New Forums to Draw Crowds at WWEM

The organisers of WWEM 2014, the international Water, Wastewater and Environmental Monitoring conference and exhibition to be held at Telford International Centre, UK, 5-6^th November,  have announced exciting new events that will take place during this year’s show. Building on a monitoring theme, there will be two new Forums focusing on Flow Monitoring and SMART Water, in addition to an Apprentice Instrumentation Competition.

Flow measurement

The Flow Forum will take place on Wednesday 5^th November and will include presentations from Water Companies, MCERTS Inspectors and construction partners who will share their experiences in flow measurement. Flow meter manufacturers will also present some of the latest measurement techniques and an open forum session will provide attendees with an opportunity to challenge the panel with questions and problems. The Apprentice Instrumentation Competition will take place during the afternoon session of the Flow Forum. Contestants from the UK’s water and sewerage companies will be required to perform a range of instrumentation related tasks in front of a live audience of industry professionals. Competition prizes are being provided by a number of industry sponsors, including Siemens & Partech. The prizes include training packages and complementary tickets to the WWEM 2014 Gala Dinner.

Innovative technology

The SMART Water Forum will take place on the second day and will include a UKWIR dissemination workshop, featuring a study which has been ongoing for 18 months on Instrumentation, Process Automation & Control in wastewater. This will be followed by presentations on SMART technologies, including the ‘Internet of Things’, from some of the water sector’s leading innovators, including Aquamatix, Syrinix, Nivus and Intellitect Water.

Both Forums will be hosted by Oliver Grievson, a Director of the Sensors for Water Interest Group (SWIG) and Manager of the LinkedIn Group Water Industry Process Automation & Control (WIPAC).

CPD credits

Visitors to WWEM 2014 will be able to claim Continuing Professional Development (CPD) time for the event’s Conferences, Forums and Workshops. Visitors to WWEM 2014 will be able to claim Continuing Professional Development (CPD) time for the event’s Conferences, Forums and Workshops. WWEM organiser Marcus Pattison says: “This is great news for the event because it provides formal recognition of the value of the many learning experiences at WWEM 2014 and provides delegates with reassurance that their visit will be worthwhile.”  

Conference themes at this year’s event will focus on Regulation Updates for Process Operators (Nov 5th) and Laboratory Techniques and Quality Procedures (Nov 6th) and the International Exhibition will feature over 130 stands representing more than 250 of the world’s leading providers of test and monitoring equipment and related services. Many new products for process monitoring, field testing and laboratory analysis will be launched at the show by exhibitors such as Aquamatic, ESSLAB, HACH LANGE, Hanna, Modern Water, OTT Hydrometry, Palintest, Pulsar, SEAL Analytical, Skalar and Xylem Analytics. There will also be over 80 workshops to choose from; these will run almost continuously throughout the 2 days and cover an enormous variety of subjects within the overall testing and monitoring theme. The full programme is published on www.wwem.uk.com/work-shop

The WWEM events (www.wwem.uk.com) have a heavy focus on environmental monitoring, attracting delegates such as regulators, industrial process operators, water utilities, accreditation organisations, commercial laboratories, instrument manufacturers, consultants, analytical service providers, researchers and academics.

Entry to the Forums, the WWEM exhibition and Workshops are all free of charge for pre-registered visitors, in addition to free on-site parking, and complimentary lunch and refreshments.

A WWEM Preview is also featured in Labmate UK & Ireland, Volume 39 Issue 8 (September 2014). Visit www.labmate-online.com (ejournals).