Global Water Summit 2019 – London | 8 – 10 April

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GWS 2018 Speakers

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Zvika Gleichman
Chief Information Officer, MEKOROT
Zanny Minton Beddoes
Editor-in-Chief, The Economist
Yair Poleg
Chief Technologies Officer, Ayyeka Technologies
Xiaodong Shen
Head of IoT Marketing, Huawei Technologies Duesseldorf GmbH
William Muhairwe
Founder, 2ML Consulting & Executive Director, Global Water Leaders Group
Will Sarni
Founder and CEO Water Foundry, LLC
Viktoria Granström
Environmental Leader, IKEA Industry Group
Vicente Bernal
Biotechnology Expert, Repsol, Spain
Vetrivel Dhagumudi
Global Water Program Leader, Kimberly-Clark
Verity Mitchell
Director, HSBC Global Research
Uwe Seebacher
Global Marketing & Communications Director, Pumps, Andrtiz AG
Usha Rao-Monari
Chief Executive Officer, Global Water Development Partners, Blackstone Portfolio Company
Tom Pankratz
Editor, Water Desalination Report, USA / Global Water Intelligence
Thomas Altmann
Vice President, Technology, ACWA Power, Saudi Arabia
Thierry Noel
Managing Partner, Amane Advisors
Thierry de Lumley
Chief Business Development Officer, Cosmo Tech
Terri Benson
Managing Director, South East Water, Australia
Sylvester Hsu
Senior Investment Operations Specialist, Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank
Steve Capewell
General Manager, Operations Services, Water Corporation in Western Australia
Stéphane Prévost
Product Export Sales Manager – UK Water Electromagnetic Flowmeter, ABB France
Snehal Desai
Executive Vice President, Chief Growth Officer, Evoqua Water Technologies
Slava Libman
Chief Executive Officer, FTD Solutions
Shreya Dave
CEO, Via Separations
Sarah Le Gallou
Technical Lead Engineer – Water Resources, EDF
Salvatore Molè
Group Manager - Innovation, Hera Group
Saada Al-Shukaili
Water Management Lead Engineer, Petroleum Development Oman
Ross Hughes
Chief Financial Officer, Water Corporation Western Australia
Rolfe Eberhard
International Water Advisor
Roelof Kruize
CEO, Waternet, The Netherlands
Rick Stover
President, Gradiant Membrane Systems
Richard Woodling
Senior Vice President of Water Services, TUV SUD
Reinhard Hübner
Investment Manager, SKion GmBH
Rami Ghandour
Managing Director, Metito Utilities
Rahul Ganju
Sustainability Manager – Textiles, IKEA
Raffaele Sardella
President, Agua Bonaerenses S.A
Rafael Perez Feito
International Operations Director, Aqualia
Qiaoqiang Gan
Founder, Sunny Clean Water LLC
Per Møller
Head of Symbiosis Center Denmark
Pedro Almagro Gavilán
Executive Director, Abengoa Agua
Paul Choules
CEO, Water Cycle
Patrick Baldoni-Andrey
Environment Team Leader, Total
Pablo Bereciartua
Secretary of Water Resources, Argentina
Olgica Bakajin
Chief Executive Officer, Porifera, Inc.
Norbert Gasten
Director in the Power, Renewables and Water Department, KfW IPEX-Bank
Neil Palmer
Australia Editor, GWI
Nathalie Leroy
Commercial Director, Hamburg Wasser, Germany
Mosbah Helali
CEO, Sonede, Tunisia
Miguel Angel Sanz
Director of Strategic Development, Suez Treatment Infrastructure
Matthew Diserio
Co-Founder and President, Water Asset Management, LLC
Mathieu de Kervenoael
Head of Global Strategy & Development, Treatment Infrastructure, Suez International
Martijn Proos
Director, Investec Asset Management
Marshall Davert
Executive Vice President, Water, Stantec
María Masa
Senior Technologist in Water Treatments, REPSOL
Manoj Dadlani
CEO, CosmosID
Lydia Whyatt
Managing Director, Water Investments, Resonance Asset Management Limited
Lucia Cade
Chair, South East Water, Australia
Lothar Till
Managing Director, Ovivo Switzerland AG
Laurent Auguste
Senior Executive Vice President – Development Innovation & Markets, Member of the Executive Committee, Veolia
Kevin Shafer
Executive Director, Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District (MMSD), USA
Kenichiro Fukuda
Senior Manager, Infrastructure Advisory, Ernst & Young Japan
Ken Hutchison
Managing Director, Scottish Water International
Keith Stallard
Project Manager - Water Sector Restructuring, Electricity Holding Company, Oman
Kathleen Dominique
Environmental Economist, OECD
Jose Luis Inglese
Chairman of the Board, AySA
José Díaz-Caneja
Director General, ACCIONA Agua
José Antonio Salardi Rodríguez
Principal Advisor to the President of the Board of Directors, SUNASS, Peru
Jorge J. Malfeito
R&D Director of ACCIONA Agua S.A.U.
Jordi Verdés
Chief Operational Officer, Kurita Europe Group
John Tonner
COO, Consolidated Water Co. Ltd.
John Painter
Senior Director of Facilities Operations, GlobalFoundries Fab 8
John H. Rydzewski
Director of Water Programs, Nike Inc.
John Durkan
Environmental and Sustainability Manager, ABP Food Group
Joel Kolker
Lead Water and Sanitation Specialist, World Bank
Jimmy Summers
Vice President of Environment, Health, Safety, and Sustainability, American & Efird LLC
Jim Bentley
Managing Director, Hunter Water, Australia
Jerson Kelman
Chief Executive Officer, Companhia de Saneamento Básico do Estado de São Paulo - SABESP, Brazil
Jeffrey Kightlinger
General Manager, The Metropolitan Water District of Southern California
Jean-Michel Herrewyn
Chairman, Water Asset Developer
Jean-François Nogrette
Chief Executive Officer, Veolia Water Technologies
Jan Gooijer
Innovation Manager, Vitens, The Netherlands
Jacques Euler
Beauty Division – Manufacturing Sustainability, Procter & Gamble.
Hussain Abdulhussain
CEO, Haya Water, Oman
Howard Neukrug
Senior Advisor, Global Water Leaders Group and Chair of the Leading Utilities of the World Advisory Board
Hishmi Jamil Husain
Head of Environment and Forest Management, Raw Material Strategy Group, Tata Steel Ltd.
Hila Gil
Head of Desalination Division, Israeli Water Authority
Hassan Ali Joho
Governor, Mombasa County, Kenya
Haomin Song
CTO, Sunny Clean Water LLC
Hans-Ulrich Buchholz
Environmental Compliance, L'Oréal
Hans-Martin Friis Møller
Director, CEO, Kalundborg Utility, Denmark
Hank Habicht
Managing Partner, SAIL Capital Partners
Hani Al-Khalifa
Senior Process Engineer, Saudi Aramco
Haje Schütte
Head of Financing for Sustainable Development Division, OECD, Development Co-operation Directorate
Guilherme Albuquerque
Head of the Sanitation Department, Privatization, National Bank for Economic and Social Development (BNDES)
Gerald Sturm-Ofenböck
General Manager, Siemens Industry Software GmbH
George Theo
Chief Executive Officer, Unitywater, Australia
George Butler
Principal Water Specialist, International Finance Corporation
Gail Klintworth
Non Executive Director and Board Advisor - Partner, SYSTEMIQ
Francis D’Souza
VP – IoT Services, Gemalto
Francesco Pianca
Senior Manager, Sustainable Manufacturing, Burberry
Fatma Awale
Minister of Water, Mombasa County, Kenya
Fatih Turan
General Director, İSKİ (İstanbul Water and Sewerage Administration), Turkey
F. Javier Fernández Delgado
Subdirector de Telecontrol, Canal de Isabel II S.A., Spain
Evelyn Wang
Gail E. Kendall Professor and the Associate Department Head, Mechanical Engineering Department, MIT
Eli Cohen
CEO, Mekorot, Israel
Didier Perrin
Global Technology Leader, Suez
Devesh Bharadwaj
CEO, Pani Energy
David Johnson
Deputy General Manager, Southern Nevada Water Authority / Las Vegas ValleyWater District, USA
Dana Kishore
IAS, Managing Director, Hyderabad Metropolitan Water Supply & Sewerage Board (HMWSSB), India
Corrado Sommariva
Managing Director, ILF Consulting Engineers, Middle East
Cheng Chen
Fluid Separation Scientist, Chevron Energy Technology Company
Chau Sai-Wai
Deputy Director of Water Supplies, Hong Kong SAR Government
Cecil McMaster
Chief Information Officer (CIO), NYC Department of Environmental Protection, U.S.A
Carlos Cosín
CEO, Almar Water Solutions
Boris Liberman
Chief Technology Officer and Vice President of Membrane Technology, IDE Technologies Ltd.
Booky Oren
Chairman & CEO, Global Water Technologies
Bobbi Harris
VP of Market Strategy & Development, Utilities Technology Council
Bob McIntosh
Consultant, Enviro-Energy Solutions
Bill Kingdom
Lead Water and Sanitation Specialist, World Bank
Aude Giard
Chief Digital Officer, Veolia Water Technologies
Arnoud Molenaar
Chief Resilience Officer, City of Rotterdam
Aparajita Ramakrishnan
Deputy Director, Donor Government Relations, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Andrew Kricun
Executive Director & Chief Engineer, Camden County Municipal Utilities Authority
Alex Zhang
Managing Partner China, Amane Advisors
Alex Milshteen
Senior Facilities Engineering Manager, Intel Israel
Albert Cho
VP and General Manager, Advanced Infrastructure Analytics, Xylem
Alan Thomson
Managing Director, Abu Dhabi Sewerage Services Company (ADSSC), UAE
Alain Staron
Senior V.P. Digital Strategy, Offers and Partnerships, Veolia

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Testimonials for GWS 2017

“Outstanding Organization, the best water event of the year, all the stakeholders of the water market involved.”

Juan Muñoz-Rojas, Business Development Manager, Tecnicas Reunidas
“Excellent. A lot of customers and specialists from different water markets & geographies.”

Santiago Martínez, Almar Water Solutions
“Thoroughly enjoyed the format, the contents and the opportunity to meet the delegates.”

Raveen Jaduram, Chief Executive, Watercare Services Limited, New Zealand
“A good event to have a vision about the present and the next future of the water sector.”

Jorge J. Malfeito, R&D Director, Acciona Agua
“Power packed networking, wonderful gathering of water industry professionals, Enlightenment on new trends in water sector – A true GLOBAL EVENT and the best in Water sector”

Kunal Shah, VA Tech Wabag Limited