Meeting in person again in Copenhagen!

2022 saw the very welcome return of in-person meetings.

We were delighted to attend the IWA World Water Congress and Exhibition, held in Copenhagen, Denmark, and connect with familiar and new faces from our Editorial Boards and authorship. We held eight book launches with the authors of the books, including Biological Wastewater Treatment: 2nd edition; Resource Recovery from Water: Principles and Application and Quantification and Modelling of Fugitive Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Urban Water Systems.

We also presented a Festschrift to Professor Gustaf Olsson, Celebrating passion for Water, Science and Technology, in honour of his considerable contributions to IWA Publishing journals. Professor Chong-Yu Xu, Editor Emeritus of Hydrology Research, was presented with the IWA Publishing Award, in recognition of his exceptional work improving the journal’s impact and reach.

As part of our efforts to understand and address barriers to publishing in our journals, we held a Focus Group with early career researchers from all over the world. The conversation was wideranging and informative, and will help us take forward our initiatives to improve accessibility and representation in our journals.