A Practical Guide for Water Utilities of Every Size, From First Steps to Agentic AI
August 26th, 2026
Time: 2:00 PM ET | 1:00 PM CT | 11:00 AM PT
Duration: 60 minutes
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Summary
Generative AI is creating a new layer of operational intelligence for water utilities, one that surfaces insights no single system has ever been able to provide. This session cuts through the hype to answer the questions utility leaders are actually asking: Is this safe? Where do we start? What does responsible governance look like? Drawing on real deployments and framed around the global water sector's shared challenges, the message is simple: no utility needs to do everything, but every utility can do something.
Speaker
Gigi Karmous-Edwards
CEO and President
Karmous Edwards Consulting
Over the course of more than 25 years, Gigi Karmous-Edwards has worked across various domains of digital technologies, spanning the data communications industry, academia, and, most recently, the water sector for the last 13 years. Gigi was the technical lead and co-PI of a GenAI Water Research Foundation project, WRF #5321 (GenAI for the Global Water Sector). Gigi is the founder and former chair of the SWAN Digital Twin H2O Work Group, leads AI market insights at BlueTech Research as a member of the Technology Advisor Group (TAG), and served on the Advisory Boards of Veralto and Qatium.
Gigi has authored over 40 publications and frequently speaks at global conferences. As the CEO of Karmous Edwards Consulting, she advises global utilities and technology companies on digital transformation and GenAI. She holds a B.S. in chemical engineering and M.S. in electrical engineering.
