Following the success of our April 2024 global webinar on Best Practice and Innovation in Water Sensing, which attracted more than 200 participants, we are delighted to host a major follow-up event in December 2025.

Chaired by Dr Andy Nichols, Sarah Brooks and Dr Mike Strahand, this expanded international webinar will highlight how collaboration across continents is transforming sensor technology, environmental monitoring and data-driven decision-making. The programme features returning experts with new developments to share, alongside a diverse line-up of new voices presenting breakthroughs from around the world.

What to Expect

🌍 Collaboration in Action

Speakers from six continents will present cutting-edge sensing technologies, practical case studies and new research that is shaping the future of water quality and resource management.

💬 Extended Global Discussions

This year’s event includes longer, more interactive panel conversations designed to bring regions together, explore shared challenges and spark future global partnerships.

🔄 Returning Experts with New Insights

Several contributors from the 2024 webinar return with updates on their projects, demonstrating how international collaboration accelerates progress.

🌐 Fresh Voices and New Perspectives

New speakers join the programme with innovations spanning PFAS detection, AI for infrastructure, climate resilience, hydraulic modelling, ocean ecology and more.

Join us for a lively, forward-looking day of shared learning dedicated to advancing global solutions for the water industry.

Programme Overview

A detailed agenda will be published soon. The day will run across three themed sessions to align with global time zones.

SESSION 1 – Morning (08:00 UTC)

Australasia and Asia

• Abi Croutear-Foy, AquaWatch, New Zealand: From Site to System: Turning Continuous Sensing into Programme-Scale Ecological Intelligence

• Dr Mark Sullivan, Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology, Japan: A Japanese Innovation for a Global Water Crisis: How Okinawa Is Pioneering Low-Cost Solutions to the PFAS Problem

• Alex Risos, Risos Enterprises, New Zealand: Instant Pathogen Detection in Drinking Water

• Dr Shalini Tandon, CSIR-NEERI, India: Use of Municipal Waste Water for Irrigation Purposes: Health Perspective

• Dr Amanda Siqueira, VAPAR, Australia: From Sensing to Decision: Applying AI to CCTV Data for Wastewater Networks

• Sanjeeva Rajapakse, City of Melbourne, Australia: DrainWatch: Stormwater Sensor Project, City of Melbourne

SESSION 2 – Midday (12:00 UTC)

Africa and Europe

• Dr John Okedi, University of Cape Town, South Africa: Sensor-Driven Water Resource Monitoring in Africa: Opportunities and Challenges

• Dr Till Zwede, ZAITRUS, Germany: In-Line Microparticle Monitoring

• Meri Vainio, Forum Virium Helsinki, Finland: Piloting Smart Water Management Solutions for Climate Resilience

• Prof Floris Boogaard, Hanze University of Applied Sciences, Netherlands: Monitoring 30 Years of Climate Adaptation in The Netherlands: Full-Scale Testing and Aquatic Drones

• Tim Arkinstall, CSignum, UK: Revolutionising Water Quality Monitoring with Wireless Subsurface Technology

SESSION 3 – Afternoon and Evening (16:00 UTC)

UK, North America, South America and Antarctica

• Steve Elgie, KISTERS, Canada: Discharge at Altitude: Radar Sensors in the Canadian Rockies

• Travis Silveri, Halogen Systems, USA: Long-Term Sensor Performance: A Southern California Wet-Tap Case Study

• Dr Chris Dawson with George Gerring, Xylem and Northumbrian Water Ltd, UK: River Deep Mountain AI: Free, Open Source Machine Learning for River Health

• Dr Cameron Trotter, British Antarctic Survey, UK: Understanding the Current State of Southern Ocean Benthic Ecosystems Using Computer Vision

• Efraín Magaña, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Chile: High-Resolution Neural Velocimetry: From Lab to Real World