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The 2nd National Water Summit
October 22 & 23, 2008, Croke Park, Dublin
Water is without doubt the biggest challenge of the 21st century. At a time when the water industry is experiencing unprecedented challenges and the question of infrastructure development looms large on the horizon, the National Water Summit is set to become this year’s most topical industry event, with a programme focused firmly on usage reform, quality and conservation and effective water management. Innovation is vital and the National Water Summit will be canvassing some of the latest strategies for meeting demand and sourcing and securing water supplies across the nation.
About the conference
2008 has seen significant developments happening for one of Ireland’s most important natural resources. One of the main challenges that Ireland faces over the next decade is to achieve ‘good water status’ for all waters by 2015 as set out in the Water Framework Directive (WFD). The industry is also facing the challenges beset from the profound impact of climate change which has been felt more than ever over the past 12 months. The water services investment programme comprises of some 955 projects with a capital value of 5.8 billion, and the importance of the success and timely delivery of these initiatives is vital in order to meet the needs of our growing population and increasing commercial demands…
The 2nd National Water Summit will once again provide a forum for the entire water industry to debate the future direction of the sector. Following the success of our inaugural event, the 2nd annual National Water Summit will bring together Ireland’s leading water experts who will meet to debate industry reforms, current challenges and opportunities, and other initiatives – critical for the sustainability of the water industry.
Meet and network with the people shaping the future of the Irish water industry...
The 2nd National Water Summit will once again provide a forum for the entire water industry to debate the future direction of the sector. Following the success of our inaugural event, the 2nd annual National Water Summit will bring together Ireland’s leading water experts who will meet to debate industry reforms, current challenges and opportunities, and other initiatives – critical for the sustainability of the water industry.
The National Water Summit is a must-attend event for the water and wastewater sector, bringing together CEOs and senior level representatives from water companies, water and waste water treatment companies, policy makers and water authorities across Ireland and the EU. This event will be big on interactivity and big on networking opportunities!
Who should attend
- Local Authority Managers
- Local Authority Engineers
- Heads of Water Services/Supply
- General Managers (Asset Mgt, Planning, Maintenance, Recycling,
Wastewater Mgt)
- Project Directors/Managers
- Procurement Managers
- Infrastructure Managers
- Planning Officials
- lTechnical Managers
- Large Water Users
- Consultants
- Finance & Legal Managers
Core subjects to be tackled include:
- Climate change and the required paradigm shifts in water management
- The carbon critical design agenda
- Water policy and water usage reform – strategic priorities
- New directives and standards – tools for the trade
- The water framework directive – the way forward
- Charging
- Water conservation
- Assessing the cryptosporidium risk – panel debate
- Security of supply
- Major capital water projects update
- Flexible approaches to infrastructure delivery
- Charging / water demand on schemes before and after charging
- Private schemes
- River basin management plans
- Relationship between septic tanks / wastewater treatment systems and
- water pollution
- Waste water management strategies
- Water/wastewater treatment
Sample list of companies in attendance at the
2007 Water Summit
Trinity College, USGS Georgia Water Science Ctr, Department of the
Environment, EPS, Northern Ireland Water, ESAI, A&L Goodbody Solicitors,
South Western River Basin District, Celtic Water Management UK, KPMG,
Scottish Water, Earth Tech Ireland, IFA, National University of Ireland, Bord
na Móna Environmental Ltd, Muin Associates, Cavan County Council,
Anord Control Systems Ltd,Tobin Consulting, Cork County Council, South
Tipperary County Council, Sligo County Council, Severn Trent Services
International, Fingal County Council, Limerick County Council, Parsons
Brinckerhoff Ireland, Sisk Construction,Treatment Systems Services Ltd,
McCann Fitzgerald, Wicklow County Council, Galway County Council, Shay
Murtagh, Forfas, HRD Technologies
Keynote speakers
Dr Ike van der Putte, Director, RPS
Dr Ike van der Putte is Director of External Relations and
International Environmental Affairs with RPS in the
Netherlands. RPS is an international consultancy providing
advice on the responsible development of natural resources,
land and property, the management of the environment and
the health and safety of people. Dr van der Putte is a
member of the Sustainable Development Task Force of the
International Federation of Consulting Engineers (FIDIC) and
former chairman of the environment committees of FIDIC
and the European Federation of Consulting Engineers
(EFCA). He is the main author of the FIDIC business
guideline for environment and co-author of the FIDIC
guidelines on sustainable development and project
sustainability management. In the Netherlands he is chairman
of the committee on natural disaster reduction and
mitigation of the Netherlands Association of Consulting
Engineers (ONRI) and advisory board member of the
International Conference Centre (Amsterdam RAI –
Aquaterra) on sustainable development in delta areas. He is
currently chairman of the board of the UNEP Sustainable
Buildings and Construction Initiative (UNEP/SBCI) and
member of its Benchmarking and Climate Change Think
Tanks.
Dr Colin Fricker, CRF Consulting
Dr Colin Fricker has 30 years experience in environmental
microbiology, much of it working directly with the water
industry. He received his PhD from University of Reading
1987. Fricker was awarded the WH Pierce prize for
"outstanding contributions to microbiology 1986". He was
former Head of Microbiology,Thames Water, UK, and now
runs an international consulting company covering many
aspects of water quality. Dr Fricker is heavily involved in the
development of methods for the detection of
cryptosporidium in water. He was scientific adviser to the
Royal Commission investigating the Sydney Water Crisis in
1998 and works extensively in North and South America,
South Africa, Australia and New Zealand.
Professor John Anthony Allan
Professor John Anthony Allan heads the Water Research
Group at King's College London/SOAS. He specialises in the
analysis of water resources in semi-arid regions and on the
role of global systems in ameliorating local and regional
water deficits. His original background was in hyrdological
and environmental sciences. Professor Allan now focuses on
the social and political because they explain why people
manage water as they do. In the past decade has provided
advice to governments in the Middle East region [Jordan,
Egypt, Libya, Palestine] and agencies [World Bank, FAO,
UNDP, DFID, Netherlands MFA, Swedish MFA] and especially
in the Middle East on water policy andº water policy reform.
Professor Allan most recent book is entitled The Middle East
water question: hydropolitics and the global economy.The
KCL/SOAS Water Research Group has had a major influence
on strategic thinking on water resources by drawing
attention to the non-water sector solutions that very
effectively address water deficits – namely trade and
socio-economic development.Their other research and
consultancy focuses on water policy reform, on financing
investment in water infrastructure and international relations
over transboundary waters. He was awarded the Stockholm
Water Prize in August 2008
Tony Iles, MSc, BSc, Associate Director, Atkins
A G Iles, associate director, Atkins Water & Environment,
MSc, BSc and is an associate director within Atkins
Environmental Sustainability team.Tony has over 30 year’s
practical experience of environmental assessment and
management and is currently on the Carbon Critical Design
leadership team at Atkins. He has recently completed a
secondment to BERR where he assisted in writing the UK
Strategy for Sustainable Construction. He is currently on
part-time secondment to the Construction Industry Council
where he is Chair of the Carbon Working Group.The role of
this group is to work with the professional bodies and the
Strategic Forum for Construction in the delivery of low
carbon design.
Tony has been fundamentally involved with Carbon Critical
Design change process within Atkins, including the design of
internal training courses and providing leadership on strategic
discussions with Atkins clients; aiming to change the design
question to provide a focus on zero carbon design and
construction.
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