Sophia Steinbacher new president of the Young Water Professionals

f.l.t.r: Maja Reiner, Martin Oberascher, Igor Luketina, Sophia Steinbacher, Lea Holzmann

Our PhD student Sophia Steinbacher from the Department of Water Quality and Health at KL Krems was elected as the new president of the Young Water Professionals (YWP) Austria for the term 2023/24.

The YWP are part of the National Committee of the IWA (International Water Association) Austria and were founded to enable networking of young researchers (< 35 years) in the water sector. On a national level, activities such as regulars' tables, workshops, lectures or excursions enable exchange, while the mentoring program also allows individual contact with experts. Networking on an international level with other YWP chapters worldwide in the form of conference participation or through international calls/channels is also given.

The wish of the new YWP Presidium consisting of Sophia Steinbacher (President), Lea Holzmann (Vice President), Igor Luketina, Martin Oberascher and Maja Reiner (Committee Head) is to bring young people together, to enable discussions and knowledge exchange and to get to know each other in order to use possible future synergies. Especially at our regular tables we always welcome interested people and are happy about new members.

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Website: http://www.a-iwa.at/organisation/ywp/
Mail: ywp@a-iwa.at