Virtual Sensors in the Water Industry: Innovation with Purpose or Tech for Tech's Sake?

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.

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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