Chair’s welcome and opening remarks
09:30 to
09:40
Speaker:
Paul Horton.
CEO.
Future Water Association.
Improving regulation and removing barriers: RAPID’s vision to meet the new growth agenda
09:40 to
10:10
- What are the new development and supply options?
- Assessment processes and scheme feasibility
- Increasing resilience and the environment agenda simultaneously
- Water companies role – what are the regulators’ expectations?
- Joined up thinking to alleviate all risks between water resources and flood management
Speaker:
Margaret Read.
Director, Stakeholders and Programme (RAPID).
Ofwat.
The role of regional groups in delivering and exceeding regulator expectations
10:10 to
10:30
- The impact and imperative of the climate crisis on how to plan for the next generation of infrastructure
- Evolving ‘resilience and adaptive’ planning to be able to make long term investment decisions under uncertainty
- Systems thinking and the links across other sectors and other planning areas
Speaker:
Trevor Bishop.
Organisational Development Director.
Water Resources in the South East.
Building and maintaining resilient UK water infrastructure which is fit for the future
10:30 to
10:55
- Critical infrastructure strategy for water supply; a data driven approach
- Plans, challenges and expectations for the water industry to meet demand and improve resilience
- Risk management strategies to manage infrastructure assets
Speaker:
Laura Burnett.
Water Service Strategy Team Leader.
Scottish Water.
Ensuring effective flood risk management through sustainable drainage systems
11:25 to
11:50
- What infrastructure is needed to support SuDS?
- What are the benefits and the options?
- Main challenges with surface water drainage and how to overcome
- Impacts on water quality and bio-diversity
Speaker:
John Rumble.
Head of Environmental Resource Planning.
Hertfordshire County Council.
Responding to the climate emergency and reducing the water industry’s carbon footprint – viability and strategy
11:50 to
12:15
- How can we effectively tackle embedded carbon? What are the initiatives out there?
Speaker:
David Riley.
Head of Carbon Neutrality.
Anglian Water.
Developing blue-green infrastructure to tackle environmental degradation and maximise socio-economic opportunity
12:15 to
12:40
- What does blue-green infrastructure planning entail?
- What are the main challenges?
- Benefits to urban areas, water resources and quality
- Where can this be done and what opportunities exist?
Speaker:
Dr Jenny Mant.
Technical Director.
Ricardo.
Panel discussion: Effectively planning water infrastructure for climate extremities and 2030 carbon neutrality
13:40 to
14:25
- Dealing with increasing population and climate change across water supply and waste water
- How can water companies improve their ecological status
- What new innovation is out there?
- Planning for new infrastructure under 2030 zero carbon targets – what are the changes and the process?
Speakers:
Trevor Bishop.
Organisational Development Director.
Water Resources in the South East.
Adrian Johnson.
Technical Director.
Stantec.
Lila Thompson.
Chief Executive.
British Water.
Maximising asset health: Updating and maintaining assets to future proof infrastructure
14:25 to
14:50
- Long term asset investment whilst reducing costs – are we doing enough?
- Remote condition monitoring to improve efficiency of assets
- Investing in critical stress areas
- Making better use of data and information gathering – what are the technological developments?
Speaker:
Chris Royce.
Head of Asset and Investment Management Strategy.
Anglian Water.
Halving leakage or zero leakage by 2050? Strategies and new technology
14:50 to
15:15
- What are the technology options out there and where can they be implemented
- Best practice in reducing leakage – challenges and lessons learnt
- Current advancements with leakage repair
Speaker:
Simon Dray.
Managing Director.
Hydrosave UK and SSI Services UK Water Group.
Lessons for Water NSIPs from other sectors
15:45 to
16:10
- NSIP consenting is new to water sector
- Making best use of the NSIP regime
- Avoiding pitfalls from other sectors
Speaker:
Julian Boswall.
Partner.
Burges Salmon.
Panel discussion: How can the industry respond to increasing demand and improve water efficiency?
16:10 to
16:55
- Are we planning infrastructure the right way to meet demand?
- What comes after good asset management?
- Changing consumer behaviour - what are the strategies?
- What would decentralisation look like for water resources
Speakers:
Terry Fuller.
Chief Executive.
The Chartered Institution of Water and Environmental Management.
Mike Woolgar.
Water Strategy Director.
WSP.
Andrew Tucker.
Water Efficiency Manager.
Thames Water.