What's New For 2025?

For a start, more new water utility speakers and a deeper dive into successful technology adoption and data-driven decision-making.

How Leading Utilities Are Tackling Water Challenges Worldwide– Sharing More Examples From Densely Populated Urban Areas Facing Severe Water Stresses

This year, we are reaching out to a broader range of water utilities, including many new ones with whom we haven’t previously engaged. Remarkably, over half of our research calls so far have been with these new utilities. This expansion is key to making the event more dynamic and relevant, fostering greater international participation from water utilities and solution providers that can help. 

New Technology Evolution 

The second major improvement this year is in the realm of technology. While the core categories of technology for smart water metering haven’t changed dramatically, the innovations and enhancements within these categories are now more focused on cost-effectiveness, accuracy and precision. Many utilities are particularly interested in the real-time data collection and analytics capabilities of AI-powered AMI systems, which, despite their higher cost, enable utilities to make quick, informed decisions.

The Latest Connectivity Innovations 

We’re also seeing innovation in low-power IoT connectivity, such as NB-IoT, which is becoming a popular choice for cost-effective and scalable communication solutions. Similarly, more utilities are developing customer portals, and we're seeing emerging communication technologies like cellular-based metering, LPWANs, and even Amazon Sidewalk, which uses existing consumer devices for data transmission. We’ll explore how these technologies compare cost, coverage, and signal strength.

Proven Results From The Latest AI Innovations 

In the past 12 months, we’ve also seen a wave of AI and modelling innovations hitting the market. We’ll highlight the best of these to show how they can integrate with current systems to enhance utility operations. 

As you can see, technology integration and innovation are central themes for 2025, and we’re excited to showcase many of the latest advancements.