Managing risks from digitalisation in the water sector

Digitalisation, namely the use of digital technologies in day to day operations, is reshaping the water sector and enabling urban services to seamlessly connect through their value chain. Besides the many opportunities that this transition implies to increase resilience and sustainability, the implementation of digital tools also creates new threats to infrastructure and service delivery systems, requiring new approaches to manage risks such as cyber security.

Panelists

• Harsha Ratnaweera https://www.linkedin.com/in/harsha-ratnaweera-3b00239/ Professor, Norwegian University of Life Sciences
• David Tipping https://www.linkedin.com/in/davidctipping/ Principal Associate, Associates for International Management Services
• Rita Ugarelli https://www.linkedin.com/in/ritaugarelli/ Chief Researcher Scientist, SINTEF Building and Infrastructure
• Christos Makropoulos https://www.linkedin.com/in/cmakro/ Associate Professor, National Technical University of Athens

Utility managers, researchers, policy experts and consultants

• Awareness of the importance of appropriate risk management and identification of time-sensitive recovery measures related to the threats linked to the digitalisation of water utilities; • Identify options and ways forward to share experiences that increase resilience in implementing new digital tools in water utilities operations, among developing and emerging economies.