AI-empowered Asset Management

A promising area for utilities is the improvement of technical asset management, and in particular the use of modelling solutions to improve the efficiency of inspection and rehabilitation strategies.

This webinar will explore the potential for data-driven modelling and artificial intelligence (AI) to support asset management strategies for water and sewer networks. An overview will be provided of the AI tools available on the market for asset management, and key stakeholders will share their experiences on the applications for AI in asset management. Finally, the panel will present the need for ongoing and future research in this field to grasp the full potential of digitalization.

**Webinar Resources **Here are some resources recommended by the webinar panelists:

**IWA Blog (Open Access) **

• Is AI the future of asset management for water infrastructure?; P. Rouault; International Water Assocation Vidoes (Open Access) - Introduction to IWA Webinar ‘AI-empowered Asset Management’; Kompetenzzentrum Wasser Berlin, International Water Association **Conference Papers (Open Access) **
• The potential of deterioration modelling to support sewer asset management; N. Caradot, H. Sonnenberg, A. Hartmann, I. Kropp, A. Ringe, S. Denhez, M. Timm, P. Rouault; Kompetenzzentrum Wasser Berlin; 2015 **Websites (Open Access) ** - Cross Bore Safety Audit Case Study; SewerAI
• Case Study: CCTV Operator Productivity; SewerAI
• Pioneer™ Platform; SewerAI

Panelists

• Alexander Ringe – Berliner Wasserbetriebe, Germany
• Aisha Mamade https://www.linkedin.com/in/aisha-mamade-42b74414/ – Baseform, Portugal
• Pascale Rouault https://www.linkedin.com/in/pascale-rouault-a84bb474/ – Kompetenzzentrum Wasser Berlin, Germany
• Youen Pericault https://www.linkedin.com/in/ypericault/ – Luleå University of Technology, Sweden
• Srinath Kumar https://www.linkedin.com/in/srinath-shiv-kumar-4848079a/ – SewerAI, USA
• Dulcy Abraham https://www.linkedin.com/in/dulcy-abraham-67974976/ – Purdue University, USA
• Nico Caradot https://www.linkedin.com/in/nicolascaradot/ (Webinar Moderator & Organiser) – Kompetenzzentrum Wasser Berlin, Germany
• Elvira Estruch https://www.linkedin.com/in/elvira-estruch-juan/ (Webinar Moderator) – Universitat Politècnica de València, Spain

policy makers; regulators; public institutions; municipalities; utility managers; consultants; researchers; students; other asset management stakeholders; anyone interested in artificial intelligence and water management

Through this webinar, participants will:

• Learn about the AI tools available on the market for asset management;
• Understand the potential for AI in the asset management of urban water networks;
• Acknowledge and consider the uncertainties in the decision-making process;
• Gain awareness of the need for ongoing research and perspectives of digitalization.