From 2 to 5 July, Acting4Water is organising a summer camp for anyone interested in water technology. There will be challenging workshops on topics such as electrodialysis and reverse osmosis, inspiring lectures on topics such as domestic water conservation and natural water production, and social activities.
Agenda
| Date | Activity |
| 02/07/2024 (Tuesday) | Arrival (Afternoon)Welcome/Reception (for those who arrive to Leeuwarden) |
| 03/07/2024 | Morning Session 9:00 – 12:30 Venue: Water Application Center Experimental workshops: – Reverse Osmosis – Electrodialysis – Forward Osmosis – Direct Seawater Electrolysis The groups will be split in four, and both mornings they will test two technologies 12:30 – 13:30 Lunch Afternoon Session 13:30 – 17:00 (3:30h hours) Venue: Watercampus, Oostergoweg 9, 3.04 Inspirational lectures/workshops: 13:30 – 14:00 Air-to-water technology to help solve water scarcity (Pierre Banoori, Solaq) 14:00 – 14:30 Tackling Water Scarcity in the Netherlands (Arjen de Vries, Acacia Water) 14:30 – 15:45 Entrepreneurship in the water technology sector (Jornt de Boer, Founded in Friesland) 15:45 – 16:00 coffee break 16:00 –16:45 Saving household water with Control flow – (Fernando Padmos, Cenergist) 16:45 – 17:30 – Natural water production (Jolanda Theeuwen, Wetsus) 18:00 Social Activity (Surprise!) 19:30 Dinner (Proefverlof Leeuwarden) |
| 04/07/2024 | Morning Session 9:00 – 12:30 Venue: Water Application Center Experimental workshops: – Reverse Osmosis – Electrodialysis – Forward Osmosis – Direct Seawater Electrolysis The groups will be split in four, and here the groups will rotate 12:30 – 13:30 Lunch 13:30 – 14:30 Visit Wetsus Laboratory in groups Afternoon Session 14:30 – 17:30 Venue: Room F1.12 Van Hall Larenstein University of Applied Sciences 14:30 – 15:15 Province of Friesland – Albert Ruiter, FREIIA Project 15:15 – 15:45 Waterproof Minor relation with NHL Stenden – Janneke Dickhout 15:45 – 16:00 coffee break 16:00 – 16:45 Water experiment – Marlieke Sietsema (Wetsus talent program) and Tjeerd Rintjema (Centre of Expertise Water Technology) 16:45 – 17:30 Workshop Citizen Science by Katerina Zourou (Web2Learn) 17:30 – 17:45 Advanced Materials for water related applications – Kosmas Ellinas (University of the Aegean) |
| 05/07/2024 | 9:30-12:00 Venue: Kanselarij Presentation of Experiments results 10:45 Valorisation of knowledge from Research to Patent – Carlo Belloni (Wetsus) Debriefing/closing/wrap up |
Speakers
Day 1
Pierre Banoor
Pierre is a researcher & Business Developer at Solaq, a company focused on developing Air-to-Water technology to address the growing problem of water scarcity in many places around the world. Pierre is involved in developing Solaq’s innovative Atmospheric Water Generator (AWG) technology and strategizing its implementation around the world as a new source of water security.
Arjen de Vries
Arjen is the CEO and a senior advisor at Acacia Water, a company that focuses on improving access to clean and safe water worldwide via smart, sustainable and practical solutions.
He is responsible for the daily management and works as an advisor in the field of water management issues both in the Netherlands and abroad.
Jornt de Boer
Jornt is a business developer and trainer at founded in Friesland (FIF), a platform for inspiration, education, incubation & growth in the field of entrepreneurship. FIF supports pre-startups In Friesland with workshops, events and growth programs and prepares highly ambitious students to become actual entrepreneurs, specifically, inspiring students to put ideas into action
Fernando Padmos
Fernando works for Cenergist Netherlands, a specialist in water and energy services. The company helps partners achieve ambitious goals in water and energy efficiency. Cenergist Netherlands works with water companies and commercial institutions to achieve efficiency targets in both domestic and commercial buildings. Their innovations contribute to water and energy savings, system stabilization and the achievement of sustainability objectives.
Jolanda Theeuwen
Jolanda is a PhD researcher and theme coordinator of Natural Water Production at Wetsus European center for Water Technology in Leeuwarden. With her research project, she aims to determine the impact of vegetation restoration on freshwater availability. She combines physical processes that take place on different spatial scales to determine the influence of local scale land cover changes on local and regional scale atmospheric processes that affect the hydrological balance.
Day 2
Albert Ruiter
Albert is the Interreg coordinator team EU at the Provincial government of Friesland, the Netherlands. He is also the project manager of the FREIIA project which aims at equipping local governments with the skills and resources needed for effective transformative policies, focusing on Grand Societal Challenges (GSCs) and Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
Janneke Dickhout
Janneke works as a project manager at the Center of Expertise Water Technology and a lecturer at the NHL Stenden University of Applied sciences Leeuwarden. She is involved in research and teaching and also one of the initiators of the Waterproof minor programme, focused on solving water technology problems such as micro-pollutants in drinking water, soil salinization and reuse of wastewater in various applications.
Marlieke Sietsema
Marlieke is a teacher and advisor on educational tools Water at Wetsus European center for water technology. She focuses on trainings aimed at getting more young people interested in water through inspiring encounters and activities. Her work includes visits to primary schools in Friesland with an interactive series of lessons.
Tjeerd Rintjema
Tjeerd Rintjema is Marketing & Communications advisor at the Centre of Expertise Water Technology. He is responsible for the strategic use of communications within CEW’s water-related projects. In doing so, he involves and supervises students from courses such as Communication and Leisure and Events Management so that they can learn the trade in practice.
Katerina Zourou
Katerina is the Director of Web2Learn, a company that develops open technologies for the benefit of education, training and active citizenship. Web2learn applies innovative and inclusive methodologies for digital solutions which serve open and social learning. At her presentation Katerina will emphasize citizen science as methodology and practice for water monitoring and water scarcity, at the crossroads of research, policy and citizen-driven action.
Carlo Belloni
Carlo Belloni is a postdoc researcher who’s research interests are in the physics of matter, nanoscience, and projects that impact the environment and health. His PhD project focuses on phosphate recovery through adsorption using iron oxides, with Mössbauer spectroscopy as an investigative tool. Carlo’s research mainly examines the fundamentals of the process, characterizing and monitoring the changes in the adsorbent throughout the entire process, and investigating how manipulating the adsorbent’s structure can affect its performances.
Kosmas Ellinas
Dr. Kosmas Ellinas, Assistant Professor in Applied Physics and Nanotechnology, Department of Food Science and Nutrition, School of the Environment, University of the Aegean.