WaterVent #33 // Schedule Details
FORUM // MAY 28, 2026
Program
Located at the Fraunhofer IAP Conference Center, our 33rd forum welcomes up 25 expert speakers in water technologies, investments and applications.
Note: 70% of our program consists of startup/innovator presentations.
08:30 //
Checkin
10:00 //
Welcome
- Ulf Leonhard, Watervent
- Agnes von Matuschka, CEO Potsdam Science Park
10:15 //
Welcome by Partners
- Baldassare La Gaetana, CEO, Agseptence Group GmbH
- Sebastian Specht, Geschäftsführer/Managing Director, BÜFA Cleaning GmbH & Co. KG
- Günter Mösslein, Mösslein GmbH
- Dr. Dominik Zimmermann, EWD Environment Water Development GmbH
- Andreas Bichler, Dehoust GmbH
FOLLOWING //
Further speakers in our panels
exact schedule follows
- Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. Thomas Rauschenbach,
Speaker Fraunhofer Alliance SysWater, Head of Fraunhofer IOSB-AST at Fraunhofer IOSB - Dr. Jörg Nowak, ORCA Consulting Group GmbH (Investor, Expert) – "Lessons learnt from 15 years of water tech investments"
- Dr. Arnt Baer, Gelsenwasser AG (Utility)
- Victoria Edwards, Fido Tech Ltd (UK) (successful water innovator)
- Xavier van Slooten, Pure Terra Ventures (Netherlands) (Investor)
- Gerben Hardeman, Aquatech (Netherlands) (Water Tech Fairs)
- Alejandro Sturniolo, Co-Founder and Partner at Aqua Positive | Water Stewardship | Impact Investing
- Paloma Akerman, Autodesk Water Infrastructure
- tba, Xylem
- Hans-Ulrich Buchholz, L'Oréal – Environmental Compliance, Water, Waste Water, Biodiversity
- Felix Schröder, BRYCK Startup Accelerator
- Pascal David Fischer, Israel Trade, AgriTech & WaterTech
- Christian Hellmund, Clarion Solicitors - City of Leeds/Leeds Univ.
- Mark Barker, WEX Global
- James Z. Li, E. J. McKay (Investment Bank)
- Kevin Li, Eton Walk for Water charity
- Henk Nieboer, Aquius Capital
- Elena de la Vieja Molina, Aqua Advise