WaterVent
Recognition

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