The Aspen Institute and Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions are hosting a series of roundtable events for the Internet of Water in different geographic regions and with different sectors. The California roundtable focused on the regulatory framework for opening and sharing water data.

World Water Week in Stockholm 2017 focused on finding ways to better use, and reuse, the world’s increasingly scarce freshwater resources. Al Cho and Martin Doyle presented on the Data Drought: An Assessment of Global Hydrological Monitoring Systems.

The 2017 Hydroinformatics Conference addressed how the proliferation of data and cyberinfrastructure has created a new ecosystem for water related sciences in which to research, learn, and educate. Lauren Patterson gave one of the keynote addresses titled: “Internet of Water: Sharing and Integrating Water Data for Sustainability”.