Dwr Cymru Welsh Water Innovation Event 2020
Date published:
October 22, 2020
Join Dwr Cymru Welsh Water for this year’s Innovation Event to explore opportunities to innovate with Welsh Water and its Alliance partners. This year’s keynote addresses will be given by Chief Scientific Advisor for Wales, Professor Peter Halligan and Ofwat‘s Senior Director, Strategy and Planning, John Russell. The virtual conference will also host an interactive exhibition area with topic specific talks, where we will be showcasing the very best innovations we’ve delivered in AMP6 and what we intend to drive forward to deliver AMP7.
- View the Event Programme - To create an environment where we can build collaborations and partnerships to deliver both our immediate innovation needs for AMP7 and our longer term 2050 aspirations
- Register to attend
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