The main focus of this year´s EUSDR Annual Forum from 03-04 November 2016 in Bratislava is laid on “Innovative Flows – Water, Knowledge and Innovation in the Danube Region”. Priority Area 06 will have a presentation on the importance of Water Quality on our efforts of Sturgeon Conservation and the threat coming from Invasive Alien Species to the Danubian Waters. The two interventions are based on two of the current seven PA 06 Task Forces, the Danube Sturgeon Task Force (DSTF) and the Danube Region Invasive Alien Species Network (DIAS). Both are gathering representatives from science community, the civil society and policy level to jointly tackle these topics.