Ensuring water security in increasingly complex and climate-stressed water systems requires a new operational paradigm: digital intelligence, the ability to sense, model, predict and act across entire networks with accuracy and speed. As one of Europe’s largest water operators, Acea has developed a set of integrated solutions that combine AI, advanced modelling and smart operational platforms to improve efficiency, reduce losses and strengthen resilience.

The workshop will explore the concept of local content and how it is calculated, as well as the mechanisms for prioritizing local content at project, product, and investment levels. The workshop will also highlight key local content initiatives and success stories in the water, environment, and food sectors.

Insights into how water and energy efficiency go hand-in-hand with water-first innovation driving circular value chains, recovering heat, recycling water, and reducing waste across sectors.

Discuss how sectors that rely on water in their day to day operations can collaborate with global and regional environmental agencies to provide insights into the effective implementation of water saving measures along with incentives to encourage water intensive sectors to save water.