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)

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
10:00 - 11:15
| Room Oceano (hall 25)

Planning, intervening and financing adaptation actions
Workshop in collaboration with the Ministry of Environment and Energy Security and AneA Association
10:00 - 12:00
| Room Goccia (hall 25)

INTEGRATED WATER SERVICE AND ECOSYSTEM SERVICES: DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES - Ecosystem services related to the integrated water service: objectives, applications, regulatory aspects
Conference organized by ATERSIR
10:30 - 12:00
| Room Acqua (hall 26)

Pressure reducing valves: how to control their behaviour and improve their efficiency
Event organized by CSSI Centro Studi Sistemi Idrici
11:30 - 12:30
| Room Oceano (hall 25)

Roles, resources and expertise for the Integrated Water Service
Workshop in collaboration with the Ministry of Environment and Energy Security and AneA Association
14:00 - 15:15
| Room Oceano (hall 25)

Management of urban stormwater runoff
Workshop in collaboration with the Ministry of Environment and Energy Security and AneA Association
14:00 - 14:45
| Room Goccia (hall 25)

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
14:00 - 15:30
| Room Acqua (hall 26)

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
15:30 - 16:30
| Room Oceano (hall 25)

Sponge City and Nature Based Solutions
Workshop in collaboration with the Ministry of Environment and Energy Security and AneA Association
15:45 - 17:30
| Room Acqua (hall 26)

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
16:30 - 18:00
| Room Oceano (hall 25)

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
08 October 2025
10:00 - 13:00
| Room Oceano (hall 25)

The water service post PNRR: what organisational and industrial framework to address climate change challenges and meet EU targets?
Conference by Ref Ricerche
10:00 - 12:00
| Room Goccia (hall 25)

Urban drainage between urgency and innovation: how to apply international best practices for sustainable management in a changing climate
Workshop by Isle Italia
11:30 - 13:00
| Utilities Hub (hall 26)

WATER LOSSES: WHAT WE ARE DOING, WHAT WE COULD DO
Workshop organized by APCE
14:30 - 16:30
| Room Goccia (hall 25)

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
14:30 - 18:00
| Room Oceano (hall 25)

Orienting, simplifying, industrializing: how does technological and process innovation trigger the virtuous circle of management efficiency?
Conference by Terranova
15:00 - 17:00
| Room Acqua (hall 26)

Access to services and sustainability of water resources: current status and future prospects
Workshop in collaboration with ISTAT