“SUNRISE – H2020” Colloquium

Opening Keynote:

• Dolf Kern, Dutch Ministry of Infrastructure: “Dutch National Delta Program – Multi Level Safety Strategy to cope Climate Change”; (presentation)

Keynotes/Case Studies:

• Jean-Pierre Tabuchi, Specialist, SIAAP:“2030-SIAAP Master Plan Facing Climate Change Impacts” (presentation)
• Dr. Francisco Cubillo, Deputy Director, R&D, Canal Isabel II: “Climate Change Impacts and Adaptation Strategies of European Water Utilities”; (presentation)
• Avraham Ben Yosef, Vice-President, Eng. & Technologies, MEKOROT: “Smart Water Management Systems for Water Stress Regions”
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• Edward Podczerwinski, Director of Monitoring and Research, Metropolitan Water Reclamation District, Chicago: “Building a Resilient Chicago” (presentation)
• WaterNet (Invited)

Session 2 –Urban Resilience & Eco–Risks Management
Moderator: Dr. Francisco Cubillo, Deputy Director, R&D, Canal Isabel II

Opening Keynote:

• Jozef van Brussel, Dutch Ministry of Infrastructure: “National Strategy and Legislation on Risk Assessment & Risk Mitigation for Drinking Water Utilities” (presentation)

Keynotes/Case Studies:

• Eric Lesueur, CEO, 2EI – VEOLIA: “The New-Orleans Recovery Case Study” (presentation)
• Bruno Nguyen, Senior Consultant, UNESCO-IHP: “Mega-Cities Alliance for Water facing Climate Change Challenges”’ (presentation)
• Jose Martins, Director, Maintenance Department, Aguas Tejo Atlantico: “Water Cycle Safety Plan – Lisbon Case Study – a way to integrate utilities”; (presentation)
• Diane VanDe Hei, CEO, AMWA & John Sullivan, Chief Engineer, BWSC: “Debriefing on Disaster Response & Recovery – North American Utilities”; (presentation)

Session 3 – Smart Utility Network (SUN) Development
Moderator: Prof. Ilan Juran, Executive Director, W-SMART

Opening Keynote:

• Jan Gooijer, Innovation Manager, VITENS: “SMART Water for Europe Initiative (SW4EU), a step closer to real SMART Utilities”; (presentation)

Keynotes/Case Studies:

• Adrián Campos Gibert, Automation & Control Engineer, Acciona Agua: “SWING. A Real Case of an Urban SWM Setup” (presentation)
• Yoghyo Park, UNESCO Liaison, K-Water: “K-Water – Smart Water Approach” (presentation)
• Catalina Pedraza, Demo-site Project Manager, Thames Water: “SW4EU – Thames Water Demo Site” (presentation)
• Professor Isam Shahrour, University of Lille: “SUNRISE Smart City: Large-scale Demonstrator of a Smart City” (presentation)
• Silvia Tinelli, Research Associate, W-SMART: “AI Based Early Detection of Leaks & Bio-Contamination in Water Distribution Systems” (presentation)
• Pierre Brunet, Vice-President Business Development, VEOLIA: “Smart Water Management from Innovation to Deployment Challenges”

Session 4 – Crisis Management & Preparedness
Moderator: Eric Adamse, Security Policy Officer, VITENS

Opening Keynote:

• Richard Kamphuis, Director, Safety Office & CIO, Safety Board, IJsselland: “Net-Centric Cooperation in Crisis Management in The Netherlands” (presentation)

Panel/ Case Studies:

• Alexandra Cristóvão, Director, Corp. Sustainability Division, EPAL: “Contingency Management in a water supply system – The EPAL´s Experience” (presentation)
• Arie Amsalem, Deputy CEO, South District, MEKOROT; “ MEKOROT Experience of Crisis Management Exercises”
• Alain Palmans, CEO, CILE: “CILE Experience of Capacity Building for Crisis Management” (presentation)
• John Sullivan, Chief Engineer, Boston Water & Sewerage Commission: “Crisis Management Challenges for North American Utilities” (presentation)
• Marco Schouten, CEO, Vitens-Evides International: “Vitens-Evides-International, A successful Dutch Initiative on Global Solidarity” (presentation)

Session 5 – SUN Integration and Deployment Challenges
Moderator: John Sullivan, Chief Engineer, Boston Water & Sewerage Commission

Opening Keynote:

• Peter Rus, Information Security Architect, VITENS, “Challenges and Security Strategies for Smart Grid Automation in Water Utilities” (presentation)

Keynotes/Case studies:

• David Johnson, Deputy General Mamnager, Engineering & Operation, Las Vegas District, Southern Nevada Water Authority: “SUN Integration & Deployment Challenges” (presentation)
• Bérengère Sixta-Dumoulin, Manager, Control Center, SEDIF: “Planning Challenges of SEDIF Sectorization project” (presentation)
• Jean-Pierre Tabuchi, Specialist, SIAAP: “SIAAP’s Experience in Planning & Deployment for a Real Time Control Systems for Wastewater Management” (presentation)
• Bernard Michaux, Director of Operation, CILE: “The European EU-SMART.MET Project” (presentation)
• Eric Adamse, Security Policy Officer, VITENS: “SUN Integration Challenges – The way Forward” (presentation)

Working Lunch & Closing Session
Moderator: John Sullivan, Chief Engineer, Boston Water & Sewerage Commission

Diane VanDe Hei, CEO, AMWA The W-SMART 2018 International Workshop kindly hosted by AMWA

W–SMART Agenda – The Way Forward
Moderators: Bruno Nguyen & Ilan Juran