10th IWA-ASPIRE Conference and Water New Zealand Conference & Exhibition
Local Organizer: Water New Zealand
In an innovative departure from business as usual, the International Water Association (IWA) is joining forces with Water New Zealand to create an event that combines IWA-ASPIRE 2025 with the annual Water New Zealand Conference and Expo. It will provide a meeting platform for international water and sanitation professionals and practitioners and New Zealand WASH professionals, scientists and experts around common themes.
Theme: Empowering Tomorrow – Smart Water Solutions for Resilient Communities
Empowering Tomorrow
- Automation
- Artificial intelligence
- AR / VR and remote management
- Machine learning
- Digital transformation / digital twins
- Utility leadership
- Future workforce
Smart Water Solutions
- Smart networks (source – customer –discharge)
- Decarbonisation
- Water reuse
- Circular economy & Resource recovery
- Customer engagement
- Affordable outcomes
- Rehabilitation over replacement
- Successful innovation ecosystems
Resilience
- Extreme weather events
- Seismic & volcanic activity
- Climate adaptation
- Remediation
- Pollution control
- Nature based solutions
- Wastewater surveillance
- Water Sanitation Safety Planning
- Sustainability & SDGs
- Emerging chemicals and microbes
- Nanoplastics
- Asset resilience
Communities
- Indigenous peoples’ relationship with water
- Te Mana o te Wai
- Regulatory framework
- Water stewardship & conservation
- Farming & industry
- Environmental outcome focussed
- Post disaster community participation
- Diversity, equity & inclusion
Topics
- Empowering Tomorrow
- Smart water solutions
- Resilient
- Communities
Programme Committee
| Name | Affiliation | Country |
|---|---|---|
Robert Bos |
IRC International Water and Sanitation Centre | Netherlands |
Joan Rose |
Michigan State University | United States Of America |
Ed Beling |
IAHR/IWA Joint Committee on Outfall Systems | Australia |
Ricardo Bello-Mendoza |
University of Canterbury | New Zealand |
Hugh Blake-Manson |
Waugh Infrastructure Management | New Zealand |
Indira Chakravarty |
Institute of Public Health and National Cancer Institute | India |
Dan Deere |
Water Futures | Australia |
Rob Fullerton |
Beca | New Zealand |
Brent Gilpin |
ESR | New Zealand |
Karina Gin |
National University of Singapore | Singapore |
Jim Graham |
Taumata Arowai | New Zealand |
Theuns F P Henning |
University of Auckland | New Zealand |
Xia Huang |
Tsinghua University | China |
Hiroyuki Katayama |
University of Tokyo | Japan |
Jurg Keller |
University of Queensland | Australia |
Masaaki Kitajima |
Hokkaido University | Japan |
Saburo Matsui |
Kyoto University | Japan |
Kate Medlicott |
WHO | Switzerland |
Mark Milke |
University of Canterbury | New Zealand |
Majid Mohammadian |
University of Ottawa | Canada |
Jae-Woo Park |
Hanyang University | South Korea |
Genandrialine L. Peralta |
Independent Consultant | Philippines |
Daisuke Sano |
Tohoku University | Japan |
Gary A. Toranzos |
University of Puerto Rico | Puerto Rico |
Kobus van Zyl |
University of Auckland | New Zealand |
Yu Zhang |
Chinese Academy of Sciences | China |
Norhayati Abdullah |
Universiti Teknologi Malaysia | Malaysia |
