Laura Moss is a Deputy Chief Inspector of Drinking Water Quality for England and Wales at the Drinking Water Inspectorate. After attaining a BSc (Hons) in Biology from Queens University, Belfast and an MSc in Aquatic Resource Management from Kings College, London she started her career in the freshwater biology field in New Zealand, working for the National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research. Returning to the UK, she worked in drinking water quality at Thames Water for 10 years. Latterly she worked in other areas of the business, including the technical information group and in leakage management, to facilitate the distance learning MBA she attained from Henley Management College. She has worked at the DWI for several years, covering many of the main operational functions and has more recently also taken responsibility for the security teams (NIS and SEMD). She is a Chartered Biologist with the Royal Society of Biology.

Sébastien Mouret is a Brussels-based Policy Advisor at EurEau, the European federation of water services, where he covers topics ranging from drinking water to industrial emissions, innovation, and surface water quality. Prior to joining EurEau, Sébastien spent four years as Europe Editor for Oxford-based publication Global Water Intelligence, following International Relations studies in his native France, the US and the UK.

Judith is an associate environmental scientist specialising in water quality, specifically emerging substances and microplastics. She leads investigations for the water industry into drinking water and wastewater as well other sectors including transportation to understand source, pathways and receptors of chemicals and microplastics. Judith’s has scoped, supported the delivery and reporting of the UKWIR Chemical Investigation Programme for the water industry since its inception. She has project managed AtkinsRéalis contribution to the programme, chaired technical working groups, liaised with the Environment Agency and water company representatives to effectively define and execute clear objectives for the research.

Ed is Team Leader for the Chemicals policy team in Defra’s Chemicals Pesticides and Hazardous Waste division; managing a team of policy advisers on emerging chemicals policy issues. He has experience working across Defra delivering science programmes and environmental policy. Prior to this he was a university researcher working in partnership with industry.

Dr Evangelos Petropoulos is currently working as a Technical Specialist at Stantec (UK), with an affiliation at Newcastle University (UK) for the last 14 years, while the vice convener and the convener for the British Water Wastewater Treatment Plant Focus group since 2020. Previously he has been part of the senior management team of large multinationals in the field of water and wastewater; have held positions in institutes and organisations including the European Commission (Marie Curie scholar) and the Chinese Academy of Sciences (PIFI scholar). With a large portfolio of municipal and industrial (waste)water related projects, and an active research profile in the field of the environment with numerous publications, patents and presentations in national and international conferences. His focus is mainly on sustainable wastewater treatment while his driver is the delivery of innovation in this industry.

Dan has worked as a Hydrogeochemist at the British Geological Survey for the past 22 years. Dan collaborates with partners across Europe, Africa, Asia and North America on groundwater quality and the security of groundwater resources. His expertise in hydrogeology and water quality is used as part of a number of externally facing activities such as chairing the IAH groundwater quality commission and participation in working groups for the UN World Water Quality Alliance. He is an author of the recent UN World Water Development Report (2022): Groundwater – Making the Invisible Visible. Dan leads BGS research on contaminants of emerging concern (CECs) in fresh waters, including pharmaceuticals, microplastics and other trace organics. He also has a strong track record of research focussed on microbiological, macro-nutrients and trace element pollution in freshwaters. Dan was part of the European Working Group which developed the first groundwater watch list for CECs. He currently supervises 4 PhD students. Dan has over 200 research outputs and has published over 100 peer reviewed research papers.

Dr Alison Warrington is the Senior Plant Health Adviser at the National Farmers Union. With a background in chemistry, Alison joined the NFU 4 years ago where she is one half of the Plant Health Team. Alison’s role focusses on the practical on-farm implications of plant health, Integrated Pest Management (IPM), pesticide stewardship and regenerative agriculture. Working on behalf of the NFU’s 45,000 member businesses, the plant health team lobbies for farmer access to sustainable farming methods and tools that allow for productive and resilient food production, as well as a risk-based regulatory regime for plant protection products (PPPs). Alison works closely with the Voluntary Initiative (VI), an industry-led programme that promotes the responsible use of PPPs, developing the industry-leading VI IPM Plan.

Daniel is a Process Engineer at Stantec with a background in tertiary treatment and advanced oxidation of municipal and industrial wastewaters for UK and global clients. Since joining Stantec, Daniel has worked on a variety of projects ranging from phosphorous removal to producing research and reports for clients on the removal of micropollutants. This included a literature review of available technologies, engagement with the supply chain on latest advancements and producing technology selection matrix for each of the target compounds. Daniel is currently working on water reuse projects where his knowledge of micropollutant removal is pivotal to the selection of technologies. The final treatment train chosen will mitigate against environmental deterioration and provide a multibarrier approach to safeguard against the breakthrough of micropollutants and pathogens.

I am the co-founder and CEO of Daphne Water Solutions Limited, delivering sustainable technologies for tertiary wastewater treatment. I am Professor of Evolutionary Systems Biology and Environmental Omics at the University of Birmingham where I am affiliated both with Biosciences and the Institute of Interdisciplinary Data Science and AI. I am also an Alan Turing Fellow at the UK Alan Turing Institute, the national institute for data science and artificial intelligence. My mission is to improve environmental health by pushing the boundaries of research and innovation. I apply high throughput sequencing technologies, data science and AI to understand the impact of environmental change on freshwater ecosystems. I work with ghost DNA and resurrected crustaceans to identify the causes of biodiversity loss and the mechanisms of evolution that allow species to persist. I love multidisciplinary science and thinking out of the box. This thinking has led me to patent and commercialize a water reclamation and waste valorization technology that meets the net-zero carbon emission goals and delivers clean water to all. By translating cutting-edge multidisciplinary science into practical applications, I provide tools and processes for mitigation interventions that enable green growth and meet the UN developmental goals.

Dr Jannis Wenk is a trained environmental engineer from TU Berlin and holds a PhD in environmental sciences from ETH Zurich and Eawag in Switzerland. His expertise lies in the development and optimisation of treatment technologies for drinking water, wastewater, and water recycling. He has a particular interest in chemical aquatic oxidation processes and nature-oriented treatment systems such as constructed wetlands, investigating fate and removal of both biological and chemical contaminants. As a Senior Lecturer at the University of Bath, he leads the water quality research group within the Department of Chemical Engineering. His research group works closely with local water utilities across the South-West of the UK.

Charlotte is an established process engineer, with a specific interest in micropollutants; particularly PFAS. She previously held the role as Emerging Contaminants Specialist at Aqua Enviro- Suez and was responsible for the design and deployment of their specialist PFAS sampling strategy. In addition, she held an advisory position in the CIP3-4 UKWIR project steering group, assisted in the delivery of several CIP3 investigations and has presented at several conferences and technical working groups. Charlotte now works within the industrial wastewater sector as a Technical Development Specialist at Nijhuis Industries. She has 13 years industry experience eight, of which have been spent within the wastewater sector. Her early burgeoning interest in the fate, transport and treatment of emerging contaminants is the overriding reason for why she chose to pursue a career within the wastewater industry. Her multidisciplinary experience also includes prior roles within environmental remediation and solid waste management. Charlotte undertook her BSc in Physical Geography and Geology at the University of Manchester and her 1st MSc in Environmental Geochemistry at the University of Leeds. More recently, in 2019, she undertook a 2nd MSc part-time in Water and Wastewater Engineering at the University of Cranfield. Her thesis concerned micropollutants and she is currently working on publishing the findings within academia.

Andy Leatt studied Chemistry at Cardiff University and is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry. He has over 15 years’ experience in the activated carbon industry and in his current role of Technical & Development Director for CPL/Puragen Activated Carbons, he is responsible for new product/process development, quality management and technical support. During his career, Andy has developed multiple new activated carbon products and manufacturing processes. Most recently, he has been instrumental in the development of pioneering technologies for the application of activated carbon purification processes, particularly in the treatment of PFAS-group ‘forever’ chemicals and the safe reactivation of spent carbons used for this application.

Ton van Remmen, the founder of Van Remmen UV technology, is passionate about water and water treatment. He believes in a world where healthy and clean water is accessible for everyone. Moreover, he envisions a world where we are conscious of the value of our precious water and treat it with care, ensuring its cleanliness for future generations. Driven by these beliefs, he dedicates each day to the development of UV disinfection systems and Advanox™ oxidation systems that clean water in a sustainable, effective, and proven manner. Through continuous innovation, collaboration with partners in the water supply chain, and the sharing of extensive knowledge, he is contributing to the gradual realization of this vision. Over the past five years, Van Remmen UV Technology has been actively involved in the development of our new Advanox™ oxidation systems. These systems combine UV-C light with hydrogen peroxide (H2O2). Multiple pilot tests and validations have been conducted with Advanox™, yielding promising results. With Advanox™, we can effectively break down micropollutants in water, such as pharmaceutical residues, crop pesticides, and organic substances.

As UK Water Sector Director for Royal HaskoningDHV, Paul has over 23 years of consultancy experience and is responsible for translating the company’s international innovation and best practice into the UK context. He is currently providing technical oversight to wide portfolio of projects including circularity and resource recovery from water and wastewater treatment, advanced treatment and water re[1]use, process emissions mitigation, operational digital twins and modelling of nature-based solutions. He has managed a wide range of projects for the UK water utilities, contractors and consultants and has been actively involved in developing and managing research consortiums in the past for NERC, Innovate UK and the EC and has worked on water industry research for Defra, UKWIR, WRAP and others. He specialises in municipal biological wastewater treatment having previously provided CIWEM approved training and spoken at many industry events.

Ludwig Dinkloh is the Global Sales and Commercial Strategy Leader in the segment Purification & Disinfection for Veolia Water Technologies & Solution since July 2020, being responsible worldwide for the sales of Ozonia ozone systems and Aquaray UV systems. He started his professional career as a sales engineer for these water treatment technologies for the company Wedeco (now part of Xylem) in 1994. Since July 2018, Ludwig is a member of the management committee of the IWA Specialist Group (SG) on Disinfection. He is a chemical engineer, graduated from the Technical University of Berlin and lives in Hiddenhausen, Germany.

Dr Thomas Fundneider studied and completed his PhD at the Technical University of Darmstadt, Germany. During his tenure as a research assistant, he specialized in advanced wastewater treatment. His research primarily centred on the chemical/physical removal of phosphorus in combination with membrane and pile cloth media filtration, as well as the adsorption of micropollutants using granular activated carbon. He has actively contributed to the German Water Association (DWA) working group KA-8.6, focusing on "Activated Carbon," as well as working group KA-8.3, dedicated to "Filtration after Biological Treatment." Following the completion of his PhD in 2020, he joined Mecana Umwelttechnik. From 2020 to 2023, he served as the Deputy Director of Research and Development. As today, he has led the department as Director of Research and Development.

Cynthia Carliell-Marquet is a Wastewater Innovation Architect for Severn Trent. Her role within the Asset Intelligence and Innovation Team at Severn Trent is to create innovative solutions to wastewater strategic challenges, from customer drain to river. She is passionate about finding alternative, sustainable solutions to wastewater system challenges such as micropollutants, that push the boundaries of wastewater treatment to deliver a better final product without excessive chemical and power consumption.