CFP
WDSA-CCWI 2024: 3rd International Join Conference on Water Distribution System Analysis (WDSA) & Computing and Control in the Water Industry (CCWI) Ferrara, Italy, July 1-4, 2024 |
Conference website | https://wdsa-ccwi2024.it |
Submission link | https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=wdsaccwi2024 |
Submission deadline | January 10, 2024 |
Submissions of abstracts (no more than 500 words) describing original research in line with the conference themes are now invited for the WDSA-CCWI 2024 Joint Conference.
Abstract deadline is extended to December 15, 2023 January 10, 2024 (Last Call).
Submission Guidelines
- All submissions are expected to be in the format of an abstract following the template provided in the conference website.
- Submissions must be completed using the online system (EasyChair). Submission via e-mail will not be processed.
- It is agreed that at least one of the authors will register, participate and present the contribution(s) at the conference (otherwise the contribution(s) will be not included in the conference program). Each registered (and participating) Author can present at the conference no more than two (2) contributions.
- The official Language of the conference is English.
- The abstracts must be relevant to one of the conference topics and the authors are asked to indicate the session topic (selecting among those proposed below) when submitting the abstract.
List of Topics
Topic 1 – Sustainable and smart urban water systems
- Smart solutions for urban water systems: metering, assessment, forecasting, and operations
- Circular economy and block chain applications in urban water system management
- Climate change, water scarcity, and integral approaches for sustainable urban water cycle solutions
Topic 2 – Water distribution network planning and management
- Water distribution network modelling and demand forecasting
- Water distribution network optimization: planning, design, rehabilitation, and expansion
- Water distribution network operation and maintenance
- Water distribution network control: transient analysis, network sectoring, leakage management and energy management
- Drinking-water quality and treatment issues: biofilm, discoloration, and contaminant intrusion
- Water security, reliability, and resilience in the water industry
- Intermittent water supply: modelling and operation
- Benchmarking in water distribution networks
- Advances in EPANET. Future proposals
- Advances in premise plumbing modelling
- Practical applications: laboratory, modelling, case studies, demonstration projects
- Tools for educational and research transfer
Topic 3 – Irrigation networks and urban water systems in emergency
- Pressurized and open-channel irrigation networks
- Urban water system management under emergency situations: pandemic detection and control, water shortage, natural disasters
- Asset management and performance modelling
Topic 4 – IoT in urban water systems: digital twin, sensors, data management
- Advances in sensors, communication technologies, and forecasting in water networks
- Data management in water networks: real-time monitoring, SCADA, and ICT
- GIS and BIM applications for integrated urban water system modelling and management
- Digital Twins in urban water systems
- Big Data and Machine Learning techniques and analysis in urban water networks
- Data-driven and soft computing analytics and visualisation in water industry
- Emerging technologies in water, sewer, drainage, and irrigation networks
Topic 5 – Advances in drainage and sewer. Water and wastewater treatment
- Water and wastewater treatment modelling, optimization, and control
- Wastewater and storm water quality modelling, including sediment and pollutant transport
- Storm water control: sustainable urban drainage solutions and blue-green solutions
- Combined Sewer Overflow solutions
- Advances in sewer and drainage modelling and design
- Advances in SWMM. Future proposals
Industry Track
Battle of Water Demand Forecasting