WaterVent #34 // San Francisco Details
FORUM // SAN FRANCISCO 2026
Program
A curated forum at the intersection of Silicon Valley innovation and global water challenges. Hosted in collaboration with Aqseptence Group.
Note: 70% of our program consists of startup/innovator presentations.
10:00 //
Welcome
- Ulf Leonhard, Watervent
- Baldassare La Gaetana, CEO, Co-Host Aqseptence Group GmbH
10:15 //
Welcome by Partners
- US Member Companies of Aqseptence Group
- Sebastian Specht, Geschäftsführer/Managing Director, BÜFA Clean Group
- Günter Mösslein, Mösslein GmbH
FOLLOWING //
Further speakers in our panels
exact schedule follows
// OUR ADVISORS
- Ashley Collective, Pivora Collective
- Dr. Cat Shrier, WaterPrenuers - WaterCitizen
- Sally Gutierrez, Experienced Federal Executive USEPA (ret.)
- Volker Kunerth, EDAMS, Utility Management Software
- Judith Herschell, Global Water Advisors
- Bert Wank, INFINIREL CORPORATION
// INTERNATIONAL EXPERTS & INVESTORS
- Simon Olivier, Carolina Sanchez-Badini, Cycle Capital (Montreal)
- Charlie Walker, Global Water Intelligence
- Ben Judge, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Jeff Brown, Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability
- Joanne (Natale) Spigonardo, Brenton McCloskey et al, The Water Center at Penn
- Victoria Edwards, Fido Tech Ltd (UK) (successful water innovator)
- Gerben Hardeman, Aquatech (Netherland) (Water Tech Fairs)
- Alejandro Sturniolo, Aqua Positive | Water Stewardship | Impact Investing
- tba, Autodesk Water Infrastructure
- tba, Xylem
- Hans-Ulrich Buchholz, L'Oréal – Environmental Compliance, Water, Waste Water, Biodiversity
- Will Sarni, Earth Finance Inc.
- Omer Fein, Matan Bostick, Israel Trade, AgriTech & WaterTech, SF
- Anat Bujanover, Tal Fischelovitch, BIRD Foundation, U.S.-Israel Binational Industrial R&D Fund
- Mark Barker, WEX Global
- James Z. Li, E. J. McKay (Investment Bank)
- Peter Yolles, Echo River Capital
- Jim Lauria, Team Chemistry
- David Locke (tbc), Xprize
- Bryan Stubbs, Cleveland Water Accelerator CLEWA
- Jeannet Kiessling, The German American Business Association of California