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10th annual Young Water Professionals Denmark conference
The 10th YWPDK Annual Conference brought 60 together young water professionals from across Denmark for two inspiring days of knowledge sharing, innovation, and networking.
Day 1 at DTU kicked off with a keynote by Peter Steen Mikkelsen on Life with Water – the past, present, and future. The day continued with engaging presentations on water supply, wastewater, data, Earth observation, and other cutting-edge research. The afternoon featured a dynamic prototyping workshop hosted by DHI, followed by our much-anticipated social dinner and the YWPDK & Danish Water Forum Award ceremony.
Day 2 at NIRAS began with insights into career journeys in the water sector from Carsten Toft Boesen and Søren Nøhr Bak, followed by a visit to the Green Tech Hub and a hands-on start-up workshop. Before lunch, we held our annual general assembly, presenting our annual report and electing the new board. The day concluded with a creative hackathon by KlimaID focused on improving consumer data interfaces.
A big thank you to all participants, presenters, and our network partners for making this event a success! 🙌🏼
#YWPDK #ConnectingYoungWaterMinds
Call for abstracts is closed.
Please be aware that submitting the abstract does not imply an automatic registration to the conference. If your abstract is accepted and if you intent to participate to the conference, you’ll need to make sure to register to the conference.
Registration
Registration closed 4th of April 2025 (Midnight). The conference fee covers the cost of conference participation (including all the conference activities, meals and transportation DAY 1 and DAY2) and the social dinner. The conference fee is 650 DKK for employed and PhD students, while if you are a student or unemployed you can attend the conference at a reduced fee of 200 DKK.
Remember: if you have submitted an abstract, you still need to make sure to register to the conference, as submitting the abstract does NOT imply registration to the conference.
All tickets will be refunded in the case of YWPDK having to cancel the conference.
Registration Billetto – 10th National YWPDK Conference
Program
| DAY 1 – DTU | DAY 2 – NIRAS | |||
| 09:00 | Conference check-in and breakfast | 08:00 | Bus to NIRAS from Cabinn Copenhagen to Allerød, arrival and coffee | |
| 09:30 | Welcome by YWPDK and keynote | 09:00 | Welcome by Niras CEO, Carsten Toft | |
| 10:30 | Networking session | 09:15 | Key note by NIRAS Water expertise director, Søren Nøhr Bak | |
| 11:00 | Break – snacks and coffee | 09:30 | Workshop | |
| 11:15 | Technical session: Water Supply and Wastewater Treatment | 11:30 | Break | |
| 12:30 | Lunch | 11:45 | General Assembly | |
| 13:30 | Technical session: Data and EO & mixed session | 12:30 | Lunch | |
| 14:45 | Break – snacks and coffee | 13:30 | Hackathon | |
| 15:00 | Workshop by DHI | 15:30 | Wrap-up, farewell and conference feedback | |
| 17:15 | Bus to CPH (Cabinn Copenhagen), check in at Cabinn Copenhagen | 15:45 | End of program / Busride to CPH (Central Station) | |
| 18.30- | Social Dinner + YWP Award | 16:30 | Bus drop off at CPH Central Station |
Workshop (Day 2) |
Hackathon |
| This event starts with the Niras Tech Hub Tour, where several start-ups perform their daily operations. It is followed by insights on “How to Build your start-up” and it is combined with an ideation workshop targeting real water issues.
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This session will involve familiarizing and solving the real-life challenges of a company working in the Danish and international environment. The company is KlimaID, a start-up from the Niras Green Tech Hub.
KlimaID provides data analyses for suppliers of water and unique data analyses, live data, and recommendations to save water. |
Technical Sessions – Presentations |
Workshop (Day 1) |
| This session focuses in strengthening the knowledge within the water sector by presenting projects and topics of interest which our YWPs members are involved into. The different technical presentations cover different topics, when the info package is sent out you’ll know more! | Physical prototyping workshop: AI in water industry Get inspired by DHI designers to be creative in your solution thinking. Prototype ideas physically and explore new ways of thinking. |
Accomodation
For those traveling to Copenhagen for the conference, we have made an agreement with CABINN Copenhagen. The hotel was located at Arni Magnussons Gade 1, 1577 København. They have offered us a group rate of 621 kr. for a commodore single room, and 747 kr. for a commodore twin room. You need to make the reservation online at www.cabinn.com and use the promo group code BLKYOUNGW. The promo code expires on March 24th. The hotel is located in walking distance from the central station and the dinner venue.
Venues
The conference was be hosted at two different venues.
The host on the first day was at the Technical University of Denmark at DTU Skylab – their living lab for innovation and entrepreneurship – at their campus in Lyngby at Centrifugevej 374, 2800 Kongens Lyngby, The venue is accessible by public transportation from the Copenhagen city center.
The host on the second day was Niras at their headquarter in Allerød at Sortemosevej 19, 3450 Lillerød.
There was luggage storage available at both venues, so you were welcome to carry your luggage with you when arriving at DTU on day 1 and when you check-out from your hotel in Copenhagen on day 2.
Transportation:
The conference ticket price includes
– Busride from DTU Skylab to Cabinn Capenhagen (Arni Magnussons Gade 1, 1577 København) after the program on Thursday afternoon (17:15)
– Busride between central Copenhagen and Niras on Friday morning (8:00) and back again in the afternoon (15:45).
Pick up point will be at CABINN Copenhagen (Arni Magnussons Gade 1, 1577 København) on Friday morning and drop-off will be close to the Copenhagen Central Station.
Partners
YWPDK and the conference is supported by our network partners
