Water & Wastewater Treatment

26 | FEBRUARY 2016 | WWT | www.wwtonline.co.uk Events Utility Week Live preview Utility Week Live returns in style SpEakEr HigHLigHtS Steve Kaye, Head of Innovation, Anglian Water Anglian Water's Steve Kaye will be joined by Chris Toop (Scottish Water) and Steve Schofield (British Pump Manufacturers Association) for a panel discussion on May 17 on water company strategies for reducing energy costs. Cathryn Ross, chief executive, Ofwat Ofwat chief executive Cathryn Ross is set to appear on the keynote stage twice over the course of Utility Week Live. On May 17, she will talk about the future of water regulation, before being joined by Ofgem and Ofcom chief executives Dermot Nolan and Sharon White for a panel discussion on the role of regulation in enabling a connected future later the same day. Andrew Cowell, Chair BIM4Water Andrew Cowell of MWH Global, the chair of BIM4Water, will lead a seminar session on Building Information Modelling (BIM) examining the challenges and opportunities facing the water industry and how BIM can benefit delivery processes and add value to asset management. S pring 2016 sees the return of Utility Week Live at Birmingham's NEC. More than 100 speakers, 150 exhibitors and 3,000 delegates will attend the two-day show on 17 and 18 May. The headline theme of this year's show is "Innovation", with content spanning the electricity, gas and water sectors, along with two new additions for 2016, heat and streetworks. Underneath the overarching theme are five further content streams which will help to shape the debate over the two days. These are: skills, data and analysis, totex, resilience, and customers. The keynote conference returns, and will give VIP delegates the opportunity to review and discuss the work going on within the sector to tackle the challenges facing utilities, and also to learn from those outside the sector, exposing them to new ideas and innovations. On the main exhibition floor, there will be three seminar theatres, split by utility specialism. These will feature agenda setting talks and panel discussions from industry leaders, regulators and policy makers. Joining the electricity, gas, and water seminars - which reappear this year - are seminars on heat on the a•ernoon on the first day and streetworks on the second half of day two. There are a number of other show features at Utility Week Live, including the new Streetworks Village, the Pumping Station, and the 2016 edition of the Drilling and Tapping competition. (See box, right). Amanda Barnes, publisher of Utility Week magazine and Faversham House chief executive, said: "Utility Week Jacob Tompkins, Managing Director, WaterWise With regulator Ofwat placing a new focus on the importance of resilience for water and wastewater companies, Jacob Tompkins – the chair of a recent review into the topic – is among the speakers in a May 18 session looking at how the industry can become more resilient and prepare and adapt to risks. Andy Blackhall, Strategy Manager, Dwr Cymru Welsh Water A May 18 panel session in the Water Theatre, led by Andy Blackhall of Welsh Water, will explore the benefits of metering and smart metering, exploring the technology available, the effect on customer behaviour and experience, how data can provide insightful and actionable information and the challenges of retail separation for metering. Ben Jeffs, chief executive, MOSL MOSL chief executive Ben Jeffs will be appearing alongside Thames Water Commercial Services' commercial director Graham Southall and Gemserve business development manager Paul Witton-Dauris in a panel discussion on 'delivering a new market structure' in the Water Theatre.

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