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GLOBAL WATER SUMMIT 2023 SPEAKERS
KEYNOTE SPEAKER
Christiana Figueres
Co-host of the podcast “Outrage & Optimism” and Former Executive Secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
2023 SPEAKERS
Abas Abdullah
CEO, Air Selangor
Abdullah Al Zowaid
Deputy Governor, Production Affairs, SWCC
Adel Hagekhalil
General Manager, Metropolitan Water District of Southern California
Aditee Dabholkar
Ultrapure Water/Wastewater Subject Matter Expert, Texas Instruments
Aditi Bhattacharya
Private sector infrastructure finance specialist, ADB
Ahmed Aldwimr
Director, Production Projects Eastern Region, SWCC
Albert Kramer
Director of Business Services, NYC DEP
Alejandro Jimenez
Strategy and Business Development Director, Acciona
Alejandro Muñoz Monari
Senior Project and Water Resources Engineer, CMPC
Alex Grant
CEO, Magrathea Metals
Alex Rappaport
CEO and Co-Founder , ZwitterCo
Alexander Fortin
Senior Director Energy Transition, Worley
Alexander Jovcic
General Manager Environment, National Water Company
Alexis de Kerchove
Senior Director, Client Sustainability, Europe, Xylem
Ali Alshehri
Director of Business Development and Strategy, WTTCO
Amanda Lake
Head of Carbon and Circular Economy, Jacobs’ Water Europe
Amir Peleg
Founder & CEO, TaKaDu
Andrea Aliscioni
General Manager Water Service, MM Spa
Anja Eimer
General Manager, Global Water Industries, Siemens
Anselmo Collins
Senior Assistant General Manager of the Water System, LADWP
Anurag Bajpayee
Co-Founder and CEO, Gradiant
Archie Chiromo
Investment Director, Climate Fund Managers
Ari Raivetz
CEO, Transcend
Arian Edalat
CEO, Active Membrane
Ariane Coulombe
Associate Director, Corporate Relations CDP
Bastien Simeon
Managing Partner, Armane Advisors
Bhavik Barochia
Digital Consultant, Arup
Bill Malarkey
Managing Partner, North America Region, Amane Advisors
Blanca Salgado
Global Technology and Innovation Lead, DuPont
Boaz Shitzer
CEO, ROTEC
Booky Oren
Chairman and CEO, Booky Oren Global Water Technologies
Boris Greifeneder
Managing Director, German Water Partnership
Brandon Stewart
Customer Advocate, WSSC Water
Bre Plier
Manager of Sustainability, MMSD
Carles Crespo
Director of Corporate Industrial Water Practice, Isle Utilities
Carlos Puente
Director of Water, Energy and Environmental Projects, Banobras (Mexican National Infrastructure Bank)
Caroline Wadsworth
Head of Strategic Partnerships, Isle Utilities
Cecilia Coates
Sustainability & Data, Colgate-Palmolive
Charafat Afailal
Former Minister in Charge of Water, Expert on Water and Climate
Charlotte Oakes
Technology Editor, Global Water Intelligence (GWI)
Chau Sai-Wai
Deputy Director of Water Supplies, The Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China
Chayawee Wangcharoenrung
Director of Domestic Wastewater Subdivision, Water Quality Management Division, Pollution Control Department, Thailand
Chris Hayes
Sustainability Operations Director, GSK
Chris Thurston
Head of Sustainability, Watercare Services, New Zealand
Christoph Donner
CEO, Berliner Wasserbetriebe
Christopher Drover
CTO, ZwitterCo
Christopher Gasson
Publisher, Global Water Intelligence
Claudio Stabile
CEO, Sanepar
Corrado Sommariva
Founder & CEO, SWPC
Cosima Sichel
Account Manager, Water and Wastewater, Siemens
Dan Vardi
Principal Investment Officer, IFC
Dana Kishore
Managing Director, Hyderabad Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Board
David Balsar
General Manager of Innovation and Ventures, Mekorot
David Henderson
Managing Partner, XPV Water Partners
Diego de Vera
BD Global Director, GS Inima
Dorothee Chabredier
Principal and ESG lead, Amane Advisors
Dr Nakedi Phosa
Chairman, The Trans-Africa Water Alliance (TAWA)
Dr. Barbara Evans
Professor of Public Health Engineering, University of Leeds
Dr. Hubert Fleming
Senior Advisor, Worley
Edoardo Borgomeo
Water Resource Management Specialist, World Bank Group
Eli Kovler
Co-Founder & CRO, Rapida
Elizabeth Goos
Sustainability Services Leader EMEA, ING Consulting
Ella Lazarte
Water Finance and Private Sector Engagement Lead, USAID
Emerson Castro
Project Director, Proinversion
Eng. Mansour Abuthnain
Vice President, Projects and Technical Services, National Water Company
Eng. Nemer M. Al-Shebel
CEO, National Water Company
Erik Roesink
CTO & Founder, NX Filtration
Felipe Aravena
CEO, Ecopreneur
Fernando Velasquez
Development Manager, ECONSSA
Franziska Meinzinger
Executive Director Infrastructure Development, Hamburg Wasser
Frederick Jeske-Schoenhoven
SVP Strategy, Communication and Sustainable Development, SUEZ Group
Gabriel Meruane
R&D Project and Process Manager Lithium, SQM
Gastón Astesiano
Public Private Partnership Team Leader , Inter-American Development Bank (IADB
Gauke Reitsma
Chief Executive Officer, ELIQUO WATER GROUP GmbH
Gavin Van Tonder
Executive Director of Water, NEOM
Giulia Pizzagalli
Innovation Projects Manager, Anglian Water
Greg Newbloom
CEO, Membrion
Guillermo Moya
Head of Europe, Aqualia
Gunda Röstel
Chairman, German Water Partnership
H.E. Khaled Al Qureshi
Chief Executive Officer, Saudi Water Partnership Company, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Hans Brinkhof
Business Development & Project Manager - Germany, VoltH2
Hans-Ulrich Buchholz
Environmental Compliance Manager, L'Oréal
Hany Said
Founder and Group CEO, MegaVessel
Harry Sachinis
Chief Executive Officer, Athens Water (EYDAP)
Heinz Brandenburg
Managing Director, StEB-Köln
Ian Elkins
Editor, Global Water Intelligence (GWI)
Issa Al Wer
Project Manager, Aqaba-Amman Water Desalination & Conveyance Project, Ministry of Water & Irrigation (MWI), Jordan
Jacques Euler
Beauty Division – Manufacturing Sustainability, Procter & Gamble
Jan Kwiatkowski
Vice President, Water Authorities, DHI Group
Javier Diaz
Saudi Arabia Country Manager, Aqualia
Jean Louis Schotte
Financing Manager, Brazilian Development Bank (BNDES)
Jeff Walker
Executive Administrator,Texas Water Development Board
Jelle Hannema
CEO, Vitens
Jenny Astrom
Sustainability Manager, Sydvatten
Jeremy Conway
CEO - Infrastructure, Government of South Australia
Joel Kolker
Program Manager, Global Water Security and Sanitation Partnership, World Bank
Joerg Dux
Head of Division for Urban Water and Waste Management in North Africa, KfW Entwicklungsbank
Johan Rockström
Director, Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research & Chair, Global Commission on the Economics of Water
John Hanula
SVP, Innovation, Stantec
John Kmiec
Director, Tucson Water
John Robinson
Partner, Mazarine Ventures
John Tonner
COO & President, Water Consultants International
Jorge Assalie
Structuring Manager, Brazilian Development Bank (BNDES)
Jorge Vergara
Director of Strategic Projects, Ministry of Public Works and Communication, Paraguay
José Enrique Bofill
MENA and Asia Director, Aqualia
Juan Miguel Pinto
Director of Sales for Americas, Energy Recovery
Juan Nicolás Gaviria Bermúdez
Member of Board of Directors, Empresa de Acueducto y Alcantarillado de Pereira
Junghyo Yoon
CTO, NONA Technologies
Karsten Lumbye
Head of Business Creation / Chief Innovation Officer, Aarhus Vand
Karyn Georges
Managing Director, Isle Group Ltd
Khalid Al Habib
Chief of Strategy and Investment, WTTCO
Khalid Al-Homoud
GM Supply Chain, National Water Company
Khalid M. AlHabib
Khalid Tahri
Technical and Engineering Senior Manager, ONEE, Morocco
Klaus Kunz
Vice President - Head of ESG / External Engagement and Performance Reporting, Bayer
Kristina Bognar
Segment Director Water & Wastewater, Europe, Schneider Electric
Lauren Flores
Water Treatment Engineer, Chevron
Laurent Bellet
Water & Energy Advisor, EDF
Lisa Henthorne
Chief Scientist, Aris Water
Liviu Mantescu
CEO, Watergenics GmbH
Lydia Whyatt
Managing Director, Resonance Asset Management
Mads Leth
CEO, VCS Denmark / VandCenter Syd
Mahmudul Hasan
Biosolids Manager, Baltimore City Department of Public Works
Marco Antonio Moreno Mexia
Secretary of the Treasury, Government of Baja California
Marco Blazina
CEO, Wastewater, MM SPa Milan
Margot D’Ancona-Roesink
Head Sustainable Capital Markets, Rabobank
Mariana Concha
Head of Water Stewardship, Codelco
Mario Guido Valverde Herrera
Deputy Director of Timely Execution of Investment, ProInversionn
Mark Gold
Director of Water Scarcity Solutions, NRDC
Marta Ceadel
Water and Sustainability Consultant, Danone
Marta Verde
CEO, GS Inima
Martin Gambrill
Visiting Professor & Independent Consultant, The University of Newcastle & The University of Leeds
Matthew Brannock
Water for Future Fuels Lead, GHD
Menno Holterman
CEO, Nijhuis
Michael John Webster
Executive Director, Water & Sanitation Directorate, City of Cape Town
Michael Lesniak
VP Partnerships and Net Zero Water, Aquatech International
Michael Toh
Director Industry & Technology Collaboration, Singapore PUB
Mike Dixon
CEO, Synauta
Mohammed Al Ghamdi
Executive Manager, Business Manager, SWCC
Mohammed Kayyal
Programme Manager, United Nations Environment Programme/Coordinating Unit for the Mediterranean Action Plan - Barcelona Convention Secretariat
Monika Weber-Fahr
Senior Advisor, World Bank
Narendran Maniam
CEO, Indah Water Konsortium (IWK)
Neil Brennan
CEO, Seqwater
Nicola Saporiti
Water Lead, Transaction and PPP Advisory, IFC
Nuno Brôco
Chairman/CEO, Aguas de Tejo Atlântico
Olfat Hamdan
Programme Manager, United Nations Environment Programme/Coordinating Unit for the Mediterranean Action Plan - Barcelona Convention Secretariat
Paul Choules
CEO, Water Cycle
Peter Vale
Carbon and Circular Economy Architect, Severn Trent
Philip Hermann
International Business Group Director, Manila Water
Piers Clark
Founder & Chairman, Isle Group Ltd
Rafael Palacios Prado
Executive Vice President, ACADES
Rami Ghandour
Managing Director, Metito
Reimond Olthof
CEO, Salttech
Reinhard Hübner
CEO, SKion GmBH
Rex Ho
Project Engineer, South East Water
Richard Bruges
CEO, Salinity Solutions Ltd
Rick Stover
CTO, Gradiant Corporation
Riina Salmimies
CEO, Sofi Filtration
Riki Mor
Customer Relations and Corporate Responsibility Manager, Mekorot
Rob Simm
Senior Vice President, Stantec
Roberto Mangano
Managing Director, ILF Consulting Engineers
Roger Harrabin
Independent Energy and Environment Analyst
Rohit Aggarwala
Chief Climate Officer & Commissioner, NYC Dept. of Environmental Protection
Rolfe Eberhard
International Water Advisor
Ross Wilson
Bioresources Process Specialist, Infrastructure, Atkins
Rowan Meikle
Process Scientist, Scottish Water
Ruan Guoling
Director, Institute of Seawater Desalination and Multipurpose Utilization, Ministry of Nature Resources of China
Ruben Aleman
CEO, Administración Nacional de Acueductos y Alcantarillados
Saad Alghamdi
Head of Strategy Department, National Water Company.
Saad Ul Islam
Investment Director, British International Investment (BII)
Saada Al-Shukaili
Head of Water Management, Petroleum Development Oman (PDO)
Sabrina Soussan
CEO, SUEZ
Sam Ridler
Capabilities Manager, Unilever
Samrat Karnik
Managing Director, Houlihan Lokey
Sandy Fabritz
Director of Water Strategy, Freeport-McMoRan
Sasha Kramer
Co-founder and Executive Director, Sustainable Organic Integrated Livelihoods (SOIL)
Shaunna Berendsen
CIO, Anglian Water
Slava Libman
CEO, FTD Solutions
Sophie Tremolet
Europe Freshwater Director, The Nature Convervancy
Srinivas Chary Vedala
Centre Director, Administrative Staff College of India (ASCI)
Stephan van Hoof
CEO, Blue Foot Membranes NV
Sudhanshu Barve
Global Operations Head, ACG World
Susan Jordan
Executive Director of the CA Coastal Protection Network
Susan Moisio
Global Water Director, Jacobs
Svetlana Yelchaninova
Director Commercial Sustainability, Alcoa
Sylvain Migan
Managing Director, Benin National Rural Water Supply Agency (ANAEPMR) and National Water Company of Benin (Soneb)
Taqsem A. Khan
Managing Director and CEO, Dhaka Water
Tariq Al Naeem
CEO, WTTCO
Tariq Alghaffari
Acting President of DTRI, SWCC
Thomas Altmann
Executive Vice President, ACWA Power, Saudi Arabia
Thomas Faarbaek
Civil Engineer, BlueKolding
Thomas van Gilst
Head of the Water Security and Resilience Division, European Investment Bank
Tim Naughton
Technical Director, Salinity Solutions Ltd
Timothy Hogan
Principal and owner of TWB Environmental Research and Consulting
Timothy Thomure
Appointed Member, The Water Infrastructure Financing Authority of Arizona
Tom Pankratz
Editor, Water Desalination Report, USA / Global Water Intelligence
Tom Scotney
Editor, Global Water Intelligence
Tomer Efrat
VP, R&D, IDE Technologies
Valeriy Chaly
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Ukraine to the USA , 2015-2019
Victoria Delmon
Asia Infrastructure Upstream and Advisory Manager, IFC
Victoria Edwards
Founder and CEO, FIDO
Viet-Anh Nguyen
Vice President-cum-Head of Science and Technology Department, Vietnam Water Supply and Sewerage Association (VWSA)
Walid Khoury
General Manager, Desalytics
Xiong Joine
Vice Dean, SMEDI
Yossi Yaacoby
VP for Engineering, Technology & Strategic Planning, Mekorot
Zac Rosenbaum
Facilities Director, Samsung Austin Semiconductor
Zershaaneh Qureshi
Lead Desalination Consultant, GWI
Zouhayr Arbib
Head of Sustainability Area, Aqualia
Alice Pang
, Director,
Drainage Services Department, Hong Kong
Anas Alfuntukh
, Commercial Transactions Director,
Water Transmission and Technology Company (WTTCO)
Atef Majdoub
, President,
IGPPP
Bolidja Tiem
, Minister,
Ministry of Water and Hydraulics, Togo
Bruno Hervet
, CEO Consulting & Smart Cities,
SUEZ
Chris Brace
, General Manager of Growth Futures,
Yarra Valley Water
Chris Soemijantoro,
Investment Director,
Danareksa
Eli Kovler
, COO,
RAPIDA
Enrico Prochettino
, Head of Innovation,
IREN Group
Federico Daonti
, Manager of Water Technological Innovation,
Gruppo Hera
Gabriel Meruane
, R&D Project and Process Manager Lithium,
SQM
Geoff Gage
, Managing Partner,
Amane Advisors
Ibrahim Chernor Bah,
Chief Engineer,
Guma Valley Water Company
John Ringham
, Chair,
Leading Utilities of the World
Franziska Meinzinger
, Head of the Water Management Cooperation Unit,
Hamburg Wasser
Jean-Michel Herrewyn
, Founder and President,
fWE
Mansour Abuthnain
, VP Projects and Technical Services,
National Water Company (NWC)
Mohammed Alsogour
, VP Shared Services,
National Water Company (NWC)
Dr. Alexander Jovcic
, GM environment,
National Water Company (NWC)
Dr. Leonid Cooperman
, Co-Founder and Co-CEO,
iXDen
Margo d’Ancona-Roesink
, Head of Sustainable Finance,
Rabobank
Nir Alfandary
, National Technology Officer,
Microsoft
Patrick Ty
, Chief Regulator,
MWSS Regulatory Office
Timothy Naughton
, CTO,
Salinity Solutions
Umberto Querze
, Manager of Aqueduct Systems,
Gruppo Hera
Rick te Lintelo
, Sales Director,
NX Filtration
HE Abdulrahman Al-Zogaibi
, Deputy Minister for Planning,
Ministry of Environment Water and Agriculture, (MEWA)
Nemer Al-Shebel
, CEO,
National Water Company (NWC)