Where water modelling gets practical

Extreme rainfall events are becoming more frequent and intense across Europe. Join us to explore how advanced flood modelling can be used to assess flood risks to Barcelona Metro, identify vulnerable stations and access points, and support resilience planning for urban drainage and transport infrastructure.

As always, there will be plenty of time for questions and discussion.

Attendance certificates for continuing professional development (CPD) will be provided to all attendees.

Key takeaways

• Explore the Barcelona Metro flood resilience case study
• Learn how climate change could reshape urban flood risk
• Understand how drainage and transport systems interact during extreme rainfall events
• See how advanced flood modelling can support resilience planning and investment decisions
• Discover practical lessons for utilities, transport operators, consultants, and city authorities

Speakers

• Eduardo Martínez Gomariz
• Paloma B. Akerman
• Beniamino Russo
• Alex De La Cruz Coronas
• Edwar Forero-Ortiz

Discover how water utilities are using the cloud capabilities included with InfoWorks ICM and InfoWorks WS Pro to scale hydraulic modelling workflows, accelerate simulations, and support more flexible collaboration.

In this webinar, Autodesk is joined by Stephen Leslie from Scottish Water to discuss their experience adopting cloud-enabled hydraulic modelling workflows — including what’s working well, lessons learned, and practical advice for organizations evaluating cloud simulation capabilities.

Whether you are exploring ways to reduce simulation times, manage larger models, improve data governance and security or improve operational flexibility, this session will provide real-world insight into the evolving future of hydraulic modelling.

Speakers

• Stephen Leslie
• Samer Muhandes

Preliminary pipe sizing is often complex and done using black boxes that don't explain the reasoning behind design decisions. But how do you turn complex hydraulic and geometric constraints into clear, defensible design decisions?

In this upcoming webinar, Samer Muhandes, PhD in conversation with Ahmed Elsayed Younes will demonstrate how InfoWorks ICM’s Network design applies a rule-based workflow to automatically size pipes and set invert levels, while letting engineers steer outcomes through configurable penalty weightings and design constraints.

You’ll see a live demo of automated upstream-to-downstream design runs, rapid iteration that cuts preliminary design time from hours or days to minutes, and the detailed design report that makes every design decision auditable and explainable.

Key takeaways

• Welcome: MODERATOR: Olivia Tempest, Editor in Chief of Smart Water Magazine
• Introduction & setting the stage: Hasanain Al-Naimi
• Live demo: Samer Muhandes, PhD & Ahmed Elsayed Younes
• Live Q&A: Interact with our experts and get answers to your questions

Speakers

• Hasanain Al-Naimi
• Samer Muhandes
• Ahmed Elsayed Younes

Still using spreadsheets or struggling with over-complicated drainage models on housing sites? With tighter sites and increasing planning pressure, inefficient drainage modelling can lead to unreliable results, inflated storage requirements, and wasted design time.

We are delighted to welcome Brian Jones, Associate Engineering Director at Newland Homes, who will present a real-world, best-practice approach to drainage modelling for housing developments. Using a recently approved greenfield site as a case study, Brian will walk through his practical workflow for building an efficient drainage model and integrating SuDS features on a constrained site.

In this webinar, you will learn how to:

Key takeaways

• Build efficient drainage models without unnecessary complexity
• Move beyond spreadsheets to a more reliable, scalable modelling workflow
• Integrate SuDS features on tight housing sites with limited green space
• Avoid common modelling pitfalls that increase storage volumes and design risk

Speakers

• Simon Renfrey
• Brian Jones
• Idris Nujjoo

Hydraulic modeling is now widely recognised as essential in the digitalisation of water networks, supporting planning, design, and management. For these models to be effective, they must be integrated with existing systems (SCADA, RT-DSS, work order systems, weather forecasts, etc.) and accessible to all users. In this webinar, Autodesk and Idrostudi will demonstrate how InfoWorks ICM software is integrated into the web-based iCG platform, meeting the growing demand for accessible “digital twin” tools for non-specialists in hydraulic modeling.

The focus will be on the evolution of hydraulic models, highlighting their transition from planning tools to operational management support. The advanced functionalities of InfoWorks ICM will be demonstrated, showing how they can be easily accessed by external teams through the intuitive and powerful Digital Twin module of Idrostudi’s iCG platform.

In this webinar we will discuss:

Key takeaways

• Management Support Systems based on Hydraulic Digital Twins: definition and benefits arising from their adoption
• Common challenges in the transition from traditional hydraulic models, typically “static” and built with reference to the critical design day, toward “dynamic” models that represent the actual operational conditions of the water network
• Presentation of Idrostudi’s iCG platform and the methods of integration with InfoWorks ICM
• Benefits of adopting the iCG Digital Twin, illustrated through the presentation of a sewer system case study and a modification of its virtual replica in anticipation of a system upgrade, both for routine and emergency management: identification of critical issues, assessment of current and future impacts, and analysis and comparison of different response scenarios

Speakers

• Francesca Zanello
• Luca Serena