| Operations (systems) |
| 08:30 – 09:00 |
Registration Opens |
| 09:00 – 09:30 |
Keynote Presentation |
José Diaz Caneja, Acciona |
Session 4
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Asset Management – Use of digital tools in managing water and wastewater companies assets |
| 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). |
| 09:30 – 09:35 |
Moderators: Greg Ryan, WSAA |
Introduction |
| 09:35 – 09:45 |
Eric Voost, Waternet |
Implementing Asset Management at Waternet: the Water Cycle Approach |
| 09:45 – 09:55 |
Joao Feliciano, AGS |
Sharing AGS technological path into the digital water solutions |
| 09:55 – 10:05 |
Frank Zamora, Acciona – Water Division |
Acciona´s platform for improving the effectiveness and productivity of our network field service operations, as well as the final customer experience: GOTA CIA |
| 10:05 – 10:15 |
Nerea Landaburu, Consorcio de Aguas Bilbao Bizkaia |
Self-guided drone for water sector, and in pipe inspection |
| 10:15 – 10:55 |
Panel discussion |
| Eric Voost, Waternet |
| Joao Feliciano, AGS |
| Frank Zamora, Acciona – Water Division |
| Nerea Landaburu, Consorcio de Aguas Bilbao Bizkaia |
| Manuel Herrera, University of Cambridge |
| Keith Hays, Bluefield Research |
| 10:55 – 11:00 |
Moderators |
Summary |
| 11:00 – 11:30 |
Coffee Break |
Innohub 4
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Metering |
| The structure of the InnoHub includes short presentations of 8-10 mins with an opportunity for further networking afterwards |
| 11:30 – 11:40 |
Jesús García, Matrix Electronica |
The future of smart water metering |
| 11:40 – 11:50 |
Patricia Cortés Celada, Kamstrup |
FlowIQ2200: static ultrasonic water meter and leak detector |
| 11:50 – 12:00 |
Iñigo Albaina, UPV/EHU |
Fully-automated water meter gravimetric test bench |
Session 5
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Digital Control Centre – Applying digital twins, artificial intelligence and automation in drinking water and wastewater services |
| 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). |
| 12:00 – 12:05 |
Moderators: Oliver Grievson, Z-Tech |
Introduction |
| 12:05 – 12:15 |
Fredrik Hallgren, IVL Swedish Environmental Research Institute |
Open Waters: exploring open data, shared design and digital twins in innovation ecosystem for society critical infrastructure |
| 12:15 – 12:25 |
Agnethe Nedergaard Pedersen, DTU/VCS Denmark |
The puzzle of digital twins in urban drainage systems |
| 12:25 – 12:35 |
Francisco Del Molino, Cadagua |
| 12:35 – 12:45 |
Jesper Kjelds, Aarhus Vand |
Digital Transformation at Aarhus Vand Optimization and Automation of the entire water supply chain: Aarhus Vand journey towards energy and CO2 neutrality |
| 12:45 – 13:25 |
Panel discussion |
| Fredrik Hallgren, IVL Swedish Environmental Research Institute |
| Agnethe Nedergaard Pedersen, DTU/VCS Denmark |
| Francisco Del Molino, Cadagua |
| Jesper Kjelds, Aarhus Vand |
| Nuria Jimenez, Logitek |
| Beñat Elduayen-Echave, Ceit |
| 13:25 – 13:30 |
Moderators |
Summary |
| 13:30 – 14:30 |
Lunch |
Innobub 5
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Online Analytics |
| The structure of the InnoHub includes short presentations of 8-10 mins with an opportunity for further networking afterwards |
| 14:30 – 14:40 |
Luis Navarro, Hach Lange, S.L.U. |
Claros: Water Intelligence System |
| 14:40 – 14:50 |
Laurie Reynolds, Digital Water Technologies Partnership |
DWTP: new concept in knowledge sharing |
| 14:50 – 15:00 |
Efraim Riess-Gonzalez, THINK Fluid Dynamix |
CFD (computational Fluid Dynamics) simulation for the water industry. |
| 15:00 – 15:30 |
Keynote Speaker |
Paul Siemers, Chair – Water Workstream, Internet of Things Alliance Australia |
Session 6
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Data & Analytics – Technologies for improved data and data management |
| 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). |
| 15:30 – 15:35 |
Moderators |
Introduction |
| 15:35 – 15:45 |
M. Ángeles Vicente, Aqualia |
Industry 4.0: the new reality of the companies that operate the end-to-end water cycle. |
| 15:45 – 15:55 |
Nicolas Picard, Veolia |
Tools for Digital Control Centre : Water Loss Management Water Loss Management |
| 15:55 – 16:05 |
Frank Blumensaat, ETH Zurich / Eawag |
Results from a unique sensor network that collects, transmits, and organizes very high resolution information on the urban water cycle and micro-climate in an urban settlement since 2016 |
| 16:05 – 16:15 |
Sergio T Coelho, Baseform |
| 16:15 – 16:25 |
Rafael Gimenez, Cetaqua – Suez Spain |
Demistifying AI: do’s and don’ts on Artificial Intelligence and Smart Water |
| 16:25 – 16:55 |
Panel discussion |
| M. Ángeles Vicente, Aqualia |
| Nicolas Picard, Veolia |
| Frank Blumensaat, ETH Zurich / Eawag |
| Sergio T Coelho, Baseform |
| Rafael Gimenez, Cetaqua – Suez Spain |
| Ainhoa Lete, Planet |
| Piet Seuntjens, VITO |
| 16:55 – 17:00 |
Moderators |
Summary |
| 17:00 – 17:30 |
Coffee Break |
Session 7
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Digital Work Force – a journey to transform how we work to provide better water and wastewater services |
| This session will have a series of short presentations which incorporate polls and questions using digital tools to actively engage and interact with the audience. The vision for this session is to highlight different aspects of digital workforce depending on where a utility is on its digital journey. |
| 17:30 – 17:35 |
Moderator |
Introduction |
| 17:35 – 17:45 |
Jaime Barba, Idrica |
The adoption of digital technology in the water sector: digital is about technology, but transformation is about people |
| 17:45 – 17:55 |
Walter Graf, The Water Research Foundation |
Workforce Skills of the Future – Strategic workforce planning/employee value proposition |
| 17:55 – 18:05 |
Jin Junwei, Shenzhen Water Group |
Digital water strategy implemented in Shenzhen Water, China |
| 18:05 – 18:15 |
Jeff Sparks, Jean-David Therrien, Niels Nicolai, Peter Vanrolleghem, modelEAU (Université Laval), HRSD |
Identifying challenges present throughout the data processing chain and exploring avenues to improve them or deal with their imperfections. |
| 18:15 – 18:25 |
Jaime José Castillo Soria, GlobalOmnium |
Wider panorama of the barriers, interpretation errors and the difficulties to implement a solvent and productive digital transformation, by incorporating experiences of several countries. |
| 18:25 – 18:30 |
Moderators |
Summary |