... will as always be brought to you by IWMA, the International Water Mist Association.
The event - which is recognized as the top source of the latest technical information on fire protection with water mist - will be as international as ever.
IWMA expects well over 120 delegates from all four corners of the world. Speakers will talk about the latest developments in the field of fire protection with water mist. The programme will be published on 1st July!
All attendees will get the chance to exchange ideas, to get updated, to network, to meet major researchers, manufacturers and distributors and to visit the exhibition which will run alongside the conference.
PLEASE NOTE: The ticket shop will open on 15th April. The early bird period (during which IWMA will offer tickets at reduced prices) will end on 1st August at 23.59! The ticket shop will close on 19th September at noon (CEST)!
DRESS CODE: We suggest casual business attire! And it may make sense to dress in layers as one can never be sure about the temperature in the conference room!
... will be The Hyatt Regency Hotel (55 Booth Street West, Manchester, M15 6PQ, UK).
It offers ideal conference facilities, is situated not too far away from Manchester Piccadilly train station and is a great starting point to explore the sights of this city situated in the heart of the UK.
As you may wish to stay in this hotel during the conference, IWMA has secured a number of rooms at a special rate for you.
To book your room, please contact the IWMA head office / IWMC conference at info@iwma.net!
THE TICKET SHOP IS OPEN BETWEEN 1ST APRIL AND 19TH SEPTEMBER (NOON)! CLICK HERE TO BUY YOUR TICKET!
The final version of the programme will be published on 1st July!
A printed programme will be available for you upon your arrival at the registration desk.
Please note:
If you have any questions, feel free to write to info@iwma.net!
All abstracts are viewed and evaluated by the IWMA Scientific Council:
The IWMA Scientific Council is also the body that evaluates the submissions for the Ragnar Wighus Award.
If you have any questions, feel free to get in touch with the IWMA head office at info@iwma.net!
Please note:
Please note:
We would like to make you aware of the following:
If you have any questions, please feel free to write to info@iwma.net!
Please find below a list of people who have already registered for the conference:
Please note:
If you have any questions, you are welcome to get in touch with the IWMA head at info@iwma.net!
THE TICKET SHOP IS OPEN BETWEEN 1ST APRIL AND 19TH SEPTEMBER (NOON)! CLICK HERE TO BUY YOUR TICKET!
The 24th International Water Mist Conference will be held at The Hyatt Regency Hotel in Manchester. As you may wish to stay in the conference hotel during the event, IWMA has blocked a number of rooms at a special rate for you.
PLEASE NOTE: To book your room please contact the IWMA head office / IWMC conference secretariat! Please write to info@iwma.net!
IWMA can offer a selection of contracted rooms at an attractive rate, lower than prices indicated on the official Hyatt Regency booking page. Please get in touch with IWMA / the IWMC conference secretariat to secure your room, stating your arrival and departure date!
There will also be rooms on allocation, also sold at a lower rate than what you will find on the official Hyatt Regency booking page. To obtain the booking code, please contact IWMA / the IWMC conference secretariat.
The rooms on allocations will be released six weeks prior to the conference. After that date, you will be required to take care of your accommodation yourself. All reservations will then be based on availability and the costs may be higher. However, contracted rooms may still be available!
Individual room reservations can be cancelled until 7 days before the date of arrival. In case of a later cancellation, no show or in case of early departure, the entire stay will be charged.
The address of the conference hotel is: 55 Booth Street West, Manchester, M15 6PQ, UK. Telephone: +44 (0) 161 359 5550.
Please note that the remaining rooms on allocations will be released 6 weeks priot to the conference (13th August)!
To have a first look at the conference hotel, please click HERE!
Regarding parking:
The Hyatt Regency does not have an onsite car park. However, you can park your car in the nearby University of Manchester Car Park D, which is a 2-minute walk from the hotel (Booth Street West Car Park, M15 6AR - access via Higher Cambridge Street).
The site has 965 parking spaces, with 17 disabled spaces and 8 electric vehicle bays.
The height restriction of the car park is 2.05 m.
Opening Hours:
Monday to Friday 6.00 – 23.45
Saturday & Sunday 6.00 – 22.45
The parking rates are as follows:
You may park for more than 24 hours, after each 24 hours the tariff will repeat.
Blue Badge Holders can park free of charge. In order to access the disabled bays, please take a ticket on arrival and visit the Attendants lodge with your Blue Badge in order for the ticket to be validated, or use the intercom (where you may need to give details of your Blue Badge).
For more details, please click HERE!
If you have any questions, please get in touch with the IWMA head office. Please write to info@iwma.net!
... is a 4-star hotel in Manchester.
Please note what it has to offer:
The Hyatt Regency Hotel invites you to: "Make yourself at home in our 212 modern and stylish rooms and suites. Each room features plush king beds, floor-to-ceiling windows with stunning views, 43-inch smart TVs, and complimentary Wi-Fi. Designed with smart spaces for work or dinner, Club rooms offer Nespresso coffee makers, breakfast, evening drinks, and canapés served in our restaurant and bar."
check-in: 3 p.m.
check-out: 12 p.m.
Regarding payments for the accommodation: The Hyatt Regency Hotel accepts credit cards.
Address: 55 Booth Street West, Manchester, M15 6PQ, UK, telephone: +44 (0) 161 359 5550
To access the hotel's webpage, please click HERE!
If you have any questions, you are welcome to write to info@iwma.net!
Address: The Hyatt Regency Hotel, 55 Booth Street West, Manchester, M15 6PQ, UK
Other useful information:
Regarding parking:
The Hyatt Regency does not have an onsite car park. However, you can park your car in the nearby University of Manchester Car Park D, which is a 2-minute walk from the hotel (Booth Street West Car Park, M15 6AR - access via Higher Cambridge Street).
The site has 965 parking spaces, with 17 disabled spaces and 8 electric vehicle bays.
The height restriction of the car park is 2.05 m.
Opening Hours:
Monday to Friday 6.00 – 23.45
Saturday & Sunday 6.00 – 22.45
The parking rates are as follows:
You may park for more than 24 hours, after each 24 hours the tariff will repeat.
Blue Badge Holders can park free of charge. In order to access the disabled bays, please take a ticket on arrival and visit the Attendants lodge with your Blue Badge in order for the ticket to be validated, or use the intercom (where you may need to give details of your Blue Badge).
If you have any questions, you may write to info@iwma.net!
the final versions of presentations are due on 17th September!
After the conference, all presentations (and if applicable papers) will be published on the IWMA webpage. If you do not want your presentation and/or paper to be published, please inform the IWMA head office by writing to info@iwma.net.
Please note: We would kindly ask you to hand in your abstract using the template which you can find HERE! If you would like to obtain the word-document, please write to info@iwma.net.
Please inform the IWMA head office in due time if you will be using the PC that will be provided or if you will use your own laptop. If videos are included, it is in most cases better to use your own computer. If you would like to use your own device, please also bring the necessary cables!
There will be a technician assisting you during the conference whom you can approach with your questions and requests! Please check if your presentation is showing and running properly well ahead of your time slot (e.g. during one of the coffee breaks).
No matter whether you choose to use the PC provided or not: Please bring your presentation on a memory stick and have it with you in the conference room!
Please stick to facts and figures and be the expert you are! The audience seeks knowledge and wants to be updated, they do not appreciate commercial presentations!
You may use the IWMA powerpoint template, but you do not have to. Please get in touch with IWMA and ask for the template. Please write to info@iwma.net!
If you do not wish to use the template, IWMA kindly asks you to implement the IWMA logo or the #IWMC2025 event logo (please click on the logo of your choice to download it):
Please check the programme a few days before the conference as the time of your slot may have changed. You can find the programme HERE! (from 1st July onwards).
The price of your ticket depends on whether you would like to submit a paper together with your presentation (400 € for presentation only / 300 € for presentation and paper).
Should you wish to submit a paper, please stick to the following specifications:
For further details you may wish to consult THIS ARTICLE which was published in the Washington Post:
If you have any further questions, please do not hesitate to contact the IWMA head office by writing to info@iwma.net!
A photographer will take pictures of you giving your presentation. You will receive a selection of photos after the conference! IWMA will use the photos for publications in magazines, on their webpage and for banners, adverts etc. If you do not want your pictures to be published or a particular picture to be used / not to be used, please write to info@iwma.net an let us know!
In 2025, N.N. will take the picture at our annual conference. If you would like to use any of the pictures yourself on your webpage or on social media, please use the following copyright: IWMA / Thomas Demol! Thanks!
THE TICKET SHOP IS OPEN BETWEEN 1ST APRIL AND 19TH SEPTEMBER (NOON)! CLICK HERE TO BUY YOUR TICKET!
The Aquapix high pressure nozzle is made of high quality acid-resistant steel. All nozzle components are manufactured in the EU. The product is assembled in Finland according to ISO 9001:2015 quality management system and ISO 14001:2015 environmental management system. Aquapix is fire tested (OH1) by IFAB GmbH in Germany, Baltic Fire Laboratory in Poland and component tested by Eurofins in Finland.
The Aquapix high-pressure water mist nozzle is patented worldwide. Behind the commercialisation of this innovation are five pioneers in the fire sprinkler installation industry, with a combined experience of more than 120 years in sprinkler and water mist installation and a strong understanding of the day-to-day needs of the installer.
As a result of collaboration and expertise, the Aquapix brand was created, ushering in a new customer-friendly era for high-pressure water mist.
Aquapix is a trademark of Finnish company Firex Oy (Ltd).
We are a leading international manufacturer of firefighting systems with high-pressure water mist. We provide high-quality firefighting systems and customized turn-key solutions for planners, manufacturers and operators of buildings, machines and plants. The individual analysis of customer applications allows us to provide competent advice and cost-optimised solutions.
With leading partners from research as well as fire brigades and fire safety institutes, we maintain excellent relationships with an ongoing basis.
Since 1972, Cristanini has been creating and manufacturing innovative top-quality solutions for CBRN decontamination/detoxification and fire-fighting that enjoy a widespread appreciation and worldwide recognition.
Cristanini wide range of products for the civilian, industrial, military and fire-fighting sectors become a “Made in Italy” flagship brand at international level, reaching unprecedented technological sophistication and adaptability.
Over the years, Cristanini earned a universal reputation, coming up to stand for approved and certified excellence by international research laboratories and high-ranked public and private institutions and agencies. Its state-of-the-art R&D is validated by about 70 patents, result of a creative work, always researching for new solutions to highly complex scientific, technological and engineering problems.
Cristanini company has the following certifications: NATO constructor since 1987 with A5009 certificate, Nato AQAP 2110 product quality and ISO 9001:2015 company quality.
FIPE specializes in the development, production and distribution of a high-pressure pipe fitting system. The FIPE fittings fulfill a wide range of requirements from various industry applications. The efficient, safe and highly mobile FIPE system offers a beneficial alternative to traditional pipe connection technologies such as welding, flanging and flaring as well as cutting ring fittings.
FIPE presents its customized fittings for high-pressure water mist systems in order to reduce the total amount of fittings and optimise the cost-value ratio for each pipe installation project. / fipe-system.com
Backed by technical integrity, engineering expertise, and science-based testing standards, FM Approvals evaluates loss prevention products used to protect commercial and industrial facilities.
We set the benchmark for loss prevention product performance and help manufacturers facilitate innovation to advance property loss prevention. FM Approvals is recognized and respected worldwide with accreditations from more than 30 domestic and international organizations.
The 60,000+ FM Approved products listed in the Approval Guide are produced by manufacturers based in more than 70 countries.
FOGTEC Fire Protection with headquarter in Cologne, Germany, is one of the world’s leading suppliers of water mist fire protection systems with more than 25 years of experience. The wide range of customized high-pressure firefighting systems is used for a large variety of building applications and protection of industrial fire risks as well as upcoming challenges, e.g. in conjunction with Li-Ion batteries.
With more than 50 licensed partners as well as own offices in Mumbai/India and Shanghai/China FOGTEC services customers in Europe, Middle East, Africa, Asia and America.
The FOGTEC service portfolio includes full-service solutions from consultancy, supply of components and complete systems up to installation and maintenance of specialized detection and water mist fire protection systems. FOGTEC systems protect thousands of fire risks in buildings and different industries all over the globe. For more information visit www.fogtec.com.
At iCO®, we focus on protecting people from fires in their homes with next-generation domestic and residential fire suppression solutions.
Driven by constant research and development, we deliver advanced water mist systems that ensure rapid, reliable fire protection while dramatically reducing water usage and environmental impact.
Installed in over 5000 homes across the UK, our cost-effective, British-made technology is trusted by fire risk professionals, architects, and developers alike.
A commitment to continuous innovation ensures every iCO® installation provides superior safety, efficiency, and peace of mind.
By seamlessly integrating into a wide range of building types, our products stand ready to protect lives in even the most challenging environments.
We’re proud to redefine the future of fire safety through adaptability, reliability, and sustainability.
At Johnson Controls, we transform the environments where people live, work, learn and play. From optimizing building performance to improving safety and enhancing comfort, we drive the outcomes that matter most. We deliver our promise in industries such as healthcare, education, data centers and manufacturing.
With a global team of 100,000 experts in more than 150 countries and over 130 years of innovation, we are the power behind our customers' mission. Our leading portfolio of building technology and solutions includes some of the most trusted names in the industry, such as AquaMist, Tyco®, Ansul®, Grinnell®, Simplex®, YORK®, Metasys®, Ruskin®, Titus®, Frick®, Penn®, Sabroe®. For more information, visit www.johnsoncontrols.com or follow us @johnsoncontrols on Twitter.
AquaMist is part of the fire suppression portfolio of products from Johnson Controls. There are three AquaMist technologies; AquaMist ULF, a low-pressure Water Mist system, AquaMist FOG, a high-pressure Water Mist system and AquaMist SONIC, a hybrid (Water and Nitrogen) solution. Each solution provides protection for a wide range of applications, including industrial oil fryers, machinery spaces, building protection, cable tunnels and data centers. For more information, visit www.tycoaquamist.com.
Marioff was founded in 1985 and is the leading developer of water mist fire protection technology and supplying system solutions worldwide under the brand HI-FOG®. Our innovative HI-FOG water mist fire protection system safely controls and suppresses fire using significantly less water than conventional sprinkler systems, reducing water damage, cleanup time and operational downtime. Our team has worked for decades to keep people and businesses safe with no compromises. Marioff employs approximately 500 people who handle the complete value chain, from idea, development, and manufacturing to the sales, and servicing of our products. The international company with Nordic roots has HQ and manufacturing facility in Finland. For more information, visit marioff.com
Prevent Systems is a Norwegian leading manufacturer of automatic fire suppression systems based on low-pressure water mist. More than 30 years of research and development experience enables us to deliver innovative, patented fire protection technology to secure the fast-growing residential market, the commercial ordinary hazard market including parking car garages, as well as protection of aircraft in hangars.
Our distribution partners work with companies that possess the approvals from the Authorities Having Jurisdiction (AHJ) to design, install and maintain automatic fire suppression systems.
Prevent Systems is ISO 9001:2015 certified, and we were the first company to obtain LPCB certification of water mist nozzles, listed on RedBookLive.com.
For more information or interest in becoming a distribution partner, please visit us at www.prevent-systems.com.
RG Green Systems is a young company with a clear vocation for innovation, dedicated to the design and manufacture of water mist equipment and automatic extinguishing systems for commercial kitchens.
To position ourselves at the forefront of fire protection, we specialise in the development of the most sustainable and environmentally friendly systems.
We supply both RG W-FOG water mist systems with diesel or electric UAP pumping units, as well as UAC autonomous systems with high pressure nitrogen driven water cylinders.
Our equipment has the most prestigious approvals for installation in both land and marine systems.
Each nozzle is specifically designed and tested to protect hazards such as public buildings, hotels, offices, high rise rooms, car parkings, data protection centres, archives, machinery spaces, turbines, local applications, cable tunnels, road tunnels, prisons, warehouses, cabins, corridors and many other applications.
Celebrating 35 years in water mist fire suppression, Ultra Fog has undergone continuous growth and development. The company's target is delivering bright ideas and certified designs when providing fire protection solutions for a wide range of assets: from luxury yachts, cruise ships, historic wooden vessels or military and offshore to museums, UNESCO protected buildings, hotels, multi-purpose commercial centres, hospitals, tunnels, trains and vehicles. Ultra Fog's portfolio has pins all over the world map: from America to New Zealand.
Ultra Fog's flexible approach to individual customer needs, professional design experience, high-performance nozzle (up to 48m2 with a single nozzle) and lifelong global service provision contribute to placing the company at the forefront of the water mist fire suppression industry.
Manufacturing under a rigorous ISO 9001:2015 quality management system, Ultra Fog Fire Extinguishing System has gained the trust and certification of the major marine and land approval authorities including FM, UNI, LR, DNV-GL, MED, BV, ABS, USCG, CCS and is CEN14972 compliant
Ultra Fog - your definition of fire safety.
VdS is one of the world's most renowned institutions for corporate safety and security. Around 500 experts offer a unique range of services for fire prevention and protection, security and safety, cyber security and natural hazard prevention.
The VdS offering comprises of risk analyses, inspections and certifications, inspections of systems, information systems on natural hazards as well as a wide range of training programmes. As an independent company, VdS also sets international safety standards with the publication of standards and guidelines.
The optimal protection of our partners is based on a globally unique protection concept, the reliability of which is built on over 115 years of VdS experience and combines all aspects of loss prevention. Decision-makers around the world rely on VdS-tested effectiveness and security.
www.vds-global.com • info@vds.de
VID FIREKILL ApS: www.vidfirekill.com
ISO 9001 product development and manufacturer of components and systems
certified according to 14001 ISO cerification
Worldwide sales with an extensive distributor network
FM Approved low pressure water mist nozzles for data centers, commercial and industrial applications
FM Approved low pressure water mist Standalone system
Complete range of low pressure water mist products for the maritime sector approved to the latest revisions of IMO standards
FM Approved medium and high-velocity water spray nozzles for heavy industrial and offshore applications
Unique low pressure water mist infrastructure tunnel protection system tested and approved to handle fire scenarios up to 250 MW in road, rail, and other infrastructure tunnels
Special application systems such as atrium, facade, residential home protection, car parks, etc.
Approved control valves, pre-action valves, alarm check valves, and multiple jet control valves
In-house production and quality control
THE #IWMC2025 HONORARY SPONSORS:
Dear Sponsors, please send your goods - the products, brochures etc. you want to showcase during the conference - to the following address:
The Hyatt Regency Hotel
Attn: Ms Abigail Channing
55 Booth Street West, Manchester, M15 6PQ, UK
tel: + 44 (0) 161 359 5550 - e-mail: abigail.channing@hyatt.com
(Please find your delivery label HERE!)
Please inform staff about bulky deliveries! And please let the hotel know in advance how many parcels you intend to ship to the conference hotel! They would also like to know the size of the parcels and the courier details!
And please make sure that deliveries will not arrive before 22nd September! (not more than 48 hours prior to the event)
The exhibition area is inside "The Bernstein Suite". The tables will be marked. Your parcels will be placed next to your table. The ceiling height is 3 metres.
The conference will take place in "The Rothwell Suite".
The set-up times for the exhibition are:
The space allocated to each sponsor will be approx. 3 square metres. The tabletops are rectangular and measure 183 x 76 cm. Two chairs per table / sponsor / exhibitor will be provided. Skirtings can be provided if you wish.
All exhibitors having booked a courier to pick up their materials are kindly requested to:
Please note: Neither the hotel nor the organizer of IWMC 2025 can be made responsible for any losses or damage to any of the materials before, during or after the event!
(Please find a delivery label HERE!)
To download the sponsorship booking form please click HERE!
To download the honorary sponsorship booking form please click HERE!
If you have any questions, please get in touch and write to info@iwma.net.
THE TICKET SHOP IS OPEN BETWEEN 1ST APRIL AND 19TH SEPTEMBER (NOON)! CLICK HERE TO BUY YOUR TICKET!
The members of the IWMA Board of Directors are:
The invitation as well as the first draft of the agenda for the member meeting will be sent out on 23rd July 2025! (Deadline for suggestions: 5th September 2025)
The final version of the agenda will be circulated on 10th September 2025!
Our contact person at The Hyatt Regency Hotel is:
Ms Abigail Channing
The Hyatt Regency Hotel
55th Booth Street West, Manchester, M15 6PQ, UK
tel: +44 (0) 161 359 5550
email: abigail.channing@hyatt.com
For the evening after the 2025 IWMA member meeting, the IWMA Board of Directors have booked a table for dinner at the "Laureate Restaurant". From 2024 onwards, you are asked to buy a ticket for this event. You can get this ticket where you have bought / will buy your ticket for the conference.
And HERE is the flyer with the details! (to be published soon)
A table is booked for IWMA. Please inform the IWMA head office about special dietary requirements before 1st September!
If you have any questions, please get in touch with the IWMA.Write to info@iwma.net!
If you will stay in Manchester after the conference (because your flight back home does not leave until the next morning or you will stay for the weekend to enjoy the sights of the city), you can join IWMA for two activities:
PLEASE NOTE: Dinner at the restaurant is a self-payer event!
Click HERE to read and / or download the flyer! (to be published soon)
If you have any questions, please get in touch with the IWMA head office at info@iwma.net.
Will your spouse accompany you? Will you stay for the weekend to do some sight-seeing and / or shopping?
HERE is a video showing how to best take advantage of your time!
And take a look at what GET YOUR GUIDE recommends HERE!
For events and attractions in Manchester recommended by The Hyatt Regency Hotel, please click HERE!
Bettina McDowell
IWMA – International Water Mist Association
Poststrasse 33
20354 Hamburg
Germany
mobile: +49 (0) 174 3013878
Mail: info@iwma.net
Cancellation: If after registration you find yourself being unable to attend the conference, you may change the name of the attendee without any additional costs. Cancellation less than four weeks prior to the conference will be charged with 20% of the conference fee. Cancellation less than one week prior to the conference will be charged with 50% of the conference fee. There will be no refund if you cancel your registration later than 19th September (noon)!
Force Majeur: IWMA cannot be held liable for any event that may occur due to force majeur that may lead to changes of programme, cancellation of services and additional costs to attendees.
Data privacy policy: IWMA as organizer of the conference will use the attendees' data to process the registrations and to organize the conference. Furthermore, IWMA would like to provide information about future events and latest development in the field of fire protection and will therefore add the attendees' names and e-mail addresses to the e-shot mailing list. If you should disagree now or later, please send a short notice to info@iwma.net
Attendee List: At the beginning of the conference an attendee list will be distributed. There will be no e-mail addresses on this list. However, IWMA will hand out contact details when asked for. If you do not want your contact details to be handed out to third parties, please send a short notice to the IWMA headquarter.
Photos: During the conference photos will be taken. These photos may be used at a later stage in articles for magazines, to promote future IWMA events etc. If you should disagree with your images in general or particular images being used for such purposes, please send a short notice to the IWMA headquarter.
Copyright: IWMA / Thomas Demol
Registration / Acceptance of new members: Delegates may only register as members, and profit from the special prices which are reserved for IWMA members, if they have been accepted by the board AND have paid their membership fee. This obviously only goes for new members who have applied for their IWMA membership just before the conference.
All pictures in this conference section showing The Hyatt Regency Hotel were kindly provided by the copyright owner The Hyatt Regency Hotel!
Photo in "Overview": Bettina McDowell and The Hyatt Regency Hotel
Photos in "IWMC 2025 - The Schedule", "Registration", "Information for Speakers" and "Information for Sponsors": IWMA / Valentyna Rostovikova
Photos in "Attendee List": IWMA / Valentyna Rostovikova and The Hyatt Regency Hotel
Photos in "Accommodation", "The Venue" and "Travel Information": The Hyatt Regency Hotel
Photos in "Conference Programme": IWMA / Ana Avendano Davila, private (2x), IWMA, IWMA / Marco ter Beek, private (2x)
Photos in "Board and Member Meeting": private, IWMA / Jan Kulke (4x), private, IWMA / Jan Kulke (2x), IWMA Ana Avendano Davila, private
Photos in "How was Antwerp": IWMA / Valentyna Rostovikova
Photos in "Things to do in Manchester": Bettina McDowell
Photos in "Conference Secretariat": private, HBC (2x)
