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Dates: 25 Jun 2019 -26 Jun 2019
Location: London, UK
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The 10th Global Leakage Summit 

 25-26 June, 2019 - London

www.global-leakage-summit.com

 

The World's Premier Water Leakage Summit Returns For Its 10th Year In June 2019

 

 

The Global Leakage Summit returns for its 10th year in June 2019 to feature the most innovative and successful examples of delivering and maintaining reduced leakage levels across the world.

 

The speaker line-up will include experienced international water network practitioners from Brazil, France, Italy, China, Philippines, Portugal, South Africa, Turks & Caicos and the UAE, and the UK water industry is represented by: Anglian Water, Bristol Water, Northumbrian Water, Portsmouth Water, SES Water, Severn Trent Water, Southern Water, Thames Water, United Utilities and Yorkshire Water.

 

The focus for the 2019 conference will be on using best practice policies and innovative technologies to achieve leakage targets and meet customer demand while facing political and economic challenges and ageing network infrastructure.

 

The Global Leakage Summit 2019 will examine not only the challenges and difficulties faced by the global water industry, but also the wealth of tools and technologies becoming increasingly available to support the drive to reduce water loss.

 

 

Speakers & Panellists For 2019 Include:

 

  • Angela Smith MP, Co-Chair, All Parliamentary Party Water Group
  • Ramoncito Soriano, Head, Technical Planning, Water Supply Operations, Maynilad, Philippines
  • Frederico Fernandes, CEO, Aquas do Porto
  • Junwei Jin, Deputy Director, Network Department, Shenzhen Water Group, China
  • Andrew Donnelly, Adviser to the Board, Empresa Portuguesa das Águas Livres (EPAL), Portugal
  • Mohammad Eid Ibrahim, Water O&M Division Manager, Al Ain Distribution Company
  • David Duccini, CTD Division Manager, SUEZ, France
  • Mbali Matiwane, Divisional Head: Water Quality and Revenue Management, Water and Sanitation Department, City of Ekurhuleni, S Africa 
  • Francisco J. F. Paracampos, Director, Asset Management, SABESP, Brazil
  • Robert Hall, Managing Director, Provo Water Company Limited, Turks and Caicos
  • Bob Taylor, CEO, Portsmouth Water
  • Richard Flint, Chief Executive, Yorkshire Water
  • Mel Karam, CEO, Bristol Water, UK
  • Trevor Bishop, Director, Water Resources South East (WRSE)
  • Jamie Jones, Distribution Project Manager, Portsmouth Water
  • Dr Joseph Butterfield, Technical Specialist, Northumbrian Water Group
  • Alicja Solarczyk, Senior Project Manager (Water Network), United Utilities
  • Sophocles Sophocleous, Hydraulic Modelling Specialist, Severn Trent Water
  • Mark Tully, Strategic Planning Manager - Networks, Southern Water
  • Euan Burns, Head of System Investment Planning, Thames Water
  • Hannah Wardle, Network Delivery Manager - Leakage, United Utilities
  • David Tyler, Associate Director, MEI Infrastructure Policy & Project Preparation Unit, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development
  • Professor Bruno Brunone, Director, Water Engineering Laboratory, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Perugia, Italy
  • Andy Smith, Regional Optimisation Manager, Anglian Water
  • Andrew Roach, Head of Water Distribution, Yorkshire Water
  • Jean Spencer, Chair, Senior Steering Group, National Framework for Water Resources
  • Helen Simonian, Wholesale Water Services Director, Southern Water
  • Jeremy Heath, Innovation Manager, SES Water
  • Frank Van Der Kleij, Head of Asset Risk and Planning, Bristol Water, UK
  • Roger Ironmonger, Co-founder and Managing Director, Primayer
  • Mark Hendy, Sales Director, UK/Europe, Syrinix, UK
  • Mike Tennant, Director of Sales and Business Development, HWM Water, UK
  • Joydip Sanyal, Global Product Manager - Water EM Flowmeter, ABB Ltd, UK
  • Frenk Withoos, Managing Director, ABB Measurement & Analytics Northern European Region
  • Tim Door, Regional Sales Director, McCrometer Inc

 

 

THE AGENDA AT A GLANCE

 

On Day One, in several major themed sessions, expert UK and European water industry panellists will discuss concerns about global policies and dynamics that will affect our industry - and how we address them:

  • The UK water industry under pressure – UK Policy Makers and Practitioners Panel
  • Using innovative technologies to meet ambitious leakage targets
  • The future of leakage – looking ahead to 2050 – European Leaders Panel

 

Day Two focuses on innovation – and its role in maintaining network efficiency:  

  • Integrated network infrastructure - making sense of the data 
  • Optimising and improving network performance 
  • Research and development – an essential component of innovation 

Global case studies will also focus on coping with growing populations in megacities – and on understanding and managing customer demand

 

 

WHAT YOU CAN EXPECT AT THE 10th GLOBAL LEAKAGE SUMMIT