19.-20. novembril 2025 toimus Berliinis EMPEREST projekti lõpetamise konverents “The Future of Water in the Changing World”.


Konverentsi ettekanded
- “New challenges and policies for a sustainable water management regarding micropollutants”
Adolf Eisenträger, German Center for Micropollutants, German Environmental Agency - “New European policies and expectations on their implementation”
Michel Sponar, Directorate-General Environment, European Commission - “Considerations of the Federal Government regarding the urban wastewater treatment directive and other EU water regulations for the reduction of micropollutants in wastewater”
Klaus Daginnus, Federal Ministry for the Environment, Climate Action, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety - “The EMPEREST journey and key messages for policies and practice”
Lotta Lehti and Mariia Andreeva, UBC Sustainable Cities Commission - “PFAS in Baltic Sea region – a new assessment of an old problem”
Markus Raudkivi, Baltic Marine Environment Protection Commission (HELCOM) - “Risk-based prioritisation of quaternary treatment & the APRIORA tool”
Jens Tränckner, University of Rostock - “EMPEREST applicable solutions for micropollutant removal: efficient technologies and piloting results from 7 cities”
Taavo Tenno, University of Tartu, and Marek Swinarski, Gdansk Water Utilities Ltd. - “Introduction to the problem of PFAS, and the EMPEREST PFAS risk-assessment tool for cities and local stakeholders”
Māra Reča, Riga Energy Agency, and Kamila Gruškeviča, Riga Technical University - “EMPEREST capacity building: training package for local authorities and water operators”
Nikolaos Tzoupanos, Berlin University of Technology - “Connecting downstream actions to remove micropollutants from wastewater with upstream measures to prevent their entering of the water cycle: HAZGONE platform”
Louise Floman, EUSBSR PA Hazards, Swedish Agency for Marine and Water Management - “Possible structure and organization of EPR (Extended Producer Responsibility) in the wastewater sector in Germany”
Jörg Rehberg, Federal Association of the Energy and Water Industry (BDEW) - “Public procurement as an instrument to reduce hazardous substances’ use”
Heidrun Fammler, Baltic Environmental Forum Germany - “Cities as the enablers of change”
Agnieszka Ilola, UBC Sustainable Cities Commission - “APRIORA plugin workshop”
Cristiano Guidi