DATA ANALYTICS FOR IMPROVED WATER INFRASTRUCTURE MANAGEMENT December 14-15, 2016 | Virginia Tech Research Center | 900 North Glebe Road, Arlington, VA

The Internet of Things (IoT) is growing at a remarkable speed with an estimated 50 billion connected objects by 2020 (CISCO). What this will mean to the water industry is there will be new massive asset datasets available that when properly analyzed will create new knowledge for Utilities to use for increasing operational efficiency, improving regulatory compliance, and reducing impacts to the environment. The time has come for a paradigm shift in data analytics, which will open up many areas to improve how the industry does business today. With this in mind, The Sustainable Water Infrastructure Management (SWIM) Center is hosting a two-day Conference in Arlington, Virginia, Wednesday, Dec. 14th and Thursday, Dec. 15th to bring together drinking water, wastewater, and stormwater professionals to address issues related to data collection and big data analytics for Utilities. The first day will be a WATERiD (Water Infrastructure Database), PIPEiD (Pipeline Infrastructure Database), and SWIMeD (SWIM Education Program) workshop. The goal of this workshop is to enhance the practice of water infrastructure management and align education, research, and training with long-term needs. This requires the development of a standard asset data structure with a web-based centralized database platform and online certification program to provide state of the industry knowledge and skill-sets. The effective use of Big Data technologies can support decision-making for long-term engineering, management, and daily operational decisions. The second day Data Analytics for Improved Water Infrastructure Management conference features a slate of presentations by leading experts in the field of data collection and analytics for water infrastructure asset management.

Anyone interested in learning the latest data analytics techniques and strategies for sustainable and resilient water infrastructure systems should plan to attend.

1.6 CEUs will be awarded upon completion of the Workshop & Conference

Please register at: http://www.cpe.vt.edu/swim/conference/index.html Conference facility has limited capacity, so early registration is advised.

Hotel Information: Holiday Inn Arlington, Group Rate of $149 until Nov. 11, 2016 https://resweb.passkey.com/Resweb.do?mode=welcome_ei_new&eventID=16165381

Contact Information: Sunil Sinha | Professor & Director | SWIM Center | Virginia Tech 117 Patton Hall Blacksburg, VA 24061, Phone: (540) 231-9420; Cell: (814) 404-2150; Email: ssinha@vt.edu

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SWIM ANNUAL WORKSHOP & CONFERENCE AGENDA

Workshop, Wednesday, Dec. 14th Conference, Thursday, Dec. 15th 7:00 am 8:00 am: Continental Breakfast

8:00 am: Data Analytics for Resilient and Sustainable Water Infrastructure Systems Sunil Sinha, Professor and Director, SWIM Center

8:30 am: NIST Community Resilience Initiative Stephen Cauffman, Lead, Disaster Resilience, NIST

9:00 am: EPA Water Infrastructure and Resiliency Sonia Brubaker, Program Manager, U.S. EPA

9:30 am: DHS Cyber and Infrastructure Analysis Marilee Orr, Department of Homeland Security, U.S. DHS

10:00 am: ASCE Initiative for Asset Management John Segna, Director, Utility Engineering, ASCE

10:15 am: APWA Asset Management Initiative Kenneth Eyre, Mid-Atlantic Chapter Officer, APWA

10:30 am 10:45 am: Coffee Break

10:45 am: WEF Utility Management Initiative Philip Tiewater, Utility Management Division, WEF

11:00 am: AWWA Buried No Longer Initiative Kevin Morley, Security & Preparedness, AWWA

11:15 am: Collection and Compilation of Water Pipeline Field Performance Life-Cycle Data Lee Sears, Project Director, U.S. Bureau of Reclamation

11:45 am: Risk Management Principles and Technologies to Manage Water Infrastructure Jian Zhang, Manager, Water Research Foundation

12:15 noon 1:15 pm: Lunch Break

1:15 pm: SWIM Center Industry Advisory Board (IAB) Annual Meeting Open to All WATERiD, PIPEiD, and SWIMeD Initiatives Research, Outreach and Education Program Celine Hyer, SWIM Industry Advisory Board, Chair Peter Kraft, SWIM Strategic Committee, Chair Tim Mitchell, SWIM WATERiD Committee, Chair Matt Stolte, SWIM PIPEiD Committee, Chair Greg Baird, SWIM SWIMeD Initiative, Chair John Marciszewski, SWIM Outreach, Chair Sunil Sinha, Professor and Director, SWIM Center

3:45 pm 4:00 pm: Coffee Break

Data Collection and Big Data Analytics

4:00 pm: Utility Panel Discussion Session Moderator: David Hughes, American Water Panelist: DC Water, HRSD, Baltimore County, Portland, Aurora, Blacksburg, SUEZ, Lynchburg, and Harrisonburg

5:30 pm 7:00 pm: SWIM Award Reception

SWIM Awards and Network Reception SWIM Board Chair Woman: Celine Hyer, Arcadis SWIM Director: Sunil Sinha, Virginia Tech NASSCO Fellowship: Ted DeBoda, Director, NASSCO

7:00 am 8:00 am: Continental Breakfast

Moderator: Jim Rush, Editor, Benjamin Media Inc. 8:00 am: Data Analytics for Water Asset Management Michael Stuhr, Director, Portland Water Bureau, Oregon

8:20 am: Data for Sustainability and Resiliency Tom Kiefer, Bureau Chief, Baltimore County DPW, MD

8:40 am: Health Monitoring Using Data Analytics Elkin Hernandez, Manager, DC Water, Washington DC

9:00 am: Workforce Skills of the Future: New Skills, New Tools, and New Challenges David Hughes, Manager, American Water, New Jersey

9:20 am: Implementing Data-driven Planning Across the Suez Portfolio Alberto Quiroz, Manager, SUEZ Water, North America

9:40: Leveraging Other Industries Big Data Collection and Management Walter Graf, Program Director, WE&RF, Alexandria, VA

10:00 am 10:15 am: Coffee Break

10:15 am: Data Analytics for Force Main Infrastructure Anas Malkawi, HRSD, Hampton Roads, Virginia

10:25 pm: Development in UK Regulated Water Industry Data Analytics for Asset Management Jon Greensill, Director, SEAMS Ltd., Sheffield, UK

10:45 am: WATERiD, PIPEiD, & SWIMeD National Initiative to Support Water Infrastructure Management Sunil Sinha, Professor and Director, SWIM, Virginia Tech

12:05 noon 1:05 pm: Lunch Break

Moderator: Walter Graf, Program Director, WE&RF 1:05 pm: JEA, Florida large diameter condition and risk assessment program for desktop and field assessments Celine Hyer, Senior Vice President, Arcadis, Tampa, FL

1:25 pm: Canadian Water and Wastewater Utilities Performance Benchmarking Initiative Data Analytics Devan Thomas, Vice President, AECOM, Ontario, Canada

1:45 pm: Data, Methods and Tools for Capital Planning James Carolan, Vice President, CDM Smith, Boston, MA

2:05 pm: Analytic for Smart Water System Management Zheng Wu, Fellow, Bentley Systems, Inc., Watertown, CT

2:25 pm: Internet of Things (IoT) for Water Infrastructure Asset Management Robert Keefe, Chief Technology & Information, Mueller

2:45 pm 3:00 pm: Coffee Break

3:00 pm: Transforming Water Infrastructure Asset Management from the Ground Up Peter Kraft, Practice Leader, Confluence Group, Colorado

3:20 pm: Life-Cycle GIS Data Analysis for Water Infrastructure Asset Management David Totman, Global Industry Manager, ESRI, California

3:40 pm: GIS in the Asset Management Practice Greg Baird, Director of Enterprise Strategies, Cityworks

4:00 pm: Wrap-Up