The organiser of Singapore International Water Week has confirmed over 24,000 global water and city leaders, delegates, and trade visitors attended this year’s event.
The exhibition featured companies from over 30 countries and regions and nine country and regional pavilions, covering 22,000 square metres of exhibition space.
The tenth edition of the event was held from 18 to 22 June at the Sands Expo & Convention Centre.
Ryan Yuen, Managing Director of SIWW said:
“SIWW this year marked a major achievement for us. It saw the largest gathering yet with 500 water and city leaders, including over 50 CEOs, representing major urban centres such as New York City, Tokyo, Dhaka, Copenhagen, Rotterdam, Sao Paolo, Chennai, Johannesburg, Sydney, Manila and Hong Kong, convening at a single global platform.
“Their discussions centred on hot-button issues from water sustainability, net zero and decarbonisation, to digitalisation and coastal and flood resilience, aimed at driving effective climate action. With SIWW2024, we are pleased to be taking our partnership with Messe Munich forward, and through the IFAT global network, present an impactful SIWW Water Expo and delivery of high-quality content across our flagship programmes in editions to come.”
A cornerstone of SIWW, the Water Expo is a marketplace for the latest urban water technologies, innovation, and solutions for municipal and industrial water users in Southeast Asia. Under a 10-year agreement between SIWW and Messe Munich’s subsidiary, MMI Asia, to organise the SIWW Water Expo in cooperation with IFAT, the partnership’s first iteration at SIWW2024 brought record breaking results.
Spanning 22,000 gross square metres over two floors, the Water Expo this year saw a high 35% share of international trade visitors, with a significant increase in visitors from Malaysia, Indonesia, the Philippines, Vietnam, and Thailand. A marked increase in visitorship was also recorded from Asia-Pacific countries such as China, India, Japan, South Korea, and Australia.
Backing the strong visitor numbers is a new record of 51% of exhibiting companies coming from outside Singapore, specifically from 29 different countries and regions. In addition, SIWW2024 Water Expo was grounds to the largest Singapore Pavilion in its 15-year history, and eight other country and regional pavilions from Australia, Canada, China, Flanders, Germany, South Korea, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom, who brought their latest state-of-the-art solutions and technologies to leverage the growing trend of global water companies seeking business in the region. The Expo also recorded a growing representation of water industry players from Germany and China in their respective country pavilions.
Michael Wilton, CEO & Managing Director of MMI Asia said:
“SIWW2024 showed impressive results in bringing together global stakeholders needed to support the industry’s transformation in closing the loop for water circularity and supporting climate resilience. The Water Expo continues to be the number one platform for trade visitors, city and utility leaders as well as industry players seeking answers to the varying water challenges. Through Messe Munich’s partnership with Singapore International Water Week, we look forward to hosting even more exhibitors of technological solutions, innovations, and best practices in the next edition of this global event.”
