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Ian Barker - Environment Agency |
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Dirk Becker - Hermann Sewerin GmbH |
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Ryan Benner - Las Vegas Valley Water District |
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Ken Brothers - Commissioner of Public Works, Region of Niagara, Canada |
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Reid Campbell - Halifax Water, Nova Scotia, Canada |
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Richard Chalk - Severn Trent Water, UK |
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Bambos Charalambous - Water Board of Lemesos, Cyprus |
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Hugo Chisca Jr., - BBL Engenharia, Sao Paulo, Brazil |
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Neil Croxton - United Utilities, UK |
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George Day - OFWAT, UK |
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Nicholas Day - Munters, UK |
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Dennis Dellow - Northumbrian Water, UK |
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Tim Door - ABB |
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Tommy Ekblad - Gothenburg Water, Sweden |
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Tony Gwynne - Mouchel |
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Kristijan Ilicic - Croatia |
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Alice Jawan Empaling - Sibu Water Board, Malaysia |
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Peter Jiggins - DEFRA |
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Jacob Jørgensen - Alectia AQUA, Denmark |
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Sophie Kanellopoulou - EYDAP, Greece |
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Antônio Carlos da Costa Lino - SABESP, Sao Paulo, Brazil |
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Jens Løppenthien - 7-Technologies, Denmark |
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Peter Martinek - Martinek Water Management |
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Joaquim Pocas Martins - Aguas do Porto, Portugal |
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Dr. Brian Mergelas - Pressure Pipe Inspection Company (PPIC), Canada |
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William Muhairwe - National Water & Sewerage Corporation, Uganda |
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Harrison Mutikanga - Kampala Water, Uganda |
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Booky Oren - Miya |
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Tony O’Shea - Yorkshire Water Services, UK |
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Paul Parr - United Utilities, UK |
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Ridwan Patel - Yorkshire Water Services |
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Randy Payton - Dallas Water, USA |
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Paul Reiter - International Water Association |
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Danny Ronson - Siemens |
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Pat Spain - Severn Trent Water, UK |
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Andreii Stetsenko - Energouchet JSC |
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Frank van der Kleij - Bristol Water, UK |
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Tim Waldron - Wide Bay Water, Australia |
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Wang Guanghui - Beijing Capital Co. Ltd, China |
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Stuart Whitfield - South Staffs Water, UK |
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Michael R. Wrigglesworth - Pure Technologies Group, Canada |
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Ian Barker
Head of Water
Environment Agency |
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Ian Barker is Head of Water at the Environment Agency. He is responsible for the management, regulation and strategic planning for water resources and quality across England and Wales. His remit includes the Environment Agency’s regulation of the water industry, including setting the need for environmental improvements and the scrutiny of statutory Water Resources Management Plans and Business Plans.
A geologist by original profession, with a degree from Imperial College and Masters from the University of Adelaide, South Australia, he has worked in water management in Yorkshire and Wales; and with the Agency as Head of the National Water Demand Management Centre in Worthing, and Head of Water Resources, prior to his current role.
He is a Board Member of Waterwise and a member of the Prince of Wales Business and the Environment Programme.
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Dirk Becker
Hermann Sewerin GmbH |
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Dirk Becker worked for a regional gas and water supplier in Germany before he began his studies in utility engineering at the University of Applied Sciences in Münster.
He qualified as a graduate engineer and in 1996 started work for Hermann Sewerin GmbH in marketing and export Sales with particular focus on technical training for users of Sewerin leak detection equipment.
Working in many different countries has given Dirk a wealth of experience in the different strategies adopted in managing water losses in supply networks.
In early 2006, Dirk was appointed Director of Product Management and is responsible for Sewerin’s range of instruments to monitor water supply networks and trunk mains by data logging. Additionally he is responsible for the Sewerin range of PC-based correlators and the new generation of electro-acoustic instruments for the precise location of water leaks.
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Ryan Benner, P.E.
Maintenance Engineer
Las Vegas Valley Water District |
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Montana State University B.S. Mechanical Engineering, registered Professional Mechanical Engineer in the state of Nevada, NACE Cathodic Protection Tester.
After college, worked as a project engineer for James Hardie Building Products constructing and commissioning manufacturing facilities for 3 years. Currently working at the Las Vegas Valley Water District as a Maintenance Engineer PE for the last 3 1/2 years leading the efforts of the pipe condition assessment program for the Asset Management Group.
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Ken Brothers
Commissioner of Public Works
Region of Niagara, Ontario, Canada |
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Mr. Brothers is Commissioner of Public Works for the Niagara Region, and is responsible for oversight and direction of the Regional road network, water and wastewater treatment and trunk systems, solid waste management, development services, and associated engineering and capital works divisions.
Mr. Brothers has 30 years of municipal experience in Halifax, Ottawa and the Niagara Region.
He has been active in several national and international associations, and is currently the Chair of the Regional Public Works Commissioners of Ontario. He has served as President of the Canadian Water and Wastewater Association, Vice-President of the American Water Works Association, and Chair of the IWA, Water Losses Task Force. Ken is recognized for his achievements in water loss control sustainability, and has presented internationally in over 20 countries.
Mr. Brothers is a Professional Engineer, a graduate of St. Francis Xavier University and the Nova Scotia Technical University, and Queen’s University Executive Program.
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Reid Campbell
Director of Water Services
Halifax Water, Nova Scotia, Canada |
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Reid Campbell will be speaking at the conference.
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Richard Chalk
Leakage Strategy Manager
Severn Trent Water, UK |
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Richard Chalk will be speaking at the conference.
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Bambos Charalambous
Director of Technical Services
Water Board of Lemesos, Cyprus |
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Bambos Charalambous holds a BSc degree in Civil Engineering and a Masters in Business Administration. He is a Chartered Engineer (CEng) registered with the UK Engineering Council, a Corporate Member of the Institution of Civil Engineers (UK) and a Fellow of the Institution of Water and Environmental Management (UK).
His experience in water related areas spans over 30 years and has worked on many projects in Europe, West Africa, Asia, United Arab Emirates and Cyprus. From 1995 is heading the Technical Services of the Water Board of Lemesos, a public water utility in Cyprus, with responsibilities over all technical matters, including planning, operation and maintenance of the water supply system. Bambos has instigated and supervised the implementation of the Water Loss Management strategy of the Water Board.
Bambos is Past Chair of the International Water Association’s Water Loss Task Force and has published a number of papers on issues related to the management of urban water supply and of water sources. He has taken part in many research projects, conferences, seminars workshops and debates. He is currently the Secretary General of the European Water Resources Association.
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Hugo Chisca Jr.
Engineering Director
BBL Engenharia, Sao Paulo, Brazil |
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From 2000, Hugo Chisca Jr. has been Engineering Director of BBL Engenharia.
BBL Engenharia was created to provide engineering comprehensive solutions for operational optimization of water distribution systems and world-wide class services for this market. BBL Engenharia is recognized as a leading company in water losses in the Brazilian market, and the Company that have performed the more expressive contracts for water loss reduction, with payment on performance based, in Brazil, among several others engineering services contracts.
With over 30 years of experience in planning, design and construction management for water systems, Mr. Hugo Chisca Jr. held technical and management positions in consultancy and construction management companies.
Mr. Hugo Chisca Jr. is Civil Engineer, Master in Sanitary Engineering, with specialization in Public Health and in Business Administration.
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Neil Croxton
Principal Modelling Engineer
United Utilities, UK |
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Neil Croxton has worked within the water industry for 12 years and started his career at Mouchel (formally Parkman’s) engineering consultancy before moving to United Utilities as a hydraulic network modelling engineer. He has worked in both Engineering and Operations and has been heavily involved in the use of computer network models for leakage detection at UU. As a Principal Clean Water Modelling Engineer he is responsible for the delivery of reliable, robust and cost effective hydraulic solutions for a wide variety of projects including mains rehabilitation, robust flushing design, Large Diameter Trunk Mains Cleaning, solution optimisation, surge analysis and leakage detection.
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George Day
Director of Network Regulation
OFWAT, UK |
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George joined Ofwat in 1999 as a senior economist. He has held several posts and was Head of Asset Strategy before becoming Director of Network Regulation in June 2008. Prior to joining Ofwat, George worked as an economist on overseas development projects and consultancy.
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Nicholas Day
Account Director - Government Sector
Munters, UK |
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Nicholas Day will be speaking at the conference.
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Dennis Dellow
Network Manager, Northumbrian Water
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Dennis Dellow is Network Manager at Northumbrian Water South (Essex and Suffolk Water). In this role he is responsible for operational monitoring, control and analysis of network performance, leakage management, and for planning and analysis of capital investment for the water networks.
He is a member of the Water UK Leakage Group, Convenor of the UK Leakage Network, and is Client Manager for all UK Water Industry Research in the area of leakage management.
Prior to joining Essex and Suffolk Water he was Manager of the Water Distribution Group at WRc in Swindon, and has worked entirely in water distribution since 1985.
He is a New Zealander, qualified as a Civil Engineer, with working experience in many countries, particularly in South America.
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Tim Door
UK Water Industry Manager
ABB |
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Tim is a qualified Civil Engineer, with over 10 year’s management experience in water projects. Previous to ABB, Tim worked within a variety of management metering roles for Severn Trent Water. Prior to his current role within ABB UK, Tim was responsible for the transformation of the ABB Flow products range as the Global Flow Product Manager. As ABB’s water industry manager, Tim is responsible for the co-ordination of all relationships with contractors and consultants and to build awareness of ABB’s growing offering for water and waste water treatment applications, encompassing everything from power transformers through to drives, motors and instrumentation. He is also the UK ABB Senior Manager responsible for delivering the industrial partner aspects of Project NEPTUNE.
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Tommy Ekblad
Head of Drinking Water Distribution
Gothenburg Water, Gothenburg, Sweden |
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Responsible for Gothenburg’s drinking water network and distribution to the town’s 500,000 inhabitants.
Over 30 years of experience in leak detection, for Gothenberg Water and as a consultant.
Lecturer in leak detection for Svenskt Water (Swedish Water & Wastewater Association), currently working on a new manual on leak detection for Svenskt Water.
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Tony Gwynne
Divisional Manager
Mouchel |
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Tony has over sixteen years professional experience within the UK Water Industry specialising in water supply distribution operational management and Customer relations management.
Tony’s key operational management and service delivery focus is on Customer service and billing environment also influencing find & Fix process for water distribution teams across a population of 8 million people in the central and east Midlands.
Tony’s strategic planning plus business change experience through working with clients to deliver smart but achievable targets has supported sustainable business improvements across Severn Trent Water. Tony has proven track record in managing business targets and delivering, leading to regulatory compliance in maximising quality services. Experienced in providing inspirational leadership and building successful high performing teams delivering targets linked to key performance indicators. Working closely with clients delivering leakage targets across Severn Trent Water whilst keeping teams motivated safer and more efficient. Also Leading in the water leakage environment on innovation and technology is Key to Tony’s experience in providing clear strategy for Leakage performance across the UK water companies.
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Kristijan Ilicic
Head of Development of Water Supply & Sewage
Zagreb Water and Wastewater Company, Croatia |
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Kristijan Ilicic is B. Sc. Mechanical Engineer with experience in the profession over 15 years. In water and waste water company in Zagreb he has been employed since 2002. From that time until today he is actively engaged in issues related to water supply systems. Work began on the site chief engineer in the water supply system, and currently works as development and design manager of water supply and sewage systems.
He published several scientific and professional papers in the fields of water supply systems with a specialized application of statistical methods in the management of water supply systems.
He is certified for quality systems manager by European Organization for Quality according to ISO 9001, and for project manager by International Project Management Association according to EN 45013.
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Alice Jawan Empaling
Deputy General Manager
Sibu Water Board, Sibu, Sarawak, Malaysia |
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Ms. Empaling is a registered professional engineer with the Board of Engineers, Malaysia and has a degree in Civil Engineering from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee, U.S.A
She has served in the water industry for 19 years and served all those years with the Sibu Water Board. She has built up her work experiences in various fields of project management, water treatment process, integrated management systems, organizational management, and non-revenue water management. Her involvement with leak detection started in 1995, and was instrumental in implementing the NRW Management Program in 2007.
She currently holds the post as Deputy General Manager, Sibu Water Board, and is specifically responsible for the NRW Management Program and the Integrated Management System.
She has presented papers on NRW at the Water Loss Asia 2008 (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia), Water Loss 2009 (Cape Town, South Africa), and the Water Congress APAC Series 2009 (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia).
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Peter Jiggins
Head of Branch, Water Supply and Regulation,
DEFRA |
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Started career working in the water industry for Anglian Water in various scientific posts. Qualified in microbiology and worked in establishing the quality of environmental and drinking waters.
In 1992 joined the Drinking Water Inspectorate working on the enforcement of the drinking water regulations by technical audit of water companies and the investigation of water quality incidents.
In 2002 moved to Head of Branch in the Water Supply and Regulation Division of Defra. The branch has policy responsibility for drinking water quality and water conservation.
Currently working on policies to promote water conservation through demand management to drive the sustainable development of water resources. This involves working on leakage management, promotion of water efficient products and behaviours as well as working with CLG to develop improved standards of sustainability for new homes and developments.
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Jacob Jørgensen
Project Manager
Alectia AQUA, Denmark |
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Jacob Jørgensen will be speaking at the conference.
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Sophie Kanellopoulou
Deputy Director of the Water Supply Network and
Head of Department of Coordination, Planning and Operation
EYDAP, Athens, Greece |
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Since 2006, Mrs. Kanellopoulou has been responsible for the operation of the Water Supply Network of Athens and the Monitoring Systems, as well as the Implementation of Modern Technologies regarding telemetry, leakage, water metering, pipe materials and others. In 2009, Mrs. Kanellopoulou has become Deputy Director of the Water Supply Network as well.
Prior to this position, she worked as an engineer in EYDAP SA (involved for 11 years in the operation of the Water Supply Network), as a research engineer with the National Technical University of Athens (on multiple Environmental & Water Resources projects), as well as a free lance Hydraulic Engineer.
Mrs. Kanellopoulou has a diploma in Civil Engineering from the National Technical University of Athens, Greece and a M.Sc. in Environmental Engineering and Water Resources from Cornell University, USA.
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Antônio Carlos da Costa Lino
Engineer, Department Manager
SABESP, Sao Paulo, Brazil |
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Since 1995, Antônio Carlos da Costa Lino has been the Sales and Marketing Department Manager of Sabesp’s West Business Unit, regarded as one of the world’s top five organizations in terms of client base. SABESP is a mixed-economy company whose main shareholder is the Government of the State of São Paulo. It was the first Brazilian mixed-economy company to be listed on the New Stock Market of the São Paulo Stock Exchange, the highest level of Corporate Governance. In addition, Sabesp is listed on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), and complies with the requirements of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act.
The processes are ISO 9001 certified and aim to standardize the sanitation services provided for all the cities served by SABESP until 2018. To do so, it has an audacious investment plan and a product platform such as SABESP’s environmental solutions program.
Mr. Antônio Carlos da Costa Lino majored in Metallurgical Engineering and Business Administration from Mackenzie University and holds a postgraduate degree in Environment and Society. He has been responsible for the business management and loss reduction activities in the last six years. In 2007, his work on loss control management activities was awarded the best prize by the Brazilian Sanitation and Environmental Engineering Association (ABES).
With over 26 years of experience in the Sanitation Industry, Antônio Carlos da Costa Lino actively participates in several activities of the industry and is a member of ABES, with participation in several national and international conferences and seminars.
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Joaquim Pocas Martins
President of the Restructuring Board
Aguas do Porto, Portugal |
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Professor of Hydraulics and Environmental Engineering at the University of Porto, Portugal, President of the Restructuring Commission of Aguas do Porto (150,000 clients) and CEO of GIDEA – Innovation and Development for the Water Industry, Ltd.
He was the CEO of Aguas de Portugal (holding of 60 water, wastewater and solid waste companies), EPAL (300,000 clients), Aguas do Douro e Paiva (300,000 m3/d) and Aguas de Gaia (130,000 clients).
Between 1993 and 1995 he was the Secretary of State for the Environment and the Consumer of Portugal.
He is the author of two books and more than one hundred scientific and technical publications.
He was responsible for fifty studies and projects in the water field and international consultant for NATO, the European Community and Eastern European countries.
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Dr. Brian Mergelas
Founding President and CEO
Pressure Pipe Inspection Company (PPIC) |
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Dr. Brian Mergelas is the founding President and CEO of the Pressure Pipe Inspection Company. His commitment to advancing condition assessment solutions for the water transmission industry is well documented. In addition to publishing over 50 papers in academic and industry journals, he co-authored the AWWARF landmark book Electromagnetic Inspection of Prestressed Concrete Pressure Pipe. A visionary in the water industry, Brian's philosophy is that, by using condition assessment to establish the condition of a water transmission network, operators can more effectively manage their pipeline assets. Through the use of unique and patented technologies and a proven track record, Brian & PPIC have worked with many of the world's most proactive water utilities, saving them hundreds of millions of dollars. Dr. Mergelas received his Ph.D. in Physics from Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario, Canada.
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Jens Løppenthien
Managing Director
7-Technologies, Denmark |
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Jens Løppenthien will be speaking at the conference.
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Peter Martinek
Managing Director
Martinek Water Management |
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Peter Martinek has gathered experience in Water Leak Detection and Water-Loss-Monitoring for over 30 years. In 1997 he started the development of a Multiparameter Sensor to measure flow, pressure and noise simultaneously.
The first patent to this unique system was granted in 1998. In 2001 the MWM – Martinek Water Management Ltd was founded and worldwide patent rights were obtained. MWM has distributed and installed over 400 Systems world wide.
In September 2009 this Multiparameter Monitoring method/system was officially published in the New Austrian Guidelines for Water Loss in Water Supply Systems ÖVGW – W63.
It declares a new approach to systematic, strategic and sustainable Water Loss Management for open networks creating virtual DMA’s.
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William Muhairwe
Managing Director
National Water and Sewerage Corporation, Kampala, Uganda |
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Dr. William T. Muhairwe is a Management Specialist trained in Economic and Business Management and has been managing public companies for more than the last 15 years in Uganda and abroad. Since 1998 to date, he has been the Managing Director of National Water and Sewerage Corporation, a State Corporation that was almost collapsing due to mismanagement. Out of his initiatives, Dr Muhairwe has implemented innovative change management programmes that have successfully turned round NWSC from a loss making organization to a profit making government parastatal which is now a benchmark for best practice both nationally and internationally among water utility organizations. The organization was named “Employer of the Year 2003 for Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility” and again got a Golden Award for Management Excellence in June 2004 and Employer of the Year 2004 for “Productivity and Performance Management”. In 2005, URA presented to the organization with the “URA Vantage Award” for exemplary Tax Compliance on the Tax Payers’ Appreciation day. In 2007, NWSC was recognized as the East Africa’s Most Respected Company in the Service Sector.
Formerly, Dr Muhairwe worked for the Uganda Investment Authority as its Deputy and eventually Ag Executive Director for 3 years and was responsible for attracting inward private investments in Uganda. He was also, at one time, the MD of the East African Steel Corporation, a Joint Venture Company between the government of Uganda and a private company (The Madhvani Group). Dr. Muhairwe has key competences in Strategic Planning, Policy formulation, private sector development, restructuring of ailing state companies and managing them while preparing them for private sector investment and participation.
Dr. Muhairwe has spearheaded the formation of an External Services function at NWSC, which has, hitherto, become a strong platform for sharing best utility management practices in the sub-Saharan African region and beyond. He has been retained to provide professional services to the World Bank in several assignments on top of his other External Services assignments in performance improvement strategy development in Kenya, Tanzania, Zambia, India and Pakistan.
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Harrison Mutikanga
Water Loss Control Manager
Kampala Water, Kampala, Uganda |
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Harrison Mutikanga is a registered Civil/Sanitary Engineer by profession with 15 years experience in management of water utility services.
He specializes in water loss control, performance management contracts, water distribution hydraulic modeling, water treatment, water meter management, water demand management, billing and customer Care Management.
BSc. (Hons) Civil Engineering – Makerere University Kampala, 1994
MSc. Sanitary Engineering – International Institute for Infrastructure, Hydraulic and Environmental Engineering (IHE)- Delft the Netherlands, 1999
PhD Fellow (2008 – 2012): UNESCO-IHE Institute for Water Education, Delft The Netherlands. Research Topic is on development of “Decision support tools for water loss management in developing Countries”.
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Booky Oren
Chairman
Miya |
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Booky Oren will be speaking at the conference.
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Tony O’Shea
Leakage Reduction Services Manager
Yorkshire Water Services, UK |
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In the water industry for 20 years and during that time worked in both the Environmental and the Water Business Units. The last twelve years have been spent within the distribution arena and the last five specifically dedicated to leakage.
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Paul Parr
Leakage Planner
United Utilities, UK |
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Paul Parr will be speaking at the conference.
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Ridwan Patel
R&D Project Manager, Yorkshire Water Services
Project Manager, NEPTUNE Project, ESPRC |
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Ridwan has been with Yorkshire Water for 7 years working mainly in Regulatory and project management roles. His current role is Project Manager for Neptune and is responsible for delivering the industrial and academic aspects of the project into the business. He graduated with a degree in Economics in 2002 and has had previous roles within the financial industry including the Bank of England.
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Randy Payton
Senior Program Manager, Distribution Division, Water Utilities
Dallas Water, USA |
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Randy Payton has more than twenty years experience in the water industry and currently manages the Distribution Operation within Dallas Water. In this role he is responsible for one of the largest potable and raw water delivery systems in the US, providing service to 2.4 million customers. An active member of American Waterworks Association he has served on numerous committees involving water loss, pipeline condition assessment, backflow prevention and distribution management.
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Paul Reiter
Executive Director
International Water Association |
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Paul Reiter is the Executive Director of the International Water Association – an organization that serves as the global network for water professional with approximately 10,000 members in 120 countries. He is a leading figure in international and regional water issues with nearly 30 years experience in utility project innovation and utility management in the areas of water, electricity and solid waste. Through this period he has worked as a utility leader, private consultant and as an association director.
Paul’s experience in water has focused on sustainable urban water management including water resources optimization for human and environmental needs, water efficiency and reuse, urban drainage, and waters sensitive urban design. On the management side, Paul has been a leader in change-focused utility management and leadership, including the pioneering of innovative procurement methods for large scale capital projects in the U.S. Paul has co-authored two books, contributed many articles, and speaks throughout the world on the leading challenges facing the water sector including climate change adaptation and innovation in delivery of international support to water-related development assistance.
Prior to joining IWA in 2001 Paul was with City of Seattle for 7 years, holding posts of City Utilities Leader and Deputy Director for Strategic Policy.
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Danny Ronson
UK Flow Product Manager
Siemens |
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Siemens UK Flow Product Manager, Danny Ronson has worked in the UK Instrumentation Market for over 30 years.
He joined Siemens following the acquisition of Danfoss Flow Metering in 2001 and is widely regarded as one of the leading UK experts with regards to Flow Measurement.
He has been heavily involved with specification & application advise with the majority of the Water Companies in the UK Water Industry during his career.
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Pat Spain
Distribution Strategy Manager
Severn Trent Water, UK |
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Pat Spain will be speaking at the conference.
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Andreii Stetsenko
Chairman of the Board
Energouchet JSC |
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Andrii Stestenko was born in Kharkov, Ukraine. He is graduate in Radiophysics and Electronics from Kharkov State University. And he get qualification specialist in radiophysics.
From 1993 Andrii Stestenko worked as deputy director in the product company Tahion JSC . And from 2006 he is heading Energouchet JSC and has over 20 years experience in water industry and creating the leak detection system.
Also Andrii Stestenko is Corresponding Member of the Ukrainian Academy in Oil-and-Gas Industry and has published a number of papers on issues related to the search solutions in measurement of the liquids flow. He has a lot of Russian and Ukrainian patents in branches concerned with design and manufacturing measurement equipments.
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Frank van der Kleij
Network Technical Manager
Bristol Water, UK |
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Frank van der Kleij, a water engineer with a MSc in Rural Engineering from Cranfield University has 14 years experience in the field of land and water management, specifically in Water Loss Management and Water Balance Component analysis.
Since 1998 he has worked for Bristol Water, presently in the role as Network Technical Manager. His work in Bristol Water primarily focuses on the annual reporting of water balance components (including Economic Level of Leakage calculations) and developing leakage control strategies. Further responsibilities cover pressure management, operational performance indicator monitoring, District Meter Area implementation & management and distribution network flushing. As a consultant, for Bristol Water Services, he has worked on several Non Revenue Water projects in Central and South-East Asia.
He is a Chartered Environmentalist (Cenv), a MIWO and a member of the IWA Water Loss Task Force.
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Tim Waldron
Chief Executive Officer
Wide Bay Water Corporation, Queensland, Australia |
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Tim is recognised as one of Australia’s leading experts on water loss control. At the World Water Congress in Vienna during September 2008, Tim was appointed as Chairman of the International Water Association Water Loss Task Force.
He has 38 years experience in the water and wastewater industry. Born and educated in England, Tim worked for North West Water UK for over 20 years, including 10 years as the Water Supply Manager of the City of Preston servicing a population of approximately 1.2 million.
His specialist knowledge in water demand management gained at North West Water led to his secondments as the United Nations Technical Representative for the United Nations Development Program and the World Health Organisation.
Cities in over 20 countries have been able to reduce their demand on water following Tim’s influence on their government policies and actions.
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Wang Guanghui
Project Manager
Tongling Pilot Study, Beijing Capital Co. Ltd, Beijing, China |
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WANG Guanghui, a postgraduate from Harbin Institute of Technology, China is now working in Beijing Capital Co., Ltd.. Mr. Wang started his work of Water Supply Network Management while he was a graduate and has gained rich experiences in water management in China.
Since joining Beijing Capital Co., Ltd., Mr. Wang has been responsible for several projects including Ma’anshan’s Water Supply Network – ‘Optimizing Dispatching Modeling’ , Beijing Capital’s Water Supply Network GIS System and Beijing Capital’s GPS Survey and Control System. Mr. Wang is also doing research on Urban City Water Loss Management in China - supported by the Ministry of Construction, and Water Supply Network Leakage Control in Ma’anshan and Tongling - supported by the Ministry of Science and Technology.
Mr. Wang has been involved in several other projects, including Harbin Water Supply Network Hydro Power Analysis Modeling System, Tianjin Water Supply Network Water Resources Analysis Modeling System and Daqing Water Supply Network SCADA System.
Mr. Wang’s has had articles on water network management, leakage control and network modeling published in China.
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Stuart Whitfield
Leakage Manager
South Staffs Water, UK |
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Stuart has worked within the water industry for 13 years and is now currently Leakage Manager at South Staffs Water, taking responsibility for operational leakage management, leakage analysis and leakage reporting within the business.
Prior to joining South Staffs Water in 2001 Stuart worked for Ewan Associates on various leakage management projects for clients including North West Water.
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Michael Wrigglesworth
Vice President – Middle East & Africa
Pure Technologies |
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Michael Wrigglesworth is an engineer with a bachelor of science degree in engineering from the University of Guelph. Mr. Wrigglesworth joined Pure Technologies in 2000 as a sales engineer and was promoted to Vice President – Middle East & Africa in 2006. He is responsible for the marketing and operations of Pure Technologies in this geographical area.
Pure Technologies is a Canadian publicly-listed company dedicated to the development and application of technologies for infrastructure management and loss reduction in water & wastewater systems.
Pure is instrumental in the development of inspection and monitoring programs for large-diameter water transmission pipelines in North America and on the Great Man-Made River Project in Libya where Pure’s acoustic monitoring technologies are being used to ensure the long-term integrity of the Project’s massive pipeline infrastructure.
They are currently involved in the development of innovative leak detection and condition assessment technologies to reduce losses from water and oil & gas pipelines.
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| It is with great pleasure that London Business Conferences can now announce that MIYA are a part of the 4th Global Water Leakage Summit. . . More |
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Paul Reiter, Executive Director, International Water Association
Tim Waldron, CEO, Wide Bay Water, Queensland, Australia
William Muhairwe, MD, National Water and Sewerage Corporation, Kampala, Uganda
Joaquim Pocas Martins, President of the Restructuring Board, Aguas do Porto, Portugal
Ken Brothers, Commissioner of Public Works, Region of Niagara, Canada
Danny Ronson, UK Flow Product Manager, Siemens
George Day, Director of Network Regulation, OFWAT, UK
Peter Jiggins, Head of Branch, Water Supply and Regulation, DEFRA
Ian Barker, Head of Water, Environment Agency
Dennis Dellow, Network Manager, Northumbrian Water, UK
Booky Oren, Chairman, Miya
Antônio Carlos da Costa Lino, Engineer, Department Manager, SABESP, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Hugo Chisca Jr., Engineering Director, BBL Engenharia, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Alice Jawan Empaling, Deputy General Manager, Sibu Water Board, Malaysia
Wang Guanghui, Project Manager, Beijing Capital Co., China
Tim Door, UK Water Industry Manager, ABB
Ridwan Patel, R&D Project Manager, Yorkshire Water Services
Jens Løppenthien, Managing Director, 7-Technologies, Denmark
Jacob Jørgensen, Project Manager, Alectia AQUA, Denmark
Richard Chalk, Leakage Strategy Manager, Severn Trent Water, UK
Bambos Charalambous, Director of Technical Services, Water Board of Lemesos, Cyprus
Sophie Kanellopoulou, Deputy Director Water Supply Network and Head of Department of Coordination, Planning and Operation, EYDAP, Athens, Greece
Frank van der Kleij, Network Technical Manager, Bristol Water, UK
Randy Payton, Senior Program Manager, Distribution Division, Water Utilities, Dallas Water, USA
Paul Parr, Leakage Planner, United Utilities, UK
Michael R. Wrigglesworth, Vice President – Middle East & Africa, Pure Technologies Group, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Dr. Brian Mergelas, Founding President and CEO, Pressure Pipe Inspection Company (PPIC), Ontario, Canada
Nicholas Day, Account Director - Government Sector, Munters, UK
Tommy Ekblad, Head of Drinking Water Distribution, Gothenburg Water, Sweden
Tony O’Shea, Leakage Reduction Services Manager, Yorkshire Water Services, UK
Neil Croxton, Principal Modelling Engineer, United Utilities, UK
Kristijan Ilicic, Head of Development, Water Supply & Sewage, Zagreb Water and Wastewater Company, Croatia
Harrison Mutikanga, Water Loss Control Manager, Kampala Water, Uganda
Stuart Whitfield, Leakage Manager, South Staffs Water, UK
Pat Spain, Distribution Strategy Manager, Severn Trent Water, UK
Ryan Benner, Maintenance Engineer, Las Vegas Valley Water District
Peter Martinek, Managing Director, Martinek Water Management
Reid Campbell, Director of Water Services, Halifax Water, Nova Scotia, Canada
Andreii Stetsenko, Chairman of the Board, Energouchet JSC, Ukraine
Tony Gwynne, Divisional Manager, Mouchel
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