3rd Workshop of the Water JPi Knowledge Hub Contaminants of Emerging Concern (KHCEC) Madrid March 26th 2019

On March 26th 2019, the Water JPI Knowledge Hub on Emerging Pollutants Seed group held a workshop entitled  ‘Planning and Progress’, in Madrid, Spain. 29 attendees from both the Knowledge Hub seed group (expert researchers) and the steering committee (funding partners) gathered to discuss  progress to date, finalise a number of critical outputs and most importantly discuss the future of the knowledge hub and it sustainability beyond February 2020. Under the guidance of Norbert Kreuzinger, the scientific coordinator, (TU Wien, Vienna) and brainstorming breakout sessions, the work started on drafting a Business Plan for the future. Each of the national seed group members gave a short presentation on their national examples of how knowledge is exchanged and what  practices are used to communicate outputs  in their respective countries and there were many great examples to learn from. The KH Implementation Plan was Each of the attending seed group members. As part of the KH Implementation which is consider a ‘living document’ the experts worked on finding consensus on common terms and topics, agree on a shared communication approach.

From L to R:  Corrine LeGaLe Salle (Universite de Nimes), Norbert Kreuzinger, KH Scientific coordinator, (TU Wien, Vienna),Ignasi Rodriguez Roda ICRAKarin Wiberg Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Kevin Jewell Federal Institute of Hydrology Enda Cummins Unversity Colege Dublin, Don Pierson Uppsala University, Henning Sørum Norway Unviserity, Valeria Dulio NORMAN network, INERIS, Kirsti Loukola-Ruskeeniemi Geological Survey of Finland, Javier Marugan, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, Kristof Demesteere, Ghent University, Serge Chiron Montpellier University.