The edition on 25th February 2021 focused on Smart Water for Resilient Cities. The event addressed the following topics:
- Topic section I: Innovative Asset Management Processes
- Topic section II: Water Utilities in Smart Cities
Click here to view the agenda. Re-watch the sessions here. A full report of the event is available here.
Speaker presentations & video links:
Keynote speech: Claudia Castell-Exner, President, EurEau
Closing keynote: Paul Fleming, Global Water Program Manager, Microsoft USA
Topic Section I: Innovative Asset Management Processes
Introduction: Regina Gnirß, Head of Research and Development, Utility Berliner Wasserbetriebe
Identification of sewer damages by using intelligent image analysis: Daniel Sauter, Research and Development, Utility Berliner Wasserbetriebe
From data to decisions: new tools and methods for sewer asset management: Mathias Riechel, Project Leader & Scientist, Berlin Center of Competence for Water
Innovative tools for asset management strategies:
Dr.-Ing. Robert Stein, Managing Director, STEIN Infrastructure Management GmbH
Dr. Agnes Janda, Department Head for Sewer Infrastructure, Gelsenwasser AG
Guidelines for the assessment of wastewater networks:
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Karsten Kerres, Department of Civil Engineering, FH Aachen
Prof. Andreas Hartmann, Managing Director, Stadtentwässerung Braunschweig GmbH
Status Quo: Physical modelling of sewer failures: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Bert Bosseler, Scientific Director, IKT – Institute for Underground Infrastructure
IoT networks and sensors: A look into the future of Smart Sewer Systems: Lena Heinrich, Managing Director Isle Germany, Isle Utilities
Synopsis of Break-Out Session I
Topic Section II: Water Utilities in Smart Cities
Smart City Strategy
Prof. Jochen Rabe, CEO, Berlin Center of Competence for Water
Walter Kling, Dept. Managing Director, Vienna Water
Project Presentation: Digital-Water.City
Dr. Nicolas Caradot, Project Coordinator, Berlin Center of Competence for Water
Dr. Sofia Housni, DWC Project Leader, SIAAP – Greater Paris Sanitation Authority
How can open-source standards boost the development of smart solutions?
Rebekah Eggers, Americas Technical Innovation Leader, IBM Global Markets, Energy, Environment & Utilities, IBM North America
Dr. Lydia Vamvakeridou-Lyroudia, Program Director of Watershare, KWR Water Research Institute, Netherlands
How to support circular economies with innovative wastewater treatment: Prof. Francesco Fatone, IWA Fellow/Full Professor of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Università Politecnica delle Marche, Italy
Digital water governance: What are the challenges associated with digitalization in the water sector?
Dr. Ulf Stein, Coordinator Water Studies, Ecologic Institute gGmbH
Gerardo Anzaldúa, Senior Fellow on Water Policy and Innovation, Ecologic Institute gGmbH
Smooth Operators: Building Utilities’ Resilience to Climate, COVID and other Crises: Julie Perkins, Officer-in-Charge of the Secretariat, UN-Habitat’s Global Water Operators‘ Partnerships Alliance (GWOPA)
Synopsis Break-Out Session II
Summary of the event