WATER MANAGEMENT Smart Class 2026

Affinity Water • Aire Resilience Company • Aire Rivers Trust • Andel* • Anglian Water • Anglian Water Services • Aqua Consultants • Arcadis • Arup • Atkins Global • AtkinsRéalis • BIM4Water* • Binnies* • Birmingham City Council • Blue Heart Project • Brightly*, a Siemens Company* • Bristol Water • British Water • Buckinghamshire Council • Calder Rivers Trust • Cambridgeshire County Council • Canal & River Trust • Central Bedfordshire Council • Centre for Water Systems • CBRE • CIWEM • Connected by Water • Consumer Scotland • Costain* • Coventry City Council • Cynnal Cymru – Sustain Wales • Dartford Borough Council • Dayworth Consulting • DEFRA • Drinking Water Inspectorate • Dwr Cymru – Welsh Water • East Sussex County Council • Ebbsfleet Development Corporation • England’s Economic Heartland • Environment Agency • Everflow • Flintshire County Council • Greater London Authority • Green Valley Group* • Herefordshire Council • Hertfordshire County Council • Horizon Energy Infrastructure • Horsham District Council • HR Wallingford • Humber & Yorkshire Climate Commission • Institute of Water • Jacobs • JBA Consulting • Kent County Council • Lancashire County Council • Leeds City Council • Leeds Climate Commission • London Borough of Hackney • London Borough of Newham • Medway Council • Metasphere* • Milton Keynes Council • Monmouthshire County Council • MWH Treatment* • The National Flood Forum • National Highways • Nazca Consulting • Northumbrian Water Group • Nottingham City Council • Nottinghamshire County Council • OFWAT • Our Rainwater* • Oxford City Council • Oxfordshire County Council • Pennon Group • Plymouth City Council • Portsmouth Water • Project Centre* • Quest Waste Management • Rebalance Earth • Ridge and Partners • Royal Horticultural Society • Scottish Water Horizons • SES Water • Severn Trent • Sheffield City Council • Siemens/Siemens Smart Infrastructure* • Skanska* • Southend-on-Sea City Council • South East Water UK • Southern Water • South Staffs & Cambridge Water • South West Water • South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority • Staffordshire County Council • Suffolk County Council • Sustrans • Thames Regional Flood and Coastal Committee • Thames Water • Turner & Townsend • United Utilities • University of Exeter • University of Leeds* • University of Salford • University of Sheffield • University of Stirling • University of West London • Warwickshire County Council • water@leeds* • Waterman Aspen • Water Resources East • Water UK • Wessex Water • Westminster City Council • West Yorkshire Combined Authority • West Yorkshire Flood Innovation Programme • Wokingham Borough Council • The World Bank • Xylem* • Yorkshire Water etc

The West Yorkshire Flood Innovation Programme – Providing a collaborative framework for innovation • Five key WYFLIP themes, each led by a West Yorkshire local authority – 1) Integrated water management solutions 2) Nature-based solutions 3) Property flood resilience 4) Community and voluntary sector 5) Enhanced flood warning systems • iCASP – Providing monitoring and evaluation support, and ensuring the latest science is integrated into the programme and knowledge is being exchanged • Importance of clear governance and finding new ways to fund and resource collaborative multi-organisational projects and programmes • Foundations of the roadmap and WYFLIP governance – A sustainable model • What’s new? YRFCC funding, Meanwood Valley urban farm SuDS demonstrator site, resilient sports pitches, blue green infrastructure training, surveys, digital smart flood warning system (LoRaWAN), green social prescribing etc • What key challenges might a WYFLIP-style partnership address? • What’s next for WYFLIP or others? • Enhancing flood resilience in urban neighbourhoods through small-scale interventions • Sustainable drainage systems – Mimicking natural drainage processes to offer multifunctional solutions for stormwater management • Urban landscape design – Complementing SuDS by incorporating green infrastructure into the built environment • Integrating permeable pavements, rain gardens and swales to reduce flood risks, enhance biodiversity, and improve urban aesthetics • Leveraging other highway schemes, including traffic calming, to maximise SuDS benefits • Importance of community engagement – Ensuring holistic, locally driven solutions through collaboration among local governments, planners, landscape architects, engineers, and residents • Case studies from Waltham Forest, Ealing, Hillingdon and Newham – How integrated, nature-based solutions can deliver both climate resilience and meaningful co-benefits • Driving digital transformation of the water sector in support of the National Digital Twin Programme • BIM, information management standards and the BIM4Water journey to date • Water Data Taskforce – Facilitating secure and resilient open data sharing, both across the water sector and between sectors • Beyond 4D Task Group – Supporting the water sector in its adoption of visualisation • BIM level 2 vs 3D modelling • What are 4D BIM/4D digital twin and 4D BIM/5D digital twin? • 4D BIM software, collaboration and pre-requisites • How is 4D BIM executed and what are the benefits, deliverables and applications? • Riding the innovation wave – Northumbrian Water’s approach to driving transformational change • Four key challenges – 1) Climate change 2) Ageing assets 3) Changing expectations 4) Increased demand • Key principles and enablers that embed a successful innovation culture within an organisation • Pillars of innovation at NWG, the ‘Hub & Spoke’ innovation approach, and changing how innovation is done with the Northumbrian Water Innovation Festival • National Underground Asset Register – Transforming infrastructure management through industry-wide data sharing • Water Cookbook – An asset design standardisation initiative that will enable AMP8 to be more cost effective and faster at deployment • Generative AI for chemical dosing – Harnessing cutting-edge AI to optimise treatment processes and reduce environmental impact • Smart skies for healthier rivers – Using satellite and drone technology to monitor and improve river water quality • Additional game changing NWG projects, exemplifying the power of collaboration and technological advancement e.g. Alexa Skill, Moss Tree, Power of Z, FairWater, Treatment 2 Tap, Tipping Point, No Dig, River Deep Mountain AI etc • Challenges of scaling innovation, overcoming barriers, securing stakeholder buy-in, fostering effective partnerships  across sectors, role of the Ofwat Innovation Fund, and growing importance of international collaboration in shaping the future of water innovation • Combining the real and digital worlds to act flexibly and sustainably • Increasing your resilience with smart infrastructure asset management and enterprise asset management • Installing sensors, MCerts inspections and monitoring MCerts certifications – Providing the data and the means to be proactive and optimise work schedules and maintenance • Using rainfall predictions, weather event data, AI and IoT sensor data to identify potential blockages in drainage networks and pinpoint where damage or blockages already exist • Ensuring high quality and sufficient drinking water through risk-based technical regulation • Introducing the Drinking Water Inspectorate (DWI) and the work of the scientists, analysts and engineers who oversee our drinking water supply arrangements from source to tap • Drinking water regulation objectives, regulatory delivery and active surveillance • What are the successes of water industry regulation since 1990? • Drinking water quality compliance in England and Wales – Public vs Private supplies; Overall compliance and lead (Pb) compliance • How does the UK water supply compare to the rest of the world? Environmental performance index for drinking water • Is there more to do? Drinking water risk dashboard; Drinking water response to PFAS; Addressing quality, sufficiency, operational technology, security and cyber security using data driven risk strategy to target regulatory priorities and the outcomes of water companies • Translating research into water solutions • water@leeds’ journey from horizon scanning to innovative solutions and the importance of an interdisciplinary approach • How do we identify priority water research questions? • water@leeds research strategy, knowledge co-production and research translation • Addressing the challenges and benefits of collaborations with interdisciplinary research centres • Managing water for carbon storage in peatlands – Hydrological modelling for effect of restoration; Ecosystem modelling – Effect of climate on peatland carbon stocks • Optimising flood resilience with Andel’s FloodWall – A site-specific data driven installation approach • What is a smart water system? • Scaling smart – Anglian Water’s journey in smart water systems and collaborative innovation • Macro challenges and the need for resilience • Unique challenges in Eastern England and a 25 year plan to enable social and environmental prosperity for the region • AMP5-AMP7 smart water journey and impact – pressure management pilots, optimised water networks, AI and machine learning trials, condition based monitoring, climate vulnerability study, WISPA model and predictive tools • Safe smart systems – unlocking the steps to autonomous control in water systems • Shop window – an enterprise incubator framework • Improving flood resilience in urban neighbourhoods through small interventions • What are sustainable drainage systems and how can SuDs and urban landscape design mitigate flood risks at a local level? • Opportunities to integrate rain gardens into the public realm • Making use of highways schemes and LTNs to maximise the benefits of SuDs – LB Newham case study • Why is community engagement, stakeholder collaboration and a holistic approach crucial for successful flood resilience? • The Environment Agency’s flood and coastal resilience innovation programme (FCRIP) • Improving understanding of the catchment • Achieving a dynamic network system – installing a real time telemetry and warning system that enables monitoring of water levels; creating an integrated flood risk management platform and enhanced flood warning and alert service; and installing real time control devices • Applying the smart stormwater management wheel in a local authority setting • Blue Heart project – deploying a network of sensors for Eastbourne and southern Wealden to create a digital twin for informing asset management, flood warnings, mitigating flood risk and real time control of water systems • Intelligent asset management – combining the real and digital world to act flexibly and sustainably • Smart drainage – using AI, rainfall forecasts and weather predictions to identify potential blockages in gullies and drainage networks and discover where damage or blockages already exist • Creating a carbon reduction plan and a carbon footprint baseline per activity • Looking forward to AMP8 and the challenge ahead – reducing leakage, carbon emissions, spills from storm overflows and phosphorus from treated wastewater; supporting a culture of knowledge transfer; and facilitating collaboration and cross-sector working • The Ofwat innovation fund in AMP8 – growing in size and growing in ambition • Ofwat water breakthrough and discovery challenges – reflections and lessons learnt • Upgrading a large, carbon intensive wastewater treatment plant into the world’s first net-zero site • Stream – unlocking the potential of water data by putting in place technology and processes to remove the barriers to opening up and sharing water company data • Managing background leakage – redefining the detectable limit of leakage to help pinpoint and repair hidden leaks • Triple carbon reduction – using novel technologies to target a step change reduction in greenhouse gas emissions and electricity use in used water treatment and provide a new renewable energy source through green hydrogen production • Mainstreaming nature-based solutions • National leakage research test centre – developing a buried water pipe network for testing inventions without disrupting customers’ supplies or affecting water quality • Water net gain – a catchment-scale approach using smart ponds and lakes for farm demand management or active release flows during droughts • Why is rainwater management key to achieving a reduction in sewer discharges, reducing flood risk and improving water scarcity to ensure a healthy environment? • Leveraging data-driven approaches and advanced analytics to gain actionable customer insights • Empowering communities in urban rainwater management • How can digital tools enable the validation of the effectiveness of stormwater management initiatives, ensuring measurable impact and regulatory compliance? • Using technology as a bridge between water companies, local authorities and communities • The artificial intelligence of things (AIoT) – a digital journey to transforming the water sector: supporting the drive towards a net-zero future where end to end processes are fully optimised for changing conditions and assets never fail unexpectedly • Design and deployment of the UK’s first storm preparation ready intelligent sewage pumping stations • Developing “SPS dynamic risk matrix” – dynamic  flooding prediction for sewage pumping stations enabling proactive interventions • Fully autonomous waste catchment powered by AI and smart sensors – an Ofwat awarded project • Using monitoring and other innovative technologies to mitigate pollution caused by wastewater spills – a holistic, all-in-one approach to managing wastewater levels • How utilities are able to intelligently manage their wastewater networks by combining wastewater level data with historic, current and forecast rainfall data and, through the use of smart, machine-learning analytics, start to provide intelligent alarms • Zero pollution vs zero spills • Learning from the past, preparing for the future – AMP6 and AMP7 • Legislation – impact of the Environment Act, PR 24 and storm overflow discharge reduction plan • The EA’s flood and coastal resilience innovation programme – an introduction to the national context of the FCRIP and its ambitions to 2027 • Selected FCRIP projects – Cumbria (NFM, blended finance, community resilience), Rochdale (property flood resilience, insurance), Doncaster (urban SuDS), Cornwall (sand dune protection), Norfolk (community coastal transition) • “Project Groundwater” – innovation, collaboration and challenge in flood risk management: developing, trialling and adopting improved practices in how groundwater flooding is managed, addressing areas of monitoring, mapping, modelling, warning, responding, prevention, resilience and damage reduction, plus research, evaluation and legacy • How sustainable drainage systems can mitigate flood risk and the impacts of climate change • SuDS case study – the South Chingford flood mitigation scheme developed for the London Borough of Waltham Forest: reducing flood risk whilst also providing an opportunity to improve biodiversity and ecology, enhance water quality and enrich the public realm • Enabling data driven insights within Bristol Water – how asset management is driving change to elevate the customer experience • Working with industry experts to develop future technologies (e.g. live data inputs, real time modelling, extended field lab/water quality devices, acoustic loggers, DAMSAT, condition monitoring – portable vibration analysis, PULSE – PRV management system, Data Fix APP, CLIO etc) to prevent leaks, manage dam safety, improve water quality, support customer engagement, deliver near real time network modelling and more • Managing asset information and data for water industry stakeholders – aligning physical assets and asset data to ensure that plant and equipment is being maintained correctly and assets achieve their intended lifecycle and beyond • Driving digital transformation of a sector in support of the national digital twin programme, with a focus on 4D and beyond – BIM4Water’s journey to date and the key work of the 4D and beyond task force and its future plans in supporting the water sector in its adoption of visualisation to drive DX and great collaborative practices etc.

“Today I had the pleasure of attending the Smart Class on Water Management, an event that was packed with compelling case studies, inspiring keynotes, and open, thought provoking roundtables. Innovation doesn’t just happen in the lab or at a laptop. It happens when people connect, share, challenge and support each other. And today was full of that energy. Thanks to the team at Smart Classes and all the incredible speakers for making today both insightful and inspiring. Here’s to shaping the future of water management, together”
Head of Innovation, Northumbrian Water

“Really enjoyed this session, thanks to Smart Classes for coming to Leeds and bringing so many excellent delegates together. Lots of learning for me personally and things to take back to both my role at Leeds City Council and WYFLIP. Great to see old friends and meet new people doing really exciting things around the country. Very well structured and organised”
Executive Manager – Flood & Climate Resilience, Leeds City Council/WYFLIP Programme Manager, West Yorkshire Flood Innovation Programme/Board Member, Aire Resilience Company/Member of Leeds Climate Commission and Yorkshire & Humber Climate Commission

“My pleasure to join you and discuss all things DWI. I enjoyed all the talks and discussions as well as networking over lunch, and the decent lunch!”
Chief Inspector, Drinking Water Inspectorate

“It was absolutely superb. And what a cracking location – the building was beautiful! You ought to be very proud of the impact you are making”
Senior Demand Strategy Manager for Pennon Group, South West Water

“What a great line-up”…“For me, this is one of the most exciting things about joining the innovation team at Yorkshire Water – learning and improving collaboratively across the industry, focusing on sustainability”
Innovation Project Manager, Yorkshire Water

“Really happy that I made time to attend today. Thanks to all the presenters and Smart Classes”
Senior FCRM Advisor, Environment Agency

“Overall great event and venue”…“Relevance to my current role in flood management”
Senior Project Manager, Staffordshire County Council & Waterman Aspen

“Great to attend this Smart Class focussed on Water Management. A compact conference with really interesting and diverse speakers, giving us food for thought”
Partnerships and Projects Manager, Calder Rivers Trust

“Valuable insights into a different way of operations”
Chairman, Aire Rivers Trust

“It was a great session! Thank you. What an inspiration, and I met some very interesting people from the industry. Let’s have a follow up”
Principal Urban Designer and Landscape Architect – Regional Design Lead, Sustrans

“It was certainly an enjoyable event, keep up the good work”
Data Asset Portfolio Manager, Northumbrian Water

“I really enjoyed it! Such a great opportunity to attend”
Innovation Team Member, Northumbrian Water

“Helpful programme content, informative presentations and excellent opportunities to network”
Demand Strategy Manager, South West Water

“Very informative”
Flood Risks Project and Planning Officer, Staffordshire County Council

“Engaging roundtable discussions”
Senior Engineer, Sustrans

“Fantastic event! Great diversity of attending organisations, which led to new connections and good discussion”
Strategic Innovation and Shop Window Lead, Anglian Water Services

“Thanks for the opportunity to share our experiences. The roundtables were very informative with some great conversations. Happy to support any future events”
Head of Smart Water, Anglian Water Services

“Thanks for the invite. The interesting content and a diverse group of attendees made for some very good roundtable discussions”
Smart Water Strategy Manager, SES Water

“Thanks for having me. It was a great event with some excellent speakers”
Project Manager – Innovative Flood Resilience, East Sussex County Council/Project Manager, Blue Heart

“The programme content was helpful and relevant. Informative presentations, engaging roundtable discussions…and I found alternative approaches to improve community engagement and behavioural change especially valuable”
Senior Technical Project Manager – Water, Drainage, Resilience and Urban Planning, Greater London Authority (GLA)

“Smart Classes (format) was a great way of presenting and I found all of the roundtables equally valuable”
Project Officer – Flood & Water Management Team, Hertfordshire County Council

“Excellent organisation. Chatting to all of the other delegates in the roundtables was most valuable”
Senior Flood Risk Officer, Hertfordshire County Council

“An excellent event. Thank you for bringing it to my attention”
Head of Water Efficiency and Demand Management, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra)

“Thanks a lot for inviting me. It was a fantastic event and I look forward to joining the next sessions”
Head of Rivers and Seas, Water UK

“My colleagues attended the event and got a lot out of it”
Policy Director, Water UK

“It was an enjoyable morning. Thanks again for accommodating me”
Chair of BIM4Water Skills and Culture Task Group, BIM4Water at British Water

“Excellent event. Would recommend Smart Classes to colleagues”
Principal Climate Change and Sustainability Officer, Environment Agency (EA)

“Thank you very much for the conference yesterday. I got a lot of value from the session…definitely worth the time invested”
Development Director, Horizon Energy Infrastructure

“Excellent seminar for knowledge sharing and networking with a wide range of industry experts. Great to hear about open, collaborative projects which encourage true innovation…excellent discussion on how industry can be better joined up and how we motivate the public to care for water”
Partner & Flood Risk Management Lead, Ridge and Partners

“Thanks for the opportunity to keynote. I really enjoyed it and hope to see you again in the future”
Control and Automation Architect, Asset Intelligence and Innovation, Severn Trent 

“A great day today in Birmingham attending a Water Management Smart Class run by Smart Classes. There was a range of interesting keynote speakers and innovators from the Environment Agency, Project Centre, Severn Trent and many more. Personal highlights included James Ballard’s presentation on how Artificial Intelligence is transforming water networks, alongside Tom de la Rosa who highlighted key areas of EA funding and Jed Ramsay who presented Project Groundwater. Thanks for facilitating a great day. As a relatively new member of the Water Industry it was great to connect with so many new faces”
Flood and Coastal Risk Consultant, Binnies

“Many thanks for the chance to speak yesterday. It was a really well run event”
Flood and Coastal Innovation Programmes Manager, Environment Agency

“Excellent event. Digital innovation for flood warnings and management of particular interest”
Head of Strategic Networks, West Yorkshire Combined Authority

“Great to join the Smart Water Management knowledge exchange today”
Chair of the Chartered Institute of Water and Environmental Management (CIWEM) Water Reuse & Finish Group

“Thanks for hosting us yesterday. I thought it was an excellent event and I was really pleased to be able to speak. The format is excellent too (timings, venue, food, roundtable discussions). Will certainly be recommending to colleagues in the future”
Project Groundwater Programme Manager, Strategic Flood Management Team, Buckinghamshire Council

“Very well presented and put together. I will definitely be in attendance again”
Senior Business Development Manager SMSTS, Quest Waste Management

“Good event – informative on transferable skills”
Regional Operations Manager – Pumping, Yorkshire Water

“It was a pleasure to attend and a very useful event”
Place Strategy Manager, Nottinghamshire County Council

“This was an interesting event today by Smart Classes. All of the presentations and roundtable discussions were valuable and topics such as digital transformation (of the water industry) and flood management were most interesting”
Research Fellow in Hydro Informatics, University of Exeter

“Thank you for having me today, Smart Classes. It was a very informative and educative conference”
Energy & Sustainability Advisor, CBRE

“It was a great event and very well organised. Congratulations!”
Project Manager, Strategic Flood Management Team, Buckinghamshire Council

“I was fortunate to present at the Water Management 2024 Smart Class today. Had interesting conversations with so many different professionals working around one major aspect of the urban infrastructure – Water! There was an unlimited flow of knowledge in the room and many interesting concerns for discussion. All of the roundtables were informative. What struck me was the multifaceted nature of urban infrastructure. Even while focusing on just one aspect (water), it has so many hats, and every professional in the room brought a different lens to the table”
Senior Urban Designer, Project Centre, part of Marston Holdings (Innovation Sponsor)

“Excellent event. Enjoyed the format and information, and lessons learnt from the keynotes were most valuable”
Principal Landscape Architect, Project Centre, part of Marston Holdings (Innovation Sponsor)

“Thank you for the opportunity. I really enjoyed the presentations and the roundtable discussions were very insightful too. We are dedicated to fostering meaningful partnerships between water companies, local authorities, communities, and stakeholders. By working together, we can harness the power of digital solutions as enablers of change, propelling us towards a more sustainable and resilient future”
Co-Founder & COO (now CEO), Our Rainwater (Innovation Sponsor)

“Another fantastic conference by Smart Classes and a great opportunity for me to share my knowledge and expertise. I presented the concepts of interconnected systems and national digital twins, focussing attention on the benefits for the water sector and how data flow and information management will be key in tackling modern day water challenges. Thank you for letting me share and learn amongst our sector peers”
Global BIM Manager at Xylem & Past Chair of BIM4Water (Innovation Sponsor)

“Thanks to the Smart Classes team for organising a great workshop with a wide range of stakeholders!”
Commercial Director, Metasphere (Innovation Sponsor)

“Huge thanks to Smart Classes for hosting the Water Management Smart Class event yesterday. It was great to provide insight to the sector wide work BIM4Water are collaborating on and hopefully we have gained some new members”
National Rehearsal Lead at MWH Treatment & Chair of BIM4Water (Innovation Sponsor)

“An excellent event experience. Helpful programme content, engaging roundtable discussions, excellent opportunities to network…and all of the presentations were good, providing different perspectives”
Green Valley Group (Innovation Sponsor)

“It was fantastic to meet so many at the Water Management Smart Class yesterday, where F. Javier Soto and myself presented on how sustainable drainage systems (SuDS) can mitigate flood risk and the impacts of climate change. We referred to our recent South Chingford flood mitigation scheme, developed for the London Borough of Waltham Forest. It was great to learn from the great work of others in the industry and to see so much interest in how our sustainable approach has significantly reduced flood risks whilst providing an opportunity to improve biodiversity and enhance water quality”
Technical Director, Project Centre (Innovation Sponsor)

“Excellent event, organisation and facilities”
Principal Civil Engineer, Project Centre (Innovation Sponsor)

“It was a pleasure to present in person today at the Water Management Smart Class with my colleagues at BIM4Water and 4D BIM and Beyond. It is an exciting time to be in the water industry, seeing the digital transformation taking place”
BIM Coordinator at Binnies & Chair of BIM4Water’s 4D BIM and Beyond Task Group (Innovation Sponsor)

“It was a pleasure to speak at the Water Management Smart Class in Leeds this week, sharing how we’re using small-scale SuDS interventions to tackle flood risk while creating spaces that communities can enjoy and take pride in. I presented our work at Memorial Park and introduced an exciting scheme currently under construction at Belvue Park, showing how integrated, nature-based solutions can deliver both climate resilience and meaningful co-benefits. Thank you to the organisers Smart Classes for bringing together such a great group of speakers and attendees – the roundtable discussions were full of insightful questions and conversations”
Assistant Flood Risk Engineer, Project Centre, part of Marston Holdings (Innovation Sponsor)

“Thanks for this amazing event. I learned a lot and gained so much knowledge”
Marketing Coordinator, Andel (Innovation Sponsor Guest)

“We are honoured to be part of the Water Management Smart Class 2025. This event will be pivotal in driving forward innovative and sustainable solutions in water management”
Siemens Smart Infrastructure (Innovation Sponsor)

“We had some interesting discussions in the roundtables, and I learnt something about analogies between water and highways too. Keen to see how we can get better at finding those conditions that impact Coliform CRI if we can get a coalition of the willing to agree for their data to be used”
Industry Strategy Director: Water and Wastewater Software, Siemens (Innovation Sponsor)

“In glorious Leeds for a Smart Class session on Water Management alongside my Siemens colleague and water expert Adam Cartwright. Enjoyed learning more on clean water, BIM and hearing Angela MacOscar talk about innovation – understanding the similar challenges we have across sectors of climate change, aging assets, skills and customer expectations. Was happy to talk about Asset Lifecycle Management and how rainfall predictions can help our clients manage flood risks and extend the useful life of assets”
General Manager & UK Country Lead, Brightly, A Siemens Company (Innovation Sponsor)

“Thank you, Smart Classes! Great event. Pleased to support”
Global BIM Manager, Xylem/Chair – Water Data Taskforce, BIM4Water (Innovation Sponsor)

“And it’s a wrap! I have enjoyed presenting today on behalf of BIM4Water on Digital Twins, alongside my fellow Task group Chair Jamie Mills of the Water Data Task group. Thanks to Smart Classes”
Senior BIM Coordinator on HS2, Skanska Costain STRABAG Joint Venture/Chair, Beyond 4D Task Group, BIM4Water (Innovation Sponsor)

“Thanks to Smart Classes for hosting Water Management Smart Class 2025. The water@leeds team enjoyed sharing their collaborative experience on Water Research, Flooding and Peatlands”
Head of water@leeds, Research Fellow and KTP Associate & Environmental Engineer, water@leeds, University of Leeds (Innovation Sponsor)