7:00-8:15
8:15-9:30
A new kind of thought leadership is emerging as the North American water industry adapts to rising interest rates, rising raw materials prices, and rising client sophistication. Our panel of senior executives are helping to shape the future by driving change to address the needs of a rising population, unpredictable weather patterns, and an increasingly data-driven economy.
Andrew D. Seidel, UGSI Solutions, Inc.
Allan Connolly, Aclara
Eric Gernath, Suez North America
Cindy Wallis-Lage, Black & Veatch
Bob Pragada, Jacobs
Scott Hall, Mueller Water Products
Patrick Decker, Xylem
9:30-10:00
The One-2-One Networking Sessions are designed to secure valuable face time with any registered delegate.
One-2-One Networking provides an intimate setting for you to shake hands and strike pivotal deals.
10:00-11:30
Ultimately, we are all in the business of creating value, but there is plenty of debate as to what comprises value in the water sector from an investment perspective. In this session, we invite major water investors to describe what they look for when investing in water companies and what constitutes value in the long term.
Deane Dray, RBC Capital Markets
Alina Donets, Allianz Global Investors
Matt Sheldon, KBI Global Investors
Janet Glazer, Fidelity Investments
Bill Malarkey, Amane Advisors
The future of the water industry depends on the aspirational visions of next generation utility leaders. This session gives you the opportunity to be at the forefront of industry development as these next generation utility leaders, who were matched with a utility mentor prior to the event, present their vision of a water utility in the year 2040.
Howard Neukrug, Global Water Leaders Group
Roger Bailey, Central Contra Costa Sanitary District
Patrick Cairo, PCairo Management Consulting LLC
Kishia Powell, City of Atlanta Department of Watershed Management
Adel Hagekhalil, City of Los Angeles
Carla Reid, Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission
Dana Gonzalez, Hampton Roads Sanitation District
Raul Gonzalez, Hampton Roads Sanitation District
Tera Fong, DC Water
Aisha Niang, Houston Water
Serge Haddad, Los Angeles Department of Water and Power
Stephanie Chiorean, Philadelphia Water Department
Abby Sullivan, Philadelphia Water Department
Water utilities are facing operational threats like never before. From historic flooding and droughts to targeted cyber attacks, cities are beginning to rethink their physical and digital infrastructure to prepare for new extremes. Discover how private companies and utilities can collaborate to adopt innovative stormwater management approaches, water reuse and desalination projects, and front line cybersecurity initiatives.
Jill Hudkins, Tetra Tech
Matthew Ries, DC Water
Marc Cammarata, Philadelphia Water Department
Jim Lochhead, Denver Water
Alan Cohn, New York City Department of Environmental Protection
Erica Brown, Association of Metropolitan Water Agencies
Richard Harasick, Los Angeles Department of Water and Power
11:30-11:45
11:45-1:00
Perhaps the biggest opportunity for squeezing further efficiencies out of the American water sector is in optimizing procurement between capex and opex. In the UK they call it Totex thinking: the idea that taking separate accounts of profit & loss spending and balance sheet investment ultimately adds to the customer’s bill. Instead the focus is on managing risks right down the supply chain to minimize the overall cost to the customer. How can American utilities further optimize their spending to keep rates down?
Ian Elkins, GWI
Pete Perciavalle, Stantec
Katherine Oven, Santa Clara Valley Water District
Brian Cullen, VICO
Jason Tucker, Anglian Water Services
Luis Casado, Gannett Fleming
William Cheaks, Chicago Department of Water Management
Despite retreats in some areas of industrial environmental regulation, the EPA has been active in addressing concerns about emerging contaminants such as PFAS (per- and polyfluoralkyl substances). These bring with them a new technological and financial challenge: how can they be eliminated without an exponential increase in treatment costs? Water Desalination Report Editor Tom Pankratz has brought together some of the key combatants on this regulatory frontier to discuss what is needed in technology terms to sustain these advances in customer protection.
Tom Pankratz, Water Desalination Report
YuJung Chang, AECOM
Dr. Dora Chiang, CDM Smith
Catherine Swanson, Evoqua Water Technologies
Nora Stockhausen, Calgon Carbon
Michael Pickel, Horsham Water and Sewer Authority
The needs of municipal end-users and the solutions provided by their private sector counterparts are still far from being reconciled. Chaired by Booky Oren, this session gathers a group of innovative utility leaders to discuss how technological solutions may be developed to meet their long-standing operational and capital challenges.
Booky Oren, Booky Oren Global Water Technologies
Erin Mahoney, The Regional Municipality of York
Deven Upadhyay, Metropolitan Water District of Southern California
Reese Johnson, Metropolitan Sewer District of Greater Cincinnati
Donovan Burton, San Antonio Water System
1:00-2:00
1:30-2:00
The One-2-One Networking Sessions are designed to secure valuable face time with any registered delegate.
One-2-One Networking provides an intimate setting for you to shake hands and strike pivotal deals.
2:00-3:00
The Summit zooms out for an international perspective of the global water market. GWI’s Publisher, Christopher Gasson, hosts a panel of industrial and municipal water sector experts with a discussion of what the North American water sector must learn from the rest of the world.
Christopher Gasson, GWI
Sue Murphy, Water Corporation, Australia
John Gibson, Veolia North America
Heiner Markhoff, Suez Water Technologies & Solutions
Thierry Noel, Amane Advisors