Presentation

BIWWEC 2026

Digitalisation & AI
Professor Jugdutt (JACK) Singh	Digital Water: Digitalization of the Water Industry
Aziz Gulam	Real-Time Monitoring / Analytics – Lessons from Singapore
Lee YiQuan	Autonomous UAV for GPS-Denied Environments
Puranut Wisutjindaporn (Pong)	A Unified Water Information Management System for Smarter, Data-Driven Utility Operations
Robin Wong	Driving Frontier AI Adoption to Leapfrog in Asset Mgmt and O&M Performance through Trusted Global Partnerships

Non-Revenue Water (NRW)
Gary Wyeth	Economic Level of Leakage
Ir. Ts. Qairuniza binti Roslan	Strategic Evaluation of Digital Monitoring Solutions for Non-Revenue Water Reduction and SDG 6 Readiness in Sarawak
Joe Dalton	How to Ensure Success from NRW Performance-Based Contracts
Dr. Manjusha Sunil	Detecting the Drip: Emerging Technologies Combating Water Leakage and Waste
Patrick Lester Ty	Regulatory Reforms and Strategic Interventions In Non-Revenue Water Reduction For Maynilad
Shazlee Kabeer	Optimizing Pipe Renewal Through Identification of Degraded Sections

Stormwater
Geetha P. Kumaran	Avoiding Disasters in Land-Based Developments
Ir. Dr. Hii Ching Poon	Navigating the Shift from Grey to Green Infrastructure: Governance Challenges in the Samarahan Basin IRBM
Ir. Dr. Norazlina Bateni	Assessment on the Stormwater Infrastructure Design Parameter based on the Existing Projects of Sarawak Urban Stormwater Management, SUStoM Facility
Kishor Gokhale	Stormwater Pumping Solutions

Wastewater
Assoc. Prof. Ir. Dr. Chow Ming Fai	AI-Driven Wastewater Treatment for a Climate-Ready Future: Predicting COD to Reduce Energy and Emissions
Ts. Garry Maclean John	Managing multiple discharge points from Septic Tanks
Prof. Hiroyasu Sato	Sewers as Active Bioreactors: The Future of Urban Wastewater Management
Ir. Ts. Iwan Nazri bin Mohd Nordin	Regulating Sewerage Planning for National Sustainability
Associate Professor Dr. Kenneth Francis Rodrigues	Integrating Metagenomic Profiling and Targeted Microbial Bioremediation: A Systems Approach to Process Optimization and Circularity in Wastewater Management
Dr. Matthew Wong	Accessible C/N Ratio Proxies for Enhancing Two-Stage Anaerobic Co-Digestion of Food Waste and Sewage Sludge

Water Patnership
Datuk Ir Abdul Kadir bin Mohd Din, FASc	Beyond Infrastructure: How Regulation, Financing and ASEAN Partnerships Enable A Circular, Climate-Resilient Water Sector
Dr. Adam Saffian Ghazali, FCA	Proliferation of Data Centres & Its Impact on the Planning of Water Services
Farhan Mukelas	Accelerating Water Sustainability Through Green Innovation and Strategic Collaboration
Ha Thanh Hang	International Cooperation – Driving Force for Developing Water Sector in the New Era
Mirjam van Buchem	Global Partnerships for a Climate-Resilient Water Future

Water Supply
Amos Tay	PE100-RC solutions for Challenging Pressure Water and Wastewater Applications
Dr. Addie Wong	Drinking Water Sludge Challenges: Sludge Drying Bed – The Most Sustainable Method
Dr. Jennifer Ayres	Why Commissioning Determines Whether Climate-Ready Water Infrastructure Actually Works
Keshvinder Singh	Real Time Pressure Optimization in Water Supply Network – Maintaining Just Needed Pressure in the Network
Lim Pai June (Joceline)	HydroPaqTM and HydroFilTM: High Performance Technologies for clarification and Filtration
Liu Yangwei	Driving Technological Innovation in Rural Water Supply
Maurizio Pedrazzini	Applied trenchless technology with ductile iron pipes – The way to ZEROWATERLOSS
Ng Mook Deng (Angie)	Fully Structural Trenchless Pipeline Rehabilitation as a Strategic Lever for Non-Revenue Water Reduction in Malaysian Water Distribution Networks
Ts. Lau Jing Teck	Beyond the Grid: Engineering a Climate-Ready Water Future
Torben Poulsen	Optimizing Water Supply Reliability and Energy Efficiency With Variable Speed Drives
Zachary Loh	The Hidden Constraint of AI Infrastructure: Water, Energy and the Future of Data Centres in Borneo
Zamros Omar	Trenchless Rehabilitation of Pressure Pipe Systems: Restoring Critical Water and Pressure-Pipe Infrastructure — Without Open-Cut Excavation