How Artificial Intelligence is cleaning up our Rivers | Phillip Grimm | TEDxFreiburg 

Sewage overflows are by far not the sexiest topic. But you can be sure that Phillip Grimm will make you want to know much more about it! Water systems like sewage and flood prevention have to adapt because of climate change and urbanization. Phillip will offer up solutions: nature-based ones like sponge cities as well as artificial ones like sewer network control with the help of AI. Because he dreams of a modern society that is protected from floods, droughts, water pollution or water conflicts by artificial intelligence and that contributes to the human right to water.
In his professional life, Phillip Grimm is a Green Tech innovator and founder of Grimm Water Solutions UG, a Freiburg-based high-tech startup and innovation driver in the field of Smart Water Cities. As the initiator and managing director of the Digital Water Institute e.V., he contributes to the success of the digital transformation in the water industry and to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals. Sewage overflows are by far not the sexiest topic. But you can be sure that Phillip Grimm will make you want to know much more about it! Water systems like sewage and flood prevention have to adapt because of climate change and urbanization. Phillip will offer up solutions: nature-based ones like sponge cities as well as artificial ones like sewer network control with the help of AI. Because he dreams of a modern society that is protected from floods, droughts, water pollution or water conflicts by artificial intelligence and that contributes to the human right to water.
In his professional life, Phillip Grimm is a Green Tech innovator and founder of Grimm Water Solutions UG, a Freiburg-based high-tech startup and innovation driver in the field of Smart Water Cities. As the initiator and managing director of the Digital Water Institute e.V., he contributes to the success of the digital transformation in the water industry and to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at www.ted.com/tedx