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Water Innovations Alliance Conference :: McCormick Place, Chicago IL

Monday, September 27, 2010

5:30 - 7:30

Reception

Tuesday, September 28, 2010

8:25-8:30

Opening Remarks
F. Mark Modzelewski, Executive Director, Water Innovations Alliance

8:30-9:00

Keynote Speaker:
Don Thompson, President of The Oil Sands Developers Group

9:00-9:45

Keynote Speaker: F. Henry Habicht II - Managing Partner of Sail Ventures and former CEO of Global Environment & Technology Foundation

9:45-10:30

Keynote Speaker: John Young, CTO, American Water

10:30-11:30

Innovative Technologies to Mitigate the Natural Conflict of Energy and Water
Dr. Karl Michael Millauer, Senior Vice President, Aquatech International Corp. and Mr. Ravi Chidambaran, Senior Vice President, COO, Aquatech International Corp

11:30-12:30

Developments in Water Technology
Chris Spain, Chairman of the Board & CSO, Hydropoint

12:30-1:15

Lunch

1:15-2:00

Luncheon Keynote
Dr. Michael Shapiro, Deputy Assistant Administrator, U.S. EPA’s Office of Water

2:00-2:30

Keynote
Economics of Water – Ralph Eberts, Executive Managing Director of Client Accounts, Black & Veatch

2:30-3:30

PANEL:
Innovations in Water Technology
David Henderson, Managing Director, XPV Capital Corporation

3:30-4:00

PANEL:
Hottest Start-Ups In Water

4:00-4:45

Keynote Speaker: Mark Shannon, PhD, Director of the Water CAMPWS Center, University of Illinois

4:45-5:30

Keynote Speaker: Fabien Cousteau, Explorer & Aquatic Environmentalist

5:30-7:30

Reception/Fundraiser for Fabien Cousteau's Plant A Fish plantafish.org

Wednesday, September 29, 2010

8:25-8:30

Opening Remarks
Vincent Caprio, COO, Water Innovations Alliance

8:30-9:00

Keynote Speaker
Peter Williams, CTO, Big Green Innovations, IBM

9:00-9:45

Keynote Speaker
Rich Meeusen, CEO, Badger Meter

9:45-10:30

Keynote Speaker
Kim Marotta, Vice President, Corporate Social Responsibility, MillerCoors

10:30-11:30

PANEL:
Innovative Management and Technology Risk
Moderator: Michael Deane, Executive Director, NAWC
Tim Coldman, CH2MHill, Global Technology Leader
Mark LeChevalier, American Water, Director, Innovation & Environmental Stewardship, Veolia Water North America Water Impact Index
Dan Sugarman, United Water, R+I Alliance

11:30-12:30

PANEL:
Innovation In Managing Water System Management
-- Kevin McGovern, CEO, The Water Initiative

12:30-1:15

Lunch

1:15-2:00

Luncheon Keynote
John Cronin, CEO, Beacon Institute

2:00-3:00

PANEL:
"Extracting Winners in Oil and Gas Water Management"
Reka Sumangali, Research Associate, Lux Research

3:00-4:00

PANEL:
Track A: Food, Beverage & Agriculture

Track B: Water Policy - Perspective from DC

4:00-4:45

Keynote Speaker

4:45-5:30

Conference Wrap-Up
Vincent Caprio, Chief Operating Officer, Water Innovations
F. Mark Modzelewski, Executive Director, Water Innovations Alliance

5:30-7:30

Reception