We are delighted to invite you to celebrate with us this year’s World Water Day by joining WAMU-NET’s international seminar (hybrid event) which will take place on March 21st in Ala, Trento, Italy, with the simultaneous launch of the Water Film Prize on arid lands and ancient hydro-technologies “Back to Our Future”.
On the occasion of World Water Day called by the United Nations, this year dedicated to the protection of glaciers, WAMU-NET is inaugurating a new office in Ala, at the historical Palazzo Pizzini, the historical baroque palace where Wolfang Amadeus Mozart played successfully on his travels to Italy.
The seminar opens with a musical welcome of Andrea Vettoretti, a guitarist and music composer, representative of the New Classical World genre, who dedicated his new album to the Global Network of Water Museums. During the seminar the special issue of Blue Papers dedicated to ancient hydro-technologies and curated by the UNESCO Chair of Delft will be presented and the video installation of Hannah Rowan, “Tides in the Body” (2023), will be displayed (Anthropocene Collection, copyright: MUSE).
On the following day, March 22nd, a programme of short films on protection of glaciers and ancient hydro-technologies is organised in cooperation with Linda Lilienfeld and Let’s Talk About Water, as an extension of the simultaneous events planned in Paris to celebrate the WWD. It will be hosted from 6:15 pm to 11:10 pm by Harpolab, Trento (Piazza Garzetti, 24), and in April by MUSE, the Science Museum of Trento.
Here's the Zoom link to participate: https://zoom.us/j/95169003718?pwd=FvybWWaARaH2SJWAamqWemhQYlwlPT.1
For those who are wishing to join in presence at Palazzo Pizzini, please send your confirmation as soon as possible to communication@watermuseums.net, since places at the historical Palazzo Pizzini are limited.
The seminar is organized with the support of the Autonomous Province of Trento and Civiltà dell’Acqua International Center, in cooperation with the UNESCO Chair of Trento University and MUSE.
Programme of the international seminar:
21 March 10:00 – 17:15 (CET)
10:00 - 10:10 Opening with musical welcome to celebrate WWD
10:10 - 11:00 Institutional greetings
11:00 - 11:30 Coffee break and inauguration of the new WAMU-NET office
11:30 - 12:30 Session 1: A climate changing too fast? The World Water Report 2025 and the proposals from UNESCO Chairs.
12:30 - 13:00 Session 2: Voices and perspectives from water museums affiliated with the WAMU-NET network.
13:00 - 14:30 Lunch Break
14:30 - 15:00 Launch of Water Film Prize 'Back to Our Future'
15:00 - 16:00 Session 3: Water management for the protection of glaciers and alpine ecosystems
16:00 - 16:15 The Water We Want: the participation of Trento schools in the international youth prize
16:15 - 17:00 Roundtable - A 'new water culture': educating for more sustainable uses 1
17:00 - 17:10 Conclusions
Photo above: Hannah Rowan, “Tides in the Body”, 2023. Courtesy: MUSE - Anthropocene Collection.