Strategic Insights, Networking and Investment for Climate-Resilient Water

Accelerating Energy Efficiency and Circular Solutions for Climate-Resilient Water

The World Water-Tech Innovation Summit is the premier networking event for water leaders, investors and innovators to share and showcase best practice in delivering climate-resilient, energy-efficient water systems.

The summit returns to London on February 25-26, 2025, bringing together forward-thinking water utilities, regulators, engineering firms, investors and start-ups from around the world for two days of pivotal discussions, partnership building, and innovation discovery.

Extreme climate events, shrinking water availability, and increasing pressure on demand continue to dominate the global water agenda, while the sector prepares for change in response to new regulations coming in 2025.

From waste valorisation and decarbonisation to AI-driven solutions and the collective fight against pollutants, the event will highlight the crucial role of accelerating technology adoption to mitigate the effects of climate change on the water sector.

Expect a programme packed with lively debate, project updates, and challenge-based success stories, complemented by a curated networking environment that encourages knowledge exchange and new connections through a full schedule of one-to-one meetings.

New for 2025, small-group breakout sessions alongside the main stage provide a dynamic setting where participants can collaborate to alleviate key pressure points and connect with potential business allies from around the globe.

Key Themes

• Water-Energy-Climate: Advancing water stewardship through industry collaboration
• Decarbonising Water: Quantifying progress towards net-zero for the water industry
• Storm & Wastewater Management: Optimising predictive modelling and infrastructure
• PFAS and Contaminants: Aligning policy and innovation to fight water pollutants
• Waste Valorisation: Commercialising resource recovery to boost the circular economy
• Future-Proofing Infrastructure: Integrating nature-based solutions in asset management
• Unlocking Investment: Attracting climate-tech and public-private capital to water
• Overcoming Scarcity: Scaling up solutions to combat droughts and water shortage
• AI-Driven Performance: Building trust and competitive advantage with AI solutions
• Supporting Start-Ups and SMEs: Facilitating a path-to-market beyond pilot stage

All these companies joined the summit in 2024:

The summit partners with FRANK Water, a UK charity which aims to encourage water security and alleviate water poverty by improving the way that people across the world understand and use water. Since 2005, FRANK Water has provided safe water, sanitation and hygiene training (WASH) to nearly 400,000 people across India and Nepal. In the UK, it encourages sustainable consumption of drinking water via its Refill schemes for events, restaurants and other public spaces.

Rethink summits are created by experts in agri-food, water and sustainable materials to address the issues most crucial to investors and developers in these sectors. Through our global network of industry advisors, we produce highly-focused, topical summits which gather all the right people together in one room to share ideas, find solutions and identify new business opportunities.

We are committed to providing the world-leading platforms for knowledge-sharing, debate and networking for business leaders, featuring the leading experts and gamechangers from across the global ecosystem. Our goal is to promote diversity and inclusion, with particular effort to phase out all-male speaker panels to ensure balanced representation and promotion of women in technology and business.

For more information about Rethink, visit rethinkevents.com