Water Expo Poland 2019 is the new version of WaterWays Expo, organized since 2012 and devoted to inland shipping and water management, now expanded to include a whole range of relevant issues related to the economic, social and environmental aspects of water use. Water Expo is Poland’s only exhibition and conference event to comprehensively cover all aspects of investments linked to inland waters. The conference programme and the topics at the exhibition have been prepared since 2012 in close collaboration and consultation with decision-makers and experts dealing with a broad range of issues connected with the use of inland waters for business, recreation and security. This event offers an opportunity to present the government administration’s strategies and programmes for the development of inland waterways, inland shipping, water management in a broad sense and flood protection, as well as water tourism in a broad sense, to interested organizations.
SUBJECT MATTER
The construction, expansion and modernization of water management infrastructure; new technologies in the construction of hydrotechnical facilities and equipment; water power engineering; flood surcharge and flood safety; the use and circulation of water in industry; river shipyards and their equipment; specialist vessels; inland water transport; tourism shipping; inland port and marina infrastructure; water treatment and purification; modernization and adaptation of land transport infrastructure to requirements defined by river navigability parameters; water safety and rescue; navigation safety; dredging and maintenance of inland waterways; solutions for the integration of rivers and reservoirs in urban space; effective integration of inland shipping with existing road, railway, power and transmission infrastructure; environmental protection and best practice in the sustainable development of water management infrastructure; education in optimal water use; stimulating development through innovation in water management.
PARTICIPANTS
Representatives of the national and local government administration, parliamentarians, experts and scientists dealing with water management and inland shipping, investors, ship operators, inland shipping vessel captains and crew members, marina and inland port management businesses, river shipyards, ship’s equipment manufacturers, companies specializing in hydroengineering and urban design solutions, representatives of agencies and companies responsible for managing investments in water management, representatives of logistics companies, companies from the tourism sector, representatives of insurance companies and banks.
FORMS OF PARTICIPATION
Exhibition stand, presentation of equipment in an indoor or outdoor exhibition, brief dynamic demonstration, ad in the event guide (conference materials), screening of a short film, brief presentation during the conference, participation in the conference as an audience member etc.