Company Website:
http://www.xyleminc.com
RYE BROOK, N.Y. -- (Business Wire)
Xylem Inc. (NYSE:XYL) executives are participating in the 2016 American
Water Summit from December 5 – 7 in Miami, Florida. Xylem Vice President
of Strategy and Business Development Albert
Cho will serve on a panel in the opening plenary of the
preconference workshop, Big Data, Big Cities: Empowering the Digital
Utility. In the session Cho, along with business leaders from water
utilities, consultancy firms, IT systems providers and public-private
water partnerships will discuss the current vision of the digital
utility and outline how they see the future unfolding.
“Water industry leaders have the opportunity to use ‘big data’ to create
a step change in the productivity of the water utility sector across the
United States and the globe” said Cho. “By providing smart solutions and
data management capabilities to the water industry, we are working to
better meet the evolving needs of water utilities. Collaborating with
other industry leaders at forums like the American Water Summit helps us
ensure that the water sector can maximize the benefits of the digital
future.”
Also as part of the preconference workshop, Colin
Walsby, Vice President of Strategic Solution Development at Xylem’s
Sensus business, will lead a roundtable discussion on billing and
metering in the digital utility. Sensus, which was acquired by Xylem in
October 2016, is a leader in smart meters, network technologies and
advanced data analytics serving the water, electric and gas industries.
The American Water Summit brings together senior executives and top
decision-makers from water, energy, finance, technologies and cities to
talk about the business of water. The summit is a major annual business
meeting for the American water industry and serves as a platform for
connecting the public and private sectors. This year, Xylem is a silver
sponsor of the meeting.
About Xylem
Xylem (XYL) is a leading global water technology company committed to
developing innovative technology solutions to the world’s water
challenges. The Company’s products and services move, treat, analyze,
monitor and return water to the environment in public utility,
industrial, residential and commercial building services, and
agricultural settings. With its October 2016 acquisition of Sensus,
Xylem added smart metering, network technologies and advanced data
analytics for water, gas and electric utilities to its portfolio of
solutions. The combined Company’s nearly 16,000 employees bring broad
applications expertise with a strong focus on identifying comprehensive,
sustainable solutions. Headquartered in Rye Brook, New York with 2015
revenue of $3.7 billion, Xylem does business in more than 150 countries
through a number of market-leading product brands.
The name Xylem is derived from classical Greek and is the tissue that
transports water in plants, highlighting the engineering efficiency of
our water-centric business by linking it with the best water
transportation of all – that which occurs in nature. For more
information, please visit us at www.xylem.com.
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Contacts:
Xylem Inc.
Media
Jennifer Jacob, +1 (914) 323-5745
jennifer.jacob@xyleminc.com
or
Investors
Phil
DeSousa, +1 (914) 323-5930
phil.desousa@xyleminc.com
Source: Xylem Inc.
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