Networks November Programme – 19 November 2021

	Friday 19 November 2021
9:30am	SESSION 1 - RISK & RESILIENCE

	Welcome and Session Chair- Paul Horton - CEO, Future Water
	KEYNOTE - Skills gaps - future skills, current skills, corporate knowledge retention (cross sector demands e.g energy sector) Liv Garfield - CEO, Severn Trent Water
	Delivering an AI application-specific solution to transform data into actionable insights Ryan Pearson - Digital Sales Manager, Europe, Grundfos Pumps Ltd
	Exploring Options for Future Climates Through Modelling Dr Jeremy Walton - Scientific Systems Manager, Met Office
	The customer factor Chris Rees - Leakage Strategy Manager, Dŵr Cymru Welsh Water
	Eliminating leakage – the power of data Jon Hodgson - Business Development, Ant Hire Solutions (UK)
	The future of asset risk management for the UK water sector Mark Thompson - Digital Data & Consultancy Director, Royal HaskoningDHV
	Q&A session
11:00am	Close of session
11:30am	SESSION 2 - INNOVATION & RESEARCH Chair: Dr Amy Jones - Principal Modeller, RPS

	Welcome - Paul Horton - CEO, Future Water
	KEYNOTE Driving industry's understanding the impacts of water Cate Lamb - Global Director of Water Security and Water Lead, COP26 Climate Champions Team
	Innovation fund and Thames Waters approach Andrea Gysin - Head of Innovation Partnerships at Thames Water
	Innovation in practice in wastewater networks – Germany, Netherlands, Belgium, UK Dr Iain Naismith - Senior Research Fellow, IKT – Institute for Underground Infrastructure
	TWENTY65: innovative scenarios for the future of the water sector Professor Vanessa Speight, University of Sheffield Water Centre
	Water Pipeline Innovation – making buried assets smarter Nigel Cassidy - Professor of Geotechnical Infrastructure Engineering, University of Birmingham
	WE-WASH Dr William Perry - Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Cardiff
	Q&A session
1:00pm	Close of session