Round Tables

Following on from its success at our Zurich conference last year, we will once again be holding our Round Table Networking Event in Paris from 11.10am until 1pm on the Monday morning. This will consist of 38 round tables, each seating 10 people.

Each Round Table will be hosted by a specially invited guest, who will introduce his or her chosen topic, and lead a 20 minutes discussion with delegates around the table. After 20 minutes delegates chose another table and move on. There will be 3 sessions of 20 minutes in total, each separated by a short break.

The Round Table Networking Event allows delegates and hosts to meet large numbers of conference attendees with similar interests in a short period of time. Bring plenty of business cards!

The Round Tables will be:

  • 1. Professor Asit Biswas – Director of the Third World Centre for Water Management – “The Future of Water Management”
  • 2. His Excellency Loay Al Musallam – CEO, National Water Company, Saudi Arabia – “Saudi Arabia’s next steps”
  • 3. Dr Cecilia Tortajada – Scientific Director, International Centre for Water & Environment, Zaragoza – “Urban Water Management in Developing Countries”
  • 4. His Excellency Mohammed Al-Mahrouqi – Chairman, PAEW, Oman – “Oman’s Water Strategy”
  • 5. Tim Brick – Chairman, Metropolitan Water District of Southern California – “California’s Water Future”
  • 6. Lee Koon Yew – Executive Director, National Water Services Commission of Malaysia – “Malaysian Water Sector Reform”
  • 7. Sompodh Sripoom – CEO, Thai Tap – “The Outlook for Private Water in Thailand”
  • 8. Ek Sonn Chan – Director General, PPWSA – “Water in Cambodia”
  • 9. Hassan Nouha – Ministry of Interior, Morocco – “Concessions in Morocco”
  • 10. Khalil Attia – CEO ONAS, Tunisia – “Water Reuse in Tunisia”
  • 11. Roberto Salinas – Ministry of Public Works, Chile – “Desalination and PPP in Chile”
  • 12. Hu Xiaoyong – CEO, Beijing Enterprises Water Group – “Opportunities in China”
  • 13. Dr Bastary Indra – Director of PPP, National Planning Agency, Indonesia – “Indonesia’s Water Plans”
  • 14. David Lyon – AD Little – “Opportunities in the EU Water Framework Directive”
  • 15. Cristino Panlilio – Balibago Waterworks Systems, Philippines – "Provincial Water Supply in the Philippines"
  • 16. Pedro Pablo Errazuriz – Essbio, Chile – "Water Planning following Chile’s Earthquake"
  • 17. Don Correll – CEO, American Water – "The Outlook for Private Water in the US"
  • 18. Her Excellency Maysoon Zoubi – Secretary General, Ministry of Water & Irrigation, Jordan – “Jordan’s Water Strategy”
  • 19. Mohamed Ali Khouaja – Chief Executive SONEDE – “Desalination in Tunisia”
  • 20. Rania Zayed – Ministry of Finance, Egypt – “Egypt’s Wastewater PPP Program”
  • 21. Zamzam Al Rakaf – Chief Engineer, Ministry of Electricity and Water, Kuwait – “Desalination in Kuwait”
  • 22. Dr Karl Millauer – Senior Vice President, Aquatech – “Mitigating the conflict between energy and water through technology”
  • 23. His Excellency Ahmed Al-Mudaiheem – Deputy Governor, SWCC, Saudi Arabia – “The Ras Azzour Project”
  • 24. His Excellency Abdulmajeed Ali Alawadhi – CEO Electricity and Water Authority, Bahrain – “Next steps for Bahrain EWA”
  • 25. Omar Al-Wahaibi – CEO Haya Water – “Water Reuse in Oman”
  • 26. Michael Deane – US National Association of Water Companies – “US Water post stimulus
  • 27. Paul Choules – Caribbean Desalination Association – “Desalination in the Caribbean”
  • 28. Dr Kerry Schott – Managing Director, Sydney Water – “Meeting the Challenges of Australia’s Drought”
  • 29. Heather Cooley – Senior Research Associate, The Pacific Institute – “Confronting the Climate Change Challenge”
  • 30. Khoo Teng Chye – CEO, Singapore PUB – “Ensuring Water Sustainability for Singapore”
  • 31. Nasser Lootah - Executive VP, Generation Division (Power and Water), DEWA – “Desalination in Dubai”
  • 32. Debra Coy – Janney Montgomery Scott – “Investing in Water”
  • 33. Tom Pankratz and Linda Macpherson – “International Reuse and Desalination”
  • 34. Steve Maxwell - TechKNOWLEDGEy Strategic Group – “M & A Trends in Water”
  • 35. Matt Diserio – Water Asset Management – “Investing in Water Rights”
  • 36. Ralph Eberts – Executive VP – Black & Veatch – “Overcoming Barriers to Reuse”
  • 37. Dr Reinhard Hubner, Associate Principal, McKinsey & Co. – “Transformation and Benchmarking for Water Utilities”
  • 38. His Excellency Mohammed Al Saud – Deputy Minister for Planning and Development, Ministry of Water and Electricity, Saudi Arabia – “Managing Saudi Arabia’s Water Resources”