GWS 2023 – Agenda – Day 2 – Test
Your facility to book key appointments during the Global Water Summit
The Global Water Summit is the largest gathering of influential senior executives and water leaders, inviting an unrivalled group of project proponents, industrial end-users, utility leaders, financers, and technologists year after year.
Networking sessions are your chance to build the connections your business needs. As a registered delegate to the Summit, you'll build your professional profile, access accounts of those attending, and send requests for structured One-to-One appointments with your target delegates. No more missed opportunities. You arrange it all beforehand and we make it happen.
The global water industry is facing pressure from all sides. The global economy is moving in frightening new directions. Floods and droughts are reaching unpredictable new extremes. Markets are convulsed with uncertainty.
But is there reason for optimism? How can we use the water climate nexus to solve all these challenges at once? We’ve brought together some of the most influential CEOs in the industry to discuss where the greatest opportunities lie for water in 2023.
Moderator:
- Dr. Roger Harrabin, Independent Energy and Environment Analyst
Speakers:
- Rohit Aggarwala, Chief Climate Officer & Commissioner, New York City Department of Environmental Protection
- Marta Verde, CEO, GS Inima
- Guillermo Moya, Head of Europe, Aqualia
- Anja Eimer, General Manager, Global Water Industries, Siemens
Your facility to book key appointments during the Global Water Summit
The Global Water Summit is the largest gathering of influential senior executives and water leaders, inviting an unrivalled group of project proponents, industrial end-users, utility leaders, financers, and technologists year after year.
Networking sessions are your chance to build the connections your business needs. As a registered delegate to the Summit, you'll build your professional profile, access accounts of those attending, and send requests for structured One-to-One appointments with your target delegates. No more missed opportunities. You arrange it all beforehand and we make it happen.
Which water technologies can effectively accelerate recovery and maximise process efficiency within industrial facilities? Industrial end-users are facing a multitude of challenges: operations in water-scarce regions, ambitious reuse targets and the rising costs of off-site waste disposal. Join a selection of the most cutting-edge technology providers to find out which innovations can boost your recovery rates, slash energy consumption levels and beat the brine management challenge.
Moderating:
- Tom Pankratz, Editor, Water Desalination Report (WDR)
- Charlotte Oakes, Technology Editor, Global Water Intelligence (GWI)
Featuring:
- Erik Roesink, CTO & Founder, NX Filtration
- Boaz Shitzer, CEO, ROTEC
- Mike Dixon, CEO, Synauta
- Riina Salmimies, CEO, Sofi Filtration
Israel styles itself as the “start up nation”. It means its national water carrier has become a leader in piloting and adopting new technologies. Now with Israel facing ever greater water resourcing challenges it is reaching out globally to technology partners who can help. What are its needs? What can other utilities learn from its experience?
Featuring:
- David Balsar, General Manager of Innovation and Ventures, Mekorot
The UN Water Conference in New York is a landmark event in the delivery of the Sustainable Development Goals for Water and Sanitation. How will it change the financial equation? With the key financial institutions and their government and utility clients around the table, this interactive discussion aims to bring clarity and direction.
Featuring:
- Joel Kolker, Program Manager, Global Water Security and Sanitation Partnership, World Bank
- Sylvain Migan, Managing Director, Benin National Rural Water Supply Agency (ANAEPMR) and National Water Company of Benin (Soneb)
- José Enrique Bofill, MENA and Asia Director, Aqualia
- Patrick Ty, Chief Regulator, MWSS
Your facility to book key appointments during the Global Water Summit
The Global Water Summit is the largest gathering of influential senior executives and water leaders, inviting an unrivalled group of project proponents, industrial end-users, utility leaders, financers, and technologists year after year.
Networking sessions are your chance to build the connections your business needs. As a registered delegate to the Summit, you'll build your professional profile, access accounts of those attending, and send requests for structured One-to-One appointments with your target delegates. No more missed opportunities. You arrange it all beforehand and we make it happen.
The value from waste proposition is gaining traction as never before, and as it gains momentum, the technologies which make it happen are evolving fast. Here the Isle Utilities team presents its top picks for the value from waste proposition.
Featuring:
- Piers Clark, Chairman, Isle Group Ltd.
- Karyn Georges, Managing Director, Isle UK
- Nuno Broco, Executive Vice President, AdP VALOR
- Caroline Wadsworth, Head of Strategic Partnerships, Isle Utilities
- Carles Crespo, Director of Corporate Industrial Water Practice, Isle Utilities
How bad is brine? Regulators across the world are considering restrictions on seawater desalination plant discharges which could reshape the entire industry. Here we bring together the leading experts and put brine on trial. Is concentrated seawater inherently safe to return to the sea or is it a dangerous pollutant that needs to be tightly controlled? You, the audience, will decide.
Moderator:
- Timothy Hogan, Principal and Owner, TWB
- Zershaaneh Qureshi, Lead Desalination Consultant, Global Water Intelligence
Featuring:
- Mohammed Kayall, Programme Managment Officer, United Nations Environment Programme/Coordinating Unit for the Mediterranean Action Plan - Barcelona Convention Secretariat
- Olfat Hamdan, Programme Managment Officer, United Nations Environment Programme/Coordinating Unit for the Mediterranean Action Plan - Barcelona Convention Secretariat
- Corrado Sommariva, Founder & CEO, Sustainable Water and Power Consultants
- Rafael Palacios Prado, Vice President, ACADES
- Diego De Vera, BD Global Director, GS Inima
- Susan Jordan, Executive Director, Californian Coastal Protection Commission
- Gavin Van Tonder, Executive Director of Water, NEOM
- Roberto Mangano, Managing Director, ILF Consulting Engineers
- Tomer Efrat, Vice President - Research and Development, IDE Technologies
How can representatives from semiconductor manufacturing, energy, pharmaceuticals, and multinational technology companies continue to secure growth in an increasingly water-stressed world? Economic development and technological progress are in jeopardy if strategic industries do not get the water they need. A whole new way of thinking is required from operators: hear from the people who will play a critical role in driving water for strategic industries forward.
Moderator:
- Rob Simm, Senior Vice President, Stantec
Featuring:
- Laurent Bellet, Water Lead, EDF
- Sandy Fabritz, Director of Water Strategy, Freeport McMoRan
- Zac Rosenbaum, Facilities Director, Samsung Austin Semiconductor
- Chris Hayes, Sustainability Operations Director, GSK
How will the utilities of the future be different? How will they innovate? What will be their priorities? We need to look to the next generation of utility leaders to find answers. Here we bring together some of the brightest young people from across the global utility sector to outline their visions for the future.
Featuring:
- Bre Plier, Manager of Sustainability, MMSD
- Rowan Meikle, Process Scientist, Scottish Water
- Albert Kramer, Director of Business Services , Bureau of Customer Service, New York DEP
Rising inflation and interest rates, the climate imperative, pressure for localisation, lavish public spending in the GCC and the Middle East, pressure on budgets in Europe and the developing world. What does it all mean for the business of water? Here we assemble some of the key players and the most insightful pundits to turn it all into credible insight.
Featuring:
- Ian Elkins, Editor-in-Chief, Global Water Intelligence (GWI)
- Reinhard Hübner, CEO, SKion Water GmbH
- Bill Malarkey, Managing Partner, North America Region, Amane Advisors
- Samrat Karnik, Managing Partner, Houlihan Lokey
- Frederick Jeske-Schoenhoven, SVP Strategy, Communication and Sustainability, SUEZ Group
- Michael Lesniak, VP Partnerships and Net Zero Water, Aquatech International
Year after year, the Global Water Summit closing plenary is a show-stopping conclusion to the conference. Set to address some of the most exciting and controversial conversations in the industry, it's something you won't want to miss.
The final hour of the Summit will be devoted to the Closing Reception on Wednesday 10th May, 16:30– 17:30pm. All delegates are welcome to join with one last opportunity to network with future partners.