Program 32nd edition | October 24th, San Francisco

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32nd Watervent
Hanson Bridgett LLP, San Francisco
October 23rd

Note:
We invite for an extensive meet & greet for all startups & speakers
& training for our startups in Bar Association of San Francisco (BASF), 50 Fremont Street, 17th floor 12:00 till 5:30 p.m.

October 24 th - Status October 17th - all times PDT
From 08:00 welcome, coffee, croissants
09:00 a.m. welcome
 
  • Allison Schutte, Partner, Hanson Bridgett LLP
  • Jonathan Storper, Partner, Hanson Bridgett LLP
  • James Adducci, Managing Director, Janney Montgomery Scott Investment Banking | Read more (PDF)
  • Sally Gutierrez, Experienced Federal Executive USEPA (ret.)
  • Denys Visser, Johnson Screens
  • Günther Mösslein,  Mösslein Water, www.wassermeister.com
  • Ulf Leonhard, Watervent
    15 years of Watervent forums - recommendations for startups & investors
09:30 a.m. Investors and Experts in water
 
  • Intro by Nidhi Menon, Imagine H2O, Accelerator Program
  • Tom Joseph, XPRIZE Water Scarcity Competition, Epiphany Water Solutions
  • Dr. Cat Shrier, WaterCitizen, WaterPitch
  • Kobe Nagar, 7Environmental Inc.
  • Timur Davis, Director, Munich Re Ventures
  • Clara Drysdal, Peter Yolles, Echo River Capital
10:00 a.m. Water Technology Innovators I
 
  • Intro by Charlie Walker, Global Water Intelligence
  • David Balsar, General Manager Innovation and Ventures at MEKOROT®
  • David Locke, Executive Program Director at XPRIZE
  • Heather Tugaeon, Watergenics
  • Ryan Vogel, Pure Bluetech
  • Arian Edalat, Active Membrane
  • Bryan Barton, Airjoule
  • Jackie Bowen, 1Watermark
  • Sue Mecham, NALA Membranes
  • Sridhar Sukhi, Atrium Energy
  • Dr. Rose T Nash, Biota
  • Dr Jigar Jani, GreenPebble Technologies LLP
11:00 a.m. Coffee Break
11:20 a.m. Water Technology Innovators II
 
  • Intro by Judith Herschell, Global Water Advisors
  • remote: Carolina Sánchez Badini, Cycle H2O, Montreal

  • Michael Gardner, Aqaix
  • Rik Van Meirhaeghe, Noah Water solutions bv
  • Colin Hutzler, Moses West Foundation
  • Joun Lee, Paniclean
  • Marc Bracken,Solinas Technologies
  • Norbert Wank, INFINIREL CORPORATION
  • Daniel Kim, Tomorrow Water
  • Rick Bacon, AMS
  • Kristian Gubsch, Mars Materials
  • Kaustubh Chilwarwar, ChilCorp Inc.
12:30 p.m. Welcome by Mayor of San Francisco Daniel Lurie
12:50 p.m. Success stories in water
 
  • Greg Newbloom, CEO & Founder, Membrion
  • Aaron Tartakovsky, CEO & Founder, Epic Cleantec
  • remote: Victoria Edwards, FIDO AI
  • Shannon Knee, Cetos Water
  • Günther Mösslein, Mösslein Water, www.wassermeister.com
    Experiences of german family watertech companies
  • Paula Kehoe, Director of Water Resources, San Francisco Public Utilities Commission
1:20 p.m. Lunch
 
2:15 p.m. Water Technology Innovators III
 
  • Intro by Jim Lauria, Mazzei Injector Company, LLC "Distilled Drops of Wisdom: A Thank You to My Water Community"

  • Moderation: Dr. Cat Shrier, WaterCitizen, WaterPitch

  • Remote pitches
    • Vincent van Laar, Holland Sensor
    • John Favier, NanobOx Ltd
    • Daniel Einhorn, Mermade
    • Leon Rizzi, Jolt Solutions
    • Dennis Sidin, Fraunhofer IGD
    • Ameet Chaudhury, Aruna
    • Joab Kirsch, H2OLL
3:15 p.m. Corporate water users
 
  • Openminded to startup technologies, corporate venturing
  • Daniel Benitez, Veralto, Board Axine Water, Judge Imagine H20
  • Dr. Nathan Wangusi, BlueCredits, org
  • Volkmar Kunerth, EDAMS, Utility Management Software
  • Alex Kopelyan, Senior Director & Partner at SOSV's IndieBio
  • Reversed pitch: Denys Visser, Johnson Screens "Water challenges of our clients"
  • Will Sarni, Earth Finance, Water Foundry
03:45 p.m. Coffee break
04:15 p.m.

Water Technology Innovators IV
Intro by Sally Gutierrez, Experienced Federal Executive USEPA  (ret.)

and Bryan Stubbs, Cleveland Water Alliance

  • Frank Ramirez & Chris Kay, Water Harvesting Inc.
  • Richard M. Navarro, Renewable Ocean Energy, Inc.
  • Fred Schaufele, XCellAssay Inc.
  • Brad Martineau, Gneuton
  • Javier Marti, Divirod Inc.
  • Gil Honigsman, Treetoscope
  • Eriz Fait, Agrinoze
  • Ben Judge, Kira
05:15 p.m. JAMES W. ADDUCCI, Managing Director, Janney Montgomery Scott Investment Banking. What companies need to do to be ready for a transaction and the current state of the water market from a banking perpsective.
05:30 p.m. Framework Founding a Water Tech Company in California
IP: Rob McFarlane, Partner IP, Hanson Bridgett LLP
Founding: Natalie Wilson, Jonathan Storper, Partner, Hanson Bridgett LLP
06:15 p.m. Wrap-up
 
  • Allison Schutte, Partner, Hanson Bridgett LLP
  • Jonathan Storper, Partner, Hanson Bridgett LLP
  • James Adducci, Managing Director, Janney Montgomery Scott Investment Banking
  • Sally Gutierrez, Experienced Federal Executive USEPA (ret.)
  • Ulf Leonhard, Watervent
  • Judith Herschell, Global Water Advisors
  • Dr. Cat Shrier, WaterCitizen, WaterPitch
appr. 06:30 p.m. reception on roof deck