Highlights Of The Program

2 days business program:

Learn from real-world case studies by industry leaders.

SHOWCASING INNOVATION:

Discover the latest technology and techniques from across the industry.

leaders talk:

Hear from top-level experts about how to stay ahead in a fast-changing industry.

MULTIPLE STREAMS:

A business program that is multi-disciplinary, giving you a broad view of the industry.

SMART TECHNOLOGIES:

Explore the latest smart and AI-driven solutions, and see how they can be used in your business.

roundtable discussion:

Join talks with industry peers. Share ideas, make connections, and find new partners.

Program 2026

DAY 1 :
WEDNESDAY, 9 SEPTEMBER, 2026
08:00 - 08:50
REGISTRATION AND MORNING REFRESHMENTS
08:50 - 09:00
OPENING ADDRESS
09:00 - 09:25
DEVELOPING DATA LED REGULATION OF STORM OVERFLOWS FOR ENGLAND
Philip Hulme
Environment Agency

Philip Hulme

Environment Agency

  • Distilling how overflow monitoring data drove England's journey from limited oversight to legislative reform
  • Quantifying how environmental monitoring data accelerated England's storm overflow improvement programmes
  • Validating England's approach to data-led storm overflow permitting and long-term improvement planning
09:25 - 09:30
Q&A SESSION ON DATA-LED STORM OVERFLOW REGULATION IN ENGLAND
09:30 - 09:55
COMMUNITY-DESIGNED SuDS FOR PLACE-BASED URBAN REJUVENATION
Angus Middleton
Viridian Logic

Angus Middleton

Viridian Logic

  • Exploring the UK SuDS+ programme using community co-design to restore urban green spaces
  • Translating complex flood modelling into accessible insights for meaningful community engagement
  • Emphasising how SuDS projects can reduce flood risk while supporting social regeneration
09:55 - 10:00
Q&A SESSION ON ENGAGING COMMUNITIES IN SuDS AND FLOOD RESILIENCE
10:00 - 10:25
SuDS THROUGH STREETWORKS: FROM DELIVERY CHALLENGES TO MARKET OPPORTUNITY
Nicola Davies
Greater London Authority

Nicola Davies

Greater London Authority

  • Mainstreaming SuDS delivery through highway, utility, and street-level construction programmes
  • Extracting real-world lessons from SuDS streetworks delivery on what works, what doesn't, and why
  • Charting the regulatory, market, and innovation landscape shaping the future of SuDS in streetworks
10:25 - 10:30
Q&A SESSION ON SuDS INTEGRATION INTO HIGHWAY AND UTILITY STREETWORKS
10:30 - 10:50
MORNING COFFEE BREAK IN THE EXHIBIT AREA
10:50 - 11:20
PANEL DISCUSSION ON ADVANCING SUSTAINABLE URBAN DRAINAGE: FROM INNOVATION TO MEASURABLE IMPACT
  • Recalibrating regulatory frameworks to reflect non-stationary climate conditions beyond historical rainfall assumptions
  • Pinpointing where pilot-to-scale transitions collapse in governance, funding, and actual stormwater project delivery
  • Elevating the flooded community lived experience from consultation into SuDS design, delivery, and governance

Amesha Morris | Acorn EnviroComply

Yännick van den Nieuwendijk | Amiblu

Sanjay Johal | Flooded People UK

11:20 - 11:45
BUILDING URBAN WATER RESILIENCE: MÄTÄJOKI WATERSHED MANAGEMENT AND CLIMATE ADAPTATION
Tiina Okkonen
City of Helsinki

Tiina Okkonen

City of Helsinki

  • Integrating stormwater management to address flood risks, water quality, and ecological values
  • Applying hydrological modelling to assess climate-adjusted flood scenarios and system performance
  • Implementing nature-based solutions for centralised and decentralised watershed water management
11:45 - 11:50
Q&A SESSION ON WATERSHED MANAGEMENT AND CLIMATE-RESILIENT URBAN WATER STRATEGIES
11:50 - 12:15
ADVANCED BIOFILTRATION SYSTEMS FOR AQUIFER STORAGE AND RECOVERY
Oscar A Alvarado
FieldFactors

Oscar A Alvarado

FieldFactors

  • Designing modular biofiltration systems for compact installation in dense urban streetscapes
  • Calibrating real-time monitoring to track biofiltration performance and ensure regulatory compliance
  • Contrasting biofiltration ASR performance in wet and arid climate settings to distil design adaptations
12:15 - 12:20
Q&A SESSION ON BIOFILTRATION FOR AQUIFER STORAGE AND RECOVERY IN URBAN SETTINGS
12:20 - 13:10
NETWORKING LUNCH AND VISITING THE STORMWATER EXHIBITION
13:10 - 13:35
DELIVERING SMART WATER MANAGEMENT FOR URBAN FLOOD RESILIENCE AND WATER QUALITY
Neil Sewell
SDS Infrastructure

Neil Sewell

SDS Infrastructure

  • Measuring how real-time digital tools and smart water systems improve urban flood resilience
  • Optimising rainwater reuse and storage with intelligent controls to reduce potable water demand
  • Synthesising case-study lessons on proven smart water solutions for utilities and city authorities
13:35 - 13:40
Q&A SESSION ON SMART WATER MANAGEMENT FOR FLOOD RESILIENCE
13:40 - 14:10
RESERVED PRESENTATION
14:10 - 14:35
NaSchKA 4.0: REDUCING STORMWATER EMISSIONS THROUGH ACTIVE SEWER CONTROL AND RAINFALL FLUSHING
Thorsten Schmitz
NIVUS GmbH

Thorsten Schmitz

NIVUS GmbH

  • Activating additional sewer storage through real-time control to reduce overflows during rain events
  • Employing rainfall-driven flushing strategies to minimise first-flush pollutant loads at source
  • Demonstrating measurable reductions in wet-weather emissions using integrated active sewer control
14:35 - 14:40
Q&A SESSION ON PROACTIVE SEWER NETWORK CONTROL FOR MINIMISING STORMWATER DISCHARGES
14:40 - 15:05
COMBINING BLOCK AND PHYSICALLY-BASED MODELS FOR LARGE-SCALE TRENCH SYSTEM DESIGN IN HAMBURG
Johanna Zeeh
Sieker

Johanna Zeeh

Sieker

  • Sizing a large-scale sand-filled trench system for dual drainage and stormwater storage in an urban setting
  • Coupling STORM® rainfall-runoff and PCSiWaPro unsaturated flow models to capture variably saturated media behaviour
  • Deriving substrate selection, structural design, and construction recommendations for reliable dual system performance
15:05 - 15:10
Q&A SESSION ON COUPLED MODELLING APPROACHES FOR URBAN INFILTRATION AND TRENCH DESIGN
15:10 - 15:30
AFTERNOON COFFEE BREAK IN THE EXHIBIT AREA
15:30 - 16:00
PANEL DISCUSSION ON TREATING THE UNTREATABLE: PFAS, MICROPLASTICS, AND THE RACE TO CLEAN URBAN RUNOFF
  • Scrutinising green versus grey infrastructure choices and who bears the cost of clean runoff
  • Evaluating which technologies show the greatest potential for PFAS and microplastic removal
  • Pioneering bio-derived materials as capture sinks for emerging runoff contaminants without new waste

Eoghan Concannon | Independent

Andreas Bichler | Dehoust

Valérie Itey | Clic Recycle

16:00 - 16:25
FOLLOW THE DIRTY WATER DROPLET
Jonas van Schrojenstein Lantman
Nelen & Schuurmans

Jonas van Schrojenstein Lantman

Nelen & Schuurmans

  • Tracking how combined sewer overflows contaminate streets and surface water during heavy rainfall
  • Mapping clean and dirty water fractions through sewer networks using the integrated Rana model
  • Harnessing the EU Urban Wastewater Directive to prioritise pollution monitoring and targeted drainage measures
16:25 - 16:30
Q&A SESSION ON SEWER POLLUTION TRACKING AND COMPLIANCE
16:30 - 16:55
SENSOR-VALIDATED PERMEABLE PAVEMENT FOR URBAN STORMWATER MANAGEMENT
Taylor Davis
PurePave Technologies

Taylor Davis

PurePave Technologies

  • Presenting PurePave resin-based permeable pavement designed for durable urban LID use
  • Evaluating hydrological and structural performance, including infiltration and runoff reduction
  • Profiling North American case studies in parking lots, alleys, and roadway shoulders
16:55 - 17:00
Q&A SESSION ON PERMEABLE PAVEMENT PERFORMANCE AND URBAN APPLICATIONS
17:00 - 17:25
ACCELERATING GLOBAL WARMING. ARE WE READY?
Szymon Malinowski
University of Warsaw

Szymon Malinowski

University of Warsaw

  • Quantifying the acceleration of Earth's energy imbalance and what recent data reveals about the pace of warming
  • Linking warming acceleration to intensifying rainfall extremes and disrupted hydrological cycles across Europe
  • Grounding adaptation planning in accelerating non-stationary climate conditions
17:25 - 17:30
Q&A SESSION ON WARMING ACCELERATION AND HYDROLOGICAL IMPLICATIONS
17:30 - 18:30
NETWORKING DRINKS RECEPTION
DAY 2 :
THURSDAY, 10 SEPTEMBER, 2026
08:00 - 08:30
MORNING REFRESHMENTS
08:30 - 08:40
OPENING ADDRESS
08:40 - 09:05
USING AI AND CFD FOR STORMWATER CONTROL DESIGN
Greg Williams
StormTrap

Greg Williams

StormTrap

  • Modelling SCM flow performance across four design variants using CFD to generate comparison-ready datasets
  • Validating CFD predictions against physical test data across four stormwater control measure variants
  • Decoding lessons from integrating AI into CFD-based stormwater control measure design processes
09:05 - 09:10
Q&A SESSION ON AI AND CFD SIMULATION IN STORMWATER CONTROL DESIGN
09:10 - 09:35
DELIVERING URBAN GREEN ROOFS FOR STORMWATER, BIODIVERSITY, AND ECOSYSTEM SERVICES
Dusty Gedge
Gentian Ltd

Dusty Gedge

Gentian Ltd

  • Rethinking stormwater delivery to serve flood resilience and urban biodiversity goals simultaneously
  • Comparing Welsh shell-waste biosolar roofs with London vertical rain gardens as multi-benefit SuDS
  • Unlocking urban GI mapping data to help local authorities target SuDS and biodiversity investment
09:35 - 09:40
Q&A SESSION ON GREEN ROOFS AND GI MAPPING FOR STORMWATER AND BIODIVERSITY
09:40 - 10:05
STORMWATER FILTRATION USING PILE CLOTH MEDIA FILTERS
Nikolai Otto
Mecana AG

Nikolai Otto

Mecana AG

  • Explaining the working principles of pile cloth media filters for efficient stormwater treatment
  • Exploring stormwater filtration approaches to enhance pollutant removal and system performance
  • Presenting pilot and full-scale case studies demonstrating operational efficiency and reliability
10:05 - 10:10
Q&A SESSION ON PILE CLOTH MEDIA FILTERS FOR STORMWATER TREATMENT AND PERFORMANCE OPTIMISATION
10:10 - 10:30
MORNING COFFEE BREAK IN THE EXHIBIT AREA
10:30 - 10:55
GREEN FINANCE AND CARBON CREDITS FOR URBAN STORMWATER AND DRAINAGE RESILIENCE
Elena Maksimovich
KlimateNet

Elena Maksimovich

KlimateNet

  • Diagnosing why municipal debt and insurance fall short as financing mechanisms for climate resilience projects
  • Unlocking carbon credits for avoided emissions as an alternative funding instrument for drainage adaptation
  • Adopting green finance frameworks for real-world stormwater retention, flood management, and rainwater storage projects
10:55 - 11:00
Q&A SESSION ON GREEN FINANCE AND CARBON CREDITS FOR STORMWATER RESILIENCE
11:00 - 11:30
RESERVED PRESENTATION
11:30 - 11:55
INTEGRATING STORMWATER STORAGE INTO BUILDINGS: COMBINING ARCHITECTURE, WATER MANAGEMENT, AND CLIMATE ADAPTATION
Irina Khokhlova
Drietech & Verhoef Ingenieursbureau B.V.

Irina Khokhlova

Drietech & Verhoef Ingenieursbureau B.V.

  • Rethinking buildings as active nodes in the urban water system through retention, detention, reuse, and delayed discharge strategies
  • Linking architectural design and blue-green infrastructure to strengthen flood resilience in dense urban environments
  • Calibrating building-scale stormwater measures within spatial, regulatory, and climate adaptation constraints
11:55 - 12:00
Q&A SESSION ON BUILDING-SCALE STORMWATER AND CLIMATE-ADAPTIVE DESIGN
12:00 - 12:25
FROM CATCHMENT TO CAPITAL: FINANCING NATURE-BASED FLOOD RESILIENCE AT LANDSCAPE SCALE
Neil Entwistle
Rebalance Earth

Neil Entwistle

Rebalance Earth

  • Structuring blended finance deals that turn wetlands, riparian woodlands, and NFM into investable assets
  • Combining hydrological monitoring and ecosystem service stacking to give investors long-term confidence
  • Overhauling regulatory frameworks and procurement models to bring catchment resilience into mainstream planning
12:25 - 12:30
Q&A SESSION ON FINANCING NATURE-BASED CATCHMENT FLOOD RESILIENCE
12:30 - 13:30
NETWORKING LUNCH AND VISITING THE STORMWATER EXHIBITION
13:30 - 13:55
DOWNTOWN RAIN GARDENS AND ECOLOGICAL MAINTENANCE
Veronika Pápai
OpenSpace Kft.

Veronika Pápai

OpenSpace Kft.

  • Illustrating how ecological thinking reshapes rain garden design through the Cinka Panna case study
  • Rehabilitating compacted urban soils using succession planting to restore water retention capacity
  • Utilising natural self-defence mechanisms in planted spaces to cut maintenance burden and costs
13:55 - 14:00
Q&A SESSION ON ECOLOGICAL RAIN GARDEN DESIGN IN DENSE URBAN AREAS
14:00 - 14:25
V³ - VEGETATION-BASED SOLUTIONS TO FIGHT STORMWATER AND OVERCOME EXISTING NORMS AND REGULATIONS
Taina Suonio
Roslings Manor Gardens

Taina Suonio

Roslings Manor Gardens

  • Demonstrating vegetation transplanting in V³, Helsinki's award-winning green residential development
  • Navigating European city planning norms that complicated V³'s vegetation-based urban runoff management design
  • Distilling practical lessons from V³ on overcoming planning norms with vegetation-led design solutions
14:25 - 14:30
Q&A SESSION ON VEGETATION STRATEGIES FOR URBAN STORMWATER AND PLANNING NORMS
14:30 - 14:55
BEYOND THE TECHNICAL: STAKEHOLDER IMPACT IN URBAN WATER INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS
Charlotte Kempenaar
BBryx

Charlotte Kempenaar

BBryx

  • Investigating how stormwater and infrastructure work affects residents in dense urban environments
  • Outlining strategies for proactive stakeholder engagement to reduce disruption and resistance
  • Drawing on lessons from dyke reinforcements and urban renovations to highlight successes and pitfalls
14:55 - 15:00
Q&A SESSION ON ENGAGING COMMUNITIES IN URBAN WATER INFRASTRUCTURE WORKS
15:00 - 15:15
FEEDBACK AND RAFFLE DRAW
15:15 - 15:30
CLOSING REMARKS

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