The eighteenth edition at BolognaFiere will offer a comprehensive program, designed to address the main challenges of the sector and delve into the most relevant topics, creating a unique meeting point for experts, companies, and decision-makers.

PROGRAM




07 October 2025

09:45 - 10:00

| Room Oceano (hall 25)

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Wastewater directive and urban drainage management: the challenges - New perspectives on urban drainage in the light of Directive 2024/3019

Conference organized in collaboration with the Ministry of Environment and Energy Security and AneA Association

Introduction by Angiolo Martinelli, Director Division Sustainable Use of Water Resources, Ministry of Environment and Energy Security

wastewater directive, urban drainage
07 October 2025

10:00 - 11:15

| Room Oceano (hall 25)

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Planning, intervening and financing adaptation actions

Workshop in collaboration with the Ministry of Environment and Energy Security and AneA Association

adaptation action
07 October 2025

10:00 - 12:00

| Room Goccia (hall 25)

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INTEGRATED WATER SERVICE AND ECOSYSTEM SERVICES: DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES - Ecosystem services related to the integrated water service: objectives, applications, regulatory aspects

Conference organized by ATERSIR 

integrated water service, ecosystem
07 October 2025

10:30 - 12:00

| Room Acqua (hall 26)

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Pressure reducing valves: how to control their behaviour and improve their efficiency

Event organized by CSSI Centro Studi Sistemi Idrici

pressure, valves, efficiency
07 October 2025

11:30 - 12:30

| Room Oceano (hall 25)

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Roles, resources and expertise for the Integrated Water Service

Workshop in collaboration with the Ministry of Environment and Energy Security and AneA Association

integrated water service
07 October 2025

14:00 - 15:15

| Room Oceano (hall 25)

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Management of urban stormwater runoff

Workshop in collaboration with the Ministry of Environment and Energy Security and AneA Association

stormwater runoff, urban
07 October 2025

14:00 - 14:45

| Room Goccia (hall 25)

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Water: source of life, pillar of safety - The strategic role of the water resource in corporate well-being in the light of D.Lgs. 81/08 and the recent D.Lgs. 13/23

Round Table by AIAS 

water, safety, well-being
07 October 2025

14:00 - 15:30

| Room Acqua (hall 26)

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Water supply network zoning and leakage control: meters and digital technologies for a smart and sustainable management of water supply networks

Workshop organized by Anie CSI Smart Metering Group

leakege, smart metering, sustainability, zoning, water supply network
07 October 2025

15:30 - 16:30

| Room Oceano (hall 25)

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Sponge City and Nature Based Solutions

Workshop in collaboration with the Ministry of Environment and Energy Security and AneA Association

nbs, nature based solutions, sponge city
07 October 2025

15:45 - 17:30

| Room Acqua (hall 26)

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Efficiency, sustainability and innovation of public services: the role of an industrial vision in improving the quality of the integrated water service

Round Table by Centro Studi Enti Locali

efficiency, sustainability, innovation, water service
07 October 2025

16:30 - 18:00

| Room Oceano (hall 25)

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Prospects for resilient wastewater and drainage management in the urban environment

Round table to conclude the conference organized in collaboration with the Ministry of Environment and Energy Security and AneA Association

wastewater, drainage, management
07 October 2025

08 October 2025

10:00 - 13:00

| Room Oceano (hall 25)

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The water service post PNRR: what organisational and industrial framework to address climate change challenges and meet EU targets?

Conference by Ref Ricerche

EU, PNRR, water service, climate change
08 October 2025

10:00 - 12:00

| Room Goccia (hall 25)

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Urban drainage between urgency and innovation: how to apply international best practices for sustainable management in a changing climate

Workshop by Isle Italia

urban drainage, climate change
08 October 2025

11:30 - 13:00

| Utilities Hub (hall 26)

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WATER LOSSES: WHAT WE ARE DOING, WHAT WE COULD DO

Workshop organized by APCE

water losses
08 October 2025

14:30 - 16:30

| Room Goccia (hall 25)

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Reducing water losses and digitalisation: how to ensure continuity of ongoing projects after the PNRR, and how to define national targets and medium- and long-term strategies

Workshop by Isle Italia

water losses, digitalisation, reduction
08 October 2025

14:30 - 18:00

| Room Oceano (hall 25)

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Orienting, simplifying, industrializing: how does technological and process innovation trigger the virtuous circle of management efficiency?

Conference by Terranova

cicle, management, process, efficiency, innovation
08 October 2025

15:00 - 17:00

| Room Acqua (hall 26)

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Access to services and sustainability of water resources: current status and future prospects

Workshop in collaboration with ISTAT

water service, sustainability
08 October 2025