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DAY 1 |
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07.00 – 08.45 |
Registration |
08.00 – 08.45 |
One-to-One Networking MeetingsYour facility to book key appointments during the Global Water Summit Meet the people you want to meet using our One-to-One networking facility. No more missed opportunities. You arrange it all beforehand and we make it happen. As a registered delegate to the Global Water Summit, you will be able to upload your professional profile, see the list of registered delegates and send requests for structured One-to-One appointments with your target delegates. |
09.00 – 10.30 |
Opening Plenary: Challenging Assumptions
Moderator: Keynote Speaker: Speakers: |
10.30 – 11.15 |
Networking Coffee Break |
10.35 – 11.05 |
One-to-One Networking MeetingsYour facility to book key appointments during the Global Water Summit Meet the people you want to meet using our One-to-One networking facility. No more missed opportunities. You arrange it all beforehand and we make it happen. As a registered delegate to the Global Water Summit, you will be able to upload your professional profile, see the list of registered delegates and send requests for structured One-to-One appointments with your target delegates. |
11.15 – 12.45
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Roundtables – 35 tables with 4 x 20 minute rotationsThe intense, fast moving roundtable sessions are consistently highly rated by our large constituency of returning delegates. Expert speakers lead tables of 10-12 in tightly focused discussions on what is new and trending in the international water industry.
Roundtables: How is Hong Kong building greater water resilience?
Chau Sai-wai
Which cities have the most advanced climate change adaptation plans?
Júlia López Ventura
What role can technologies from automotive engineering play in creating a more responsive digital water ecosystem?
Matthias Pätsch
How to turn an industrial utility into a major water player?
Ahmed
Al-Mazrouy
What are the threats to a Sustainable Water Supply in Metal Manufacturing?
Hishmi
Husain
How can advanced modelling, simulation and the digital twin streamline desalination in the 21st century?
Alejandro
Beivide
How much will the PFAS crisis cost the US?
Rachael Casson
How is AI-driven smart wastewater management supporting regulation and environmental health beyond the network?
Ari Goldfarb
How will the IFC’s Cities Strategy help Water?
George Butler
How is Sydney Water sharing risk and reward in one of the world’s biggest partnership contracts?
Mark Simister
What is the future for Saudi Arabia’s publicly financed desalination programme?
Abdullah Al-Abdulkarim
What does an Environmentally Friendly Desalination System look like?
Jorge J. Malfeito
Can Texas make large inland brackish desal work?
Rep. Lyle Larson
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12.45 – 14.00 |
Lunch |
13.00 – 14.00 |
One-to-One Networking MeetingsYour facility to book key appointments during the Global Water Summit Meet the people you want to meet using our One-to-One networking facility. No more missed opportunities. You arrange it all beforehand and we make it happen. As a registered delegate to the Global Water Summit, you will be able to upload your professional profile, see the list of registered delegates and send requests for structured One-to-One appointments with your target delegates. |
14.00 – 15.30
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Session Strands |
Industrial Corporate Water StrategyCorporate Water Leaders Group pathfinder meeting (Part 1) As sustainable water use grows in importance for industrial water users, there is an increasing interest to establish a platform where different industries can learn from each other’s past experiences and best practice. While some water challenges are unique to specific industries, many are shared by multiple sectors, and some sectors are significantly more advanced in their solutions than others. In this first part of our Corporate Water Leaders group pathfinder meeting we invite different industrial sectors to present the water challenges they face, the best practices they can share, and the areas where they feel greater collaboration would be most beneficial. |
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DesalWater Technology Idol What are the big ideas that have the potential to change the face of desalination and water reuse? Picking winners at an early stage is extremely difficult but Tech Idol has a remarkable success rate. We bring together five of the hottest ideas in desalination and water reuse and pitch them against each other in front of our judging panel. Which game changer will be crowned Tech Idol in 2020?
Judges:
PV-MSMD Desalination
Professor Peng Wang
![]() A process thatsimultaneously produces fresh water and electricity viamultistage membrane distillation (MSMD) and an integrated solar photovoltaic panel. The process, which was developedby a team from King Abdullah University of Science andTechnology (KAUST), has the potential to transform a conventionalpower plant from a huge water consumer to anelectricity plus clean water co-producer. Hybrid MEDAD Desalination
Muhammad
Wakil Shahzad
![]() A hybrid seawaterdesalination process that combines an adsorption cyclewith a conventional multi-effect distillation (MED) systemto lower the top operating temperature to as low as 10°C(50°F) to boost water production, and employ solar. Thecycle integration is achieved by extracting vapor emanatingfrom last effect of the MED by an adsorption (AD) cycleto accommodate additional condensation-evaporation at alower temperature. The Barrel SWRO
Jean-Baptiste Thubert
![]() A plug-and-play approachto seawater RO, which uses a large-diameter carbon steelvessel that is factory assembled and may contain over200 RO membrane elements, each of which is equipped with a digital sensor to enable operator monitoring. The arrangement allows for outdoor operation and a reduction in plant footprint. Solar Dome
David Reavley
![]() Fresh water is produced by evaporating a continuous flow of seawater fed into a geodesic dome constructed of steel and glass that measures up to 120m (394 ft) in diameter. Parabolic mirrors concentrate solar radiation on the dome’s structure, where it is conducted down to the lower dome to boiler the seawater. The resulting vapor is condensed as fresh water, while the brine is removed from the bottom of the dome. Desal Software-as-a-Service
Mike Dixon
![]() A secure, easy-to-deploy machine learning software package that yields desal plant energy savings. Using algorithms tailored to best predict efficiencies for a given plant, Synauta collaborates with operators to collect the correct data, and deliver a process equipment and instrumentation analysis. Plant flows are manipulated to ensure performance goals are met at a minimum energy input. Following an assessment phase, operators control inputs, and software is integrated with the plant SCADA system. |
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DigitalAccelerating the digital utility: building the digital ecosystem Digital technologies offer the water utility sector a unique opportunity to deliver a step change in productivity. At the same time there are formidable obstacles to implementation. This double session workshop brings together leaders from across the supply chain to map out the industry’s strategy for delivering a digital ecosystem that works for both utilities and their suppliers.
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FinanceThe SDG 6 Challenge Can we double investment in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals for Water and Sanitation within three years? Yes we can! But it will involve a lot of change. This double session workshop brings together the people who can make the biggest difference to forge a strategy together. Topics covered include:
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Leading Utilities of the WorldInaugurating New Members The Leading Utilities of the World is a global network of the world’s most successful and innovative water and wastewater utilities. Since the initiative’s launch in 2017, 49 Gold Standard utilities have been inaugurated, and now four new nominees will present their outstanding innovations and 5-year plans to be inducted into the network. New Members: Advisory Board: |
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15.30 – 16.00 |
Networking Coffee Break |
16.00 – 17.30
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Session Strands |
Industrial Corporate Water StrategyCorporate Water Leaders Group pathfinder meeting (Part 2) In the second part of our Corporate Water Leaders group pathfinder meeting we discuss specific industrial water challenges that are shared across different industrial sectors. Round table discussion groups consisting of representatives from multiple industrial sectors explore the opportunities for collaboration on those challenges, and identify best practices and past experiences that can be shared. |
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DesalThe Dawn of Solar Desal
The tumbling price of solar power means that the bids for most major desal projects now include photovoltaic panels on every available surface. It can determine the difference between winning and losing but is it efficient? What trends and technologies will be enabled by falling energy costs, and where is the deployment of solar desal most appropriate? This session will hear from some of the leading authorities on solar power and desalination to map out their combined future. Moderator:Corrado Sommariva, CEO and Founder, Sustainable Water Power Consultants, SWPC Speakers:
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DigitalAccelerating the digital utility: building the digital ecosystem The second part of our workshop addressing the obstacles to growth in the digital market Digital technologies offer the water utility sector a unique opportunity to deliver a step change in productivity. At the same time there are formidable obstacles to implementation. This double session workshop brings together leaders from across the supply chain to map out the industry’s strategy for delivering a digital ecosystem that works for both utilities and their suppliers.
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FinanceThe SDG 6 Challenge The second part of our workshop on the challenges in the way of achieving SDG 6. Can we double investment in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals for Water and Sanitation within three years? Yes we can! But it will involve a lot of change. This double session workshop brings together the people who can make the biggest difference to forge a strategy together. Topics covered include:
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Leading Utilities of the WorldLeadership Roundtables What makes the ‘Leading Utilities of the World’ innovation network different is the development of a truly innovative culture within and across utilities. In this session, the speakers from the first innovation session will receive prepared and structured feedback on their presentations from the Advisory Board of the ‘Leading Utilities of the World’ innovation network. Attend this session to join with the leaders of the world’s most innovative utilities at roundtables, and hear their insights on how the water sector can progress to an even higher level of performance, both as individual organizations and through collaboration. New Members: Advisory Board: |
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17.30 – 18.00 |
One-to-One Networking MeetingsYour facility to book key appointments during the Global Water Summit Meet the people you want to meet using our One-to-One networking facility. No more missed opportunities. You arrange it all beforehand and we make it happen. As a registered delegate to the Global Water Summit, you will be able to upload your professional profile, see the list of registered delegates and send requests for structured One-to-One appointments with your target delegates. |
19.00 – 23.00 |
Global Water Awards Gala DinnerCelebrating excellence across the international water industry at the La Quinta de Jarama. |