Water in Circular Economy

Water as key resource in Circular Economy.- Impact Of Climate Change on Water Status: Challenges and Emerging Solutions.- Integrated Water Management - Directions of Activities and Policies.- Circular Water Management in Smart Cities.- The Influence of Mineral Parameters on the Geochemistry of Heavy Metals in Bottom Sediments.- Sustainable Water Use in Agriculture - Circular Economy Approach.- Innovative Solutions in the Transition to Circular Economy in Water Sector.- Advanced Treatment Technologies in Removal of Pollutants from Water and Wastewater.- The Role of Water Recycling in Building a Circular Economy in the Textile Industry.- The Role of Water Recycling in Building a Circular Economy in the Textile Industry.- Preliminary Microbiological Risk Assessment for Local Water Reuse in a Small MBR Waste Water Treatment Plant.- Can Remote Sensing be a Useful Tool to Increase Water Reuse in Agriculture?.- Nutrients Recovery in Water and Wastewater Sector.- Technologies for Nutrient Recovery From Municipal Wastewater.- Circular Economy in Domestic and Industrial Waste Waters:  Challenges and Opportunities.- Monitoring of Circular Economy Implementation in Water Sector.- Water Footprint of Business and Circular Economy.- Economic, Social and Environmental Dimensions in the Circular Economy (CE) Monitoring Framework in Water and Wastewater Sector.- Circular Economy Indicators and Measures in Water and Wastewater Sector - Case Study.- Business Opportunities in Water and Wastewater Sector as a Part of the Resolve Framework.- Circular Economy Implementation in the Water Sector: Wastewater Treatment Plant Tychy-Urbanowice Case Study.- Wastewater-Based Circular Economy Operations  in East Kolkata Wetlands (The Largest Ramasar Site in South Asia), India.

Marzena Smol is Head of the Division of Biogenic Raw Materials and Professor at the Mineral and Energy Economy Research Institute, Polish Academy of Sciences (IGSMiE PAN). She specializes in Environmental Protection and Engineeringas well as International Project Management. Expert in the field of biogenic raw materials management in the context of sustainable development (SD), circular economy (CE) and Green Deal Strategies. She participated in the development of the Roadmap 'Transformation towards circular economy in Poland'. Expert in projects dedicated to raw materials recovery (phopshorus), waste-based fertilizers, policy recommendations, water recovery, wastewater treatment, environmental education for CE. Holder of the Minister's Scholarship for Outstanding Young Scientists. She authored and co-authored over 100 papers. She is the holder of Springer Nature 2020 Highlights in "Water" category for publication on CE in water and wastewater sector. Member of the Academy ofYoung Scientists of the Polish Academy of Sciences. She is also  Deputy Director of the Krakow School of Interdisciplinary PhD Studies. 

Majeti Narasimha Vara Prasad is Emeritus Professor, School of Life Sciences, University of Hyderabad, India. He has published over 219 papers and edited 34 books. He received doctorate in Botany from Lucknow University, India in 1979. Based on an independent study by Stanford University scientists in 2020, he figured in the top 2% of scientists from India, ranked number 1 in Environmental Sciences (116 in the world). Prasad had several visiting assignments viz.,University Quebec INRS-Eau, Canada, 1994; Dept of Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland, 1996; University of Coimbra, Portugal, 1999; Stockholm University, Institute of Botany, Sweden, 2000; University of Oulu, Oulu Finland, 2002; University of South Australia, Adelaide, Australia, 2005; Al-Farabi Kazakh National University, Dept.