UBC TALKS webinar introducing new era of toxic-free water cycle

Project: EMPEREST
Virtual event
Open webinar welcoming local authorities and other interested stakeholders to learn about EMPEREST!

Description

How to ensure a safe water cycle and effectively remove micropollutants from wastewater, fulfilling the revised Urban Wastewater Treatment Directive? The answers come at the UBC TALKS webinar on 25 March 2025!

During the UBC TALKS webinar introducing new era of toxic-free water cycle on 25 March 2025 at 9.30–11.00 CET / 10.30–12.00 EET, the international experts from the Baltic Sea Region will discuss the challenge of micropollutants in wastewater, technologies for their removal, as well as the new European regulations requiring significant infrastructural investments in all larger cities.

Tune in to hear the European contexts and the local BSR developments in testing the most efficient trains of technologies to remove micropollutants. You will also learn about the capacity building opportunities, and will be equipped with an interactive online training package for local authorities and water utilities.

UBC TALKS Webinar agenda

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Agenda

  •  
    Time
    Item
  •  
    09:30 - 09:40 (CET)
    Welcome to the webinar and introduction to EMPEREST project
  •  
    09:40 - 09:55 (CET)
    Setting the scene: impact of micropollutants on aquatic environment and the European regulatory advances
  •  
    09:55 - 10:25 (CET)
    EMPEREST: A smart mobile solution to plan large-scale investments into advanced wastewater treatment
  •  
    10:25 - 10:40 (CET)
    Training materials to build capacities of water utilities and cities
  •  
    10:40 - 10:50 (CET)
    Further discovery opportunities
  •  
    10:50 - 11:00 (CET)
    Questions from the audience and closing words

Events

Upcoming events

01-03
October
EMPEREST workshop at UBC Sustainable Cities Commission meeting 2025
Project: EMPEREST
Physical Meeting
01. - 03. October 2025
19-20
November
Final conference “The Future of Water in the Changing World”
Project: EMPEREST
Physical Meeting
19. - 20. November 2025

    Past events

    27-29
    August
    Europe Forum in Turku featuring an EMPEREST session
    Project: EMPEREST
    Virtual Meeting & Physical Meeting
    27. - 29. August 2025
    26
    August
    EMPEREST stakeholder event in Helsinki (in English)
    Project: EMPEREST
    Virtual Meeting & Physical Meeting
    26. August 2025
    10
    June
    EMPEREST stakeholder event in Turku (in Finnish)
    Project: EMPEREST
    Physical Meeting
    10. June 2025
    10:45 - 16:00 (EEST)
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