sardegna)
5.25pm-5.45pm	Discussion

Thursday, October 1st, 2009

10.00am-6.00pm

Joint WATERMED-CSP session. All the Conference Presentations of this session will be held in English 10.00am-11.45am Solar plants for desalination and water treatment
Chair: Lucio Rizzuti (University of Palermo)
10.00am-10.05am	Chairman's address
10.05am-10.25am	CSP+D activities at the Plataforma Solar de Almeria and SolarPaces Julian Blanco (CIEMAT - PSA)
10.25am-10.45am	Solar driven membrane distillation for autonomous desalination systems Joachim Koschikowski (ISE-Fraunhofer Institute)
10.45am-11.05am	Thermal Desalination using the Multiple-Effect-Humidification method - drinking water production for decentralized regions Hendrik Mueller-Holst (TiNOX)
11.05am-11.25am	Application of ENEA solar technology to water desalination Alfredo Fontanella (ENEA)
11.25am-11.45am	Discussion

11.55am-1.30pm The contribution of research to sustainable water treatment
Chair: Maurizio Pettine (Istituto Ricerca Sulle Acque-CNR)
11.55am-12.00am	Chairman's address
12.00am-12.15am	Emerging contaminants in waste and surface waters Sara Castiglioni (Istituto Mario Negri)
12.15am-12.30am	Sustainable treatment and re-use of waste waters Manuela Antonelli (DIIAR Department of Idraulic Engineering, Environement, Infrastructures and Detection-Polytechnic University of Milan)
12.30am-12.45am	Sustainable remediation of mediterranean waters Mauro Majone (University of Rome-La Sapienza)
12.45am-1.00pm	Case history Pan.Tech Water: research and development of technological solutions for water treatment Paolo Segato (Pan.Tech Water)
1.00pm-1.15pm	Case history Research on the Optimisation of Rehabilitation Methods for Potable Water Wells Giorgio Boyd (Millars Products); David Bennett (Aquabiotics)
1.15pm-1.30pm	Discussion

2.30pm-4.00pm Water and sustainable agriculture
Chair: Nicola Lamaddalena (IAMB)
2.30pm-2.40pm	Chairman's address
2.40pm-2.55pm	Producing food with less water Guido Santini (FAO)
2.55pm-3.10pm	Soil quality and hydrology for sustainable agriculture Marcello Pagliai (CRA Agricultural Research Council)
3.10pm-3.25pm	Instruments for the management of water resources in agriculture Alberto Manelli (INEA National Institute for Agricultural Economics )
3.25pm-3.40pm	Cooperating for the sustainable use of water in agriculture Marco Iob (CeVI - ONG Italiane)
3.40pm-4.00pm	Discussion

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For a sustainable management of Mediterranean waters

Wednesday, September 30th, 2009

2.00pm-5.45pm

2.00pm-3.45pm Water in the Mediterranean area: resources and uses

Chair: Walter Mazzitti (EMWIS/SEMIDE - Interministerial Commission for Water Policy in the Mediterranean area)

4.00pm-5.45pm Integrated water services and rational water management

Chair: Renato Drusiani (Federutility)

Thursday, October 1st, 2009

10.00am-6.00pm

Joint WATERMED-CSP session. All the Conference Presentations of this session will be held in English10.00am-11.45am Solar plants for desalination and water treatment

Chair: Lucio Rizzuti (University of Palermo)

11.55am-1.30pm The contribution of research to sustainable water treatment

Chair: Maurizio Pettine (Istituto Ricerca Sulle Acque-CNR)

2.30pm-4.00pm Water and sustainable agriculture

Chair: Nicola Lamaddalena (IAMB)

Joint WATERMED-CSP session. All the Conference Presentations of this session will be held in English
10.00am-11.45am Solar plants for desalination and water treatment