Advisory Board

Senior Lecturer at Civil Engineering School at Universidade da Coruña (Spain).

His research is related with urban drainage systems, with a strong focus on the development of large Research Infrastructures and the application on novel metrology sensing techniques in urban flooding, pollutant transport and Sustainable urban Drainage Systems.

Member of CITEEC technological center. Co-ordinator of Co-UDlabs H2020 project.

CEO of Water Board Brabantse Delta. The Netherlands.

He obtained his PhD at Utrecht University, The Netherlands on the hydrology and nutrient modelling of wetlands used for waste water treatment. For more than 20 years he worked as a scientist in the field of ecohydrology, water chemistry and impact assessment of climate change, on projects commissioned by governmental and private organisations in The Netherlands and in international studies.

At present, he is CEO of Water Board Brabantse Delta. This Water Board consists of an elected board and an organisation of more than 600 employees. The Board is responsible for integrated water management and waste water treatment of the western part of the Province of Brabant, The Netherlands. The main challenges for the Water Board are subjects related to climate changes and sustainability.

CIEMAT / CISOT. Spain.

Understanding the dynamics of environmental risk perception and designing methods and tools for citizen & stakeholder engagement in the context of climate change and ecological transition have been her main research interests.

She was coordinator of the PACHEBEL Project (2010-2013) and of the Social Studies on Fusion Programme (2014-2020). She is currently coordinating the ECF4CLIM project, funded by H2020, focusing on the development of a Competence Framework on Climate Change and Sustainability for the educational community (2021-2025).

She has published book chapters and articles in journals such as Public Understanding of Science, Journal of Risk Research, Energy Policy or Risk and Public Health.

Independent Expert on Innovation and EU policies

Background on Mechanical engineering, Thermodynamics, Energy, Environment and Economics. International experience with private and public sector.

1984–1994, Switzerland: Environmental Department Canton Ticino — IMPULS programs, research, demonstration, technology dissemination, training, and public awareness on energy and environment. Co-author of the 'White paper on socio-economic impact for CH joining EEA'.

1994–2018, EU Commission Brussels, DG R&I and DG GROW: Head of Units covering manufacturing, steel, space, transport, science in society, environmental technologies, NBS, SDGs, eco-innovation and circular economy. Task Force Leader PRIMA for Food and Water.

2018–2022: EU Executive Agencies, Brussels.

Associated professor at the Faculty of Geography / University of Bucharest, President of the Technical Commission for Urban and Territorial Planning of the City Hall of Bucharest, Green City Manager of Bucharest, coordinator of the Urban Planning and Urban Mobility Department within the Intercommunity Development Association of the Metropolitan Area of Bucharest and a partner within the NGO MKBT: Make Better.

Bogdan Suditu is associated professor at the Faculty of Geography / University of Bucharest, President of the Technical Commission for Urban and Territorial Planning of the City Hall of Bucharest, and Green City Manager of Bucharest.

With a Franco-Romanian training (doctorate under joint supervision of the University of Bucharest and the University of Angers — France, 2006, and diplomat of the École Nationale d'Administration — ENA, Strasbourg, 2010), he has significant university experience since 1998, as well as experience in central and local administration.

In 2017 he was designated the Professor of the Year of the University of Bucharest, and in 2021 he was awarded the "Ordre des palmes academiques" in the rank of Knight, by the President of the French Republic.