INTRODUCTION

The growing need of energy globally and the unavoidable increasing dependency on energy being produced from non-renewable source is unsustainable and also has negative impact to the environment. This necessitates not only an engineering solution but also a attitude change on the way we produce and use energy.

An international conference organised by the University for the Common Good (Universiteit voor het Algemeen Belang - Vlaanderen).

In cooperation with sister organisations and initiatives across the world connected with Water Faculties/Universities/Schools

AIMS
Nowadays two postulates prevail. They are given for granted (which they are not):
• Water is rare and will become even more rare in the future, therefore costly and expensive(hence, the statement that water is the blue gold of the XXI century, as oil has been considered the black gold of past two centuries)
• Water will be one of the major causes of conflicts, even wars, within and across states.