22nd Health-Related Water Microbiology Conference

Watermicro2025
Local organizer
RIVM, IWC conferences, Delft University of Technology, Wageningen University and Research, STOWA, Deltares
Community Organizer
Also aiming to be an IWA Cluster WBES event

CONFERENCE THEME: SAFE WATER IN A CHANGING WORLD
Panta rhei: everything flows. Our world, climate and environment is changing. Water is at the center of this global change, and providing safe water and sanitation to the citizens of the world is more challenging than ever before. The symposium program will cover all aspects of health related water microbiology in the whole water cycle in our changing world. It will cover basic and applied research, and how to turn this knowledge into impact.

 

Thematic areas
Water and Health
Event topics
Global change and water safety
Global change and microbial hazards
Global change and water safety
Epidemiology of waterborne and water-based diseases
Drinking water and health
Recreational water and health
Pathogens and antimicrobial resistance in water • Survival, persistence, transport, fate and occurrence • Extreme weather events and pathogen health risks • Climate change and pathogen health risks • Pandemics and waterborne pathogens New tools • Methods • Metagenomics, metaviromics, bioinformatics • Microbial source tracing • Modelling and prediction Water as information source for health • Wastewater surveillance of infectious diseases and antimicrobial resistance • QMRA, decision analysis, water safety plans Control options in a changing world • Catchment protection • Water treatment and disinfection • Biostability • Criteria, standards and monitoring Impact • Showcasing good examples of science-to-impact • Tools and measures supporting safe water and sanitation in developing countries • Water management in disaster situations and extreme events
Water reuse and health
Water, food and health
Survival, persistence, transport, fate and occurrence
Extreme weather events and pathogen health risks
Climate change and pathogen health risks
Pandemics and waterborne pathogens
Metagenomics, metaviromics, bioinformatics
Microbial source tracing
Methods
Modeling and prediction
Wastewater surveillance of infectious diseases and antimicrobial resistance
QMRA, decision analysis, water safety plans
Catchment protection
Water treatment and disinfection
Biostability
Criteria, standards and monitoring
Showcasing good examples of science-to-impact
Tools and measures supporting safe water and sanitation in developing countries
Water management in disaster situations and extreme events
Organizing Committee
See
annex to mail
Netherlands
Yes
Programme Committee
Andreas Farnleitner
Karl Landsteiner University
Austria
Yes
Rosina Girones
University of Barcelona
Spain
Yes
Eri Haramoto
University of Yamanashi
Japan
Yes
Gang Liu
Research Centre of Eco-Environmental Sciences
China
Yes
John Scott Meschke
University of Washington
United States Of America
Yes
Susan Petterson
Griffith University
Australia
Yes
Anne Roiko
Griffith University
Australia
Yes
Daisuke Sano
Tohoku University
Japan
Yes
Ricardo Santos
Technical University of Lisbon
Portugal
Yes
Joy Sirikanchana
Chulabhorn Research Institute
Thailand
Yes
Regina Sommer
Medical University Vienna
Austria
Yes
Veronica Rajal
National University of Salta
Argentina
Yes
Sam Sherman
Morgan State University
United States Of America
Yes
Maronel Steyn
Council for Scientific and Industrial Research
South Africa
Yes
Joan Joffre
University of Barcelona
Spain
Yes
Hiroyuki Katayama
Tokyo University
Japan
Yes
Gertjan Medema
KWR Water Research Institute
Netherlands
Yes
Joan Rose
Michigan State University
United States Of America
Yes
Marion Savill
Affordable Water Ltd
New Zealand
Yes
Gary Toranzos
University of Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico
Yes
Silvia Monteiro
Technical University of Lisbon
Portugal
Yes
Heather Murphy
University of Guelph
Canada
Yes
Robert Bos
Netherlands
Yes
Paul Hunter
United Arab Emirates
Yes
David Kay
none
Yes
Ali Boehm
United States Of America
Yes
Nick Ashbolt
Editor in Chief JWH
Australia
Yes
Previous editions of this event
Yes, 22nd HRWM Specialist Group Conference. See full list of previous conferences in annex
Event details
Type International scientific conference
Country Netherlands
City Amersfoort
Start date 15 Jun 2025
End date 20 Jun 2025
info@waternetwerk.nl
Upcoming deadlines
01/08/2024
Call for papers open
04/10/2024
Abstract submission deadline
31/01/2025
Authors’ notification
28/02/2025
Early bird registration deadline
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