Innovation is a global endeavour, with countries around the world striving to address critical challenges through cutting-edge research, advanced technologies, and strategic collaboration. Leaders from different regions of the world share insights into fostering innovation ecosystems, driving investment in transformative projects, and leveraging international partnerships to achieve impactful results.

Exploring smart irrigation systems and water reuse technologies that strengthen the water-energy-food nexus. It highlights specific projects how water technology innovations reduce water and energy consumption in agricultural settings while enhancing food security and climate resilience.

Specially curated panel bringing together water and environmental leaders to discuss navigating water and environmental challenges in their respective country and the frameworks used to encourage innovation in tackling them, co-organised by SWA and the World Bank Group.

Italmatch and IntelliSense will outline the application of industrial AI technology to for process optimization in Reverse Osmosis (RO) desalination. We will introduce our approach and key learnings from the mining and metals industry. We will discuss key value opportunities in data quality, normalization, predict-simulate-optimize for managing biofouling and component life, and integration of AI with chemistry. Generative AI technologies, when coupled with this objective-driven AI, show promise for embedding domain expertise for consistent operational improvement.

Discuss how fostering transparency can build public trust, the role of establishing clear standards, and how smart incentives can drive desired behaviors.

Experiences and insights of Yangtze River Basin covering governance, policies and regulation strategies, as well as water administrative of law enforcement.

Impact on Saudi Water Strategy, Saudi Vision 2030, SDG-6 and SWA Strategy

Integrated Modelling Platform - MIKE

Interactive segment with audience questions and closing reflections from the panelists.