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Call For Abstracts

The Department of Hydraulic Engineering of the Universitat Politècnica de València (Valencia Tech) is pleased to announce the 2nd WDSA-CCWI Joint Conference to be held July 18-22, 2022 in Valencia, Spain. All participants are required to submit a short abstract (max. 500 words). Please, download here the template. Send your abstract through the OCS platform of the UPV. A Special Conference Track for Industry Participants will allow water professionals from industry, municipalities, government and consulting firms to exchange ideas and share experiences on interesting projects. Participants in this Track will only be required to prepare an oral presentation (full papers not required; present only an abstract). Check the user information here.

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July 18

  • Short Courses Workshops

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  • Registration

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  • Icebreaking Party

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July 19

  • Registration

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  • Opening Ceremony Plenary Session

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  • Coffee-Break

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  • Parallel Sessions

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  • Parallel Sessions

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  • Coffee-Break

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  • Plenary Session A

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  • Lunch

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  • Parallel Sessions

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  • Parallel Sessions

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  • Coffee-Break

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  • Parallel Sessions

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  • Parallel Sessions

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  • Welcome Dinner

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July 20

  • Parallel Sessions

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  • Parallel Sessions

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  • Coffee-Break

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  • Parallel Sessions

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  • Parallel Sessions

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  • Coffee-Break

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  • Plenary Session B

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  • Lunch

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  • Parallel Sessions

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  • Parallel Sessions

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  • Coffee-Break

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  • Parallel Sessions

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  • Parallel Sessions

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  • Farewell Dinner

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July 21

  • Parallel Sessions

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  • Parallel Sessions

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  • Coffee-Break

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  • Parallel Sessions

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  • Parallel Sessions

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  • Coffee-Break

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  • Plenary Session C

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  • Lunch

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  • Plenary Session Battle of Water Networks

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  • Coffee-Break

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July 22

  • Technical Visits

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Social Events

The conference itinerary includes three social events: an Ice Breaker Party on the evening of July 18th, the Welcome Dinner on the evening of July 19th (following the technical sessions) and the Conference Dinner on the evening of July 20th (following the technical sessions). All the events are included in the registration fee.

Ice Breaker Party

July 18, 2022 at 8:00 p.m. Cooming soon...

Welcome Dinner

July 19, 2022 at 9:00 p.m. Cooming soon...

Conference Dinner

July 20, 2022 at 9:00 p.m. Cooming soon...

das Key Dates

October 1, 2021

October 1, 2021

January 10, 2022

January 15, 2022

March 1, 2022

March 1, 2022

May 1, 2022

May 15, 2022

June 20, 2022

July 18, 2022

July 18, 2022

July 21, 2022

July 21, 2022

July 21, 2022

das Key Dates

October 1, 2021

October 1, 2021

January 10, 2022

January 15, 2022

March 1, 2022

March 1, 2022

May 1, 2022

May 15, 2022

June 20, 2022

July 18, 2022

July 18, 2022

July 21, 2022

July 18, 2022

July 21, 2022

Keynote Speakers

Carles Sanchis

(Valencian Center for Irrigation Studies)

The end of a myth? Lights and shadows over the Valencia Water Court

Carles Sanchis Ibor (València, 1970), MSc in Geographic Information Systems (University of Girona) and a PhD in Geography (University of Valencia), has worked as a researcher at the Valencian Center for Irrigation Studies (CVER) of the Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV, Valencia Tech), and as lecturer in the Department of Geography of the University of Valencia (UV) since 2001. He has developed his research activity on water from various perspectives, from hydraulic policy to fluvial geomorphology, but mainly focusing on Mediterranean irrigation. He is also founder and member of the board of trustees of the Fundació Assut, focused on the protection of Mediterranean wetlands and traditional irrigation systems, and President of the Governing Council of the Albufera Natural Park (Ramsar site).

Raziyeh Farmani

(University of Exeter)

Intermittent Water Supply Systems: Challenges, Opportunities and Solutions

 Raziyeh Farmani is an Associate Professor of Water Engineering and Industrial Fellow of Royal Academy of Engineering at Centre for Water Systems, University of Exeter, UK. She is the Chair of IWA’s Intermittent Water Supply Specialist Group.  She specialises in urban water systems modelling, water resources management and asset management and has expertise in multi-objective optimisation of water networks. Her research interests covers evolutionary optimization; artificial intelligence and data mining and their applications in real-time control of water systems; asset management of water distribution systems; leakage, pressure and energy management; reliability, resilience and sustainability; asset failure and deterioration modelling.

Pilar Conejos

(Idrica)

Digital Twins for Water Distribution Systems

Pilar Conejos is a Digital Twin Manager at Idrica and a Part Time Assistant Professor at the Universitat Politècnica de València. She is an industrial engineer and has a PhD in water and environmental engineering. Pilar has over 20 years of experience in water management. Formerly the Head of Network Control and Regulation for Valencia and its Metropolitan Area at the water utility Global Omnium. She recently joined Idrica as a water consultant expert, bringing an extensive experience about digital twins and water networks.

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Technical Tours

The Technical Tours will be held on July 22, 2022 in the morning. The detailed program of these technical visits will be available soon.

Workshops / Short courses

As part of the activities of the 2nd WDSA/CCWI International Joint Conference, workshops/short courses are planned. The workshops /short courses will be held on Monday morning, July 18, 2022. The structure of these courses will be:
  • Start time: 9:00 a.m.
  • Maximum duration: 4 hours
  • The content will be directly related to one of the themes of the conference.
  • Maximum fee: 200 €.
Any conference participant may propose a workshop. To do so, please fill in the proposal document and send it to wdsa-ccwi2022@upv.es. The deadline for workshop proposals is January 15, 2022.