AI for Water: What's Hype, What's Helpful
AI for Water: What's Hype, What's Helpful?
Stop the Hype. Understand the Application.
There is a lot of noise around Artificial Intelligence, but how does it actually apply to a pipe network, a treatment plant, or a compliance report? Join Dr. Gayathri Gopalakrishnan, Founder and CEO, Ecoformatics, for a high-impact, tactical overview of how AI and Machine Learning are currently being used to solve the water sector’s most pressing data challenges.
What We’ll Cover:
The Vocabulary of the Future: What is meant by Artificial Intelligence vs. Machine Learning vs. Large Language Models (LLMs)?
The Water Sector Use-Case Map: From automated data extraction to predictive maintenance - where does AI actually provide ROI?
The Skills Gap: What are the specific technical skills water engineers need to thrive in a digital-first industry? Is AI going to take your job?
Live Demo: A quick look at how no-code frameworks can turn a messy technical report into actionable insights
Who is this for?
This event is primarily for professionals interested in or working in the water and wastewater sector. If you're an engineer, a scientist, an operator working in a utility, a professional at a government agency or a regulator - this event is for you.
No coding skills needed!
Early signups get access to an exclusive strategy session.
About the presenter:
Gayathri Gopalakrishnan, PhD is an award-winning scientist, engineer and entrepreneur who has been pioneering the integration of AI in water, agriculture, energy and climate since 2003. She has worked in multi-billion dollar organizations including Facebook and Argonne National Laboratory as well as several cleantech startups.
As a scientist, she has been recognized by the US National Academies of Science and Engineering for innovative environmental research and she was invited by the Obama White House to participate in the first conference on innovation in clean technology and big data.
As an engineer and technical leader, she has led teams translating complex R&D in climate tech into commercial products supporting $10M+ in revenue. Recently, as the Director of Science at Regrow Ag, she led the development of AI systems for digital twins for agroecosystems that scaled 40x across 18 countries and led to 36x efficiency gains.
She received her PhD in Environmental Engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and her Bachelors in Civil Engineering from BITS Pilani, India
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