28th Watervent- USEPA
October 10th, 2023
Cincinnati, Ohio
Draft as per march 27th, 2023
| 08:30 Registration |
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| Coffee and pastries |
| 09:15 a.m. Welcome | Moderator: Sally Gutierrez, USEPA |
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| Dr. Pat Limbach, Vice President for Research, University of Cincinnati Dr. Gregory Sayles, Director, Center for Environmental Solutions and Emergency Response, Office of Research and Development, USEPA, Cincinnati, Ohio Mr. Ulf Leonhard, WaterVent, Potsdam, Germany Marcia Brandstandt, US Department of Commerce, Cincinnati, Ohio USA |
| 09:30 a.m. Introduction |
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| Introduction of Planning Committee |
| 09:45 a.m. Presentations by Start-ups Part I |
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| (parallel sessions if needed) (Focus on monitoring/AI/Digital solutions) Moderator: Dean Amhaus, Water Council, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA |
| 10:45 a.m. Break | Refreshments |
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| 11:15 a.m. Water Technologies Investors Panel (This Panel will be divided into 2 groups, one focused on Treatment and the other on Digital Technologies and services) |
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| Chuck Martz, Moderator Khalil Maalouf, Investment Partner, XPV Water Partners, Toronto, Canada (Tentative) Cincinnati Queen City Angels (tbc) Damian Georgino, Womble Bond Dickinson (US), LLP Will Sarni, Colorado River Basin Fund, LP and Water Foundry David Balsar, General Manager Innovation and Ventures at MEKOROT (tbc) Simon Olivier, Head of Bleu Impact Water Fund and Senior Partner at Cycle Capital |
| 12:00 a.m. Presentation by Start-ups Part II |
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| (parallel sessions if needed) (Focus on PFAS/infrastructure Companies) Moderators: Michael Gonzalez, EPA and Antony Seppi, Alloy Development Co. |
| 1:00 p.m. | LUNCH |
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| 2:00 p.m. Reverse Pitch – What Drinking Water and Wastewater Utility Needs |
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| Moderator: Paul O’Callahan, BlueTech Research, Cork, Ireland (tbc) TBD, Greater Cincinnati Water Works, Cincinnati, Ohio USA Scott Bessler, Cincinnati MSD, Cincinnati, Ohio USA Ting Lu, Clean Water Services, Portland, Oregon (tbc) Josiah Cox, President, Central States Water Resources |
| 2:45 p.m. Presentations by Start-ups Part III |
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| (parallel sessions if needed) Moderators: Will Sarni, Colorado River Basin Fund, LP and Water Foundry, USA and Ann Capell, Altix Consulting, USA |
| 3:45 p.m. Break | Refreshments |
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| 4:00 p.m. A Water Entrepreneurs Journey to Success |
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| Oliver Lawal, President & CEO, Aquisense Technologies, Erlanger, Kentucky, USA |
| 4:20 p.m. Reverse Pitch |
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| Corporates with strong water needs tba |
| 5:00 p.m. What Makes Water Companies Successful? |
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| Damian Georgino, Womble Bond Dickinson (US), LLP, New York City, USA |
| 5:20 p.m. Water Tech Incubators, Clusters, Universities, Foundations |
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| Moderator: Marcia Brandstadt, US Department of Commerce, Cincinnati Cleveland Water Alliance Milwaukee Water Council Current (tbc) Korean Water Cluster/Korean Water Partnership (Tbc)) Water Alliance, Hein Molenkamp, Managing Director, Leeuwarden, Netherlands (tbc) |
| 5:50 p.m. Brief summary of the day, thank you’s |
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| Ulf Leonhard, WaterVent, Planning Committee Members, Sponsors |
| 6:00 p.m. Reception |
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