Explores innovative approaches to leveraging desalination brine as a resource for carbon dioxide (CO2) removal, addressing two critical environmental challenges simultaneously: freshwater scarcity and climate change.

A new understanding of drinking water and the standards that BWF develops and brings into the global space through worldwide partnerships, educational programs, and technological innovations. The focus lies on the fundamental human right to water, on health, and on access to water. On this basis, BWF expands access to high-quality water resources, grants source-quality certifications, establishes water sommeliers, awards breakthrough technologies, modernizes the hospitality program, connects countries across the world, and uses data and AI platforms to support decision-makers.

Telling the story of how Avon Lake became the first to implement this technology in partnership with South Korean company Techwin. Discuss drivers for the pilot, including global supply chain challenges and addressing inefficiencies with previous water treatment solutions.

Explore what’s holding circularity back and what it will take to make reuse, recycling, and resource recovery mainstream.

Explore how circular design thinking is turning wastewater into valuable resources and how public and private actors are enabling reuse ecosystems at scale.

Impact on Saudi Water Strategy, Saudi Vision 2030, SDG-6 and SWA Strategy. Introducing the Saudi Water Technology Innovation Center (Faisal Al-Osaimi), Al-Tamimi Energy Initiatives and Key Services (Eng. Nasser Al-Dalham), Samnan Ventures (Eng. Mishari Al-Rumi), and Technology isn’t enough :The missing element of real progress (Neil Reynolds).

This presentation explores converting water treatment residuals (WTR) from disposal challenges into valuable resources. The research demonstrates transforming aluminum-based WTR into high-performance ceramsite for phosphate recovery and construction applications, while examining its use for removing emerging pollutants like microplastics. This circular economy approach reduces landfill dependency and creates sustainable materials for various industries.

Understand how AI, IoT, and predictive analytics are being hardwired into core utility infrastructure to enable real-time visibility, optimize distribution, and support national smart city agendas

With smart city ambitions accelerating, this session dives into the real-world impact of SCADA systems, AI-based leak detection, and digital twin applications across water networks