3rd Water Loss Forum

3rd Water Loss Forum

Held on May 25-26, 2017 at Congresium Ankara ATO International Convention and Exhibition Center, the forum was opened by Prof. Dr. Veysel Eroğlu, then Minister of Forestry and Water Affairs. The forum addressed the reduction of water loss and leakage, network modelling, detection and control methods, and practice examples in five sessions; 30 companies and organizations took part in the concurrent exhibition.
Statistics:
  • Total Participants: 615.
  • Participant Distribution: National Participant Ratio: 82% | International Participant Ratio: 18%.
  • Institutional Profile: 80 Municipalities, 30 Water Administrations, 30 Exhibitors, 30 Speakers, 11 General Managers, 38 Academicians.
TimeSession / EventSpeakers / Content
25 May 2017 - Thursday
09:00 - 10:00REGISTRATION
10:00 - 11:00OPENING SPEECHES
Yasin TORUN, Chairman of AKATED
Prof. Dr. Cumali KINACI, General Director of ASKI
Prof. Dr. Veysel EROĞLU, Minister of Forestry and Water Affairs
11:00 - 12:00EXHIBITION OPENING AND VIP TOUR
12:00 - 13:00LUNCH BREAK
13:00 - 15:30I. SESSION: NEW APPROACHES IN WATER MANAGEMENT
Moderator: Prof. Dr. Cumali KINACI, General Director of ASKI
Ümit CANTÜRK, TEKSU
Ümit SARIBACAK, ALTER
Cengiz BOZBEY, SIEMENS
Abdullah SARIKAYA, AYKOME
15:30 - 16:00BREAK
16:00 - 18:00II. SESSION: WHAT WILL THE FUTURE BRING FOR WATER?
Moderator: Ergün ÜZÜCEK, Deputy General Director of DSI
Fatih TURAN, İSKİ General Manager
İlhan BAYRAM, İSU General Manager
Dr. Özgür ÖZDEMİR, MASKİ General Manager
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Mahmud GÜNGÖR, DESKİ General Manager
26 May 2017 - Friday
10:00 - 12:00III. SESSION: PLANNING OF DRINKING WATER NETWORK MODELS
Moderator: Atila TÜRKYILMAZ, Former Head of Subscriber Affairs Department, ASKI
Mehmet SERTÇELİK, TBM Endüstri
Prof. Dr. Osman Nuri ÖZDEMİR, Gazi University, Hydraulic Modeling and Calibration in Drinking Water Networks
Assist. Prof. Dr. Hasan SARPTAŞ, Dokuz Eylül University, Operational Planning through Hydraulic Simulation for Energy-Efficient Water Distribution Systems
Assist. Prof. Dr. Sevgi TOKGÖZ GÜNEŞ, Dokuz Eylül University, Testing the Hydraulic Reliability of Water Distribution Systems with Hydraulic Modeling
12:00 - 13:00LUNCH BREAK
13:00 - 15:00IV. SESSION: DETECTION AND CONTROL METHODS FOR WATER LOSS AND LEAKAGE
Moderator: Ali SAĞLIK, İSU Deputy General Manager
Onur ŞAHİN, VICTAULIC
Mustafa TÜRKYAŞAR, ASKİ R&D Branch Manager, GIS-Based Technological Solutions with LoRa and High-Consumption Meters for Effective Fight Against Water Loss and Leakage
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Muhammed Fatih TALU, İnönü University, Domestic Robot for Detection of Water Loss and Leakage
15:30 - 16:00BREAK
16:00 - 17:30V. SESSION: WATER LOSS AND LEAKAGE STATISTICS AND APPLICATION EXAMPLES IN TURKEY AND THE WORLD
Moderator: Fatih Mehmet DURMUŞÇELEBİ, MASKİ Drinking Water Head of Department
Enrico MURARI, IDROSTUDI - SUFEN
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Ceyhun ÖZÇELİK, Muğla University, Geographic Information Technologies for Real-Time Determination of Water Loss and Leakage Rates
Bora METİN, TESKİ General Directorate

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