Would you like to hear about the latest innovations in water utility? The assembled water professionals from the water research institutes, international associations, development banks, customers, and GF Piping Systems will discuss how non-revenue water affects the world. Find out their view on the future of digital solutions to help solve this ever-increasing challenge. It is time to work together towards a water-wise world.
Tune into our episodes to learn more about the following topics:
How to combat non-revenue water
How utilities are innovating with technologies and showcasing utility reference cases
Smart pressure management, digitalizing the water networks
Live from the trench
Practical and virtual reality training
The future of smart digital solutions to solve water loss
Listen to experts giving their insights and discussions. Check out all the sessions on-demand to discover thought-provoking episodes to help you solve this ever-increasing challenge.
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Episode 1: How water loss is affecting the world
Join our moderator Andrew Walker and our panel of water experts from across the sector to discuss the challenges of non-revenue water, how it affects utilities, and how they deal with water loss issues.
Episode 1 is now available!
GF Piping Systems welcomes you to the first episode of Solving water loss for life panel discussion. Our moderator Andrew Walker, is here to open the panel event and is joined by:
- Stuart Hamilton, Chair of the Water Loss Specialist Group at IWA, and Head of NRW Development – Miya Water
- Rodrigo Riquelme, Water and Sanitation Lead Specialist at the Inter American Development Bank
- Dr. Christoph Lüthi, Head of the Sanitation, Water and Solid Waste for Development Department, at the Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology (Eawag),
- Olivier Narbey, Senior Business Development Manager at GF Piping Systems, to give us a holistic overview of how water loss affects different world regions and highlight the importance of acting on and solving non-revenue water.
Episode 2: How utilities are innovating with technology
Join our moderator Andrew Walker and our panel of water experts from across the sector to discuss how utilities innovate with technologies to solve water loss issues and digitalize their water networks to reduce leakages. Our guests will also be showcasing reference cases about intelligent pressure management.
Episode 2 is now available!
GF Piping Systems welcomes you to the second episode of Solving water loss for life panel discussion. Our moderator Andrew Walker, is here to open the panel event and is joined by:
- Jurica Kovac, International Water Association Fellow, and Director at Aqua Libera Ltd
- Dragan Savic FREng, Chief Executive Officer, KWR Water Research Institute (Netherlands) and Professor of Hydroinformatics, University of Exeter (UK)
- Chris Evans, Chief Operations Officer at Detection Services
- Vangelis Balokas, Technical Director Olympios S.A.
- Victor Pinedo – Senior Business Development Manager at GF Piping Systems
Episode 3: How PE materials and Trenchless laying technologies can solve water loss issues
Join our moderator Andrew Walker and our panel of water experts from across the water sector to discuss how PE materials and Trenchless laying technologies can solve water loss issues and reduce leakages. Our guests will also be talking about their 30 years of experience and benefits of PE pipelines and showcasing reference cases on saving water losses in Brazil.
Episode 3 is now available!
GF Piping Systems welcomes you to the third episode of Solving water loss for life panel discussion. Our moderator Andrew Walker, is here to open the panel event and is joined by:
- Michaela Eichenberger, Senior Material Engineer at GF Piping Systems
- Helio Rosas, Chairman at Brazilian Trenchless Society, ABRATT
- Valdir Flores, Director of the Sanitation Municipal Department at DMAE
Episode 4: Live from the Training Center
Join our moderator Andrew Walker and our Utility experts in "Live from the Training Center" where they will share technologies to solve water loss issues and reduce leakages. Our guest from Oxford Flow, Dr. Matt Collins, Director of Product Development, demonstrates the special features of NeoFlow Pressure Regulating Valve and tells the special story of developing the product.
Episode 4 is now available!
GF Piping Systems welcomes you to the fourth episode of Solving water loss for life . Our moderator Andrew Walker, is here to take you on a journey through the Training Center in Schaffhausen and is joined by:
- Mona Vogt, Global Product Manager, GF Piping Systems
- Dr. Matt Collins (Phd.), Director of Product Development, Oxford Flow
- Niko Verhaegen, Global VR and Business Development Manager at Georg Fischer NV-SA
- Sanjay Patel, Global Business Development Manager, GF Piping Systems
- Florian Albrecht, Global Product Manager, GF Piping Systems
Episode 5: The future of smart digital solutions to solve water loss
Join our moderator Andrew Walker when he leads the discussion concerning "The future of smart digital solutions to solve water loss". Our top-class experts from the water/development sector share the current status of smart technology enablers in water networks, possible shifts in the next years and digitalization opportunities for the water sector in the future.
Episode 5 is now available!
GF Piping Systems welcomes you to the fifth episode of Solving water loss for life. Our moderator Andrew Walker, is here to host the panel of our water development sector experts:
- Ina Vertommen, Team Leader Hydroinformatics at KWR
- Janelcy Alferes Castano, R&D Project Leader - Internet of Water
- Liliane Manny, PhD at Eawag and ETH University Zurich
- Jennifer M Gulland, Independent Water Economics & Risk Expert
- Katja Stadler, Development Engineer Utility Solutions at GF Piping Systems