Water Leaders Summit

21 June 2024
09:00am - 1:00pm
Room 9B, Level 3

About

As a marquee component of the SIWW, the Water Leaders Summit is a platform for thought leaders, experts and practitioners from governments, utilities and industry to share and exchange best practices and innovative solutions to tackle world’s pressing urban water challenges. The event will shine the spotlight on how the industry can provide access to knowledge, technology and innovation to support the transformation of water utilities to become more resilient, smart and sustainable. Each plenary will deep dive into the topic with three case studies, followed by a panel discussion moderated by Dr Piers Clark, Founder and Director of Isle Utilities.

Programme

9:00am - 9:15am	Welcome by Emcee & Introduction to proceedings by Moderator
9:15am - 10:45am	WLS Plenary 1 -- Resilient and Sustainable Utility: Achieving this through Circularity Case studies: Groundwater Replenishment in Perth Beenyup Advanced Water Recycling Plant (Organised by SUEZ and Water Corporation) - Presented by Yvan Treal, Development Director – Water SUEZ Treatment Infrastructure, SUEZ and Evan Hambleton, General Management Assets Planning & Delivery, Water Corporation Award-winning Smart Digital Solution for Water Management in Monterrey (Mexico) (Organised by Xylem & Servicios de Agua y Drenaje de Monterrey IPD, SADM) - Presented by Martin Shaw, Business Development Manager, Southeast Asia & North Asia, Xylem and Eduardo Ortegon Williamson, Technologies, Innovation and Project Management Director, SADM The A.K. Warren Water Resource Facility -Food Waste to Energy Project (Organised by Jacobs and Los Angeles County Sanitation District) - Presented by Robert C. Ferrante, General manager and Chief Engineer, Los Angeles County Sanitation District and Paul Swaim, Global Principal – Drinking Water & Reuse, Jacobs Panel Discussion: Ken Haig, Regional Head, APJC Energy and Environmental Policy, Amazon Web Services (AWS) T.G Vinay, I.A.S., Managing Director, Chennai Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Board Victoria Rigby Delmon, Regional Upstream and Advisory Head for Infrastructure in APAC, International Finance Corporation Narendran Maniam, CEO, Indah Water Konsortium Sdn Bhd Piers Clark, Founder and Director, Isle Group (Moderator)
10:45am - 11:15am	Morning Coffee Break
11:15am - 12:45pm	WLS Plenary 2 - Resilient and Sustainable Utility: Transitioning to Net Zero Case studies: Latest Developments in N2O Monitoring (Organised by Melbourne Water, VCS Denmark and Global Water Research Coalition (GWRC)) - Presented by Dr. Nerina di Lorenzo, Managing Director, Melbourne Water, Per Henrik Nielson, Project Director, VCS Denmark and Peter Grevatt, Chairperson, GWRC Australian Utilities’ Journey Towards Net Zero (Australia) (Organised by Unitywater, SA Water and Water Services Association of Australia) - Presented by Nicola Murphy, Senior Manager, SA Water, Anna Jackson, Chief Executive Officer, Unitywater and Adam Lovell, Executive Director, Water Services Association of Australia Cellulose Recovery and CO2 Reduction (UK( (Organised by Nijhuis Saur Industries and Severn Trent) – Presented by Daniel Lim, Commercial Director, Nijhuis Saur Industries Asia Pacific. and Dr Bob Stear, Chief Engineer, Severn Trent Panel Discussion: Gavin Van Tonder, Executive Director of Water, NEOM Norio Saito, Senior Sector Director, Asian Development Bank (ADB) Sharad Somani, Partner, Head of Infrastructure, KPMG Lucy Thomas, Chief Scientist, RSK Group Tom Mollenkopf, President, International Water Association Piers Clark, Founder and Director, Isle Group (Moderator)
12:45pm - 1:00pm	Summary and Wrap-up

Speakers

Dr. Piers Clark Founder and Director, Isle Group	Norio Saito Senior Sector Director, South Asia Water and Urban Development, Asian Development Bank	Dr. Ken Haig Regional Head, APJC Energy and Environmental Policy, Amazon Web Services (AWS)	Sharad Somani Partner, Head of Infrastructure, KPMG
Evan Hambleton General Manager, Asset Planning and Delivery, Water Corporation	Robert C. Ferrante Chief Engineer and General Manager, Los Angeles County Sanitation Districts (LACSD)	Gavin Van Tonder Executive Director of Water, NEOM	Dr. Nerina Di Lorenzo Managing Director, Melbourne Water
Tom Mollenkopf President, International Water Association	Bob Stear Chief Engineer, Severn Trent	Yvan Treal Development Director – Water SUEZ Treatment Infrastructure, SUEZ	Narendran Maniam Chief Executive Officer, Indah Water Konsortium Sdn Bhd
Victoria Rigby Delmon Regional Upstream and Advisory Head for Infrastructure in APAC, International Finance Corporation	Martin Shaw Business Development Manager, Southeast Asia & North Asia, Xylem	Eduardo Ortegon Williamson Technologies, Innovation and Project Management Director, Servicios de Agua y Drenaje de Monterrey IPD (SADM)	Paul Swaim Global Principal – Drinking Water & Reuse, Jacobs
T.G Vinay I.A.S., Managing Director, Chennai Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Board	Daniel Lim Commercial Director, Nijhuis Saur Industries Asia Pacific	Lucy Thomas Chief Scientist, RSK Group	Nicola Murphy Senior Manager, SA Water