SHERIDAN, WYOMING – October 30, 2025 – The 11th International Swimming Pool & Wellness Forum (ISWF), organized by the Bundesverband Schwimmbad & Wellness e.V. (bsw) at Koelnmesse, Hall 7 (C40/D41), runs October 28–31, 2025, with a practitioner-led agenda spanning DIN 19643 water treatment, ventilation and electrical best practice, decarbonization pathways, modular pool construction, and workforce development for public and private operators.
Innovation focus: standards, filtration, and modular build-outs
Program blocks cover the current state of DIN 19643 for pool and spa water treatment, ceramic filtration and dosing, and safety-critical electrical installations in high-humidity environments. A “pool out of the box” concept illustrates how modular units can shorten build windows across multiple sites, helping municipalities and hotels add capacity without long closures.
Technical enhancements that translate to workflow value
Sessions emphasize system-level performance rather than components in isolation: energy monitoring, user-adaptive building control, and geothermally assisted heating targeting low-carbon or CO₂-free operations. The message for facility teams is clear—plan upgrades around seasonal demand, compress works into off-season windows, and commission against checklists that protect uptime and guest programming.
European market lens: Belgium, Switzerland, Italy
With Belgium as partner country, the Forum features market insights and the “Belgische Exzellenz für die aquanale” awards. A Switzerland track examines training pipelines and evolving qualifications for pool professionals, followed by a networking apéro. Caffè Italia brings trendlines and perspectives from Italy’s pool and wellness market—useful context for suppliers aligning channel strategies and service SLAs across borders.
Stakeholder quote: accessibility matters for stretched teams
“All lectures can be attended free of charge* and without registration.” (*Valid aquanale/FSB ticket required.) Positioned inside FSB and aquanale, the Forum enables operators, architects, and planners to compare filtration stacks, ventilation options, controls, and compliance interpretations in a single venue before 2026 budget lock.
What operators and integrators can action now
- Build multi-year capex roadmaps tied to DIN 19643 updates, ventilation recovery, and electrical safety audits.
- Instrument plant rooms for energy monitoring and leak detection, feeding procurement and maintenance decisions.
- Evaluate geothermal probes or heat-recovery where geology and load profiles support attractive paybacks.
- Use modular pools to phase refurbishments and maintain community programming.
- Align bid timelines to academic/seasonal off-peaks; define SLAs keyed to reopening milestones and inspections.
Workforce and safety: aligning skills with new systems
Agenda items on job-profile reform, apprenticeship pathways, and electrical standards reflect the people side of modernization. For operators rolling out new filtration or BMS controls, the Forum’s training focus helps close the skills gap, improving commissioning quality, documentation discipline, and day-to-day operational safety.
Strategic implication for vendors and specifiers
By convening municipal operators, hoteliers, architects, and engineers, the Forum accelerates reference design adoption—particularly bundled solutions that standardize filtration, ventilation, and controls across facility portfolios. For specifiers, proximity to standards interpreters and case presenters shortens design cycles and de-risks procurement.
Organized by bsw. Venue: Koelnmesse, Hall 7, C40/D41, Cologne, Germany. Learn more at bsw-web.de and the official aquanale/FSB pages.