Virtual Sensors in the Water Industry: Innovation with Purpose or Tech for Tech's Sake?
Tue 24 Jun
|Sandy Park - Chief's Suite
Sponsored by UDlive


Time & Location
24 Jun 2025, 09:30 – 15:30
Sandy Park - Chief's Suite, Sandy Park Way, Exeter EX2 7NN, UK
About the event
Workshop Chairs - Kat Dobbs, Anglian Water and Sarah Brooks, Klarian
Virtual and physical sensors play a key role in enabling condition-based monitoring and maintenance in the water industry; but which is best?
Virtual sensors offer flexibility, cost-effectiveness, and predictive insights without bulky hardware, yet they rely on data models that might miss unexpected issues.
Physical sensors, while delivering accurate, real-time measurements, come with higher costs and maintenance challenges.
Join us for a seminar featuring experts from water companies, suppliers, and academics, as we explore current applications, user cases, and to find out what we think is coming next...
Networking opportunities will be available throughout the event.
Accommodation:
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If booking through this link, it also includes parking and offers 24 hour cancellation with no pre-payment
Draft Agenda:
09:00 Refreshments & Registration
09:30 Kat Dobbs - Anglian Water & Sarah Brooks - Klarian: Welcome and introduction
09:45 Phil Bennett – UDlive: Today's Large Scale Sensor Networks and a Hybrid Future
10:15 Tom Rust with Heather Naylor & Peter Clipperton – Anglian Water, & Julian Rickard – Ovarro: Old Data, New Perspective
11:00 Refreshments & Networking
11:15 Chris Shears – Schneider Electrics: OT Architecture Challenges for Virtual Sensors
11:45 Chris Dawson - Xylem: Can Remote and Virtual Sensing Deliver on Section 82? A Critical Examination
12:15 Quin Davies & Jeremy Dykes – Additive Catchments, & Nick Cook - CapGemini: TBC
12:45 Adam Cartwright – Siemens: Unparalleled Visibility of the Waste Water Treatment Process through Virtual Sensors
13:15 Lunch & Networking
14:15 Dr Liam Trimby – Klarian: Virtual Sensors - from Turbines to Trenches
14:45 James Ballard – Severn Trent: TBC
15:15 Raziyeh Farmani – University of Exeter: Smarter Water Systems: Sensing the Future with Machine Learning
15:45 Panel Discussion
16:30 Close
Tickets
Delegate - SWIG member
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Table top exhibition - Member
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Literature circulation
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£99.00
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Delegate - Non member
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£252.00
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+£6.30 ticket service fee
Table top exhibition -Non Memb
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£504.00
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£32.00
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