PIPELINE LEAK DETECTION SPONSOR
TECHNOLOGY FOR STRATEGIC PIPES SPONSOR
ACTIONABLE AI - TRANSFORMATIVE TECHNOLOGY SPONSOR
ACHIEVING ZERO LEAKAGE SPONSORS
NETWORK MANAGEMENT SPONSOR
METER DATA MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE SPONSOR
DATA INSIGHTS FOR OPERATIONAL CHANGE SPONSOR
DIGITAL SOLUTIONS & ASSESSMENT SERVICES SPONSOR
WHO SHOULD ATTEND
Meet Senior Executives From International Water Utilities:
- CEOs
- Managing Directors
- Leakage Development Managers
- Distribution Managers
- Leakage Managers
- Leakage Team Leaders
- Network Leakage Managers
- Network Managers
- Regulation Managers
- Leakage Engineers
- Leakage Controllers
- Operations Directors
- Heads Of Research & Development
- Leakage Strategy / Leakage Development Managers
- Chief Engineers
- Engineering Directors
- Civil Engineers
- Senior Manager Distribution Operations
- Senior Water Engineers
- Distribution Systems Managers
- Directors, Water Distribution
- Heads Of Water Supply
- Pipeline Management
- Maintenance
- Chief Data Officer
- Head of Data Factory
Plus Service & Solution Providers In The Following Areas:
- Leak Detection Equipment
- Leak Detection Contractors
- Pipe Location Specialists
- Pipe Material Providers
- GIS
- Network Modelling
- Data Management
- Meter Suppliers
- Valve Suppliers
- Pump Suppliers
- Pressure Reduction Valves
- Data loggers
- Satellite technology for asset location and management
- Thermal imaging/radar technologies
- Pipe Inspection and condition assessment (External/internal)
- Acoustic noise loggers
- Flow meters (full bore/insertion)
- Customer meters and meter readers
- Excavation and trenchless technology
- Pipe repair technologies (internal/external)
Michelle Ashford
Chief Operating Officer
Water Industry Commission for Scotland (WICS)
Michelle is a chartered civil engineer and a highly driven and experienced management professional, with over 30 years in the water industry. Her key areas of expertise include strategic business planning and asset planning, performance monitoring, collaboration and stakeholder engagement.
Michelle joined WICS in 2017 as Chief Operating Officer. She brings experience of working within regulated companies to the practice of the economic regulator. By drawing on her communication skills and expertise in collaborative working, Michelle works with the water sector stakeholders in Scotland to promote Ethical Business Practice and Regulation and has developed a trust and confidence behavioural model for the sector to operate within in the current regulatory period.
Before joining WICS, Michelle was Head of Network Asset Planning at Bristol Water, where she was responsible for managing the company’s network assets. Prior to this she was seconded from PA Consulting into Ofwat as the Programme Director for the Retail Market Opening Programme. Michelle had previously worked for Black & Veatch, where she led on several strategic business and asset planning assignments.
LEARNING BENEFITS
The World-Leading Forum for Leakage Management...
...This Conference Is Now Established As A Brand Leader -
For Water Company Practitioners To Exchange Information on Topical Case Studies And Learn About Best Practice Technologies For Assessing, Monitoring And Reducing Leakage In Their Networks
Key Issues for Global Leakage Summit 2023
- What has changed since the 2022 Summit? The ‘new kids on the block’ for breakthroughs on network operations and leakage technology
- Customer side leakage - ‘the challenge still in front of us’. Using smart meter data to reduce customer side losses losses and improve understanding of key water balance components
- ‘Smart is at the Heart’ - how do we adopt and implement smart programmes in a changing landscape? UK and European case studies on the impact of ‘smart’
- Meter errors - Big deal or Not? What is the impact of meter errors on reducing trunk main leakage?
- The benefits of community involvement – Australian and New Zealand case studies showing how innovative solutions have helped customers and communities adapt to a water- stressed environment
- Getting the most out of ‘Smart DMAs’ – next generation network surveys and forecasting models to predict expected bursts
- Can more research and innovation lead to a breakthrough in achieving the leakage goal?
- Better Infrastructure for leak prevention - what industry standards are already in place and what needs to be improved?