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Bringing you the largest single-day wastewater showcase running four streams in parallel. Choose your focus:

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Building in resilience, increasing efficiency with new construction tech, and exploring high-value opportunities in off-site manufacturing

Overcoming growing volumes of wastewater to treat, applying next generation tech to your treatment process, and going beyond basics to protect the environment

Engineering in resilience, creating smart sewers, and future proofing the existing wastewater system

Exploring the sludge market, regulation, and the possibilities to extract value from the burgeoning bioresources sector

Trevor BishopDirector strategy

and planningofwat

George TaylorDirector of wastewater

wessex water

Richard Warnefordwastewater directornorthumbrian water

Ruth BardenDirector of

environmental strategywessex water

Yvonne Mwende LeflerPrincipal civil engineer

metropolitan water reclamation District of Greater chicago

Simon BlackHead of recycling

environmental servicesanglian water

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Infrastructure Agenda (subject to change)

08:45 Registration, refreshments and exhibition

09:15 Welcome and introduction from conference chair Lloyd Martin, Chief executive, British Water

THE FUTURE OF THE UK INFASTRUCTURES09:20 Wastewater resilience planning in an uncertain world

• Long-term planning amid uncertainty• What does good resilience look like for wastewater?• Resilience lessons from abroad Trevor Bishop, Director strategy and planning, Ofwat

09:40 Tackling long-term UK infrastructure needs• Looking 30 years ahead through 5-yearly plans• The impact of climate change and population growth

on wastewater Manuela di Mauro, Water lead, National Infrastructure Commission

10:00 Working to improve the delivery of major infrastructure projects through Transforming Infrastructure Performance (TIP)• Ten-year plan to tackle systemic issues and

prioritise investment in the right projects• Increase the use of technology and innovation to

drive more a smarter operation of infrastructure• Alignment and integration across sectors

10:20 Group panel and interactive discussions

10:40 Refreshments, networking and exhibition

DELIVERING LARGE PROJECTS11:10 Innovating to improve the resilience of the Woolston

Treatment plant • Use of the MBR filtration system to treat wastewater

onsite• Meeting new higher environmental standards

and aligning the redesign with the ongoing redevelopment of the area

John Evans, Head of project delivery (networks), Southern Water

11:30 Case study: Blominmäki WWTP and RAVITATM innovation• Regulative requirements and image requirements in

the future – how to run ahead?• How the new Blominmäki WWTP will meet the

future needs?• Phosphorous recovery using RAVITA: the utility as an

innovator Mari Heinonen, Director of the wastewater services division, Helsinki Region Environmental Services Authority

11:50 Large project delivery: adding value and enhancing development in water industries• Transferring lessons from the £2.5 billion T2

Heathrow programme• Getting the basics right for success• Delivering the benefits for customers Julian Foster, Delivery director, Affinity Water


12:30 Buffet lunch, networking and exhibition

ADDING VALUE & ENHANCING DEVELOPMENT IN WATER INFRASTRUCTURE13:30 BIM as a key enabler technology in construction

processes• Getting the foundations for digital transformation

right• Exploiting export markets for UK construction

“know how”• Using BIM tools in the supply chain to strategically

manage assetsSimon Kerr, Chair, BIM4Water

13:50 Re-drawing the BIM Curve• How NMCN is looking beyond lines, arcs and circles

to deliver better projects• How off-site manufacturing is undergoing a second

dawn because of intelligent modelling• How re-thinking construction is continuously

developing in innovative ways• How the 10 dimensions of BIM will define, measure

and accelerate our future plansGary Ross, Head of digital transformation, nmcn

14:05 The next generation of alliancing in infrastructure• Strategic Pipeline Alliance and Project 13• Aligning infrastructure with long-term planning• Uncovering opportunities aheadKaren Thompson, Head of direct procurement, Anglian Water


INNOVATION & FUTURE: HIGH VALUE AND STRATEGIES 15:10 Major challenges in Barcelona

• Data management, water reuse, digitalisation and urban resilience: key approaches to success in innovative infrastructure

• Innovation and a sustainable business model as a strategic pillar

Josep Oriol Mas Alcazar, Project manager, Aigues de Barcelona

15:30 Demonstrating the value and benefit of smart infrastructure solutions • Helping the UK to become a world leader in the

fields of technology, asset management and smart city development

• Building the value case for smart infrastructure interventions

Dr Jennifer Schooling, Director of the centre for smart infrastructure, Cambridge University

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16:10 H2020: developing solutions to the most pressing threats over the coming years• Prevention, detection, response and mitigation of

relevant risks• Creating a risk management framework for the

physical and cyber protection of critical water infrastructures


16:55 Closing remarks

16:45 End of conference


networks Agenda (subject to change)


09:30 Welcome and introduction from conference chair Martyn Hopkinson, Operations director,

Future Water Association

REGULATING AND INVESTING IN THE UK’S WASTEWATER NETWORKS09:35 Optimising the network to exceed standards

• Investing to maximise the wastewater network• Planning for an efficient system• PR19 and working within the regulatory frameworkGeorge Taylor, Director of wastewater, Wessex Water

09:55 Panel debate: the future of investment and innovation in the wastewater sector• How the PR19 plans are shaping up• How can regulatory cycles work with long-term

plans?• Balancing affordability, customer service, and

protecting the environment• Investing in innovative wastewater solutionsThese points will be debated by a range of speakers, including:Phil Marshal, Deputy chief executive, CCWaterGeorge Taylor, Director of wastewater, Wessex WaterKeith Haslett, Director of wastewater networks, United UtilitiesSharon Darcy, Director, Sustainability FirstAlex Plant, Director of regulation, Anglian Water


GETTING SMARTER ABOUT SEWAGE11:20 The importance of data and modelling

• Collecting relevant data• Analysing and utilising the data• The potential of modellingNigel Watson, Group IS director, Northumbrian Water

11:40 Realised benefits of innovation in Wastewater pumping• Evolving challenges of wastewater transport, and

consumer engagement• Historical methods in tackling these challenges• Grundfos S-Tube hydraulic, managing current and

future challengesRyan Pearson, Business manager, water utility, Grundfos

11:55 Building resilience into our drainage and wastewater systems for 2050• 21st century drainage programme – drainage and

wastewater management planning• Holistic catchment thinking – our SMNR approach

for Wales• Working with partners to build resilienceImogen Brown, Head of wastewater networks, Welsh Water

12:15 Snap poll, questions and answers


CREATING A RESILIENT WASTEWATER NETWORK13:30 Continuing the FOG fight

• The latest tactics to prevent FOG build-up• Getting consumers on board • How the Whitechapel fatberg has helped the

campaignElvira Gabos, FOG & unflushables manager, Southern Water

13:50 Wiping out the wet wipe scourge• Working with industry to overcome the unflushable

problem• Learning from abroad• Developing degradable wipesSenior representative, Isle Utilities Senior representative, UKWIR

14:10 Building resilienceAndy Drinkwater, Sewerage operations expert, WRC Plc

14:30 Snap poll, questions and answers


FUTURE PROOFING THE SEWERAGE SySTEM 15:10 Future frameworks for wastewater planning:

drainage and wastewater management plans• Maximising the existing wastewater network• Targeting investments more effectively• Providing customers and stakeholders with a better

wastewater serviceMark Worsfold, Director of asset management, South West Water

15:30 Managing highway runoff• Dealing with surface runoff• Climate change adaptation• The importance of asset data• Meeting environmental standards• Opportunities for collaborationSanti Santhalingam, Lead drainage specialist and team leader, Highways England

16:00 A systematic approach to future proofing the Prague Sewerage Network inspection and renewal programme – Examples of innovative use of materialsOndřej Beneš, Sales director, Veolia

16:15 Extreme weather events challenge - Low flow and extreme winter• The summer challenge: heatwaves, low flows,

and heavy downpours• The winter challenge: heavy rain and freezing

conditions

16:45 Questions and answers

16:55 Close of conference

treatment Agenda (subject to change)


09:30 Welcome and introduction from conference chair Tom Curtis, Professor of environmental engineering,

Newcastle University

ENSURING ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANCE09:35 What do we know?

• Upping our game on pollution incidents• Learning from a hot dry summer• Smarter thinking around pollution control and

complianceHelen Wakeham, Deputy director of water quality, groundwater and land contamination, Environment Agency

09:55 Pushing the environmental agenda forward• Thinking beyond the treatment work boundaries• Developing catchment-wide partnershipsRuth Barden, Director of environmental strategy, Wessex Water

10:15 Panel debate, questions and answers Ensuring environmental compliance now and into

the future• What the next 25-30 years look like• Spotting and planning for future challenges• Building environmental planning into business-as-

usualSession speakers to be joined by:Mark Livingstone, Head of regulation, NIEA Dani Jordan, Water policy specialist, WWF-UK


UPGRADING THE UK’S WASTEWATER TREATMENT FACILITIES11:20 New technologies, circular economies and enabling

resource recovery• Integrating new technologies into existing treatment

facilities• Upgrading facilities to enable circular economic

thinking• Recovering resources from the current asset baseYadira Bajón Fernández, Research fellow, Cranfield University

11:30 Innovating to deliver solutions fit for their environment• Using asset and environmental data to deliver

multiple benefits across a catchment• Driving research and innovation to deliver cost

beneficial solutions in a rural catchmentsPaul Tipper, Head of wastewater strategy, United Utilities

11:55 Rural treatment works: just as vital as urban hubs• Upgrading on a small scale• The importance of monitoring and sensors in

remote worksRebecca Harrison, Regional optimisation manager, Anglian Water



OVERCOMING THE BIGGEST TREATMENT CHALLENGES13:30 Extracting river pollutants using Amazonian plants

Jonathan Jones, Senior environment officer, Natural Resources Wales

13:50 Panel discussion: overcoming the biggest treatment challenges• Figuring out the best way to remove microplastics

and micropollutants from wastewater• Preventing blockages and dealing with wet wipes in

the treatment facilities• Outlining ways to ensure wastewater treatment

plants can deal with growing volumes• Utilising data to spot issues before they become

serious problems• Overcoming poor wastewater quality• Dealing with the increase in chemicals and

pharmaceutical products in wastewaterSlido poll at the start and the end of the debate to track the biggest treatment challengesDr Eve Germain-Cripps, Wastewater process innovation manager, Thames Water Oliver Grievson, Board member, SWIG Jonathan Jones, Senior environment officer, Natural Resources Wales Barry Nay, Head of strategic client, Northern Ireland Water Yusra Omari, Wastewater process team leader, Scottish Water


NExT-GENERATION WASTEWATER TREATMENT15:10 Phosphorus recovery at the Stickney Water

Reclamation Plant• Sharing the lessons of managing the largest

wastewater treatment facility in the world• Integrating nutrient recovery at scale into

wastewater treatment plants• Size and efficiency: is bigger better?Yvonne Mwende Lefler, Principal civil engineer, Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago


15:45 Using data to optimise performance and create smart treatment works• Using data to improve plant visibility• Developing smart treatment plants to optimise

performance• Upgrading the existing treatment assetsNick Mills, Head of asset performance, Southern Water

16:05 Sustainable communities – septic tanks of the future• Working with rural communities to provide a

sustainable sewerage service• Developing septic tanks fit for the 21st century Allan Mason, Water operations team leader, Scottish Water




BIoresources Agenda (subject to change)


09:30 Welcome and introduction from conference chair Bruce Jefferson, Professor of water engineering,

Cranfield University

SHAPING THE SLUDGE AND BIORESOURCE MARKET09:35 Getting the sludge market ready

• How market preparations are setting up• Our vision for the market• What the implications could be for WASCsSenior representative, Ofwat

09:55 Preparing for the new sludge market• Yorkshire Water’s preparations for the sludge

market• Maximising the opportunities in this new market

10:15 The Environment Agency’s Sewage Sludge Strategy• What’s in the Sewage Sludge Strategy• Overcoming the sludge challenges• Outlining the opportunities for the sectorMatthew Davis, Technical advisor, Environment Agency



SLUDGE AND INNOVATION11:20 Oxford University-style debate

Two teams of speakers will debate for or against the following statement:“The sludge market will be a success”Each team will be given two alternating five-minute periods to make their points and to respond to the opposition’s argument*. Throughout the debate, there will be a live vote, where delegates can show their support for one side or the other. Once the session is completed, a final vote will be tallied up.

*Thepointsmadeinthedebatedonotnecessarilyreflectthoseofthe speakers or their organisations.

CHAIR: Piers Clark, Chairman, Isle Group

FOR: Simon Black, Head of recycling environmental

services, Anglian Water

AGAINST: James Astor, Chairman and chief executive, ReGen Evina Katsou, Senior lecturer, Brunel University

12:00 Innovation in practice WIAA 2018 winner: INCOVER – Spain (Isle Utilities)


WORKING TOWARDS A CIRCULAR ECONOMy13:30 Making the most of the sludge market

• The potential of the sludge market: a water company view of the potential benefit

• The risks/blockers to the development of the market & possible solutions

Simon Black, Head of recycling environmental services, Anglian Water

13:50 Waste-to-energy and zero net energy consumption• How WASCs can utilise their own resources• Is zero-net energy consumption achievable?• Greening the grid and cutting costsDr Yongqiang Liu, Lecturer in environmental engineering, University of Southampton

14:10 Future and opportunities for AD to the gas grid including• Connection to gas grid,• Policy, incentives, opportunities and benefitsIan Marshall, Green gas development manager, Wales & West Utilities



BIORESOURCE RECOVERy AND USES15:15 The Biosolids Assurance Scheme: working together to

ensure high quality sludge• Achieving a high quality and consistent product• The importance of sharing best practice and

adhering to codes of conduct• Sharing the good news of the circular economy and

recyclingAnna Simpson, Environment policy advisor, NFU

15:35 Cellulose recovery case study: Screencap project• Aims of the pilot• Lessons learned so far• Future for cellulose recoveryKees Roest, Senior scientific researcher - industry, wastewater & reuse, KWR Watercycle Research Institute


16:10 Phosphorous recovery and uses• Motivations for recovering phosphorus• Technological advances• Market for recovered products and why quality is keyKaryn Georges, Head of wastewater consulting, Isle Utilities





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