Following broad acceptance of PROFIBUS as the preferred communications protocol within the UK's Water Industry, Members of The PROFIBUS Group will be supporting WWEM 2010 at the Telford International Centre 10 and 11 November. There are a host of new features that will attract visitors from a broader section of the instrumentation community, for example there will be a new Laboratory Analysis Conference and a new Gas Detection Zone.
The WWEM organisers have joined forces with a broad range of leading organisations to ensure the success of the 2010 event. British Water, The Institute of Water, Sensors for Water Interest Group (SWIG), The PROFIBUS Group, the Water Monitoring Association (WMA) and the Chartered Institute of Water and Environmental Management (CIWEM) will all be closely involved.
Conference presentations will provide information on the latest regulations affecting process and effluent monitoring with authoritative speakers from the Environment Agency, ABB, SIRA, and UKAS. The Conference will be repeated on both days and chaired by British Water. The Environment Agency will outline a hardening policy on the use of MCERTS certified products and provide an update on Better Regulation and the Environmental Permitting
Regulations (EPR) including the latest position on operator self-monitoring (OSM) and the role of MCERTS and Operator Monitoring Assessment (OMA) in supporting the move to OSM for industry and the Water Utilities. Sira will outline the latest advice on site inspections for process operators and explain likely future developments. UKAS will provide an overview on how it interacts with regulators in the water industry and how regulatory requirements are interpreted with respect to ISO 17025 and UKAS accreditation. Entry to the Conference will be £55/day or £100 for both days.
Gas and Water Workshops
WWEM 2010 will include a programme of more than 70 Workshops covering a host of issues relating to the practical monitoring and analysis of water both in the field and in the laboratory. In addition, the Workshops organised by CoGDEM will cover a range of issues relating to toxic or explosive gases.
Exhibition
An international exhibition will run on both days of the event featuring the majority of the world's leading providers of test and monitoring instrumentation and services.
Entry to the exhibition and workshops will be free (saving a daily admission fee of £20) to all pre-registered visitors, who will also be entitled to free onsite parking, free lunches and refreshments on both days of the event.
Visitors to WWEM will include staff at every level within regulators, water companies, industrial manufacturers, consultants, education, researchers, process engineers and laboratory analysts.
Registration is now available at www.wwem.uk.com
