Save the Date: 5th Hof
Water Symposium on 29 & 30 September 2026
Make a note of the dates for the 5th Hof Water Symposium now!
It will take place on 29 September 2026 (get-together from 5.00 pm) and on 30 September 2026 (Water Symposium from 9.00 am to 4.30 pm) at Hof University of Applied Sciences.
You can already look forward to a programme centred on the theme ‘Climate adaptation in rural areas – are sponge landscapes the answer?’
Further information on the schedule, programme and registration will follow.
Make the most of the symposium to exchange expertise, network and develop new project ideas. We particularly invite representatives from local authorities, water authorities, forestry and agriculture, landscaping, urban development, planning consultancies, the water management sector, and anyone else interested in a climate-resilient future for water.
We look forward to your participation.
9.00 – Welcome
9.15 – Presentation of the ‘hoferLand.digital’ project
9.30 – Keynote speeches
BlueGreen City Coaching – Implementation of blue-green infrastructure in smaller German cities (Ganbaatar Khurelbaatar, UFZ Leipzig)
Modular system for water-management-optimised, climate-resilient, multifunctional land use (Prof. Dr Andreas Weiß, Coburg University of Applied Sciences)
10.30 – Coffee break
11:00 – Presentation of interim results from the Water Transfer Workshop
11:45 – Updates from the Institute for Sustainable Water Systems
12:30 – Lunch break
13:30 – World Café on the Hofer Land ‘sponge region’
Agriculture
Forestry
Local challenges
14:45 – Coffee break
15:15 – Panel discussion: Findings from the World Café and the Water Transfer Workshop
16:00 – Reflection on the day, outlook and closing remarks
from 16:30 – Closing event and networking
Would you like to take part in the 5th Hof Water Symposium?
Online registration – Hof University of Applied Sciences
Warm regards from Hof
Prof. Günter Müller-Czygan (Head of Institute)
Michael Schmidt (Research Assistant, Organiser) and the entire inwa team
Tel: +49 9281 409 – 5149 (Michael Schmidt)
Email: wasser-symposium@hof-university.de
Alfons-Goppel-Platz 1, 95028 Hof
