The panel will explore how good governance, industry stewardship, technology, and finance can create basin resilience and deliver scalable, long-term water sustainability solutions.

Explore how to address water scarcity while simultaneously reducing energy consumption in desalination processes, particularly reverse osmosis (RO). The discussion will focus on ensuring long-term sustainability without compromising environmental integrity, and will feature perspectives from leading innovators in the water and energy sectors.

This dynamic panel brings together innovative water tech entrepreneurs and seasoned investors to explore how challenges in the water sector can be transformed into commercially viable solutions. Discussions will focus on identifying investable opportunities, aligning with the right capital partners, and scaling technologies that have both environmental and financial impact.

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

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

Explore the critical role that digital water plays in smart cities. How water utilities are aligning with smart city infrastructure using AI and IoT to automate maintenance, reduce water loss, and integrated with emergency response for long-term urban resilience

A strategic dialogue on how GCC nations are shaping water policies to address scarcity, drive technological adoptions and foster regional collaboration for long term water security.

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.

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.

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.