BLUE PLANET Berlin Water Dialogues is an established English-language series of events in the international water sector. It was created in 2011, with the goal of being an evolving platform for exchanging knowledge, ideas, concepts, and experiences with politicians, private industry, researchers and non-government organizations.

Climate change presents humanity with a challenge of historic proportions. Our societies and cities must adapt to climate change and develop adaptation concepts to ensure not only prosperity but also our continued existence.

This time, the BLUE PLANET Berlin Water Dialogues 2024 will focus on the topic of Urban Water Resilience. Under the motto Reshaping Our Cities, the biggest climate change-related challenges in urban areas will be discussed with a dedicated focus on water management. Together, we will look at successfully applied urban water resilience concepts and discuss their global transferability.

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Under the title Closing the Loop – Circular Water Economy, the BLUE PLANET Berlin Water Dialogues on 8 November 2023 will focused on the crucial topic of closed water cycles. The effects of global climate change and the increasing scarcity of resources demand new, holistic approaches to water management.

This internationally-focused event format is supported by the Environmental Protection Export Initiative – GreenTech “Made in Germany” of the Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Nuclear Safety and Consumer Protection (BMUV) and the Berlin Senate Department for Economics, Energy and Public Enterprises.

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The digital BLUE PLANET Berlin Water Dialogues conference on 22 November 2022 was dedicated to the challenges and opportunities of artificial intelligence in the water sector.

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The second Blue Planet Berlin Conference 2021 on November 25th focused on the topic of Water Reuse. With the aim to find a consensus at European level that reconciles the needs of countries with low water resources with those of countries without water stress, different regional views on how to deal with the challenges of water reuse were discussed.
In the second part of the event on the opportunities of water reuse, examples of applications and innovative projects were presented that offer solutions to individual challenges.

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The first BPB Conference 2021 address the topics “Innovative Processes in Asset Management” and “Water Utilities in Smart Cities” with the aim of making innovation in the water sector accessible to a broad international audience of experts.

On 25^th February, the conference format not only celebrated its 10th anniversary but also its digital premiere. Debates around solutions to the challenges of global water management took place entirely virtually, allowing nearly 700 participants worldwide to join this vibrant conference and interact with speakers and other guests via the online networking tool. 

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BLUE PLANET Berlin Water Dialogues once again brought together international water experts from the private and public sectors, academia and NGOs. The event put a focus on innovative systems in water management, especially the possible combination of natural and technical systems. GWP is organising the conference in cooperation with the Horizon 2020 project AquaNES.

During the event, AquaNES presented the latest innovations resulting from the collaboration of utilities, industry and academia. Various formats such as workshops, a project gallery and a panel discussion allowed more than 200 participants to engage in a multi-faceted exchange on today’s water management challenges.

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This year’s conference focused on change processes and sustainable adaption concepts for urban spaces worldwide on their way to become “water smart”. How can water management become part of urban change processes and what opportunities are offered for achieving the UN sustainability goals of Agenda 2030 (in particular SDG 6 and SDG 11)? Proven experts from business, research, politics and non-governmental organisations presented their concepts in the morning and discussed with the audience in the afternoon during a “Worldcafé”.

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One of the most urgent water sector problems of our times was at the heart of the next event organised by BLUE PLANET Berlin Water Dialogues: Driving Energy and Resource Efficiency in the Water Sector. The water related conference took place in a historical venue in the heart of Berlin on 29 November 2017.

Around 80 participants pursued the panel discussion between national and international experts about the necessary regulatory, political and technical framework for an holistic transition. During the second part of this issue of BLUE PLANET Berlin Water Dialogues, successful German projects conducted abroad that focus on energy generation and savings were given a platform for presentation and discussion.

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