Event roundup: techUK & Water Innovation Series: All-IP Industry briefing
On Thursday, 28 April we held a water innovation briefing on All-IP solutions for the water market.
At this virtual event, Welsh Water and Scottish Water presented the scale of the challenge in replacing the PSTN and finding an alternative solution for endpoints across their network. Each of the companies took us through their current infrastructure – e.g., there are currently c400 endpoints in Welsh Water’s network that do not have identified solutions.
Furthermore, each utility identified why these services are important and what impact would they have on e.g., drinking water and the environment. Welsh and Scottish Water showcased their current strategy in approaching the challenge together with what technologies they are considering installing in the field.
This session is part of a two-step engagement strategy for tech companies to be able to engage in this challenge with water companies. At this session, we learnt that Welsh Water and Scottish Water require a robust, resilient, cost-effective and secure communication solution with a minimal implementation footprint to address gaps in our current mobile coverage areas.
As a next step, we are hosting a forum for technology companies to present alternative solutions to these utilities.
Please click on the speakers' names, to download their slides Dale Walker, DWRC and Paul Maxwell, Scottish Water. You can listen to the recording for this session here.
Showcase – Tuesday, 10 May 10:00 – 12:00
We are hosting a hybrid event at our London offices in which Welsh and Scottish will recap the challenge and opportunity for the tech sector in providing an alternative connectivity solution to replace the PSTN network.
Companies/consortia will have the opportunity to showcase and pitch a series of viable solutions to Welsh Water, to solve the remote monitoring challenges.
In preparation for this session, please contact us to secure a place.
More about the challenge we are addressing
The move to an All-IP solution will be delivered by Communications Providers (CPs) by 2025, and customers and businesses that rely on the PSTN are seeking a reliable and resilient communications solution in its place. Use cases in the water sector include remote points of presence, such as river and flood monitoring. For very rural and hard-to-reach locations, mobile technology may not offer the coverage required by water companies.
For more information about the event series please do not hesitate to get in touch with the below team:
Tales Gaspar
Tales Gaspar
Tales has a background in law and economics, with previous experience in the regulation of new technologies and infrastructure.
In the UK and Europe, he offered consultancy on intellectual property rights of cellular and IoT technologies and on the regulatory procedures at the ITU as a Global Fellow at the European Space Policy Institute (ESPI).
Tales has an LL.M in Law and Business by the Getulio Vargas Foundation (FGV) and an MSc in Regulation at the London School of Economics, with a specialization in Government and Law.
- Email:
- [email protected]
- Phone:
- +44 (0) 0207 331 2000
- Website:
- www.techUK.org
- LinkedIn:
- www.linkedin.com/in/talesngaspar
Josh Turpin
Josh Turpin
Josh joined techUK as a Programme Manager for Telecoms and Net Zero in August 2024.
In this role, working jointly across the techUK Telecoms and Climate Programmes, Josh is responsible for leading on telecoms infrastructure deployment and uptake and supporting innovation opportunities, as well as looking at how the tech sector can be further utilised in the UK’s decarbonisation efforts.
Prior to joining techUK, Josh’s background was in public affairs and communications, working for organisations across a diverse portfolio of sectors including defence, telecoms and infrastructure; aiding clients through stakeholder engagement, crisis communications, media outreach as well as secretariat duties.
Outside of work, Josh has a keen interest in music, painting and sailing.
- Email:
- [email protected]
- Phone:
- 020 7331 2038
- LinkedIn:
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/josh-turpin/
Teodora Kaneva
Teodora Kaneva
Teodora’s rich background varies from working in business development for a renewable energy lobbying association in Brussels to the fast moving technology innovation startup scene in the UK.
She has designed the market strategy for a German renewable energy engineering scale up for the UK, listed on Nasdaq private market, and now one of the fastest growing scale ups in the world. Previous experience also includes managing a renewable energy startup in London, which has built a small-scale biomass CHP power plant. Teodora is passionate about cross-industry collaboration and working together with academia to inform the design of future educational models and skill building.
Most recently Teodora has ran the commercial activities and business development at Future Cities Catapult, focusing on innovation in cities, digital health and wellbeing, mobility, and infrastructure. Teodora is a passionate STEM Ambassador and a vocal advocate for women in tech.
- Email:
- [email protected]
- Phone:
- 020 7331 2016
- Twitter:
- @Teodora_K
- Website:
- www.techuk.org
- LinkedIn:
- https://uk.linkedin.com/in/teodora-k-2969b021
Lucas Banach
Lucas Banach
Lucas Banach is Programme Assistant at techUK, he works on a range of programmes including Data Centres; Climate, Environment & Sustainability; Market Access and Smart Infrastructure and Systems.
Before that Lucas who joined in 2008, held various roles in our organisation, which included his role as Office Executive, Groups and Concept Viability Administrator, and most recently he worked as Programme Executive for Public Sector. He has a postgraduate degree in International Relations from the Andrzej Frycz-Modrzewski Cracow University.
- Email:
- [email protected]
- Phone:
- 020 7331 2006
- Twitter:
- @techUK
- Website:
- www.techuk.org
- LinkedIn:
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/lucas-banach-50139650
Robert Price
Robert Price
Robert joined techUK in January 2025 as our Programme Manager for Transport and Mobility.
He works on a wide range of areas across road, rail, aviation, and maritime, with an overarching focus on enabling, advocating, and championing the technological innovations that will build the transport systems of the future.
Prior to this role, Robert worked in the House of Commons for a Member of Parliament and in public affairs roles in both agency and trade association settings. He holds a Philosophy, Politics, and Economics degree from the University of Oxford as well as a Graduate Diploma in Law.
- Email:
- [email protected]
- Phone:
- 020 7331 2038
- Website:
- www.techuk.org
- LinkedIn:
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/rjlprice/