Smart Water Infrastructure Xchange USA 2027 Agenda

Balancing Public and Private Strengths to Maximize Real-World PPP Efficiency in Water Infrastructure Projects

• Analyzing limitations of traditional municipal procurement frameworks
• Evaluating consolidated EPC scopes to streamline project delivery
• Navigating evolving regulatory landscapes through collaborative financing

Advancing Digital Water Operations: Integrating AI, Automation, and Predictive Network Intelligence

Funding the Future: A New DEVEX Approach to Driving Water Utility Innovation and Savings

• Rethinking traditional operational expenditure divisions
• Introducing dedicated frameworks to fund innovation trials
• Drawing multi-market international insights to safely incentivize utility modernization

John Brelsford Optimatics

Modernizing Legacy Water Infrastructure: Pathways to Smart, Connected Utility Networks

Operationalizing AI and Digital Twins to Reduce Water Loss and Improve Utility Resilience

• Transitioning artificial intelligence and digital twin tech into utility solutions
• Integrating SCADA systems and physical sensors for system-wide visibility
• Deploying cloud-agnostic SaaS platforms to reduce non-revenue water

Zheng Wu Bentley Systems

Dr. Zheng Yi Wu

Inaugural Bentley Fellow, Bentley Systems

Dr. Zheng Yi Wu is the inaugural Bentley Fellow at Bentley Systems and a globally recognized leader in AI-driven infrastructure engineering. His work has been honored by the International Water Association (IWA), Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), American Water Works Association (AWWA), American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), and Indian Water Works Association (IWWA).

With over 30 years of experience, Dr. Wu has led research and development in system simulation, high-performance computing, AI, and digital twin technology for infrastructure systems, work that has played a pivotal role in advancing smart water grids, predictive asset analytics, and intelligent infrastructure modeling software. He has authored more than 200 peer-reviewed publications, co-written three technical books, and holds 24 U.S. patents in areas including deep machine learning, structural health monitoring, and water system optimization.

Designing Climate-Resilient Water Systems: Adapting Infrastructure for a Volatile Future

No Wires, No Waste: How LoRaWAN Is Transforming Global Smart Water Management

• Optimizing smart metering efficiency using low-power wide-area networks
• Integrating open standard architectures to ensure multi-vendor interoperability
• Analyzing million-scale deployment references to replicate large-scale IoT strategies

Remi Demerle Semtech