II AEDyR Awards

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

In our next XIV International Congress hosted in the wonderful city of Tenerife (Canary Islands) on June 24th to 26th, we want to recognize the efforts of the most outstanding people, organizations and companies working in our sector. That is why we repeat and make the 2nd EDITION OF THE AEDyR INTERNATIONAL AWARDS, which we have divided into five 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.

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.

COMUNICATION

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.

SPANISH ENTITY 2023/2025

Public or Private Entities or Organisations, Public, Mixed or Private Companies and Services that have stood out in their actions during this period in the sustainable use of Water resources, as well as Desalination and Reuse of water.

INFORMATION AND RULES

TIMELINE

Submission of applications: Until 9 May

Deadline for submissions extended to 21 May at 23:59

Awards Ceremony at the Gala Dinner of the XIV International Congress of AEDyR in Tenerife: 26th June

RULES

Check here the rules of the awards

JURY

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

Walid Khoury

Manuel Rubio

Juaud El Kharraz

Silvio Olivia

Emilio Gabrielli

Daniel Prats

Miguel Ángel Sanz

CRITERA

1

Excellence

A- Relevance to the sector

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

C- Economic benefits

D- Sustainability criteria

E- Jury’s overall opinion

2

Innovation

A- Proximity/applicability to the market.

B- Economic/Social/Environmental Impact

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

D- Economic benefits for the end user

E- Jury’s overall opinion

3

Sustainability

A- Impact on the MoU

B- Economic gain in TOTEX (CAPEX+OPEX)

C- Social impact and image

D- Globality of Impact

E- Jury’s overall opinion

4

Comunication

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

B- Truthfulness/reliability of the information

C- Positive impact on the sector

D- Objective and Didactic Data

E- Jury’s overall opinion

5

Spanish Entities 2023/2025

A- Impact on global water resources and details

B- Impacted/affected population

C- Economic Criteria (details for the jury)

D- Sustainability Criteria

E- Jury’s overall opinion

CANDIDACY

Each participant may submit several projects, but each project will only be eligible for 1 category, which will be selected at the time of submission.

ALL the information for your application (Description and Complementary Documentation) must be submitted in Spanish and English.

AWARD CEREMONY

The awards ceremony will take place at the gala dinner of the XIV AEDyR International Congress, which will be held in the city of Tenerife from 24 to 26 June.

If you are attending the XIV 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 €195 and you will have the option, if you wish, to add a companion for €150.