It's show time! WWEM 2014, Telford International Centre, UK, 5-6th November
17/09/2014 Environmental Technology Publications Ltd (WWEM)
With several new attractions, WWEM 2014, the international Water, Wastewater and Environmental Monitoring conference and exhibition, will be bigger and busier than ever before. The five previous WWEM events, which stretch back to 2005, have included conferences addressing testing and monitoring themes within the Process and Laboratory sectors, in addition to an international exhibition and scores of workshops. However, this year's event will also include:1. Flow Forum: "The Do's and Don'ts of Installation and Measurement"
2. 'SMART' Water Forum: "What does the future hold for water monitoring?"
3. Instrumentation Demonstration Area
4. British Water Innovation Exchange
5. BMSS Seminar: 'The application of chromatography-mass spectrometry to environmental water analysis'
The event (www.wwem.uk.com) will take place at the Telford International Centre on 5th and 6th November and has been designed to offer everyone with a professional interest in water, and environmental testing and monitoring with an opportunity to hear about the latest developments in techniques, technologies, methods, standards and regulatory requirements that relate to the monitoring which takes place both on-site and in the laboratory, covering sampling, field analysis, gas detection and continuous water and wastewater monitoring applications.
Visitors to WWEM 2014 will be able to claim Continuing Professional Development (CPD) time for the event's Conferences, Forums and Workshops.
The first day's Conference will focus on the monitoring aspects of industrial and municipal monitoring, beginning with the Environment Agency's Rick Gould, who will provide a training presentation on the Agency's Operator Monitoring Assessment (OMA) tool. A further EA presentation by Andy Chappell will provide an update on the development of 3 CEN standards for the assessment of water quality monitoring equipment (auto-samplers, continuous monitors and portable monitors). An update will also be provided for a similar project looking at CEN standards for flow monitoring devices.
Emily Jarvis from CSA-Sira will explain how schemes such as MCERTS have shown that independent approval of instrument manufacturers' specifications is still required, and she will demonstrate this with case studies and examples. To complement this, Andy Godley from WRc will describe the process for independent instrument testing under MCERTS from the agreement of the test programme, to delivery of the report.
Over the past 10 years thousands of municipal and industrial sites have had MCERTS flow inspections, and Nick Richardson from Siris Environmental will finish the first day by sharing his experiences with the scheme, outlining 'the good, the bad and the ugly' of flow monitoring.
Conference: 'Laboratory Techniques and Quality Procedures'
Addressing a laboratory analysis theme, the second day's Conference will commence with a presentation on proficiency testing by Fran Bilby from UKAS, in which she will discuss key aspects of the UKAS document TPS 47. Hazel Davidson from Derwentside Environmental Testing Services will then describe how lower limits of detection can be achieved by improved instrumentation or by using larger volumes of sample. Hazel's presentation will also include an examination of good sampling protocols.
Intriguingly, Professor Clive Thompson from ALcontrol will deliver a presentation entitled: 'Sampling and analysis in relation to Priority Substances Directive 2012/39/EU' for which he says he will provide "a devil's advocate response".
South West Water, in collaboration with the University of Portsmouth and Natural Resources Wales, have developed methods using the Chemcatcher™ passive sampler to monitor for a range of acid herbicides including Mecoprop and MCPA, and the molluscicide Metaldehyde in surface waters. This subject will be addressed by Ian Townsend, Head of South West Water's Organics Laboratory, who will outline the development of a Chemcatcher-based sampling method for the monitoring of polar pesticides in water.
Kyle Morrris from CSols will outline the advantages of a mobile data capture system that is designed specifically for the UK and European Water Industries, and Bob Poole from Thermofisher Scientific will discuss the key features of Laboratory Information Management Systems (LIMS) to deliver a fully automated, efficient and intelligent approach to sample receipt and scheduling, resource management, collecting, processing and acting upon results, and securely managing data.
New: Flow Forum
Building on the event's monitoring theme, the Flow Forum will take place on Wednesday 5th November including presentations from Water Companies, MCERTS Inspectors and construction partners who will share their experiences in flow measurement. Flow meter manufacturers will also present some of the latest measurement techniques and an open forum session will provide attendees with an opportunity to challenge the panel with questions and problems.
An Apprentice Instrumentation Competition will also take place during the afternoon session of the Flow Forum. Contestants from the UK's water and sewerage companies will be required to perform a range of instrumentation related tasks in front of a live audience of industry professionals. Competition prizes are being provided by a number of industry sponsors, including Siemens & Partech. The prizes include training packages and complementary tickets to the WWEM 2014 Gala Dinner.
New: SMART Water Forum
Taking place on the second day of WWEM (6th Nov) the SMART Water Forum will include a UKWIR dissemination workshop, featuring a study which has been ongoing for 18 months on Instrumentation, Process Automation & Control in wastewater. This will be followed by presentations on SMART technologies, including the 'Internet of Things', from some of the water sector's leading innovators, including Aquamatix, Syrinix, Nivus and Intellitect Water.
Both Forums will be hosted by Oliver Grievson, a Director of the Sensors for Water Interest Group (SWIG) and Manager of the LinkedIn Group Water Industry Process Automation & Control (WIPAC).
British Water & WWEM 2014 Innovation Exchange
Running throughout the first day of WWEM 2014 (5th November), this event has been created to bring together Water Companies, their partners, and representatives from other water-using industries with British Water members and non-members to identify technology needs and explore available and potential solutions. The day will include concurrent workshops on Water Monitoring, Wastewater Monitoring, and Environmental Monitoring, led by British Water, Black & Veatch, and J.Murphy & Sons respectively. The participants will include Affinity Water, Bristol Water, United Utilities, Yorkshire Water, Dŵr Cymru Welsh Water, Thames Water and many of the industry's key contractors.
For anyone wishing to participate, a booking form is available from the Events page of www.britishwater.co.uk .
International Exhibition
Featuring over 130 stands representing more than 250 of the world's leading providers of test and monitoring equipment and related services, the WWEM 2014 Exhibition will be free to enter for pre-registered visitors. Many new products for process monitoring, field testing and laboratory analysis will be launched at the show by exhibitors such as Aquamatic, ESSLAB, HACH LANGE, Hanna, Modern Water, OTT Hydrometry, Palintest, Pulsar, SEAL Analytical, Skalar and Xylem Analytics.
Over 80 Workshops to choose from
80 workshops representing 80 of the reasons why WWEM is known as a 'working event' will be available to all visitors. The Workshops will run almost continuously throughout the 2 days and cover an enormous variety of subjects within the overall testing and monitoring theme. The full programme is published on www.wwem.uk.com/work-shop .
WWEM 2014 Gala dinner
A black tie Gala Dinner will take place on the evening of the 5th November, providing an opportunity to relax and network with other environmental monitoring professionals. Following the dinner, MCERTS certificates will be awarded along with the SWIG 'Early career researcher prize' and the Instrument User Group (Water Companies) award for best service provider. The winner of the Apprentice Instrumentation Competition will be announced and guests will be treated to some 'entertainment' - the format for which is always a carefully protected secret-€¦
Summary
With a heavy focus on water and environmental monitoring, the WWEM events attract delegates such as regulators, industrial process operators, water utilities, accreditation organisations, commercial laboratories, instrument manufacturers, consultants, analytical service providers, researchers and academics.
The day-delegate conference rate is £55. However, registration for the event is FREE of charge and pre-registered visitors (www.wwem.uk.com) are provided with free access to the exhibition, the Forums and to the workshops, in addition to free on-site parking, and complimentary lunch and refreshments.
As preparations intensify for WWEM 2014, the organisers are urging visitors to register as soon as possible and to study the workshop and conference programme carefully, so that they can tailor their personal agenda to experience the topics of greatest interest, whilst allocating plenty of time to view the enormous quantity of new products that will be on show in the Exhibition.
Organiser Marcus Pattison says: "Whether it's wastewater flow and quality monitoring, drinking water testing, laboratory sampling and analysis, or gas detection in confined spaces, WWEM will have something for everyone. This year's event will be the busiest yet, so I cannot emphasise enough how important it is to plan your visit in advance - WWEM is a working event and visitors need to ensure that they make the most of everything available."
For more information, please contact:
Marcus Pattison
WWEM Organiser
Oak Court Business Centre
Sandridge Park, Porters Wood
St. Albans, Hertfordshire, AL3 6PH
ENGLAND
Tel: +44 1727 858840
Fax: +44 1727 840310
Email: info@wwem.uk.com
Web: www.wwem.uk.com
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