Conference Agenda
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October 14-16, 2025 I Bombay Exhibition Centre, Mumbai
Reimagining Sustainability – Transforming Water & Waste Recycling in India.
About the Conference
The IFAT India is back with its 2025 Conference, taking place from October 14 –16 in Mumbai, promising to be India’s definitive platform for breakthrough dialogue and action in the realm of water & wastewater treatment and solid waste management.
As observed during the 2024 edition, while Indian cities grow and industries expand, the demand for resilient, resource-efficient, and circular solutions has never been more urgent. With this, the 2025 edition gears up to a bold evolution, offering a dynamic, fully curated, three-day conference that goes beyond conversation to catalyse implementation.
Co-located with India’s largest trade fair on waste technologies, this year’s conference is set to host a powerful convergence of visionaries and doyens, from municipal leaders, industry captains, and regulators to policymakers, technocrats, researchers, and solution providers. The platform aims to translate high-level sustainability goals into real-world impact through practical models, collaborative innovation, case study illustrations, Global Best Practices, and policy-enabling dialogue.
With a sharpened focus on sector-driven challenges, scalable solutions, and cross-disciplinary collaboration, the IFAT India 2025 Conference offers an unmissable opportunity for every stakeholder seeking to be at the forefront of India’s waste management agenda.
Speaker Profile
- Policymakers
- Academic, experts & scientists in EPR and legislation
- Chairmen & Member Secretaries of Central & State Pollution Control Boards
- Directorates of Urban Local Bodies
- Leaderships of State Water & Sanitation Missions, State Sewerage & Supply Boards, State Resource Resources Regulatory Authorities, State Wetland Authorities, State Urban & Rural Development Authorities, amongst others
- Recyclers, waste transporters & collectors, waste treatment & disposal facility operators
- Circularity experts
- Corporate ESG & EHS directors
- Chief Sustainability Officers
- Startup founders & technology experts
- Medical superintendents
- HoReCa leaderships
Who Should Attend?
- State municipality representatives from Water & Solid Waste, IT, Public Health, Environmental Management, Land & Estate, Town Planning, Urban Development departments
- ULB, SPCB, Municipality, & Municipal Corporation secretariats
- Corporate EHS & ESG professionals and sustainability teams
- Government & Industry Relations, Regulatory, and Policy heads
- Productivity, Operations, Manufacturing, Process & Digital Excellence unit heads
- TQM, QMS, Sig Sigma & related certified quality professionals
- Manufacturing, Plant operators & site heads
- Ethics & Compliance leaders
- Recyclers, Upcyclers, & Resellers
- Manpower & Fleet operators
- Waste transporters & collectors
- Waste treatment, storage & disposal operators
- Material Recovery & Material Collection Facility operators
- AI, IoT, Blockchain developer teams
- Data Scientists & AI engineers
- City, Town, & Urban planners and architects
- PE/VC & Green Finance teams
Why Attend?
- Get a thorough understanding of how to combat legacy problems in waste movement and how tech, finance, policy, regulation, & legislation come together to solve this
- Not-to-be-missed occasion for corporate India, circularity experts, and sustainability champions to align with what policymakers are thinking, planning & doing
- Sector-focused round tables drawing attention to the pain points, grievances, asks, needs, & demands of industries grappling with the waste menace
- Opportunity for ULB secretariats to rub shoulders with industry & citizenry alike and drill down the importance of adopting sustainable waste management practices
- Understand what bullish policymakers have in mind to develop environment-friendly, eco-conscious, future-ready, city, suburban & rural dwellings
- Learn from regulators on how to better manage finite water resources with exposure to case-study illustrations on water use efficiency & treated water reuse
- Interact with cutting-edge startup teams to learn about tomorrow’s energy-efficient, carbon-conscious, solid waste management & water treatment technologies
Water & Wastewater Track
Impacts and opportunities of AMRUT 2.0 and JJM – Urban & Rural universal water & sanitation coverage missions in India
To examine impact, challenges, opportunities, & achievements of Amrut 2.0 & JJM rollout. To discuss need for private enterprise & innovation in effecting needed change in supporting water delivery universally as well as to address the expanding role of regulation in spurring innovation in water sector
Real-time monitoring and management of Surface water quality (especially rivers) that flow through urban centers
To take preventative look at water body management: Collectively assess role of timely legislation, dynamic regulation, data analytics, & sensor technology in managing quality of waterways & waterbodies
Circular sludge management framework and its importance in the context of wastewater treatment
To discuss India’s challenge in combatting the growing sludge epidemic: Call for Help to design national-level guidelines to redress the exacerbating sludge menace. To examine viablity of sludge-as-a-resource, as input supplier to industries, and encouraging private sector invention in sludge solution innovation
Smart water & wastewater infrastructure to drive productivity and efficiency in water services
To discuss how innovation in predictive capabilities, simulation technologies, and a focus on design & implementation of integrated urban waste management infrastructure augment delivery in water services
Advancing Circular Water Reuse Across Utilities, Industries, Commercial, and Institutional Sectors – Enabled by Innovative Technologies, Collaborative Business Models, and Adaptive Financial Instruments
To discuss how innovation in energy-efficiency design enables water reuse across urban microcosms, industry, campuses, complexes & institutional set-ups. To deliberate how innovative funding models support water reuse and how inventive legislative & taxation schemes incentivize circularity. To examine role of digital platforms in kickstarting momentum in end-user carbon-water economies
Roundtable on Agriculture
To discuss how market-oriented irrigated agriculture in peri-urban & suburban areas is pressuring availability of finite water resources and how reuse of treated used water helps achieve water security & builds climate adaptation
Securing water for sustainable mining – Perspectives on critical minerals, circularity, & climate resilience
To discuss role of technology tools, financing models, and policy & regulatory recommendations governing circularity, water risk management & water use in mining
Understanding challenges of & solutions to water treatment in textile sector
To discuss practical implications faced by SMEs in ETP / WTP installation with a look at financing & policy support, technology adoption, cluster-level case studies, & international Best Practices
Transformative solutions for water pollution abatement in India’s pharmaceutical sector
To discuss minimization of pharma effluent toxicity & pollution mitigation measures. To examine role of regulation, water management & water use efficiency in pharma manufacturing, and success stories in pharma wastewater treatment
HoReCa industry’s outsized wastewater problem
To discuss water use efficiency & secondary treated water usage in the food service & hospitality industries. To gain understanding of legislation & regulation in better management of random dumping activities, groundwater & river water contamination by HoReCa sector, and to foster a culture of waste management amongst QSR, fine dining, & hotel chains
Solid Waste Track
Harnessing the power of data analytics to revolutionize waste management
To discuss impact of data innovation processes in revolutionizing source segregation operations at various points-of-origin
Solving for legacy problems in waste movement from source to landfills
To discuss technology modernization & adoption of smart governance measures in reinventing waste trail operations
Building efficiencies in waste storage & processing facilities
To discuss how local governance, social entrepreneurship, & SHGs, spurred on by innovation, work cohesively to drive robust facility operations
Optimizing waste treatment & disposal management processes
To discuss how to create modern & scientific landfills with emphasis on maintenance, monitoring, contamination & pollution reversal, and capacity management
Managing legacy waste & achieving land rejuvenation – Role of enablers
To discuss role of innovation in converting waste-to-wealth & remediation of dumpsites and how policy imperatives, financing models & case study illustrations are supporting in wasteland restoration
From obligation to ownership – Cultivating corporate responsibility for sustainable waste practices
To discuss the importance of fostering a culture of waste management in corporate India today
Legislative & regulatory reform for effective biomedical waste management in India
To discuss the wide spectrum of what constitutes biomedical waste and the role of innovation, regulation & policy dynamism in installing failsafes & safeguards in biomedical waste treatment
Formalizing the circular economy in apparel industry – Framing PIBO & consumer accountability
To discuss creation of formal mechanisms via which producers, importers, brand owners, consumers, and the wider ecosystem, may take individual stakeholder ownership in combating the apparel waste menace
How global consensus is driving India’s plastic waste management agenda
To discuss the impact of Intergovernmental National Committee (INC 5.2) in reshaping the regulatory landscape on businesses worldwide with an emphasis on business implications for corporate India and policy prescriptions for PIBOs for use & reuse of plastic waste
IFAT India 2025 Conference National Advisory Committee
The IFAT India 2025 Conference NAC is an expert committee on water, wastewater & solid waste comprising industry doyens, ULB representatives, regulators, local government representatives, think tanks, researchers, academics, funding & developmental agencies, constituted to support the IFAT secretariat in framing a conference agenda that is reflective of industry’s prevalent grievances, needs, concerns, issues, demands & asks.
Why the NAC?
To develop 2 stand-alone tracks on water & wastewater and solid waste management, under the aegis of the NAC, we constituted 2 lead Sub-Committees (for the curation of each track), each one with a support Working Group.
The lead sub-committee has supported the IFAT secretariat in curating the conference program focusing on both industry-agnostic & industry-specific topics. Each support working group focuses on developing the industry-specific round tables. The intent of the issue-based sector-agnostic sessions is to bring to the fore India’s ongoing battle with the waste menace and the sector-focused session seek to address the concerns, needs, grievances, wants, demands, asks & redressal requirements of industries that are vast consumers of water & bulk generators of waste.
For further information on the constitution of the NAC, please connect with Mr Uday Laroia at uday.laroia@mm-india.in
Conference Agenda
Partnership Benefits
- Opportunity for tech solution providers & startups to reach sustainability, ESG, & EHS leaders to help them frame corporate waste management strategies.
- Chance for recycler to support corporates with fulfilment of their EPR obligations.
- Position yourself as a Thought Leader of repute by either running or participating in a panel session.
- Participate in our Matchmaking Series and interact with sought-after Wish List of prospects that will impress your top brass.
- Create a Demo Zone and make an impactful first impression to industry, government, and urban agencies at large.
- Organize a Networking Roundtable on the conference sidelines to drive B2B engagement, outreach, and new client acquisition.
Supporting Partners
IWA
e Waste
IFBEC
Tickets & Packages
Delegate Fees – Tariff & Early Bird
| Indian Exhibitor | International Exhibitor | Indian Non-Exhibitor | International Non-Exhibitor | Deadline | |
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Tariff | INR 7999/- | € 85/- | INR 9999/- | € 105/- | NA |
Early Bird | INR 6999/- | € 75/- | INR 6999/- | € 75/- | August 15, 2025 |
Group Packages
| Indian Exhibitor | International Exhibitor | Non-Exhibitor (Indian Industry Delegates) | Non-Exhibitor (International Industry Delegates) | Deadline | |
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Tariff | INR 7999/- | € 85/- | INR 9999/- | € 105/- |
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Group Scheme - I | In case of 2 registered delegates from same company or as a group, 1 additional registration is complimentary (only applicable on tariff rate) | ||||
Group Scheme - II | In case of 3 registered delegates from same company or as a group, 2 additional registrations are complimentary (only applicable on tariff rate) | ||||
Group Scheme - III | In case of 4 registered delegates from same company or as a group, 3 additional registrations are complimentary (only applicable on tariff rate) | ||||
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