IFAT Munich 2022

IFAT is the world’s leading trade fair for environmental technologies,  being the largest platform for water, sewage, waste and raw materials management. It also gathers the most innovative industry from all over the world making it a not to be missed event. Water Alliance hosts multiple activities at IFAT Munich from May 30th  – June 3rd 2022.  At IFAT you can meet professionals (from all over the globe) working to solve today’s pressing (water) issues, build new partnerships or re-ignite them. Below you can find a showcase of activities during this event. Meet us at Hall A3, Booth 217/316 part of the Netherlands Pavilion. Wir treffen uns bald!

Programme overview: Tuesday May 31st IW2MW International Water & Waste Management Workshop 09:30 – 14:15 Innovation Forum 14:00 – 18:00 Networking reception at the NL Pavilion 16:30 – 18:00 Wednesday June 1st Delegation from the Blues Project 14:00 – 16:00 Members’ Dinner  19:30+ Thursday June 2nd Breakfast network meeting at the NL Pavilion 08:30 – 09:30

As innovation hot spots go the pavilion certainly can’t be overlooked. It’s the place to meet up with top innovators and discover their unique and ingenious approach to today’s pressing problems. The pavilion is co-organized by NWP, Water Alliance and ENVAQUA. You can locate the pavilion at hall A3 booth 217/316. 

Do you have a specific challenge in water tech or would you like to accelerate your innovative water technology business within Europe or the Netherlands? Let us show you around and get in touch with the partners of WaterCampus Leeuwarden at booth 217/316

IW2MW International Water & Waste Management Workshop
On Tuesday 31st of May Water Alliance, together with other European network organizations from different sectors active in the circular economy, organizes a networking and matchmaking session on the topics water and waste. In this session you can learn more about European funding opportunities and you can find your next collaboration partner active in sectors like waste, water, chemistry, environment and the circular economy in general. More information can be found here
If you want to be part of this session, please send an email to s.bergsma@wateralliance.nl

Meet and Greet @ the NL pavilion
Right at the center of the pavilion is your personal space to unwind, soak in the the atmosphere, sit down for an interesting conversation or simply have a good coffee with one of the exhibitors of the Netherlands Pavilion. This is also the spot where innovative Dutch companies will pitch you their tech.
31 May Networking reception at the Pavilion 16.30 – 18.00
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Innovation Forum The EU project euWater4i-SD is glad to organize its 1rst international event: the Innovation Forum,  Tuesday, the 31rst of May 2022 from 14:00 to 18:00 pm. The objective of the Innovation Forum is for companies to get to know each other in order to develop partnerships, find synergies and better promote their solutions together in Latin American and Eastern African countries.

Programme:
14:00 – 14:45 Keynote Speaker Prof. Dr. Michael Braungart
14:45 – 15:45 Pitching of European companies
15:45 – 16:00 Business cards exchange
16:00 – 17:00 Pitching of European companies
17:00 – 17:15 Business cards exchange
17:15 – 18:00 Challenges from Latin America and Eastern Africa (tbd)

Hall 1 – Room A11 – A12 – you can register here for this side event.

Delegation from the Blues Project June 1
EU companies will visit the Netherlands Pavilion on Wednesday, between 14:00 and 16:00. BLUES stands for Blue and Eco industries cluster exchange for induStrial modernization. The overall objective is to strengthen cluster excellence management and facilitate a European partnership between blue and eco-industries clusters.More information about the Blues project here

Members’ Dinner 1st June What is Munich without a visit to the local Stube, join our exclusive members only dinner. Expect a lavish dinner with quality drinks, as Munich is famous for its beer and the annual Oktoberfest celebration. This hospitable city will not disappoint.The number of places is limited, so first come first serve applies*.  Signing up beforehand is required.

Breakfast network meeting with Umwelcluster Bayern 2nd June Getting up early is not for everyone, but Thursday morning at IFAT starts in the best possible way,  with a breakfast fueling the mind and body and possibly business.

How? Umwelcluster Bayern and Water Alliance will organize an informal breakfast network session starting at 8.30. This is your chance to meet German/Bavarian companies who are active in the water sector. Are you a Dutch company and want to partake? please sign up before May 20th via Stefan Bergsma.

Water Alliance would be very happy to welcome you during one of the events above. However, we completely understand those situations wherein it is impossible to make it to IFAT. For this reason, our team will keep a blog on our website during IFAT for real time event coverage, interviews and other updates. These blogs can be found in the ‘news‘ section on the website and our YouTube channel WaterProofTV.

Support International Business
The Dutch enterprise agency (RVO) supports Dutch participation in international events.
As a Dutch SME you might be able to use this to your advantage, have a look at the following pages: for participants in the NL pavilion or for individual participants with their own booth.