GLOBAL WATER SUMMIT 2023 SPEAKERS

KEYNOTE SPEAKER

Christiana Figueres

Co-host of the podcast “Outrage & Optimism” and Former Executive Secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change

2023 SPEAKERS

Abas Abdullah

CEO, Air Selangor

Abdullah Al Zowaid

Deputy Governor, Production Affairs, SWCC

Adel Hagekhalil

General Manager, Metropolitan Water District of Southern California

Aditee Dabholkar

Ultrapure Water/Wastewater Subject Matter Expert, Texas Instruments

Aditi Bhattacharya

Private sector infrastructure finance specialist, ADB

Ahmed Aldwimr

Director, Production Projects Eastern Region, SWCC

Albert Kramer

Director of Business Services, NYC DEP

Alejandro Jimenez

Strategy and Business Development Director, Acciona

Alejandro Muñoz Monari

Senior Project and Water Resources Engineer, CMPC

Alex Grant

CEO, Magrathea Metals

Alex Rappaport

CEO and Co-Founder , ZwitterCo

Alexander Fortin

Senior Director Energy Transition, Worley

Alexander Jovcic

General Manager Environment, National Water Company

Alexis de Kerchove

Senior Director, Client Sustainability, Europe, Xylem

Ali Alshehri

Director of Business Development and Strategy, WTTCO

Amanda Lake

Head of Carbon and Circular Economy, Jacobs’ Water Europe

Amir Peleg

Founder & CEO, TaKaDu

Andrea Aliscioni

General Manager Water Service, MM Spa

Anja Eimer

General Manager, Global Water Industries, Siemens

Anselmo Collins

Senior Assistant General Manager of the Water System, LADWP

Anurag Bajpayee

Co-Founder and CEO, Gradiant

Archie Chiromo

Investment Director, Climate Fund Managers

Ari Raivetz

CEO, Transcend

Arian Edalat

CEO, Active Membrane

Ariane Coulombe

Associate Director, Corporate Relations CDP

Bastien Simeon

Managing Partner, Armane Advisors

Bhavik Barochia

Digital Consultant, Arup

Bill Malarkey

Managing Partner, North America Region, Amane Advisors

Blanca Salgado

Global Technology and Innovation Lead, DuPont

Boaz Shitzer

CEO, ROTEC

Booky Oren

Chairman and CEO, Booky Oren Global Water Technologies

Boris Greifeneder

Managing Director, German Water Partnership

Brandon Stewart

Customer Advocate, WSSC Water

Bre Plier

Manager of Sustainability, MMSD

Carles Crespo

Director of Corporate Industrial Water Practice, Isle Utilities

Carlos Puente

Director of Water, Energy and Environmental Projects, Banobras (Mexican National Infrastructure Bank)

Caroline Wadsworth

Head of Strategic Partnerships, Isle Utilities

Cecilia Coates

Sustainability & Data, Colgate-Palmolive

Charafat Afailal

Former Minister in Charge of Water, Expert on Water and Climate

Charlotte Oakes

Technology Editor, Global Water Intelligence (GWI)

Chau Sai-Wai

Deputy Director of Water Supplies, The Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China

Chayawee Wangcharoenrung

Director of Domestic Wastewater Subdivision, Water Quality Management Division, Pollution Control Department, Thailand

Chris Hayes

Sustainability Operations Director, GSK

Chris Thurston

Head of Sustainability, Watercare Services, New Zealand

Christoph Donner

CEO, Berliner Wasserbetriebe

Christopher Drover

CTO, ZwitterCo

Christopher Gasson

Publisher, Global Water Intelligence

Claudio Stabile

CEO, Sanepar

Corrado Sommariva

Founder & CEO, SWPC

Cosima Sichel

Account Manager, Water and Wastewater, Siemens

Dan Vardi

Principal Investment Officer, IFC

Dana Kishore

Managing Director, Hyderabad Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Board

David Balsar

General Manager of Innovation and Ventures, Mekorot

David Henderson

Managing Partner, XPV Water Partners

Diego de Vera

BD Global Director, GS Inima

Dorothee Chabredier

Principal and ESG lead, Amane Advisors

Dr Nakedi Phosa

Chairman, The Trans-Africa Water Alliance (TAWA)

Dr. Barbara Evans

Professor of Public Health Engineering, University of Leeds

Dr. Hubert Fleming

Senior Advisor, Worley

Edoardo Borgomeo

Water Resource Management Specialist, World Bank Group

Eli Kovler

Co-Founder & CRO, Rapida

Elizabeth Goos

Sustainability Services Leader EMEA, ING Consulting

Ella Lazarte

Water Finance and Private Sector Engagement Lead, USAID

Emerson Castro

Project Director, Proinversion

Eng. Mansour Abuthnain

Vice President, Projects and Technical Services, National Water Company

Eng. Nemer M. Al-Shebel

CEO, National Water Company

Erik Roesink

CTO & Founder, NX Filtration

Felipe Aravena

CEO, Ecopreneur

Fernando Velasquez

Development Manager, ECONSSA

Franziska Meinzinger

Executive Director Infrastructure Development, Hamburg Wasser

Frederick Jeske-Schoenhoven

SVP Strategy, Communication and Sustainable Development, SUEZ Group

Gabriel Meruane

R&D Project and Process Manager Lithium, SQM

Gastón Astesiano

Public Private Partnership Team Leader , Inter-American Development Bank (IADB

Gauke Reitsma

Chief Executive Officer, ELIQUO WATER GROUP GmbH

Gavin Van Tonder

Executive Director of Water, NEOM

Giulia Pizzagalli

Innovation Projects Manager, Anglian Water

Greg Newbloom

CEO, Membrion

Guillermo Moya

Head of Europe, Aqualia

Gunda Röstel

Chairman, German Water Partnership

H.E. Khaled Al Qureshi

Chief Executive Officer, Saudi Water Partnership Company, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Hans Brinkhof

Business Development & Project Manager - Germany, VoltH2

Hans-Ulrich Buchholz

Environmental Compliance Manager, L'Oréal

Hany Said

Founder and Group CEO, MegaVessel

Harry Sachinis

Chief Executive Officer, Athens Water (EYDAP)

Heinz Brandenburg

Managing Director, StEB-Köln

Ian Elkins

Editor, Global Water Intelligence (GWI)

Issa Al Wer

Project Manager, Aqaba-Amman Water Desalination & Conveyance Project, Ministry of Water & Irrigation (MWI), Jordan

Jacques Euler

Beauty Division – Manufacturing Sustainability, Procter & Gamble

Jan Kwiatkowski

Vice President, Water Authorities, DHI Group

Javier Diaz

Saudi Arabia Country Manager, Aqualia

Jean Louis Schotte

Financing Manager, Brazilian Development Bank (BNDES)

Jeff Walker

Executive Administrator,Texas Water Development Board

Jelle Hannema

CEO, Vitens

Jenny Astrom

Sustainability Manager, Sydvatten

Jeremy Conway

CEO - Infrastructure, Government of South Australia

Joel Kolker

Program Manager, Global Water Security and Sanitation Partnership, World Bank

Joerg Dux

Head of Division for Urban Water and Waste Management in North Africa, KfW Entwicklungsbank

Johan Rockström

Director, Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research & Chair, Global Commission on the Economics of Water

John Hanula

SVP, Innovation, Stantec

John Kmiec

Director, Tucson Water

John Robinson

Partner, Mazarine Ventures

John Tonner

COO & President, Water Consultants International

Jorge Assalie

Structuring Manager, Brazilian Development Bank (BNDES)

Jorge Vergara

Director of Strategic Projects, Ministry of Public Works and Communication, Paraguay

José Enrique Bofill

MENA and Asia Director, Aqualia

Juan Miguel Pinto

Director of Sales for Americas, Energy Recovery

Juan Nicolás Gaviria Bermúdez

Member of Board of Directors, Empresa de Acueducto y Alcantarillado de Pereira

Junghyo Yoon

CTO, NONA Technologies

Karsten Lumbye

Head of Business Creation / Chief Innovation Officer, Aarhus Vand

Karyn Georges

Managing Director, Isle Group Ltd

Khalid Al Habib

Chief of Strategy and Investment, WTTCO

Khalid Al-Homoud

GM Supply Chain, National Water Company

Khalid Tahri

Technical and Engineering Senior Manager, ONEE, Morocco

Klaus Kunz

Vice President - Head of ESG / External Engagement and Performance Reporting, Bayer

Kristina Bognar

Segment Director Water & Wastewater, Europe, Schneider Electric

Lauren Flores

Water Treatment Engineer, Chevron

Laurent Bellet

Water & Energy Advisor, EDF

Lisa Henthorne

Chief Scientist, Aris Water

Liviu Mantescu

CEO, Watergenics GmbH

Lydia Whyatt

Managing Director, Resonance Asset Management

Mads Leth

CEO, VCS Denmark / VandCenter Syd

Mahmudul Hasan

Biosolids Manager, Baltimore City Department of Public Works

Marco Antonio Moreno Mexia

Secretary of the Treasury, Government of Baja California

Marco Blazina

CEO, Wastewater, MM SPa Milan

Margot D’Ancona-Roesink

Head Sustainable Capital Markets, Rabobank

Mariana Concha

Head of Water Stewardship, Codelco

Mario Guido Valverde Herrera

Deputy Director of Timely Execution of Investment, ProInversionn

Mark Gold

Director of Water Scarcity Solutions, NRDC

Marta Ceadel

Water and Sustainability Consultant, Danone

Marta Verde

CEO, GS Inima

Martin Gambrill

Visiting Professor & Independent Consultant, The University of Newcastle & The University of Leeds

Matthew Brannock

Water for Future Fuels Lead, GHD

Menno Holterman

CEO, Nijhuis

Michael John Webster

Executive Director, Water & Sanitation Directorate, City of Cape Town

Michael Lesniak

VP Partnerships and Net Zero Water, Aquatech International

Michael Toh

Director Industry & Technology Collaboration, Singapore PUB

Mike Dixon

CEO, Synauta

Mohammed Al Ghamdi

Executive Manager, Business Manager, SWCC

Mohammed Kayyal

Programme Manager, United Nations Environment Programme/Coordinating Unit for the Mediterranean Action Plan - Barcelona Convention Secretariat

Monika Weber-Fahr

Senior Advisor, World Bank

Narendran Maniam

CEO, Indah Water Konsortium (IWK)

Neil Brennan

CEO, Seqwater

Nicola Saporiti

Water Lead, Transaction and PPP Advisory, IFC

Nuno Brôco

Chairman/CEO, Aguas de Tejo Atlântico

Olfat Hamdan

Programme Manager, United Nations Environment Programme/Coordinating Unit for the Mediterranean Action Plan - Barcelona Convention Secretariat

Paul Choules

CEO, Water Cycle

Peter Vale

Carbon and Circular Economy Architect, Severn Trent

Philip Hermann

International Business Group Director, Manila Water

Piers Clark

Founder & Chairman, Isle Group Ltd

Rafael Palacios Prado

Executive Vice President, ACADES

Rami Ghandour

Managing Director, Metito

Reimond Olthof

CEO, Salttech

Reinhard Hübner

CEO, SKion GmBH

Rex Ho

Project Engineer, South East Water

Richard Bruges

CEO, Salinity Solutions Ltd

Rick Stover

CTO, Gradiant Corporation

Riina Salmimies

CEO, Sofi Filtration

Riki Mor

Customer Relations and Corporate Responsibility Manager, Mekorot

Rob Simm

Senior Vice President, Stantec

Roberto Mangano

Managing Director, ILF Consulting Engineers

Roger Harrabin

Independent Energy and Environment Analyst

Rohit Aggarwala

Chief Climate Officer & Commissioner, NYC Dept. of Environmental Protection

Rolfe Eberhard

International Water Advisor

Ross Wilson

Bioresources Process Specialist, Infrastructure, Atkins

Rowan Meikle

Process Scientist, Scottish Water

Ruan Guoling

Director, Institute of Seawater Desalination and Multipurpose Utilization, Ministry of Nature Resources of China

Ruben Aleman

CEO, Administración Nacional de Acueductos y Alcantarillados

Saad Alghamdi

Head of Strategy Department, National Water Company.

Saad Ul Islam

Investment Director, British International Investment (BII)

Saada Al-Shukaili

Head of Water Management, Petroleum Development Oman (PDO)

Sam Ridler

Capabilities Manager, Unilever

Samrat Karnik

Managing Director, Houlihan Lokey

Sandy Fabritz

Director of Water Strategy, Freeport-McMoRan

Sasha Kramer

Co-founder and Executive Director, Sustainable Organic Integrated Livelihoods (SOIL)

Shaunna Berendsen

CIO, Anglian Water

Slava Libman

CEO, FTD Solutions

Sophie Tremolet

Europe Freshwater Director, The Nature Convervancy

Srinivas Chary Vedala

Centre Director, Administrative Staff College of India (ASCI)

Stephan van Hoof

CEO, Blue Foot Membranes NV

Sudhanshu Barve

Global Operations Head, ACG World

Susan Jordan

Executive Director of the CA Coastal Protection Network

Susan Moisio

Global Water Director, Jacobs

Svetlana Yelchaninova

Director Commercial Sustainability, Alcoa

Sylvain Migan

Managing Director, Benin National Rural Water Supply Agency (ANAEPMR) and National Water Company of Benin (Soneb)

Taqsem A. Khan

Managing Director and CEO, Dhaka Water

Tariq Al Naeem

CEO, WTTCO

Tariq Alghaffari

Acting President of DTRI, SWCC

Thomas Altmann

Executive Vice President, ACWA Power, Saudi Arabia

Thomas Faarbaek

Civil Engineer, BlueKolding

Thomas van Gilst

Head of the Water Security and Resilience Division, European Investment Bank

Tim Naughton

Technical Director, Salinity Solutions Ltd

Timothy Hogan

Principal and owner of TWB Environmental Research and Consulting

Timothy Thomure

Appointed Member, The Water Infrastructure Financing Authority of Arizona

Tom Pankratz

Editor, Water Desalination Report, USA / Global Water Intelligence

Tom Scotney

Editor, Global Water Intelligence

Tomer Efrat

VP, R&D, IDE Technologies

Valeriy Chaly

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Ukraine to the USA , 2015-2019

Victoria Delmon

Asia Infrastructure Upstream and Advisory Manager, IFC

Victoria Edwards

Founder and CEO, FIDO

Viet-Anh Nguyen

Vice President-cum-Head of Science and Technology Department, Vietnam Water Supply and Sewerage Association (VWSA)

Walid Khoury

General Manager, Desalytics

Xiong Joine

Vice Dean, SMEDI

Yossi Yaacoby

VP for Engineering, Technology & Strategic Planning, Mekorot

Zac Rosenbaum

Facilities Director, Samsung Austin Semiconductor

Zershaaneh Qureshi

Lead Desalination Consultant, GWI

Zouhayr Arbib

Head of Sustainability Area, Aqualia
  • Alice Pang, Director, Drainage Services Department, Hong Kong
  • Anas Alfuntukh, Commercial Transactions Director, Water Transmission and Technology Company (WTTCO)
  • Atef Majdoub, President, IGPPP
  • Bolidja Tiem, Minister, Ministry of Water and Hydraulics, Togo
  • Bruno Hervet, CEO Consulting & Smart Cities, SUEZ
  • Chris Brace, General Manager of Growth Futures, Yarra Valley Water
  • Chris Soemijantoro, Investment Director, Danareksa
  • Eli Kovler, COO, RAPIDA
  • Enrico Prochettino, Head of Innovation, IREN Group
  • Federico Daonti, Manager of Water Technological Innovation, Gruppo Hera
  • Gabriel Meruane, R&D Project and Process Manager Lithium, SQM
  • Geoff Gage, Managing Partner, Amane Advisors
  • Ibrahim Chernor Bah, Chief Engineer, Guma Valley Water Company
  • John Ringham, Chair, Leading Utilities of the World
  • Franziska Meinzinger, Head of the Water Management Cooperation Unit, Hamburg Wasser
  • Jean-Michel Herrewyn, Founder and President, fWE
  • Mansour Abuthnain, VP Projects and Technical Services, National Water Company (NWC)
  • Mohammed Alsogour, VP Shared Services, National Water Company (NWC)
  • Dr. Alexander Jovcic, GM environment, National Water Company (NWC)
  • Dr. Leonid Cooperman, Co-Founder and Co-CEO, iXDen
  • Margo d’Ancona-Roesink, Head of Sustainable Finance, Rabobank
  • Nir Alfandary, National Technology Officer, Microsoft
  • Patrick Ty, Chief Regulator, MWSS Regulatory Office
  • Timothy Naughton, CTO, Salinity Solutions
  • Umberto Querze, Manager of Aqueduct Systems, Gruppo Hera
  • Rick te Lintelo, Sales Director, NX Filtration
  • HE Abdulrahman Al-Zogaibi, Deputy Minister for Planning, Ministry of Environment Water and Agriculture, (MEWA)
  • Nemer Al-Shebel, CEO, National Water Company (NWC)