Water Briefing Past Events

SMi is delighted to announce its 6th Annual Smart Water Systems Conference, which will be held in London on the 24th and 25th April 2017. According to a recent study by the Transparency Market Research (TMR), the smart water management market is expected to reach a value of US $15.23 billion by the year 2019 – at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 17.7% for the period of 2012 – 2019*.
Source: http://bit.ly/1OTZQ7M

Convened by the Environment Agency - Risk, Resilience & Response in a Changing Climate. The second edition of Flood and Coast will take place in Telford, 28-30 March 2017. Led again by the Environment Agency, the event will draw together key stakeholders from the flood and coastal erosion risk management (FCRM) community, including local authorities, infrastructure owners, consultancies, contractors, businesses, community groups and universities. Join more than 1500 fellow professionals to exchange a broad range of perspectives on innovation and best practices in FCRM.

The 6th annual World Water-Tech Innovation Summit 2017 focuses on building resilience and accelerating the adoption of commercially viable technologies to meet the demand for sustainable water and urban infrastructure management. 250 industry leaders will meet in London to explore how we can harness innovation to address the most urgent issues facing the world’s water supply. Emphasis will be placed on the need for greater collaboration between different stakeholders in developing a more holistic approach to water management, innovation and financing. Furthermore, the summit will seek to evaluate and optimise current technologies and approaches for transforming waste streams into value streams through effective data management and water re-use and resource recovery, while delving deep into consequences of flooding and drought.

With EU environmental protections jeopardised by ‘Brexit’, and issues related to surface water flooding scheduled for a national review in 2017, this symposium will provide lead local flood authorities, environmental agencies, government departments, local authorities and businesses, with a timely and invaluable opportunity to analyse how best to build the UKs resilience to extreme flooding in the future. It will also enable relevant stakeholders with an opportunity to develop more robust general contingency and emergency planning frameworks, allowing local communities to respond quickly in times of crisis.