ACCELERATING

INVESTMENT

12 - 14 May 2025

Paris Marriott Rive Gauche

CONNECT

Deal-Making that Drives the Water Industry Forward

GWS bring together buyers, sellers, and investors across three focused days of meeting, projects, and opportunities.

$150B+ of 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

6,000+ one-to-one meetings will take place across our largest ever networking space. In 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 GWS.

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, is about unlocking this huge opportunity for capital deployment. Join investors, utilities, technology providers and key decisions makers from across the sector as they drive this paradigm-shift change for the water sector.

Immersive 3-Day Programme & Workshops

Find impactful sessions that put your priorities first, with sessions addressing diverse topics within finance and investment, climate action, technology, innovation, and more.

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200+ 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.

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1,000+ 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 will convene in Paris this May.

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The Numbers Behind Water's Flagship Event

Three focused days. Unlimited opportunities. Join the international water industry's most important business platform.

1,00+
Senior Executives
$150B+
Projects Showcased
6,000+
Facilitated Meetings
80+
Countries Represented

Our 2025 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.

JOIN US IN PARIS, MAY 2025

The 2025 Global Water Summit will be hosted at the Paris Marriott Rive Gauche Hotel, 12 - 14 May 2025. Confirm your place at the water industry's most anticipated event.

2024 Event Highlights

Three full days of interactive sessions, one-to-one meetings, and an agenda that will shape the future of water.