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
Mario Guido Valverde Herrera
Deputy Director of Timely Execution of Investment , Proinversion
Adel Hagekhalil
General Manager, Metropolitan Water District of Southern California
Albert Kramer
Director of Business Services, NYC DEP
Alejandro Jimenez
Strategy and Business Development Director, Acciona
Alex Grant
CEO, Magrathea Metals
Alex Rappaport
CEO and Co-Founder , ZwitterCo
Anja Eimer
General Manager, Global Water Industries, Siemens
Ari Raivetz
CEO, Transcend
Arian Edalat
CEO, Active Membrane
Bill Malarkey
Managing Partner, North America Region, Amane Advisors
Bre Plier
Manager of Sustainability, MMSD
Carles Crespo
Director of Corporate Industrial Water Practice, Isle Utilities
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, Hong Kong Department of Water Supplies
Chris Thurston
Head of Sustainability, Watercare Services, New Zealand
Christopher Drover
CTO, ZwitterCo
Corrado Sommariva
Founder & CEO, SWPC
David Balsar
General Manager of Innovation and Ventures, Mekorot
Diego de Vera
BD Global Director, GS Inima
Dr. Barbara Evans
Professor of Public Health Engineering, University of Leeds
Erik Roesink
CTO & Founder, NX Filtration
Frederick Jeske-Schoenhoven
SVP Strategy, Communication and Sustainable Development, SUEZ Group
Gauke Reitsma
Chief Executive Officer, ELIQUO WATER GROUP GmbH
Gavin Van Tonder
Executive Director of Water, NEOM
Greg Newbloom
CEO, Membrion
Guillermo Moya
Head of Europe, Aqualia
Gunda Röstel
Chairman, German Water Partnership
Hans-Ulrich Buchholz
Environmental Compliance Manager, L'Oréal
Heinz Brandenburg
Managing Director, StEB-Köln
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
Jeff Walker
Executive Administrator,Texas Water Development Board
Jelle Hannema
CEO, Vitens
Jenny Astrom
Sustainability Manager, Sydvatten
John Kmiec
Director, Tucson Water
John Robinson
Partner, Mazarine Ventures
John Tonner
COO & President, Water Consultants International
José Enrique Bofill
MENA and Asia Director, Aqualia
Juan Miguel Pinto
Director of Sales for Americas, Energy Recovery
Karyn Georges
Managing Director, Isle Group Ltd
Khaled Al Qureshi
Chief Executive Officer, Saudi Water Partnership Company, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Khalid Tahri
Technical and Engineering Senior Manager, ONEE, Morocco
Klaus Kunz
Vice President - Head of ESG / External Engagement and Performance Reporting, Bayer
Laurent Bellet
Water and Energy Advisor, EDF
Lisa Henthorne
Chief Scientist, Aris Water
Mads Leth
CEO, VCS Denmark / VandCenter Syd
Mahmuddul Hasan
Biosolids Manager, Baltimore City Department of Public Works
Mariana Concha
Head of Water Stewardship, Codelco
Marta Verde
CEO, GS Inima
Michael John Webster
Executive Director, Water & Sanitation Directorate, City of Cape Town
Michael Lesniak
VP Partnerships and Net Zero Water, Aquatech International
Mike Dixon
CEO, Synauta
Mohammed Kayyal
Programme Manager, United Nations Environment Programme/Coordinating Unit for the Mediterranean Action Plan - Barcelona Convention Secretariat
Narendran Maniam
CEO, Indah Water Konsortium (IWK)
Neil Brennan
CEO, Seqwater
Nuno Brôco
President, Aguas de Portugal VALOR
Olfat Hamdan
Programme Manager, United Nations Environment Programme/Coordinating Unit for the Mediterranean Action Plan - Barcelona Convention Secretariat
Paul Choules
CEO, Water Cycle
Piers Clark
Founder & Chairman, Isle Group Ltd
Rafael Palacios Prado
Executive Vice President, ACADES
Rami Ghandour
Managing Director, Metito
Rashad Al Shawa
Chairman, International Water Bank
Reinhard Hübner
CEO, SKion GmBH
Rick Stover
CTO, Gradiant Corporation
Riki Mor
Customer Relations and Corporate Responsibility Manager, Mekorot
Robb 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
Ross Wilson
Bioresources Process Specialist, Infrastructure, Atkins
Sabrina Soussan
CEO, SUEZ
Sandy Fabritz
Director of Water Strategy, Freeport-McMoRan
Sanne Reuling
Global Project Manager of Process Systems, Beiersdorf Global Engineering
Sasha Kramer
Co-founder and Executive Director, Sustainable Organic Integrated Livelihoods (SOIL)
Sayed Ismail
Deputy Minister of Infrastructure, Housing, Utilities, and Urban Communities, Government of Egypt
Silver Mugisha
Managing Director, National Water and Sewerage Corporation (NWSC)
Slava Libman
CEO, FTD Solutions
Susan Jordan
Director, California Coastal Protection Network
Svetlana Yelchaninova
Director Commercial Sustainability, Alcoa
Taqsem A. Khan
Managing Director and CEO, Dhaka Water
Timothy Hogan
Principal and owner of TWB Environmental Research and Consulting
Tom Pankratz
Editor, Water Desalination Report, USA / Global Water Intelligence
Viet-Anh Nguyen
Vice President-cum-Head of Science and Technology Department, Vietnam Water Supply and Sewerage Association (VWSA)
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
- Shaunna Berendsen, Head of Innovation, Anglian Water
- Jorg Dux, Team Leader Water Team Northern Africa, KfW
- Chris Brace, General Manager of Growth Futures, Yarra Valley Water
- Dr Konstant Bruinette, CEO, The Trans-Africa Water Alliance (TAWA)
- Ella Lazarte, WAS-FIN2 Lead, Senior Water and Sanitation Advisor, USAID
- Rafael Palacios Prado, Vice President, ACADES
- Riina Salmimies, CEO, Sofi Filtration
- Guoling Ruan, Director, The Institute of Seawater Desalination and Multipurpose Utilization, Ministry of Natural Resources
- Cecilia Wennberg, Executive Vice President Water in Cities, DHI Group
- Silver Mugisha, Managing Director, NWSC
- Jose Salardi, Director, Proinversion
- Andrea Aliscioni, COO, MM Spa, Italy
- Joel Kolker, Program Manager, Global Water Security and Sanitation Partnership, World Bank
- John Robinson, Partner, Mazarine Ventures
- Mariana Concha, Corporate Water Manager, Codelco
- Boaz Shitzer, CEO, Rotec
- Bastien Simeon, Managing Partner, Amane Advisors
- Viet-Anh Nguyen, Vice President, Vietnam Water Supply and Sewage Association (VWSA
- Manuelito Magalhaes, CEO, Sanasa
- Ari Raivetz, CEO, Transcend
- Kishia Powell, General Manager, WSCC Water
- Alice Pang, Director, Drainage Services Department, Hong Kong
- Chris Drover, CTO, ZwitterCo
- Alexis Derkerchove, Senior Director of Client Sustainablity , Xylem
- Patrick Ty, Chief Regulator, MWSS Regulatory Office
- Tomer Efrat, VP R&D, IDE Technologies
- Chris Soemijantoro, Investment Director, Danareksa
- HE Khaled Al Qureshi, CEO, Saudi Water Partnership Company (SWPC)
- Chris Hayes, Sustainability Operations Director, GSK