Water Utilities Africa

21 - 24 May 2012
Expo Centre, Johannesburg, South Africa


Africa’s all-encompassing power and water event, African Utility Week, delivers business opportunities for utilities, large industrial end users and solution providers across all sectors. Click on the icons for more information about the industries we cover. Metering, Billing/CRM Africa is the foremost metering and customer relationship management event in Africa. Presentations encompass all aspects of metering – from essentials of pre-paid meter installations, meter data management, AMR and AMI programmes to smart billing options. This is the only place in Africa where all aspects of traditional and smart metering and customer service management are covered. Renewable Energy Africa will give an overview of the role of renewable energy in your energy mix –overcoming your concerns about the cost effectiveness of technologies and examining ways to increase application in your utility environment. Water Utilities Africa showcases best practices in revenue management and loss management, acknowledging the role of private participation and the importance of a comprehensive water security plan – all combining to realise the service delivery and efficiency of your water utility. Read more... Increasing emphasis on energy efficiency and demand management, particularly by large industry, gives added importance to this new breakout session. Examine the effect of increased challenges of demand and supply and understand the impact that this will have on your operational costs and plant efficiency. Get practical advice on maintaining output levels while decreasing electricity costs. An executive meeting forum for ministerial delegations, high level power executives, policymakers and international financiers. Discussions focus on encouraging investment into Africa’s power sector by enhancing understanding of investment challenges, requirements and the importance of bringing feasible power projects to financial close. Project overview discussions will highlight the opportunities available in Africa. Efficient transmission and distribution on a well maintained and planned grid is vital to the economic development of Africa. Africa’s leading energy infrastructure event addresses the success of private participation and unbundling, the role of power pools and the potential of the smart grid. Get insight into meeting generation capacity in an efficient and optimal manner – understand the importance of a diverse energy mix for energy security; the demands placed on generators by regulatory and legal requirements; and emerging technology and its role in the future of generation on the continent. Learn how to integrate resource recovery in your waste management programmes to produce energy and alternative fuel through incineration, bio degeneration, pyrolysis and gasification in order to manage the increased demand for waste service provision in line with international norms, the national, provincial and local authorities.

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African Utility Week - Water showcases best practices in revenue management and loss management, acknowledging the role of private participation and the importance of a comprehensive water security plan – all combining to realise the service delivery and efficiency of your water utility.

In 2010 we took the opportunity to bring you the inaugural Water Utilities conference at the African Utility Week in Durban. In 2011 you once again joined us at another coastal town, Cape Town, where you established relationships and took back valuable information. And now in 2012, at a time when there continues to be a growing need to manage, conserve and measure existing water resources, we invite you inland to Johannesburg where the hive of economic activity is just as dependent on access to water as your own city, town and region. Interesting water facts

WELCOME FROM THE CONTENT MANAGER

The Water Break-out Session at African Utility Week 2012 will present more case studies and practical information towards your main responsibilities of providing potable water in your area.

The theme for 2012 is aptly water security through proactive resource management partnerships.

This covers the spectrum of managing the infrastructure for the whole distribution channel, conserving the resource with re-use practices and reducing non-revenue water, measuring the distribution and usage, and managing the process for quality potable water. These responsibilities, your goals, can more easily be achieved by doing business with vendors that understand your needs – partnering through doing business with solution providers.

8 reasons why you can't miss African Utility Week - Water

This event is your platform to make contact with suitable business partners to proactively manage, conserve and measure your commodity. African Utility Week 2012 is the ideal place to develop business relationships between the public water sector and vendors offering services and products to build secure access to water for communities whether in urban or rural areas.

We look forward to and eagerly anticipate seeing you in Johannesburg!

Nicolette Pombo-van Zyl
Content Manager: Water

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WHO SHOULD ATTEND?

We have been honoured in the past with attendance from professionals at water utilities, regulators, private companies and manufacturers as well as national and local government. African Utility Week - Water provides participants with a fresh perspective on the challenges and opportunities in managing, conserving and measuring water resources across Africa.
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WATER HACKATHON

The African Utility Week will be hosting a Water Hackathon – a competition at which South Africa’s best IT talent will compete to solve your utility’s water related challenges with innovative new software and technology.

The AUW Water Hackathon will be a unique opportunity to have young IT talent solve challenges affecting your organization or area of responsibility. Examples are mobile to web customer feedback system and real time water map for your utility. Now is your opportunity to submit sector-related challenges to the Hackathon. Read more or enter a challenge.

MAIN TOPICS TO BE ADDRESSED

Water security: integrated water resource management
Legislation: water governance and regulation
Asset management: water infrastructure development, planning and maintenance
Technology: innovative solutions for water distribution, conservation and measuring
Finance: funding projects and revenue management

WHY SPONSOR EXHIBIT?

Now more than ever, the water sector depends on the products and services you provide to better manage, conserve, distribute and measure their available water resources.

A sponsorship at African Utility Week - Water is an ideal way to position your company as a market leader. By sponsoring you will showcase your brand optimally and generate great PR awareness. Taking a booth on the exhibition floor will enable you to consolidate relationships with existing clients, explore new business opportunities, and monitor your competitors.
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Discuss the ideal platform for your company with Joanne Wilson on +27 11 612 3700 or contact via email neil.borth@spintelligent.com.

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