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Water Ireland 2023 will bring together all the key stakeholders in the water services sector on the island of Ireland to discuss the challenges and opportunities facing the sector. This year’s conference will have the theme of sustainability, in the widest sense: environmental sustainability; impact of climate change; delivering and managing water infrastructure in a sustainable manner. The conference will open with a plenary session looking at the strategic issues, including European water policy developments. The focus will then turn to environmental issues, including the impact of climate change on Ireland’s water resources. The afternoon sessions will focus on water and wastewater infrastructure delivery with investment at record levels. The conference will close with a panel discussion bringing all these issues together as we consider the future outlook for the sector.
Midlands Park Hotel, Portlaoise
From 08:30am
Wednesday 19 April 2023
Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage
Chief Executive Officer
Uisce Éireann
Director of Networks and Economic Regulation
Commission for Regulation of Utilities
Maynooth University
Chief Operating Officer
Uisce Éireann
School of Biology and Environmental Science
University College Dublin
Manager
National Construction Training Centre
Director
Environmental Protection Agency
Head of Infrastructure Delivery
Uisce Éireann
Chair
An Fóram Uisce
Policy Advisor
EurEau
Coastal Communities Manager, Education Unit
An Taisce
Assistant Secretary
Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
Water and Sustainability Consultant
Jacobs
Sales Director
Xylem Water Solutions Ireland
Senior Project Manager
Xylem Water Solutions UK&I
President
Water Services Operators Group (Construction Industry Federation)
Client Solutions Architect
IDRICA
Water Operational Lead
Jacobs Ireland and Scotland
Regional Operations Manager
Uisce Éireann
Asset Strategy Manager
Uisce Éireann
Head of Asset Management
Uisce Éireann
Director of Services
Local Authority Waters Programme
Registration and morning coffee
Jillian Bolton
Water Operational Lead
Jacobs (Ireland & Scotland)
Darragh O’Brien, TD
Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage
MINISTERIAL ADDRESS
Protecting and improving Ireland’s water resources
Niall Gleeson
Chief Executive Officer
Uisce Éireann
Delivering sustainable public water services for Ireland
Professor Mary Kelly-Quinn
School of Biology and Environmental Science
University College Dublin
Protecting Ireland’s water resources
Sébastien Mouret
Senior Policy Advisor
EurEau
Future outlook for European water policy
Evelyn McAuliffe
Water and Sustainability Consultant
Jacobs
Decarbonisation of Water Utilities
Networking break
SUSTAINABLE WATER SERVICES
Professor Conor Murphy
Department of Geography
Maynooth University
Impact of climate change on water supply and use in Ireland
Angela Ryan
Asset Strategy Manager
Uisce Éireann
Eimear Cotter
Director of the Office of Evidence and Assessment
Environmental Protection Agency
Sinead McCoy
Coastal Communities Manager
An Taisce
Professor Conor Murphy
Department of Geography
Maynooth University
Anthony Coleman
Director of Services
Local Authority Waters Programme
PANEL DISCUSSION: CLIMATE CHANGE AND SUSTAINABILITY
LUNCH AND NETWORKING BREAK
CHALLENGES IN DELIVERING WATER INFRASTRUCTURE
Chair: Kevin Devine
Sales Director, Ireland
Xylem Water Solutions Ireland
Finbarr Burns
Head of Infrastructure Delivery
Uisce Éireann
Meeting the challenges of delivering water infrastructure
Soumeya Madani, Senior Project Manager
Xylem Water Solutions UK&I
&
Joan Carles Guardiola, Client Solutions Architectr
IDRICA
Smart networks: Improving existing water and wastewater networks
Eamon Gallen
Chief Operating Officer
Uisce Éireann
Karen Kavanagh
Director of Networks and Economic Regulation
Commission for Regulation of Utilities
John Kelly
Manager
National Construction Training Centre
Patrick Buckley
President
Water Services Operators Group (Construction Industry Federation)
PANEL DISCUSSION: CHALLENGES IN DELIVERING WATER INFRASTRUCTURE
NETWORKING BREAK
BUILDING A VISION FOR FUTURE WATER SERVICES
Maria O’Dwyer
Head of Asset Management
Uisce Éireann
Planning for the Future
Fintan Towey
Assistant Secretary
Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
Matt Crowe
Chair
An Fóram Uisce
Maria O’Dwyer
Head of Asset Management
Uisce Éireann
Stephen Burke
Regional Operational Manager
Uisce Éireann
PANEL DISCUSSION: Medium / long-term outlook for sector
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