Last Year's Highlights
Three full days of interactive sessions, one-to-one meetings, and an agenda shaping the future of water.
Join us in Madrid, May 2026
The Global Water Summit is returning to Madrid for 2026, hosted at the Madrid Marriott Auditorium. With visits to local sites and a dinner at a nearby estate, we're looking forward to exploring the heart of Spain. Register to join us at the water industry's most anticipated event, and explore this year's stylish venue.
Deal-Making that Drives the Water Industry Forward
GWS bring together buyers, sellers, and investors across three focused days of meeting, projects, and opportunities.
Access over $200 Billion in Live Projects
Get direct access to decision-makers behind the world's largest water projects. From Saudi's $50B water security program to $100B of global municipal upgrades, meet the people controlling project budgets.
Targeted One-to-One Meetings
3,000+ one-to-one meetings take place across our devoted networking spaces. Through the dedicated GWS app, build your schedule and secure key meetings with potential partners and clients, all in advance of the conference.
Unmatched Business Connections
From utilities and technology providers to industrial water users and investors, connect with the people and ideas you need to grow your business at the Global Water Summit, the place where money and water meet.The Numbers Behind Water's Flagship Event
Three focused days. Unlimited opportunities. Join the international water industry's most important business platform.
1,200+
Senior Executives
$200B+
Projects Showcased
3,000+
Facilitated Meetings
81+
Countries Represented
Last Year's Sponsors
The Global Water Summit is renowned within the water industry for the concentration of high-level senior executives that attend every year, and the unmatched focus and vision they bring with them. No other water event is as international, as impactful, and as indispensable to the future of the water sector.
Accelerating Investment
Water Security Requires $12.6T This Decade
We have crossed a critical climate threshold.
Water infrastructure needs $12.6 trillion of investment this decade - the cost of failure are greater still. Accelerating Investment, the GWS 2025 theme, was about unlocking this huge opportunity for capital deployment. 1,100+ investors, utilities, technology providers and key decisions makers joined from across the sector to drive this paradigm-shift change for the water sector.
Immersive 3-Day Program & Workshops
Find impactful sessions that put your priorities first, with sessions addressing diverse topics within finance and investment, climate action, technology, innovation, and more.
Explore the Program200+ Industry-defining Speakers
Get powerful insights and unique perspectives from visionary speakers you won’t find elsewhere as we invite 200+ speakers to this year’s event.
View Confirmed Speakers1,100+ Delegates from 80+ Countries
Expand your network and meet your peers at the premiere event for the international water industry, as water leaders from around the world convene.
View Confirmed Delegates