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Innovation and Technology in the Water Sector

November 17-18, 2026

Boston, MA

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Innovation and Technology in the Water Sector

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An AWWA Finance & Legal Communities Program Roundtable

Innovation and Technology in the Water Sector

Hosted by CDM Smith

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Dates & Location:
November 17-18, 2026
Boston, Massachusetts

Roundtable Pricing:
$200 AWWA Member
$300 Non-Member

Who Should Attend?

Water utility c-suite (i.e., CEOs, GMs, CFOs, COOs, CIOs, GCs, Senior management staff, etc.)

Water utility IT and related senior staff

Senior water sector leaders (consultants, manufacturers, etc.) in the AI and related space

Senior municipal government, legal, and financing staff

Financial and legal professionals in the infrastructure/water space

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Program

Times below are in eastern time.

Tuesday, November 17, 2026

11:30 a.m.

Registration (Lunch available)

12:30 p.m.

Welcome and Introductions

12:45 p.m.

Opening Speaker
A conversation on how public institutions, and entities like water utilities and municipalities, are innovating responsibly under current and evolving financial and regulatory constraints, including bridging the economic, policy, and governance considerations of using technology and innovation.

1:45 p.m.

Break

2:00 p.m.

Water Utilities and Innovation and Technology: An Overview
An interactive discussion on how water utilities are successfully leveraging various innovative practices and technology to address today’s challenges in the water sector – be it drinking water, wastewater or water reuse – and the results they are realizing. The growing use of artificial intelligence (AI) in water utility operations, and emerging engineering innovations to address such increasing demands on utilities as data centers will also be discussed.

3:30 p.m.

Break

3:45 p.m.

Leveraging Innovation and Technology in Water
A sharing of case studies on how water utilities and the sector are successfully leveraging technology and innovative practices to address challenges. Topics will focus on what technology and innovative practices were used, how they were used, where they were used, and the challenges both encountered and overcome with their usage

5:00 p.m.

Networking reception

Wednesday, November 18, 2026

8:00 a.m.

Registration (Continental breakfast available)

8:30 a.m.

The Nuts-and-Bolts of Using Technology and Innovation to Address Water’s Challenges
An interactive discussion on the decision-making processes utilities use in employing innovative practices and new technology, what technologies to acquire for what purpose and when, workforce implications, legal risks and protections, how to pay for new technology, and communicating changes in the use of technology and innovative practices to ratepayers and other stakeholders.

10:00 a.m.

Break

10:15 a.m.

What’s Next? Innovation and Technology in the Water Sector’s Future
A looking forward discussion of emerging technologies that are coming for many facets of utility operations, new tech tools in the development pipeline and their likely future uses, innovative management and operational practices being used by utilities, and how utilities today are transforming themselves into utilities of the future.

11:45 a.m.

Wrap up & thank you

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Boston-MA
CDM Smith Headquarters

75 State Street
Boston, MA

Access instructions will be shared with registered attendees.

Location

Boston, MA

The roundtable will take place at CDM Headquarters in downtown Boston, Massachusetts.

While there is no official hotel block, below are a few hotel options within walking distance.

Canopy by Hilton Boston Downtown
Hyatt Centric Faneuil Hall Boston
The Harborside Inn

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Roundtable Registration Cancellation Policy: AWWA must receive cancellations in writing. Phone cancellations are not accepted. All cancellations dated more than four weeks prior to Roundtable’s first day will receive a refund, minus a 25% administrative fee. Within four weeks of the event’s start date: cancellations will not be refunded; however, substitute registrants are welcome. Email requests for substitutions or cancellations to service@awwa.org.

 

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