Energy, utilities, water, and waste management companies face mounting pressure to reduce carbon emissions, optimise resource usage, and meet regulatory targets. AI is transforming these sectors through predictive maintenance, energy optimisation, and waste reduction.

Join us for an exclusive webinar showcasing real-world AI applications and strategies that deliver measurable impact. Learn how Makutu’s AI solutions, combined with ANS’s cloud and data expertise, are driving sustainability and efficiency across regulated industries.

Key Takeaways:

• Energy & Utilities: How AI enables predictive maintenance to reduce downtime and optimise energy usage
• Water Services: Leveraging data-driven insights for leak detection, asset management, and compliance with regulatory standards
• Waste Management: Using AI to improve resource recovery, minimise waste, and meet sustainability targets
• Regulated Industries: Strategies for achieving carbon reduction goals while maintaining operational efficiency
• Future Outlook: How cloud and cognitive services underpin next-generation solutions like Copilot for sustainability

Why attend?

• 94% of utility CIOs plan to increase AI investments in 2025, with an average planned budget rise of 38.3%, and 40% of control rooms expected to utilise AI-driven operators by 2027. [Source: Gartner]
• Renewables momentum: Renewable energy grew ~30% year‑over‑year (2024), versus 13% the prior year—evidence of accelerated decarbonisation pathways utilities must operationalise with AI and data. [Source: Microsoft]
• AI demand forecasting cut food waste by >50%—a model for waste management impact. [Source: Microsoft]
• Global power demand is set to rise ~50% by 2050—AI helps balance growth with emissions and reliability. [Source: Microsoft]

Meet the Speakers

Simon Blewitt

CTO at Makutu (part of ANS)

Simon Blewitt is a highly experienced CTO/Principal consultant with 28 years experience in large enterprises across sectors such as banking, public sector, retail, wholesale and media corporations. Simon has an MSc Big Data Analytics and certified in Cloud Machine Learning technologies and will talk data all day long.

Rob Hildyard

Manufacturing Account Executive at ANS

Rob is an experienced Account Executive with over five years at ANS, specialising in supporting enterprise customers across the Energy, Utilities, Water and Waste sectors. With a strong focus on driving operational efficiency and innovation, Rob leverages expertise in Cloud, Data and AI solutions to help organisations optimise processes, enhance performance and achieve strategic goals.