7:00-8:30
8:30-10:00
Secretary Rick Perry, US Department of Energy
Innovative business models and technologies are redefining how the American water sector responds to its most pressing challenges, as the pillars that have defined the industry for decades are poised for change. Federal regulators, gold standard utilities and industry visionaries provide a holistic outlook on the future of the American water sector.
Rich Karlgaard, Forbes
Debra Coy, XPV Water Partners
Andy Kricun, Camden County Municipal Utilities Authority
Erin Boeke Burke, S&P Global
Howard Neukrug, Global Water Leaders Group
Show Description The financial systems that underpin the American water sector are poised for change. This session strand navigates the new business and investment models that will define the industry in the years to come.
Show Description Crafting America’s water future requires more than just technological innovation, it requires a 360-degree approach that engages end-users, solutions providers and key stakeholders. These sessions uncover the opportunities for forward-thinkers as the sector responds to its greatest challenges.
Show Description This strand showcases the utility-led innovation which is recasting the water sector from the ground up, beginning with the inauguration of new members into the Leading Utilities of the World initiative.
10:00-10:30
10:30-12:00
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12:00-1:30
12:30-1:30
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.
1:30-3:00
In 2018 investment has been flowing back into the water sector at a faster rate than at any time since the 2009/10 stimulus, but we can all feel vulnerability at the heart of the system. Income from customer rates is insufficient to meet long term investment needs, and the tax cuts that have spurred economic growth could ultimately entail the restructuring of public finances. This panel session brings together six unique perspectives on the utility sector’s exposure to the inevitable economic down-cycle and how the sector must act now to ensure that it is the master of change rather than its victim.
Paul Hasler, GWI
Bill Teichmiller, EJ Water Cooperative
John Hallacy, The Bond Buyer
Ryan M. Connors, Boenning & Scattergood
Robert Powelson, NAWC
Daphne Kenyon, Lincoln Institute of Land Policy
Brian Thomas, Delta Conveyance Finance Authority
Innovative thinking is required in order to ensure the American water sector gets the technology solutions that it needs for the next five years. Too many new technologies suffer from a lack of market relevance or from a prolonged commercialization process. A group of the most influential chief technology officers in the water sector come together to discuss the innovative approaches required to create better harmony between technology offerings and end-users’ needs.
Charlie Walker, GWI
Jay Iyengar, Xylem
Karen Golmer, MIT Deshpande Center for Technological Innovation
Sebastien Bessenet, Veolia Water Technologies
Cindy Paulson, Brown and Caldwell
Ting Lu, Clean Water Services
The Leading Utilities of the World is a global network of the world’s most successful and innovative water and wastewater utilities. Since the initiative’s launch in 2017, 32 Gold Standard utilities have been inaugurated, and now four new nominees will present their outstanding innovations and 5-year plans to be inducted into the network.
Howard Neukrug, Global Water Leaders Group and Leading Utilities of the World
Biju George, DC Water
Sue Murphy, Water Corporation, Australia
Martin Adams, Los Angeles Department of Water and Power
Jim Lochhead, Denver Water
Karen Pallansch, Alexandria Renew
Paula Kehoe, San Francisco Public Utilities Commission (SFPUC)
Claire Sharp, Northumbrian Water, UK
3:00-3:30
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.
3:30-5:00
What does a sustainable financial model look like for the American water sector, and how do we bring it about? It is not enough to talk about the value of water: some hard decisions need to be taken in order to make the slogan a reality, because no one wants to foot the bill. Here we invite representatives of the federal government, local government and the private sector to outline their vision and the way they expect to see it delivered.
Adam Krantz, NACWA
Jill Jamieson, JLL
Michael Patella, EPA
Edward Fanter, Deloitte
Disque Deane, Water Asset Management
Christopher McLean, Rural Utilities Services, USDA
Nicolette Bateson, Great Lakes Water Authority
What is the biggest pain point for industrial water users? For most of them it is the problem of managing their wastewater streams to meet the often conflicting requirements of regulation, stewardship commitments and corporate budgets. Here we invite some of those facing the greatest challenges to explain the solutions they have developed and how water technology companies could make their lives easier.
Jon Freedman, Suez Water Technologies & Solutions
Michael Misstishin, D.G. Yuengling & Son, Inc.
Francis McAllister, Freeport-McMoRan
Bill Kennedy, Duke Energy
Lori Traweek, Gulf Coast Authority
What makes the ‘Leading Utilities of the World’ innovation network different is the development of a truly innovative culture within and across utilities. In this session, the speakers from the first innovation session will receive prepared and structured feedback on their presentations from the Advisory Board of the ‘Leading Utilities of the World’ innovation network. Attend this session to join with the leaders of the world’s most innovative utilities at roundtables, and hear their insights on how the water sector can progress to an even higher level of performance, both as individual organizations and through collaboration.
Howard Neukrug, Global Water Leaders Group and Leading Utilities of the World
Biju George, DC Water
Sue Murphy, Water Corporation, Australia
Martin Adams, Los Angeles Department of Water and Power
Jim Lochhead, Denver Water
Karen Pallansch, Alexandria Renew
Harlan Kelly, San Francisco Public Utilities Commission
Claire Sharp, Northumbrian Water, UK
5:00-5:30
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.
5:30-6:30
6:45-10:00
Edward Burtynsky, Ed Burtynsky Photography
“I wanted to understand water: what it is, and what it leaves behind when we’re gone. I wanted to understand our use and misuse of it. I wanted to trace the evidence of global thirst and threatened sources. Water is part of a pattern I’ve watched unfold throughout my career. I document landscapes that, whether you think of them as beautiful or monstrous, or as some strange combination of the two, are clearly not vistas of an inexhaustible, sustainable world.” – Edward Burtynsky, www.edwardburtynsky.com
