The Benchmarking and Performance Assessment of Urban Water Networks conference is focused on providing a forum for the discussion about advances in and practical experiences with performance indicators and benchmarking. The conference intends to be a valuable experience for those wanting to initiate themselves in the topic and should help to enhance their PI11 experience. For those familiar with benchmarking, it will represent an opportunity review the basics and discover firsthand the progress made by the IWA Task Group on Benchmarking.The Program committee welcomes proposals for platform presentation which fit within one of the topics shown below.    * Benchmarking and performance assessment projects    * Definition and establishment of performance assessment systems    * Decision support tools based on performance indicators    * Benchmarking as a regulatory tool    * Benchmarking as a tool for financial agencies    * Experiences in low and medium income countries    * Environmental footprint. Assessing water / energy interaction    * Managing service contracts with performance indicators    * Standardization and performance indicators – ISO 24500    * Performance measures to support infrastructure asset management