2023 Conference Highlights

The Global Water Summit (GWS) 2023, held on 8 – 10 May in Berlin Germany, was our largest gathering ever, with over 850 high-level executives from industry, municipalities, and international water companies in attendance.

Each delegate in attendance will have taken something slightly different away from this uniquely international event but, to see the various facets of GWS 2023 highlighted yourself you can read on or navigate using the links below:

Speakers
Delegates
Testimonials
Agenda
Networking
Roundtables
Audience participation
Global Water Awards
Our sponsors

Speakers

The Global Water Summit 2023 had 240 speakers signed up. They presented our biggest agenda yet over six parallel strands, the list below shows which speakers were the most popular amongst our delegates based on data from the GWS website.

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Over 850 Delegates

The Global Water Summit delegation represents diversity, spanning 70+ countries.

Testimonials

I thoroughly enjoyed the format, the contents and the opportunity to meet the delegates.

Raveen Jaduram, Chief Executive, Watercare Services Limited, New Zealand
Outstanding organization, the best water event of the year, all the stakeholders of the water market are involved.

Juan Muñoz-Rojas, Managing Director, Jinko Power Technology Co
Excellent. A lot of customers and specialists from different water markets and geographies.

Santiago Martínez, Managing Director, Almar Water Solutions
A good event to have a vision about the present and future of the water sector.

Jorge J. Malfeito, R&D Director, Acciona Agua
Power packed networking, a wonderful gathering of water industry professionals, enlightenment on new trends in water sector – a true global event and the best in the water sector

Kunal Shah, Chief Growth Officer, Anaergia
I met lots of interesting people and leaders of the water sector. Truly it is a place where people have time to build relationships and trust, exchange ideas, and alter the course of the water business.

Harald Kleiven, Sales Director Emerging Markets, Cambi

Agenda

Over 900 One-to-One Meetings

The Summit brings together all of the key influencers in the water industry for unrivalled networking. In 2023, over 900 one-to-one meetings were organized across x hours of networking sessions. Our dedicated GWS app allows you to plan these in advance allowing you to spend time making connections, not organising your calendar.

Roundtables

Consistently highly rated by our large constituency of returning delegates, GWS roundtables are unmatched in their offering of immediate and direct access to project opportunity and expertise. Whatever your position in the industry, our 2023 40 Crucial Questions for Water in 2023 roundtables and our Big Plans project roundtables, which
hosted over $100 billion in tangible opportunity, had the answers and opportunities you needed to advance your business goals in 2023 and beyond.

40 Crucial Questions for Water in
2023 Big Plans
Roundtables

Audience Participation

Members of the audience were asked to participate in voting on various questions during the Summit to aid panel
discussions and get a sense of what the global water industry thinks about various issues. You can find some of the
results below.

Global Water Awards

The Global Water Awards took place at the Estrel Convention Center in Berlin on the evening of the 9th of May 2023.
13 awards were presented to celebrate the year’s greatest achievements, rewarding the initiatives and companies
across the international water sector moving the industry forward.

Water Company of the Year

Aqualia

Desalination Company of the Year

Gradiant

Water Technology Company of the Year

DuPont Water Solutions

Breakthrough Technology Company of the Year

ZwitterCo

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Trophies were also presented to the new members of the Leading Utilities of the World (LUOW) network: MM Spa; Athens
Water and City of Cape Town. Membership is regarded as the gold standard of utility performance, based on a
rigorous, merit-based selection process. The three new members were inaugurated into the network in a meeting held
at The Reichstag Berlin on 8th May 2023.

New Leading Utilities of the World members

MM SPA

Athens Water

City of Cape Town