RECOGNITION OF THE CONTINUOUS AND INNOVATIVE ADVANCEMENT OF DESALINATION AND WATER REUSE TECHNOLOGIES

 

In our next XIII International Congress hosted in the wonderful city of Granada on June 13th to 15th, we want to recognize the efforts of the most outstanding people, organizations and companies working in our sector. That is why we propose to make the 1st EDITION OF THE AEDyR INTERNATIONAL AWARDS, which we have divided into five (5) categories.

The AWARDS will recognize the most outstanding projects, investigations, leaders and companies that, through their individual management or as a group, give added value for the continuous and innovative progress in the integration of Desalination Treatment and Water Reuse Technologies, in order to guarantee the access and efficient use of water resources.

CATEGORIES

EXCELLENCE

Award for the Company, Project or Technology that has contributed most to the development and evolution of Desalination and/or Reuse of water.

INNOVATION

Award for the Company, Project, financing or Technology that has proposed the best Innovation in the field of Desalination and/or Water Reuse.

SUSTAINABILITY

Award to the Company, Project, funding or Technology that has contributed the most to sustainability and the UN SDGs in the field of Desalination and/or Water Reuse.

COMMUNICATION

Award to the Entity, Campaign, Blog, Media or Person who has made the best contribution to positive and truthful communication for the development and applications of Desalination and/or Water Reuse.

HUMANITARIAN INITIATIVE

Project, initiative or actions that have contributed to highlight the use of water treatment plants in critical moments such as catastrophes, prolonged droughts, conflicts, critical lack of resources or natural disasters.

SUBMISSION OF APPLICATIONS

 

The deadline for applications is CLOSED

 

If you have any doubts or queries, you can contact us by sending an email to awards@aedyr.com

INFORMATION

TIMELINE

Until 24 May: Submission of applications

Before June 5th: Evaluation

Before June 6th: Final selection

14th June: Awards Ceremony at the Gala Dinner of the XIII International Congress of AEDyR

JURY

The Jury is composed of well known, independent and without conflict of interest people from the sector:

Juan María Sánchez

Javier Romero

Eloy García Calvo

Silvio Olivia

Emilio Gabrielli

Daniel Prats

Walid Khoury

Miguel Ángel Sanz

CRITERIA

1

Excellence

A- Relevance to the sector 

B- Size criterion (plant, number of plants applied, volume…) 

C- Economic benefits 

D- Sustainability criteria 

E- Others to be defined by the jury

2

Innovation 

A- Proximity/applicability to the market. 

B- Economic/Social/Environmental Impact 

C-Application potential (type of plants, transversality…) 

D-Others to be defined by the jury

3

Sustainability

A- Impact on the MoU 

B- Economic gain in TOTEX (CAPEX+OPEX) 

C- Social impact and image 

D- Globality of Impact 

E- Others to be defined by the jury

4

Communication

A- Media impact (followers, circulation, likes on LinkedIn…) 

B- Truthfulness/reliability of the information 

C- Positive impact on the sector 

D-Others to be defined by the jury

5

Humanitarian Initiative

A- Impact on number of people or populations or timeframe for implementation. 

B- Speed of implementation/logistics/responsiveness  

C- Economic Criteria (details for the jury) 

D-Others to be defined by the jury

AWARD CEREMONY

The awards ceremony will take place at the gala dinner of the XIII AEDyR International Congress, which will be held in the city of Granada from 13 to 15 June.

If you are attending the XIII International Congress, the entrance to the awards ceremony and gala dinner is already included in your registration to the event. If you are only interested in attending the awards ceremony and gala dinner, you can do so by registering on the event’s website. The attendance fee for the latter option will be €150 and you will have the option, if you wish, to add a companion for €100.

XIII AEDyR INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS

14th June 2023
Gala Dinner of the XIII AEDyR International Congress
Palacio de los Córdova (Granada)