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BPI Forum: the future of water

Third-party organization

February 22nd, 2024

09:00 - 17:00

Lisbon, Portugal

Banco Português de Investimento (BPI) is organizing the “BPI Forum: the future of water”, an initiative that aims to debate the main challenges, priorities and good practices associated with the sustainable supply and consumption of water.

João Pedro Oliveira e Costa, Executive Chairman of BPI, will give the opening speech at the conference, while the closing speech will be given by the former Minister of Foreign Affairs, Paulo Portas, who will discuss the main conclusions of the panel debates.

In total, the Forum will feature six panel discussions that will take an X-ray of water, analyze investment priorities, good practices in industry, agriculture, tourism, and cities, as well as assessing the need to boost water reuse and define pricing policies adjusted to reality.

The forum is scheduled for the Champalimaud Foundation Auditorium in Lisbon on February 22, from 09h00 to 17h00.

Speakers include former ministers such as Assunção Cristas, Dulce Pássaro and Pedro Siza Vieira, as well as the mayor of Loures, Ricardo Leão; representatives of economic sectors and companies such as Álvaro Mendonça e Moura, president of the Confederation of Farmers of Portugal (CAP), João Mello, CEO of Bondalti, José Theotónio, CEO of the Pestana Group, Alexandra Serra, executive director of Águas de Portugal, and Pedro Perdigão, CEO of Indaqua; and experts such as Inês dos Santos Costa, partner at Deloitte, Joaquim Poças Martins, professor of Hydraulics and Environment at the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto (FEUP), and José Eduardo Martins, partner at Abreu Advogados.

Economist Mariana Mazzucato, who co-chairs the World Economic Forum’s Commission on the Water Economy, will analyze the global socio-economic impacts of water scarcity, in a panel that will also include a national view, through the contribution of Jorge Moreira da Silva, UN Under-Secretary-General and Executive Director of UNOPS.

This is organized by BPI, in collaboration with Deloitte, Expresso newspaper and SIC Notícias.

The full program is available here.

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Welcome Message

The vision of Associação LIS-Water – Lisbon International Center for Water is to contribute to a better world through better water governance. It thus promotes more effective, efficient and resilient water supply and wastewater and rainwater management services, within the framework of sustainable development objectives.

These water services are essential for the well-being of citizens and for economic activities, with a clear impact on improving public health, environmental sustainability and mitigating risks, namely arising from climate change.. They generate benefits in terms of job creation, economic growth, increased social stability and reduced conflicts, contributing to a more developed, peaceful, equitable and healthy society.

LIS-Water’s mission is thus to reinforce public policies, regulation and management of water services for the benefit of society, integrating the best knowledge in management, economics, engineering, law, social sciences, communication and other relevant areas.

Together with its partners, the association intends to make available and produce the best and most up-to-date knowledge at an international level and to transfer it continuously to decision-makers, water professionals, industry and society.

In this way, we will make our contribution towards achieving the great goals of humanity regarding better water governance, for a better world.

The Board of Directors

Rita Brito

President of the Board of Directors

Eduardo Marques

Member of the Board of Directors

José Matos

Member of the Board of Directors

We take care of water services, essential to the well-being of society.

The members of LIS-Water represent the main players in the water sector in Portugal.

National Civil Engineering Laboratory (LNEC)

Public institution for research and scientific and technological development in Portugal, one of the largest civil engineering laboratories in the world.

Foundation for Studies and Training in Local Authorities (FEFAL)

Non-profit entity, formed by the National Association of Portuguese Municipalities, to carry out information, training, research, technical advice, international cooperation on relevant topics for Local Authorities.

Associação das Empresas Portuguesas para o Sector do Ambiente (AEPSA)

Business association that represents and defends the collective interests of private companies that intervene in the environmental sector, acting as a dynamic player in the development of the market in the environmental sector.

Portuguese Partnership for Water (PPA)

Network of entities that aims to develop synergies and maximize potential for the development of the water sector in the world, promoting alliances and partnerships between national institutions and nations committed to the sustainable use of water and the enhancement of water resources.

Grupo Águas de Portugal (AdP)

The AdP Group is responsible for the integrated management of the urban water cycle, providing services to Municipalities, which are simultaneously shareholders of the companies managing multi-municipal systems, and directly serving the population through municipal water supply and sanitation systems.

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