1 DECEMBER 2020

 Environment and Global Challenges
09:00 – 09:30 Registration Opens
09:30 – 10:00 Opening Ceremony
Co-chair
Dragan Savic, KWR
Cecilia Wennberg, Urban Water
Speaker TBC
10:00 – 10:30 Keynote Speaker
Session 1
Smart Cities – Integration of digital tools across urban spaces to manage water
This session has short presentations followed by a panel discussion. If you are a speaker, you have an opportunity to provide a 10 min presentation; if you are a panellist, you will speak about your experiences in the panel discussion (no presentation is needed).
10:30 – 10:35 Moderators Introduction
10:35 – 10:45 Peter Steen Mikkelsen, Technical University of Denmark Digitalization model for the water sector: three innovative examples to illustrate how digitalization can lead to increased level of integration
10:45 – 10:55 Nicolas Caradot, Kompetenzzentrum Wasser Berlin gGmbH Focus on digital solutions: preliminary outcomes regarding the benefits of digitalization for the water sector
10:55 – 11:05 Lluis Corominas, ICRA Combining the power of Big data analytics with existing and future urban water infrastructure: socio-economic changes and cross sector boundaries
11:05 – 11:25 Panel discussion
Peter Steen Mikkelsen, Technical University of Denmark
Nicolas Caradot, Kompetenzzentrum Wasser Berlin gGmbH
Lluis Corominas, ICRA
Pankajkumar Sampat, Infrastructure Development Corporation of Karnataka
Adrián Campos Giber, Acciona
11:25 – 11:30 Moderators Summary
11:30 – 12:00 Coffee Break
Innohub 1
Optimization
The structure of the InnoHub includes short presentations of 8-10 mins with an opportunity for further networking afterwards
12:00 – 12:10 Ichiro Embutsu, Hitachi, Ltd. Digital solutions for the optimized operations & maintenances for water and wastewater treatment facilities
12:10 – 12:20 Marta Klaric Ravnic, GIS Cloud How a digital solution made drinking water available across the country and improved people’s health in Liberia
12:20 – 12:30 Jokin Larrauri, Schneider Electric Schneider Electric: partnering with key customers and technology companies to develop digital services and technologies in all areas
Session 2
Water Resources – GIS, hydrology and water resources information systems and modelling
This session has short presentations followed by a panel discussion. If you are a speaker, you have an opportunity to provide a 10 min presentation; if you are a panellist, you will speak about your experiences in the panel discussion (no presentation is needed).
12:30 – 12:35 Moderators Introduction
12:35 – 12:45 Frank Braunschweig, Bentley Systems Why and how resilient cities benefit from a holistic perspective on flood risk management supported by digital collaborative workflows
12:45 – 12:55 Amit Mishra, Vassar Labs Water Resource Information System and Management
12:55 – 13:05 Mohammad Mufarih, GIZ
13:05 – 13:15 Youri Amerlinck and Ronny Goossens, Aquafin NV Aquafin perspectives: embracing the technologies of the future
13:15 – 13:55 Panel discussion
Frank Braunschweig, Bentley Systems
Amit Mishra, Vassar Labs
Jorge Helmbrech, Waterne
Youri Amerlinck and Ronny Goossens, Aquafin NV
Mohammad Mufarih, GIZ
Igor Farkaš, GIS Cloud
13:55 – 14:00 Moderators Summary
14:00 – 15:00 Lunch
Innohub 2
Monitoring for Management 1
The structure of the InnoHub includes short presentations of 8-10 mins with an opportunity for further networking afterwards
15:00 – 15:10 Guillermo Miró, Atten2 Online sensor solution to detect and quantify microplastics
15:10 – 15:20 Sanjeev Sharma, Exceldots AB Bringing Groundwater Sustainability with IOT & AI
15:20 – 15:30 Martin Rygaard, Technical University of Denmark
15:30 – 16:00 Keynote Speaker
Session 3
Risk management of digitalisation of water and wastewater – Mapping and mitigating risks from digitalisation across the water sector and how they can addressed
This session will include short perspectives on risk by speakers (5 -7 mins), followed by the use of interactive tools (GroupMap) to engage with the audience.
16:00 – 16:10 Harsha Ratnaweera, Norwegian Universty of Life Sciences Risks: identification, prevention, response and recovery
16:10 – 16:15 Xiaodong Wang, Qingdao University of Technology, China Status and preparedness for cyber security in China
16:15 – 16:20 Jacob Amengor, Ghana Water Company Limited Cross-sectoral and transboundary partnerships to solve cybersecurity issues: Sub-Saharan African case
16:20 – 16:55 Zakhar Maletskyi, Norwegian University of Life Sciences GroupMap sessions: Cyber security incident simulation
16:55 – 17:00 Rita Ugarelli, SINTEF Summary
17:00 – 17:30 Coffee Break
Innohub 3
Monitoring for management 2
The structure of the InnoHub includes short presentations of 8-10 mins with an opportunity for further networking afterwards
17:30 – 17:40 Javier Santos, Tecnun LIFE MCUBO project
17:40 – 17:50 Laurent Pred’Homme, Veolia Electricity Consumption Tracking
17:50 – 18:00 José Manuel Baraibar, Viuda De Sainz, S.A. The App DRAIN
18:00 – 20:00 Welcome light dinner

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