Events

The 1st Workshop on Water Economics and Technology (“WATERDAY”) will take place on February 25, 2010. This event addresses new challenges for water management and policy, in particular the institutional design and the regulatory framework for short- and long-term investment. Emphasis is put on intensifying the dialogue between economic and technical issues in a dialogue between practitioners, policymakers, and academics.

The full program can be downloaded here.

	Keynote Speech
	Introducing Competition into England and Wales Water Industry Stern (City University London)
	Technology and Perspectives on Water
	World Water Markets: High Investment Requirements meet Institutional Risks Heymann (Deutsche Bank Research)/Lizio (Robert-Bosch-Stiftung)/Siehlow (TU Dresden)
	Excellence in Water Technology and Water Management Soppert (German Water Partnership)
	Water Pricing and Cost Recovery
	Sustainable Long-Term Cost Recovery in WATSAN Undertakings Grünig (Ecologic)
	Long-Term Determinants of Water Prices Weyand (BDEW)
	Hydropower
	Large-scale Hydropower Sector Outlook Wand (TU Berlin)
	Hydropower in a Development Context Nyman (GTZ)
	The Microeconomics of Integrated Water Resource Management
	The Hydrological Cycle in Water Resource Economics: Concepts and Issues Meran (TU Berlin/DIW Berlin)
	The Effect of Land Rents on Long Term Markets for Water Rights along a River: Environmental Meets Urban Economics Wittmann (TU Berlin)
	Water Demand Analysis
	Scenario Analysis to Assess Environmental Impacts of Socio-Economic Trends in the Elbe Water Sector Hartje (TU Berlin)
	Managing the Impact of Demographic Change in the Wastewater Sector Nowack/Günther (TU Dresden)
	How Low Can You Go? Exploring Threshold Levels for Residential Water Demand in Germany Schleich (Fraunhofer ISI)
	Public Private Partnerships and Organisational Forms
	Network Information and Performances in Franchise Bidding Agreements: Evidence from the French Water Industry Huet (GREDEG, University of Nice Sophia-Antipolis) / Chong (University Paris XI)
	Assessing the Efficiency of a Public-Private Partnership: The Case of Berlin Oelmann (WIK)
	The Pros and Cons of Mixed Companies as Local Water Utilities Cruz (CESUR)
	Efficiency Analysis
	Productivity Growth and Price Regulation of Slovenian Water Distribution Utilities Zoric (University of Ljubljana)
	Economies of Scope in the Portuguese Water Services Carvalho (CESUR)
	Cost Efficiency and Economies of Scale and Density in German Water Distribution Walter/Zschille (TU Dresden/DIW Berlin)
	Regulation
	From Centralized Water Supply Systems to Sustainable Infrastructure Models: New Roles for Water Utilities and the Regulation of the Water Sector Scheele (University of Oldenburg)
	An International Overview on Water Sector Regulation Simoes/Marques/Pires (CESUR/ERSAR)
	Long Term Planning in Water Infrastructure
	Scenarios of Wastewater Infrastructure in 2050 – A Delphi Method Approach Endrikat/Hillmann/Schlage/Nowack/Guenther (TU Dresden)
	Demand and Supply Aspects and Static Model of Water Transfer Networks Siehlow/Aha/Fels/Leuthold/Löser/Reif/von Selasinsky (TU Dresden)
	Water Resource Management
	Water Resource Management in the Orange-Senqu River Basin Reif/Dreuse/Koschker/Leuthold/Schneider/Siehlow/Werner (TU Dresden)
	Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) of Small and Central Wastewater Treatment Plants Müller/Schubert/Woite/Nowack/Guenther (TU Dresden)