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Join the 5th SWAN Digital Twin Workshop!

The 5th SWAN Digital Twin Workshop will continue to evolve the conversation on digital twins in our global water sector. A great deal has changed in the past few years as we see more and more Digital Twin deployments across all aspects of the water cycle.

Hear from global experts who will separate the hype from reality based on actual implementations. Discover the accomplishments of the SWAN Digital Twin Work Group through the four sub-working groups and their future objectives, as well as the chance to participate in interactive discussions and share your unique insights. 

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Workshop Agenda

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*All times below are in US EST and content is subject to change.
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8:00 – 10:00 am            Registration, Coffee & Pastries

10:00 – 10:10 am            Workshop Introduction
Gigi Karmous-Edwards, Founder & Chair of the SWAN Digital Twin Work Group

10:10 – 10:30 am            Design Phase Digital Twin for Water Infrastructure Keynote: Joao Pitta, Director of Water Management (NEOM) and Lars Christian Fredenlund, CEO (Cobuilder)

10:30 – 11:10 am              SWAN Digital Twin Work Group Highlights
Leaders of the SWAN Digital Twin Subgroups (Holistic Architecture, Digital Twin Lifecycle, BIM and Asset Management, Outcomes and Applications)

11:10 – 12:00 pm              Continuous Evolution of Digital Twin Journeys 
Moderator: Ting Lu, Business Practice Leader for Digital Solutions,  (Clean Water Services, US)
Speakers: ​

• Patrick Bonk, Software Solutions Lead (Innovyze, an Autodesk company)
• Alireza Parhami, Sr. Hydraulic Modeling Lead - Operations and Engineering (DC Water, US) and Paul West, Senior Success Manager (Digital Water Works)
• Luke Butler, Director of Innovation (Qatium)
• Mark Drake, Service Programs Manager (Veolia Water Technologies)
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12:00 – 1:00 pm               Lunch Sponsored by Royal HaskoningDHV and GoAigua

1:00 – 2:15 pm                  Interactive Roundtable Session and Rapid Fire Summary
Topics & Facilitators:

• Digital Twins for Sewer Networks: Outcomes & Applications
  Fazle Rabbi, Managing Engineer (City of Houston, US) and Pablo Calabuig, CEO North America (GoAigua)
• Do you need dynamic simulation if you have machine learning based anomaly detection?
  Samantha Sloan, Drainage Area Manager (United Utilities) and Aris Witteborg, Leading Professional Digital Smart Water (Royal HaskoningDHV)
• The Human Factor of Digital Twins 
  ​Joukje Keuning, Program Manager Infra 2025 (Vitens)
• Data Quality and it's Implication to Digital Twin Performance: Manual vs Automatic Validation 
  ​Andreu Fargas, Chief of Innovation, Technology & Energy (Consorci Aigües de Tarragona​)
• Defining New Standard for Water Asset Information Handover, from Information Modeling
  Min Zhong, Asset Data Lead (ENOWA, a NEOM utility)
• Feeding your Digital Twin: Keeping them Alive
  Yige Gao, Asset Management Engineer (Gwinnett County Department of Water Resources)
• Does the adoption of Digital Twins shift the balance of influence within an organisation and what does this mean for your future operating model?
  Andy Smith, Smart Water Strategy Manager (Anglian Water)
• Catch Leak If You Can! Evolution of Leak Detection and Network Monitoring Strategies, from Digitalization to Digital Twin in the Water Distribution System
  Ridzuan Ismail, Director - Water Supply (Network) Department and Sock Fang Hew, Principal Engineer (PUB, Singapore's National Water Agency)
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2:15 – 2:45 pm                  Refreshments and Networking

2:50 – 3:45 pm                 Driving Confidence in Insights from Digital Twins
Moderator: Andy Smith, Smart Water Strategy Manager (Anglian Water, UK)
Speakers: ​

• Jennifer Rebeiro, CIO (Greater Western Water, Australia)
• Agnethe Pederson, Industrial PhD Student (VCS Denmark)
• Jim Cooper, Global Director Water Optimisation & Chair of AWWA Digital Twin Committee (Arcadis)
• Elijah L. Williams, Water Reclamation Manager - Department of Water Resources (City of Greensboro, US) and Alyssa Mayer, Associate (Hazen and Sawyer)
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3:45 – 4:00 pm                  Summary and Conclusion
Gigi Karmous-Edwards, Founder & Chair of the SWAN Digital Twin Work Group

4:30 – 5:30 pm                   Conference Welcome Drinks

Thank You to Our Sponsors!

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