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Page updated : 29 December 2008
This conference is aiming in raising awareness and
assisting utilities worldwide to become more efficient and to improve the
operational performance of their water supply systems. Presentations and debates
on issues such as water governance, water shortage, water efficiency and water
conservancy will stimulate discussions and exchange of knowledge and
experiences. World experts will present on cutting edge successful techniques
and methodologies applied internationally as well as on the latest technologies
and products used worldwide in managing water efficiently and effectively.
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Our Speakers
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Charalambos Theopemtou
Born in Nicosia on November 26 in 1955 and graduated from the Pancyprian Gymnasium in 1973 in Nicosia. In 1980 he graduated from City University in London with a Degree in Electronic Engineering and in 1985 was appointed a Lecturer in Electronics at the state owned Higher Technical Institute – HTI.
Mr Theopemptou has served as an elected member of the Board of Governors of HTI and has also been elected for three subsequent terms as the president of the Union of Academic Staff of HTI. He has also served as the President of the Central Technical Committee for the procurement of computer systems and consultants for the whole of the civil service up until 2004. He has organized and delivered numerous short term computer hardware related courses and has provided consultancy services for a number of government and semi-government organizations.
Mr Theopemptou has been an active member in the environmental NGO "Ecological Movement" since the early 1990's and has been elected as member of the central political committee of the Cyprus Green Party and where he has also held the post of Executive Secretary.
On July the 1st 2006, the then President Mr Tassos Papadopoulos appointed Mr Theopemptou as the first ever Commissioner for the Environment. In March 2008 the current President of the Republic of Cyprus Mr Demetris Christofias, has reappointed Mr Theopemptou as the Commissioner for the Environment.
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He is a Dr. Hydraulic Engineer and a Professor in Water
Resources Management at the National Technical University of Athens.Prof.
Tsakiris holds several positions and has many activities, some of which are:
Director of the Laboratory of Reclamation Works and Water Resources Management
at the National Technical University of Athens, National Representative of the
International Association of Hydrological Sciences from 2001, President of the
European Water Resources Association from 2002, Director of the Centre for the
Assessment of National Hazards and Proactive Planning from 2004, President of
the Greek National Committee on Water Resources Management (1998-2007) and
Member of several National Committees in Greece on “Water Issues”.Prof. Tsakiris
is Editor-in-Chief of the international journal “WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT” and
is the author of more than 100 scientific papers and conference communications,
of two textbooks and editor of many conference proceedings.
His research interests include amongst other: Spatial and Temporal Evolution of
Hydrological Processes, Water Resources Policies, Planning and Management,
Drought Analysis and Mitigation Measures Formulation, Floods and Design of
Environmentally Acceptable Streams and Water Related Risk and Hazards.
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Miriam Balaban is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania in Chemistry and lecturer in the Desalination Program in the Department of Mechanical Engineering of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
From 1966 to date she has edited Desalination, the international journal for desalting and purification of water . She is editor and publisher of the Desalination Directory, the international database in desalination and water reuse (www.desline.com). The Directory is linked to the cumulative index of Desalination which covers 40 years of the journal (about 60,000 pages) including over 60 proceedings volumes.
Miriam is the Secretary General of the European Desalination Society where she directs programs and guides policy, and she has previously served as a board member and officer of the International Desalination Association
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Mr. Vasile CIOMOS has over 25 years experience in all
aspects of planning and delivering water and sewerage services, including
promotion of best practices and policy development at a local and national
level. This has been achieved in a very challenging environment that
characterizes Romania and the Central and Eastern European Countries after a
major political turnaround in the region at the end of last century.
He has extensive senior management experience in municipal utilities and in the
consultancy field of institutional development, environmental issues, financial
and operational improvement programmes. He graduated from Babes-Bolyai
University in Cluj in 1980 with a Masters Degree and he obtained a Ph. Degree in
Management in 2000 at University of Timisoara. He has worked for over 10 years
for a regional utility in the provision of water and other municipal services.
He has been also involved in central government bodies such as the Ministry of
Public Works and the Ministry of Public Administration. Through this position,
he conceived and supported the Rural Development Programme, financed by the
World Bank, the Municipal Utilities Development Programme for the rehabilitation
and modernization of water and wastewater infrastructure in 15 major cities of
Romania and the Small and Medium Towns Infrastructure Development Programme,
financed by the European Commission, Romanian Government, European Investment
Bank and European Bank for Reconstruction and Development.
He has been a member of the Romanian Water Association (RWA)
since its establishment in 1995 and in 2002 he was elected as President of the
RWA. Through his position he promotes institutional reforms, technical and
scientific activities and research in the Romanian water sector. He has
coordinated the organizing committee for important events under the IWA aegis in
the region (2005 – Young Professional Conference, 2006 CEO Workshop, 2007 –
Water Loss Conference). In 2005 Mr. Vasile Ciomos have been nominated as
Romania’s representative in the Mirror Group of the Water Supply and Sanitation
Technology Platform (WSSTP).
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Manfred A. Lange received a PhD in Geophysics from the
University of Kiel, Germany in 1980 after spending one year as graduate student
at the Californian Institute of Technology in Pasadena California,USA (CalTech).
After a two-year post-doctoral fellowship at CalTech, where he was involved in
high-pressure geophysical and planetary sciences (impact cratering) research, he
held a position as staff scientist/glaciologist at the Alfred-Wegener-Institute
for Polar and Marine Research (AWI) in BremerhavenGermany During the last two
years of his tenure at the AWI, he was the Director of the German Global Change
Secretariat, an institution under the Federal Ministry for Research and
Technology.
From 1992 to 1995, he was the Director of the Arctic Centre at the University of
Lapland in Rovaniemi, Finland,where he started various initiatives related to
global change impact research in the European Arctic. Between 1995 and 2007,
Manfred Lange was appointed full professor in Geophysics and was the Director of
the Institute for Geophysics at the University of Münster, Germany. Since 1998,
he was also the Director of the Center for Environmental Research (CER). The CER
is a central institute at the University of Münster and is involved in the
initiation, coordination and execution of interdisciplinary research projects.
Manfred Lange has been coordinator of numerous projects under the Fourth and
Fifth Framework Programme of the European Union and the European Science
Foundation and coordinates various nationally funded research projects. In 2003,
he spent six months as a guest scientist at the Foundation for Research and
Technology Hellas in Heraklion,Greece.
Since September 2007, he is the founding Director of the Energy, Environment and
Water Research Center of the Cyprus Institute in Nicosia, Cyprus. His main
research interests center around the assessment of climate change impacts
through integrated assessment (models) and the specification of possible
mitigation and adaptation strategies with a particular focus on natural
resources and ecosystem services (e.g., energy and water).
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Mary Ann Dickinson is the founder and Executive Director
of the Alliance for Water Efficiency, a non-profit organization dedicated to
promoting the efficient and sustainable use of water in the United States and
Canada Based in Chicago, the Alliance works with water utilities, water
conservation professionals in business and industry, planners, regulators, and
consumers. Prior to joining the Alliance in July of 2007, Mary Ann was Executive
Director of the California Urban Water Conservation Council, a non-profit
organization composed of 387 urban water supply agencies, environmental groups,
and other entities managing statewide water conservation in California and
implementing the nation’s first set of Best Management Practices.
Mary Ann has over 35 years of experience, having worked at the Metropolitan
Water District of Southern California, the South Central Connecticut Regional
Water Authority, and the Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection. A
graduate of the University Connecticut with a degree in environmental planning,
she has authored numerous publications on water conservation, land use planning,
and natural resources management, and has co-produced two films which have aired
on public television and community cable stations. She is a fellow at the Water
Resources Center at the University of California at Santa Cruz, a Trustee and
past Chair of the American Water Works Association National Water Conservation
Division, and has presented numerous papers on water conservation in Spain,
France, Australia, Korea, Jordan, Israel, Italy, Chile, China, Romania, Canada,
and all across the United States.
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After close to 15 year of service, Mr. Janssens recently (25 April 2008) retired from the World Bank as the Program Leader of the Water and Rural Development (WRD) Program at the World Bank Institute Sustainable Development Unit (WBISD). He is presently Managing Partner of JJC Advisory Services, a Switzerland-based consultancy firm. He is also Advisor to UN-HABITAT Global Water Operators Partnerships (WOPs) and World Bank consultant providing services in water sector institutional development.
Beside of providing overall leadership to the WBI Water Program, active in thematic areas such as Water for People, Water for Food and also covering aspects of Water for Nature, Mr. Janssens gave particular attention to the water supply and sanitation subprogram with strategic focus on asset management, service delivery effectiveness including PPPs and improved sector governance and leadership for change. He was actively involved in Africa and East Asia in the strengthening of partner organizations and professional associations (i.e. raising their profile as drivers of change) to deliver innovative knowledge sharing and learning programs, and, in the facilitation of policy dialogue and strategic capacity building for sector reform, at country level in Africa, Middle East and Asia Regions. He has been a resource person and has lectured in a large number of seminars and workshops on water sector reform, public-private partnerships, utility performance and change management.
From 2001 to 2005 Mr. Janssens has been the Program Manager of the Bank-Netherlands Water Partnership, Water Supply and Sanitation, and Lead Water Supply and Sanitation Specialist with the World Bank Energy and Water Department.
In 1993 he joined the World Bank at Headquarters in Washington DC in the Africa Region, and was primarily involved in institutional reform and development of the urban water and sanitation sector including private sector participation, and private sector finance, including in Senegal, Niger, and Burkina Faso.
Prior to joining the World Bank, he had 20 years of experience in research and development, utility operations and management, and, international consulting, with the Antwerp Water Works (AWW), Belgium. From 1989 to 1993, he served as the Technical Director of the Foundation for the Transfer of Knowledge of IWSA, now IWA (International Water Association), and Secretary General of a European Network on Water Resources Management, TECHWARE, financially supported by the EU.
From 1985 to 1993, he was visiting professor at the University of Brussels, Belgium, on water treatment technology
Mr. Janssens is a member of the Executive Board of UNESCO-IHE Delft. He serves on the International Council (IC) of the American Waterworks Association (AWWA). He is also active member of the IWA Low and Middle Income Countries (LAMIC) Task Force. In 2008 he was awarded the Medal of Honorary Membership of the African Water Association (AfWA).
His background is civil and environmental engineering graduated at the Universities of Ghent, Brussels and TH Delft. He holds an MBA of the Vlerick Gent-Leuven Business School and is an Alumnus of IMD Lausanne. He is fluent in English, French and Dutch.
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Ronnie is a Civil Engineer with A BSc from the University of
Strathclyde in Scotland. He also holds a PhD from Strathclyde in Water Resource
Planning and currently directs and manages a small engineering company based in
South Africa with a staff compliment of approximately 40. He is well known in
many parts of the world as a leading specialist in Water Demand Management,
Hydrology, Water Resource Planning, Management and Operation, with more than 27
years of experience in these fields. He was a key member of the Vaal River
System Analysis team which pioneered the water resources techniques now used
throughout South Africa to manage the country’s complex and integrated water
resource network involving more than 100 major surface reservoirs. These
modeling techniques are widely regarded as the most sophisticated and
comprehensive available and were developed through co-operation between
specialists from South Africa, Canada and the USA.
In the past 15 years, Ronnie has been involved in many water
loss reduction projects and has served on several committees for various
organizations including the IWA, AWWA etc. He has worked in many countries
worldwide including Australia, Brazil, Botswana, Ethiopia, Lesotho, Kosovo,
Malawi, Namibia, New Zealand, India, Thailand, USA, and was responsible for the
introduction of the Burst and Background Estimate concepts to South Africa. He
introduced the concepts of advanced pressure control to Southern Africa and has
been responsible for the development of three of the largest advanced pressure
control installations in the world including the award winning Khayelitsha
Pressure Management Project and the award winning Sebokeng Performance Based
Public Private Partnership which have now been running successfully for 7 and 3
years respectively. His work has gained him numerous other awards for technical
excellence including the 2008 Ministerial Award from the South African
Government in recognition for his efforts in Water Conservation and Demand
Management.
Ronnie has presented more than 50 training courses in Water Resource Planning
and Water Demand Management as well as presented more than 100 technical papers.
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Dr Demetriou studied in Australia at James Cook University
of North Queensland and in 1986 was awarded the degree of Civil Engineering with
honours. He continued at the same university with postgraduate studies in the
field of hydrology/ hydrogeology and in 1991 was awarded a Doctoral degree.
After his graduation he worked as a researcher and then as a university lecturer
in the field of civil engineering up to 1994. Then he moved to Sydney Australia
were he was employed by the Department of Water Resources of the state of New
South Wales. He worked as Hydrogeology modeller were he developed many computer
models which were used for analysing different water management scenarios. For
the last 3 years of his employment at the Department of Water Resources he was
the leader of the modelling group which was made out of a team of 5 scientists.
Since 2002 he was employed as hydrologist by the Water
Development Department. He was the project coordinator for the implementation
from Cyprus of Articles 5 & 6 of the EU Water Framework Directive. Article 5
deals with the analysis of the characteristics of the river basin district, the
review of the environmental impact of human activity and the economic analysis
of water uses while Article 6 deals with the development of a register of
protected areas. He was heavily involved with the implementation of Article 8 of
the EU Water Framework Directive. Article 8 deals with the establishment of
programs for the monitoring of water status in order to establish a coherent and
comprehensive overview of water status within each river basin district. He is
currently directly involved with the implementation of other important Articles
of the EU Water Framework Directive, such as the development of the program of
measures (Article 11), river basin management plans (Article 13) and public
information and consultation (Article 14).
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Dr Symeon Christodoulou
Dr. Christodoulou holds a PhD in Civil Engineering from Columbia University (New York City, 1998). Upon completion of his PhD, and after several years of industry experience in the field of construction management, he joined Polytechnic University (Brooklyn, New York) as an Assistant Professor and Head of the Construction Management Program of the university (1998 - 2003). In 2004 he joined the University of Cyprus, having also worked for a year in Cyprus (construction industry) and in Greece (Democritus University of Thrace) as an Adjunct Professor.
Dr. Christodoulou is the author of several scientific publications, the recipient of research funding of over 1 million euro (including a prestigious award from the National Science Foundation, NSF) and the recipient of an international research award (London, 1999). He is an Associate Member of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), a reviewer for several scientific Journals from ASCE, Elsevier, Taylor and Francis and IWA, and a member of Polytechnic’s Center for Construction Management Technology.
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Gösta Lange holds a M Sc in Electric Engineering from the
Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg, Sweden. He is 78, married and has
two grown-up sons.
He has been a City Councillor of Gothenburg for 27 years
and has for many years been the chairman of the Gothenburg Water and Sewage
Services as well as of the Rya WWTP, both of which serve about 650000
persons. Having retired from these posts in 2006, he now runs his own
business, Ultrac AB, dedicated to the implementation of new techniques in
the water sector and developing new instrumentation for this purpose. He is
a member of the IWA and of its Water Loss Task Force. He speaks English and
German fluently and French a little less fluently.
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Sophocles Christodoulides was born in
Nicosia Cyprus in 1963. In 1986 he graduated with 1st
Class honours from the Civil Engineering Department of the Imperial College of
Science and Technology of the University of London. In 1987 he completed at the
same University the postgraduate course in Management Science. Between 1987 and
1991 he worked for the construction company Joannou and Paraskevaides as a
Highways Engineer. In 1991 he was employed by the Municipality of Larnaca for
the design and supervision during construction of the major development projects
in Larnaca, including the Phoenikoudes Seafront, the Multi-storey Car Park, the
Wholesale Market, the Stratigos Timayia Avenue and the Larnaca-Dhekeleia road.
Since January 2001 he is the Manager of the Water Board of Larnaca. He is a co
author of the book "Water Supply in Larnaka 4.000 Years of History".
He is a member of the Science and Technical Chamber of Cyprus, of the
Institution of Highways and Transportation, of the International Water
Association and of the Rotary Club of Laranaca-Kition. He is married to Elena
Georghiou and they have two daughters.
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Dr. Sharon Yaniv is a surge analysis specialist, giving
lectures and seminars on surge, air valve placing and sizing on pipelines as
well as dealing with water loss issues. Before joining A.R.I.Flow Control
Accessories in 2007 she was Teaching Assistant at the Faculty of Civil and
Environmental Engineering, Unit of Environmental Water Resources Engineering at
Technion – Israel Institute of Technology.
Dr. Yaniv specializes in Environmental Fluid Mechanics and Hydraulics and her
research subjects included Analyses of Remediation Methods of Fractured Aquifer
Contaminated with Non Aqua Phase Liquids and Simulation of the Reclamation of
Aquifers Contaminated by Non Aqua Phase Liquids. Dr. Yaniv has published her
work in refereed journals and is currently carrying out further research into
her areas of interest.
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Dr. Erineos Koutsakos is a Chemical Engineer, Fellow of the Institute of
Chemical Engineers. His current position is Plant Manager at the Larnaca
Desalination Plant in Cyprus. Before this he has worked as Project Manager with
Hyder Consulting in the UK and with Thames Water in the UK as Principal Research
Engineer Projects Development Manager. During the early stages of his
professional career he worked as a lecturer / research fellow with the UK Centre
for Biochemical Engineering at Birmingham University. Dr. Koutsakos has over 20
years experience in water related areas, such as Project Management in water
related projects, Water Resources Management, Desalination Plant design,
operation and management, Water Treatment processes, plant operation, technology
and Quality control, Water Quality assessment – chemical / biochemical, Water
pipe systems - network management, evaluations, maintenance, pressure
management, Water pipe network Modelling and GIS applications, Implementation
and management of water network - Leakage Detection.
Dr. Koutsakos has over 35 international publications and recently received the
Cyprus 2007 industry innovation excellence award for the Larnaca Desalination
Plant.
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Boris Sucic, M.Sc.E.E., is working as an research and
teaching assistant at the Department of Power Systems, Faculty of Electrical
Engineering and Computing, University of Zagreb, leading technical faculty in
Croatia and the Region (ASIIN Accredited). He is responsible for the consultancy
and research projects for industrial clients, governmental bodies and
international organizations for technical cooperation in the field of the energy
management and energy efficiency. His expert and research work cover energy
efficiency, energy management, environmental impact of electricity generation
and renewable energy sources. In July 2004 he acquired his Master of Science
title by successfully defending his master thesis under the title "Calculation
of Local Thermal-Hydraulic Conditions for Qualification of Safety Class
Electrical Equipment". He has practical experience in project development as
well as wide knowledge about energy efficiency concept, energy (efficiency)
situation in Croatia (regulatory, institutional and financial frameworks) and
current EU’s energy efficiency policy. Also, he is course leader of the Expert
Study "Energy Efficiency and Environment". This expert study is joint program of
University of Zagreb, Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing and
Institute for Energy Technology from Kjeller, Norway.
He is member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
(IEEE), Croatian Energy Association, Croatian National Committee CIGRÉ (CIGRÉ –
International Council on Large Electric Systems) and Croatian Nuclear Society.
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Christoph Gleitsmann
Christoph Gleitsmann is Water and Wastewater Specialist at the Water and Environmental Protection Division of the European Investment Bank’s Project Directorate in Luxembourg. He is inter alia responsible for screening, appraising and monitoring of water, sanitation and climate change adaptation projects financed by the EIB worldwide. Before joining the Bank in 2001, he gained twelve years water sector experience mainly as Consultant with a strong focus on institutional development and improvement of water network efficiency, working in the European Union, Accession and Neighbourhood Countries, Africa, the Middle and Far East. Christoph has been studying at the Swiss Federal Technical University in Zurich, is holding a master degree of the Technical Agricultural University of Vienna, and is associated member of the Austrian Institution of Chartered Engineers. He is married and has two sons.
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Mike Farrimond was appointed Director of UK Water Industry Research in 2000 following a career in Severn Trent Water, laterly as Head of Technology Services and then Head of Business Consultancy. He has extensive experience in managing water research strategies and projects and was Chairman of the Global Water Research Coalition from 2004 to 2008. He currently serves on the Board of the European Water Supply and Sanitation Technology Platform (WSSTP) and the International Water Association (IWA).
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Marco Fantozzi the Managing
Director of Marco Fantozzi a specialist company in water management operating in
Italy and Internationally. He holds an engineering qualification and he is
specialized in innovative solutions to leverage performances in the water
industry, including water loss management and capacity building on water systems
efficient management. He is a Member of International Water Association “Water
Loss” Task Force, and the Technical Coordinator of the Italian Group for “Water
Systems Optimisation” and he is actively promoting the application of IWA
methodology. He has published a number of papers on issues related to the
management of urban water supply and of water sources. As a speaker, he
participated in more than forty international conferences on these matters.
He has 20 years experience in the water industry. He has
been responsible for water, gas and wastewater networks in ASM BRESCIA SPA
(Italy), one of the largest and most advanced public utility companies operating
in Italy. He is an Expert Evaluator of the European Commission for the Key
Action “Sustainable Management and Quality of Water”, a Member of the “Emerging
Technologies Group” of AWWARF (American Water Works Association Research
Foundation) and Guest lecturer at University of Catania and Perugia (Italy).
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Charis Omorphos
Mr Charis Omorphos is an Executive Engineer at the Water Development Department
and has over 20 years experience in the water sector. He graduated with first
class honours from the University of Sheffield with a degree in Civil and
Structural Engineering.
He also holds a Masters degree in Soil Mechanics from the Imperial College of
London and a Masters degree in Public Sector Management from the Cyprus
International Institute of Management. He is currently working on EU matters and
particularly on the implementation of the Water Framework Directive in Cyprus.
He is a member of the Strategic Coordination Group for the Water Framework
Directive Common Implementation Strategy and a member of the expert network on
water scarcity and droughts of the European Union.
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Dr. Matthaios Bimpas holds a PhD from the DECE/NTUA on
design and implementation of innovative radar sensors and antenna design. He is
a researcher in ICCS (I-SENSE Group) and has extensive experience in both EC and
national projects. His research interests include radar systems design (antennae
and RF design and construction), remote monitoring applications, communication
theory and the development of algorithms for fusing information from radar,
cameras and on-board sensors. He has published 20 papers in Conference
Proceedings and Journals. He has been a professor in the Electronics Department
of the University of Pedagogical and Technical Education in Athens and he is
currently a professor of Sensors Theory and Antennae in the Department of
Aircraft Engineers of the Hellenic Air Force University.
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Emmanouil Karatsoras
Mr. Emmanouil Karatsoras has graduated from the National
Technical University of Athens (Diploma Civil Engineer) in 1996. Since then he
is a member of the Technical Chamber of Greece and the Association of Greek
Civil Engineers. Since 2000 he is an associate member of "Ζ&Α P. Antonaropoulos
& Associates SA" company which is a hydraulic engineering consultant based in
Athens. Z&A SA was established in 1991 and it currently employs 20 people.
Mr. Karatsoras has expert knowledge of hydraulic infrastructure networks
analysis. He has participated in many projects that concerned the design and
rehabilitation of water distribution, irrigation and wastewater networks. He has
great experience in hydraulic modeling tools and in leakage detection and
management in water distribution net-works.
Mr. Karatsoras has also been engaged as construction supervisor in several
projects in Athens, Greece.
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Dr. Theo van den Hoven is research manager at KWR, which is a Watercycle
Research Institute in the Netherlands. He is co-ordinator of the European
Integrated Project TECHNEAU (www.techneau.eu). Theo started his professional
career in 1978 at Wageningen University with research and teaching in Colloid
Chemistry. He joined Kiwa in 1982. Through various positions in research and
management he developed a broad international network within the water sector.
Theo is founding member of the Global Water Research Coalition (GWRC) and member
of the Board of the European Water Supply and Sanitation Technology Platform. He
was involved in many EU funded projects, two of them as coordinator. He taught
as guest lecturer at UNESCO-IHE in between 1987 and 2000.
Theo graduated from Utrecht University with a Masters degree in Physical
Chemistry. He holds a Ph.D. in Colloid Chemistry from Wageningen University
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Having been employed for more than twenty years in one of
the biggest Water Utility Companies in Italy, Iride Group, he has gained vast
experience in the water industry sector, taking on a variety of different roles
over a considerably long career. Within this framework, he has been responsible
for carrying out many Italian and European projects in the innovative technology
field for water resources and the environment, acquiring knowledge at both a
national and international level, with valuable involvement in project
management. In addition, he has vital experience in helping staff members,
involved in daily operational management (more than often reluctant to change
their working procedure), to be more aware of the potential benefits related to
applied innovative technology. His career record with Iride has included Manager
of the Innovative Technology and Projects division, namely in Italian, "Tecnologie
e Progetti Innovativi" R&D department, co-ordinator of Pilot Projects, in
addition to being involved in the preparation of new project proposals applied
to Water Resource Management.
Currently, he is Manager of the New Technology, Measurement
and Tests including remote control and remote-sensing applications Business
Unit, namely in Italian, “Nuove Tecnologie, Misure e Collaudi”, where he
co-ordinates technicians and engineers carrying out activities for the Iride
Group. He is also Secretary General of Fondazione AMGA, established in 2003 to
initiate, promote and further scientific and cultural initiatives aimed at
safeguarding environment and water resources and optimizing utility management
practices. Foundation activities include promotion and carrying out of research,
training and dissemination projects, as well as support of actions undertaken by
other entities and related to environmental protection and organization of
public utilities.
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Günter Becker
Günter Becker received a doctor in engineering for software
reliability at Technical university of Berlin in 1986, and he received the post
doc degree of habilitation in 1996 for safety and reliability of technical
systems. He is author or co-author of more than 30 publications, including a
biography on software reliability.
In parallel, as well as afterwards, he was affiliated with RISA
Sicherheitsanalysen GmbH. In his present position, he is performing as a
director for analysis activities and research and development. He has conducted
analysis in the context of nuclear technology and aviation engine control
systems.
He was involved in the MENTOR project, where a code for sophisticated methods of
safety and reliability calculation has been developed. He has been the project
manager of the LEAKING project, and he participated in SEISLINES, SEWERINSPECT
and WATERPIPE, all of which are projects involving structural reliability and
safety of underground water pipes and sewers.
Günter Becker, RISA Sicherheitsanalysen GmbH, 13.10.2008
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Diofantos Hadjimitsis
Dr. Diofantos Hadjimitsis is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Civil Engineering. He undertook his PhD and MPhil (1996-1999) in the field of Satellite Remote Sensing intended for environmental applications (water quality surveillance and air pollution monitoring) from the University of Surrey, Department of Civil Engineering (UK). His PhD Thesis was sponsored by Thames Water Ltd and during the PhD studies he received an ORS Scholarship and a Faculty of Engineering Scholarship. He obtained a First Class BEng. (Honours) Degree in Civil Engineering (1994-1996). Diofantos was awarded the Felix Pulzer Memorial Prize for the best Performance in Civil Engineering courses during his second year of the BEng programme. He obtained a First class Higher National Diploma in Civil Engineering (Dipl.) from the Higher Technical Institute and he received the Cyprus National Guard Prize for the best Performance in Civil Engineering Project during his Diploma Studies in the period 1989-1992. Diofantos obtained a distinction MSc award in Real Estate and Property Management, from the University of Salford in the UK (2005-2007).
Dr Hadjimitsis worked as a teaching assistant at the University of Surrey (UK), as a Post-Doctoral Research Fellow and Visiting Research Scientist in the Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering at the University of Southampton (UK). He worked at the Frederick Institute of Technology (Department of Civil Engineering) from the posts of lecturer and assistant professor.
Dr Hadjimitsis was working in the construction industry on managing and supervising various town-planning projects (road-works) in Cyprus with construction cost of more than CYP.15 MILLIONS. He worked also as a managing director of a consultancy company working in the fields of remote sensing and GIS. He has been appointed as a Consultant by governmental departments in the fields of remote sensing, GIS and construction of town-planning projects. Dr Hadjimitsis is a member of the Cyprus Scientific and Technical Chamber (ΕΤΕΚ) and is the President of the Cyprus Association of Civil Engineers, Paphos Branch since 2003. Diofantos was a member of several UK, European and International committees and working groups in the areas of Satellite Remote Sensing and Geo-informatics.
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