W-SMART 2013 International Workshop
Sustainability Challenges & Adaptation Strategies
October 15 to 18, 2013 in Israel
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An experience-sharing forum for local governments and water utilities including :
– An interactive assessment of current efforts of integrating emerging technology solutions and adapting water resource preservation
– Management strategies to face growing climate change impacts and eco-sustainability challenges with regard to either rapidly increasing water shortages in “dry” regions or greater frequencies of natural disasters.
Discussion sessions
– Security and Safety Issues – Current water security challenges and rationale for investing in sustainable security & safety of water supply systems in an unpredictable environment – including both regulatory and operational perspectives. This session will provide a discussion forum on the assessment of lessons learned from the Crisis Management Training Exercise conducted by MEKOROT and MEI ASHKELON and exchanging experiences on current Crisis Management Training (CMT) practice, guidelines, the role of technology innovation, and regulatory environment.
– Local Governments & Water Utilities Facing Eco-Sustainability Challenges – Discussion Forum with Elected Officials, Utility Officers, and Technical Experts will focus on sustainability challenges facing water utilities and lessons learned from recent cases of disaster response and recovery (e.g. New York City; Israel; etc.). Impacts of sustainability driven regulatory frame-work on utility needs and strategies for upgrading disaster resiliency of metropolitan water utilities will be explored. It will cover issues related to emerging regulations; public awareness; business continuity strategies; technology solutions assessment; ICT deployment; etc.,
– Mitigating Climate Change Impacts & Water Utilities Adaptation Strategies – Discussion will focus on regional water resource governance models and emerging regulations, water supply management strategies and contingency measures facing growing public concerns with regard to eco-sustainability risks. Adaptation challenges, integration of renewable water resources (e.g. desalination; water reuse) and their deployment strategies will be discussed, including issues related to public awareness, economic, operational, energy efficiency, safety, and other core issues involved in the deployment of renewable and reused water resources.
– “Smarter” Utility Networks & Innovative Technology Solutions – This session will provide a demonstration platform for assessment of innovative technology solutions and smart monitoring systems in water utility management and a discussion forum on current R&D initiatives undertaken by the W-SMART R&D Center. The role and opportunities for creating ICT based new services for both consumers (AMI; Smart Grid solutions, etc.) to promote customers’ participation in sustainability initiatives and current utility managers’ programs to improve energy efficiency, assets optimization and system monitoring & control will be discussed.
– Break-Out Discussion Sessions – These sessions will focus on the way forward, addressing concerns with regard to threats and opportunities for creative service businesses and re-adaptation strategies of responding to eco-sustainability risks; rationale for emerging regulations and business cases for investment in innovation for “smarter” water supply systems; benchmarking measures for impacts assessment of adaptation strategies and deployment of innovative technology solutions for reducing eco-sustainability risks; needs and collaboration opportunities for local governments and the water industry facing emerging regulations; other rising issues.
Professional Tours
Attending Delegates will have opportunities to visit sites where innovative technologies and methods are in operation and/or testing phases. The visits include national large-scale desalination and water re-use systems, as well as various beta testing sites for innovative new technologies. In addition, it will be possible to view urban water innovations.
Crisis Management Exercise
Crisis Management Exercise will be jointly conducted by MEKOROT and MEI ASHKELON with the participation of W-SMART delegates as Observers and will be followed by an Exercise Assessment & Debriefing Session.
WaTech 2013
MEKOROT would also like to invite the Workshop delegates to attend the WaTech Conference, scheduled for the 22nd to the 25th of October, which will emphasize key technologies for efficient exploitation of natural resources (Water, Soil, Energy & Materials). The purpose of WATECH 2013 is to bring together Israeli & International Business Executives, Political Decisions Makers and Leading Researches in order to provide an industry platform for showcases of state-of-the-art technology solutions. For more information you are kindly invited to visit the WATECH site at http://www.watec-israel.com/.
Proposed Program (07/20)
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Session Schedule |
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October 16 Opening Session 10:00 – 11:15 Co-Chairs: Arie Amsalem, MEKOROT Conceição Soares de Almeida, EPAL Gen. Secretary |
Shimon Ben Hamo, CEO Bruno Nguyen, President Shlomo Cohen, Chair Oded Distel, New Tech John Sullivan Prof. Ilan Juran, Executive Director |
MEKOROT W-SMART Mei Ashkelon MEKOROT AMWA W-SMART |
Welcome – “MEKOROT’s innovations in National Water Management “ Welcome Message Municipal Water Corporations in Israel Technological Innovations as solutions to increasing global water shortage Current Challenges of NA Utilities W-SMART Vision & Initiatives Workshop Purpose & Program |
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Session 1 – Security & Safety 11:30 – 01:30 Chair: Bruno Nguyen (Including Crisis Mgmt. Exercise – Debriefing & Discussion) Including Coffee Break |
John Sullivan, Chief Eng. Eric Adamse, Security Officer/ Panel of Experts Arie Amsalem, Shalom Sharabi, CEO Jose Figueira, Director of Security Guy Karsenti, Expert |
BWSC VITENS MEKOROT MEI-ASHKELON EPAL MEKOROT’s Expert |
EPA – Crisis Management Training Program – Outcome Assessment Observers’ Report – Executive Summary CME Taskforce Agenda & Scope MEKOROT Experience: CME Planning Debriefing & Training Municipal Water Security Challenges & Strategies Large Scale Crisis Management Exercise Assessment CYBER Terrorism |
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Lunch – Breakout Session 01:30 – 02:30 pm |
Security & Safety |
CME Planning, Execution, Debriefing – Recommendations; the Way Forward |
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Session 2 Sustainable Water Management Challenges & Strategies: 2:30 – 4:30 pm Chair :Gerard Luyet, Director, Drinking Water, SIG Including Coffee Break |
Executive Amit Chanan, Executive Manager Operations, Peter Dane Jim Lochhead, Manager and CEO Shalom Goldberger, Chief Engineer Dr. Christian Lalu, Director |
Water Authority State Water Corporation, Australia VEWIN Denver Water Ministry of Health AMGVF (Association of Mayors of Big Cities) |
Israel National Water Management Challenges & Strategies Water security program of works to address climate change in Australia Municipal Water Corporation Challenges in Israel European Sustainability Practice Benchmarking Sustainable Water Management Challenges & Strategies Israeli Desalination & Water Reuse Regulatory Framework for Public Health Local Governance Perspectives & Public Private Partnerships for Water Supply |
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Breakout Session 4:30 – 5:30 PM |
Sustainable Water Management Challenges |
Emerging regulations; Benchmarking measures for adaptation strategies |
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Exec. Summary 5:30 – 6:00 PM |
Gerard Luyet Bruno Nguyen Arie Amsalem |
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October 17 Ashkelon 0pening session 9:00 – 9:30 am |
Benny Vaknin, Shlomo Cohen Bruno Nguyen |
Mayor of Ashkelon Chair, Mei Ashkelon President, W-SMART |
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Session 3 Mitigating Climate Change Impacts & Adaptation Strategies 9:30 – 11:30 am Chair: Dr. Jacques Deveze, Former High Commissioner of Defense Session 3 |
Didier Gaujous, Eric Macfarlane, Deputy Commissioner Bruno Nguyen Ido Rosolio, Gerard Luyet, Director of Drinking Water Arie Amsalem / Avrum Ben Yosef (TBA) |
Suez Environment NYCDDC Eau De Paris Former CEO, MEKOROT SIG MEKOROT Water Authority |
Global Challenges & Local Practice The SANDY Storm – Post Disaster Reconstruction Planning for Resiliency Climate Change Impacts on European State of Practice (to be defined) Water, Food and Energy Nexus – Global Strategic Vision Post Disaster Recovery Challenges in LDCs Desalination impact on National Water Supply Strategies Nation-wide domestic effluent re-use in the agricultural sector: |
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Breakout session 11:30 – 12:30 |
Mitigating Climate Change Impacts & Adaptation Strategies |
Utility impacts facing emerging regulations; Benchmarking measures for adaptation strategies; the way forward |
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Lunch 12:30 – 1:30pm |
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Session 4 1:30 – 05:00 pm “Smarter” Utility Networks & Innovative Technology Solutions Including: Part 1 – R&D Forum & Tech Demonstration 1:30 – 3:00 pm Chair: Dr. Daniel Villessot, Scientific Director Suez Env. Part 2 – Innovative Technology Demo-Platform 3:00 – 5:00pm Chair: Oren (Exhibition???)
Part 2 – Innovative Technology Demo-Platform Israeli Start-up Corporations (List to be updated) |
R&D Forum Dr. Herve Suty R&D Director Dr. Rob Renner, Executive Director Prof. Gertjan Medema, Scientific Director and/or Dr. Laurent Disdier & Dr. Cedric Auliac & John Johnson Dr. Ben De Graaf Prof. Ilan Juran
Innovative Technology Demo-Platform with: Yossi Yaacoby Israeli Start-up Corporations (List to be updated) |
VEOLIA Env. Water Research Foundation KWR French CEA LIST Institute & CALM WATER Inc. VITENS Executive Director & W-SMART R&D Center Director, WaTech |
R&D Forum The Challenge of R&D Investment North American Utilities R&D Challenges European Utilities R&D Challenges Adapting EP & Nuclear Smart Grid Solutions to Water Utility needs SmartWater4Europe Update on Current R&D Smart Water Network Demonstrator Projects
Innovative Technology Demo-Platform with: WaTech MBBR wastewater treatment (Aqwise) Software solutions for water network inefficiencies monitoring (Tacadu) Bioinformatic pathogens and indicator microorganisms identification (Genaphora) Innovative desalination configurations (Desalitech) Online bioassay monitoring (Checklight) “Teuza” – energy forecasting model (Mekorot) Rapid detection of indicator bacteria (TACount) Others (List to be updated) |
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Closing Session 5:00 – 5:30 pm Chair: Conceição Soares de Almeida, General Secretary W-SMART |
Arie Amsalem Shlomo Cohen John Sullivan Bruno Nguyen, President |
MEKOROT MEI ASHKELON AMWA W-SMART |
W-SMART 2014 Workshop / LAS VEGAS Closing Remarks |
