Practitioners and scientists of the water industry at the conference "Israeli Water Supply and Agricultural Sector Technologies - Experience for Ukraine"
On 10 July 2024, the conference "Israeli Water Supply and Agricultural Sector Technologies - Experience for Ukraine" was held in Kyiv at the Ukrainian Chamber of Commerce and Industry with the personal patronage of Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the State of Israel to Ukraine Michael Brodskyi, with the support of the Ministry of Economy of Ukraine and the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine.
The event was a unique platform for the exchange of advanced solutions of Israeli business at the initiative of the Trade and Economic Mission of the Embassy of the State of Israel in Ukraine.
The event included a presentation of the Israeli water management system. The experience of leading companies in the Israeli water sector was presented: ODIS Filtering (water purification systems), Atlantium (innovative ways to use ultraviolet water disinfection), Bermad (production of control valves and implementation of complex projects in the field of municipal water supply, irrigation, fire protection), Netafirm (technologies and equipment for drip irrigation).
Innovative solutions to the problems of the agro-industrial complex on the example of Israeli agriculture were presented by Boris Boardman, State Advisor for Mechanisation and Technology of the Ministry of Agriculture of Israel (1991-2016), Director of the Agromechanisation and Technology Consulting Firm.
Leading companies in the Israeli agricultural sector presented their own experience in applying water-efficient technologies: ABL Technologies (milk processing and production of cheeses, yoghurts, sour cream, ice cream, buttermilk and other dairy products), Afimilk (advanced dairy management solutions), ICL (fertiliser production and import), Metzer (smart drip irrigation solutions), AGRIGO (turnkey agricultural projects).
Among others, the conference was attended by Artem Shyra, Vice President of the Ukrainian Water Association, Taras Kapusta, Director of the Centre for Advanced Training of Water Management Workers at the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of Ukraine, and Leonid Bytsiura, Acting Head of the Department of Ecology and Healthcare of WUNU, member of the International Water Association.
This year's conference covered the most pressing and challenging issues for Ukraine's water policy in general and for individual economic sectors in particular.
It is important that practitioners, managers and scientists of the water sector of Ukraine have established cooperation to modernise the water industry in Ukraine, in particular through networking at such high-quality events as the National Forum "Water in Industry and Agriculture in the Context of War and Climate Crisis" and the industry conference "Water Restoration as a Concept for Sustainable Development of Ukraine".
International experience shows that partnership between experts, practitioners, managers, scientists, and the public in Ukraine yields significant results through the creation of cooperation networks, dissemination of relevant information, promotion of best practices and personal interaction in the professional environment, and the development of water-oriented solutions based on proven international experience.