Workshops
On 15th September, we invite you to participate in a variety of engaging workshops at the conference venue, University of Innsbruck. This is an excellent opportunity for working groups to lead interactive sessions and share valuable insights. Please note that separate registration is required for workshop participation. The following workshops will be available. Don't miss the chance to expand your knowledge and network with fellow attendees!
Time: 08:30 - 16:30
Organizers: Lauren Cook, Gersende Fernandes, Hugo Paris, Vincent Pons
Audience: Researchers and/or professionals in urban drainage
max participants: 20
Content: Climate change is having a significant impact on urban drainage infrastructure, increasing flooding and sewer overflows, and affecting blue-green infrastructure and water quality. Many engineers and researchers lack knowledge on integrating climate change into their work and communicating its impact. This workshop aims to equip participants with tools to address these challenges. It includes a session on using climate data for urban drainage modelling, and another on discussing the role of researchers in informing society (scientific neutrality, social media, effective communication strategies, etc.). The event will conclude with a discussion on future directions for urban drainage professionals to enhance climate adaptation and public engagement.
Time: 08:30 - 12:00
Organizers:PipeOn project, Franz Tscheikner-Gratl, Marius Møller Rokstad, Will Shepherd and Simon Tait
Audience: Everyone interested in the changes in urban drainage modelling related to autonomous robots
max participants: 30
Content: Autonomous inspection and monitoring robots will change how we envision urban drainage related models, ranging from deterioration models to hydrodynamic models for sewer systems. These changes can be threefold:
- More accurate data will reduce network model uncertainty considerably.
- The ability to pick up intermittent or unexpected changes will impact deterioration and failure predictions.
- A moving robot collecting hydraulic data results in a Lagrangian rather than a Eulerian calibration data set, as it moves within a changing system.
The goal of the workshop is therefore to assess, discuss and combine the expectations of the urban drainage modelling community into a document.
Time: 08:30 - 12:00
Organizers: Katharina Teuber1, João P. Leitão2, Stefan Kroll3
Audience: All urban drainage model migration and calibration enthusiasts, especially all participants of the phase 1 virtual ring test
max participants: 15-20
Content: Given different modelling tasks, various modelling environments are needed in the urban drainage community. If multiple modelling environments are to be used, reliable and quick conversion between different environments is desirable, but is often not yet a reality. A first step to overcome these hurdles caused by model transfer is to identify different model environments along with their requirements for model setup. Therefore, a “virtual ring test” for the calibration of urban drainage models has been conducted to initiate the discussion and compare model transferability. This UDM conference workshop initiates phase 2 of the virtual ring test, new participants are welcome
Time: 08:30 - 12:00
Organizers: Marcello Serrao, Suez International; Thibaud Maruejouls, Suez Eau France; Wolfgang Rauch, Universität Innsbruck
Workshop lecturers:
Marcello Serrao(1)*, Thibaud Maruejouls(2), Karim Claudio(2), Abdelghani Zaid(2) , Philippe Ginestet(1), Jean-Luc Bertand-Krajewski(4), Natalia Duque Villarreal(5), Feiyi Li(6), Peter A. Vanrolleghem(6), Dirk Muschalla(7), Tijana Jovanovic(8), Robin Maes-Prior(8), Wolfgang Rauch(3).
(1) SUEZ International, Engineering & Construction – Innovation & Technical Office, 92040 Paris La Défense, France. (2) SUEZ Eau France, Le LyRE Research & Development Centre, 33600 Pessac, France. (3) Universität Innsbruck, Department of Urban Drainage Modelling, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria. (4) INSA Institute national des sciences appliquées, 11 rue de la Physique, 69621 Villeurbanne cedex, France. (5) Eawag Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology, Überlandstrasse 133, 8600 Dübendorf, Switzerland. (6) modelEAU, Université Laval, 1065 av de la Médecine, Québec, QC, G1 V 0A6, Canada. (7) Institute of Urban Water Management and Landscape Water Engineering, Graz University of Technology, Stremayrgasse 10/I, 8010 Graz, Austria. (8) Imperial College London, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, London SW7 2AZ, United Kingdom.
Audience:
- Researchers on influent flowrate generators in urban drainage and wastewater modelling.
- Engineers on estimating hydraulic profiles for optimal design of runoff and sewage network as well as treatment systems.
- Researchers and engineers interested in data-driven models for the systematic planning and design of wastewater systems.
max participants: 40
Content: This workshop tackles influent flow estimation challenges in urban drainage modeling for WWTP and WRRF design. Conventional reliance on conservative inflow design values often leads to oversized, costly infrastructure. Leveraging open data and advanced modeling allows to develop novel tools for more accurate, cost-effective estimates. Influent flow uncertainties stem from sewer network design, urban drainage characteristics, and local climate. The lack of standardized methods inflates estimates, reducing efficiency. In this workshop we aim to discuss the current status and novel scalable approaches using open data and aligning designs with local conditions.
Time: 08:30 - 12:00
Organizers: JCUD Real-time Control Working Group, Prof. Matthew David Bartos, Baiqian Shi
Audience: Participants with an interest in real-time control of urban drainage systems, including representatives from utilities, practicing engineers, and academic researchers.
max participants: 30
Content: Inspired by the Battle of the Water Networks, this workshop will convene practitioners and modelers to share data sets that will enable benchmarking and intercomparison of real-time control (RTC) strategies for urban drainage systems. Example datasets include real-world urban drainage system models, RTC scenarios based on real-world operational requirements, rainfall and contaminant forcing scenarios, and measured water quantity/quality data for validation. The anticipated outcome of this workshop is a repository of benchmark urban drainage system models, case study scenarios, and observational data from around the world that will allow for validation and intercomparison of RTC strategies.
Schedule TBA
Time: 13:00 - 16:30
Organizers: Jose Anta (Universidade da Coruña), Jean-Luc Bertrand-Krajewski (INSA-Lyon), Simon Tait (University of Sheffield)
Audience: Urban drainage modelers and Research Infrastructures facility providers
max participants: 25
Content: The European project Co-UDlabs aimed to integrate research and innovation activities in the field of Urban Drainage Systems, and to facilitate collaborations for both researchers and practitioners by means of a programme of transnational projects and a set of tailored research and networking activities. In this workshop some participants of the project will present the benefits of the collaborative working performed in the transnational access activities of Co-UDlabs and how a network of large-research infrastructures as the conformed within UDRAIN JCUD working group can support the work of Urban Drainage modelers.
Time: 13:00 - 16:30
Organizers: Xavier Torret, Namrata Karki
Audience: Urban Drainage Engineers and Modelers, GIS Specialists in Water Management, Researchers and Academics and Water Utility Managers.
max participants: 30
Content: This workshop guides participants through installing, configuring, and working with a sample project in the Giswater platform within QGIS. Giswater is an open-source QGIS plugin that connects GIS with relational databases for managing water infrastructure. It supports urban drainage and water supply networks, integrating GIS with hydraulic modeling tools like SWMM for stormwater and sewer systems. Participants will set up a PostGIS database, explore network editing, conduct hydraulic modeling with SWMM, and perform planned network analysis. By the end, they will have a fully operational Giswater environment, gaining hands-on experience in real-world water utility management. Basic familiarity with QGIS, PostgreSQL, and hydraulic modeling is recommended for the attendees.