Forum 2017 (Updated as of 6-1-2017)

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Agenda: Day One Forum (June 15, 2017)

Registration and Breakfast: 7:30-9:30am

Welcome & Keynote Address 8:30-9:00am

Introductions and Welcome Dick Evans, former Chairman, Frost Bank, Co-Chair, AccelerateH2O Advisory Board
Wells Fargo Foundation Executive Ashley Grosh

Special Remarks: The Honorable Christie Craddick, Chairman - Texas Railroad Commission

Where We’ve Been in A Year: Global and National Update 9:00-10:00am

Amanda Brock, Water Standard
Cristina Amandpour, Isle Utilities
Will Sarni, former National Practice Director, Deloitte Sustainability; Principal, Water Foundry

The Horizon: Markets, Opportunities, Investment Scenarios 10:00-10:45am

Reese Tisdale, CEO, Bluefield Research
Trevor Hill, CEO Fathom and Fathom Labs
Eric Rosenbaum, Former Co-Chair, Industrial Water Reuse Committee, WERF

Launch Right, Launch Smart” – Experts Panel 11:00am - 12:15pm

Christina Martini, BlueWave Capital
Robert K. Wilson, RK Consulting
Ebie Holst, SplashLink
Cherie Jones, Swanson Reed
Scott Wenger, Digital Mentor
Richard Gruber, Merit SI Energy

Lunch: “ Disruptive Technologies, Innovative Investment Scenarios -

Gamechangers, Breakthroughs" 12:15pm - 2pm

Trudi Schifter, CEO, AquaSPE AG, "The Global Water Network" Zurich Switzerland

“Reverse Pitch”: Requirements, Needs from Water Management in Private Sector,

Manufacturers, Industry Consortia, Municipal/Public Authorities 2:00pm-3:15pm

Eric Bielke, GE
Chris Chen, City of Austin Water System
TBD, Major Chemical, Industrial Processed Water Company (invited)
Jeff Hanson, Texas Instruments
TBD, Major Food, Beverage Company (invited)

Tech Firm Pitches: By Sector, Focus, Market Opportunity (breakouts) 3:45pm-5:30pm

Oil and Gas – Facilitator: Jack Belcher, HBW Resources, former senior staff, US House Natural Resources Committee
Food and Beverage – Facilitator: Norb Cole, former Global SVP, Coca Cola
Residential, Commercial Real Estate – Facilitator: Kenneth Cook, WaterCentric
Data and Instrument Integration – Facilitator: Stephen Blalock, Amazon Web Services
Agriculture, Ranching, Farming – Facilitator: invited
Utility Operations and Optimization - Facilitator: Jason Iken, Director, City of Houston Waste Water

Concurrent Session: Academic, Non-Profit R&D Commercialization Opportunities 4:45pm-6pm

Moderators: Mike Hightower, Sandia National Laboratory (Emeritus) and Bill Farris, Associate Director for Innovation, National Renewable Energy Labor

University of Texas at Austin
Texas A&M University
Texas Tech University
Rice University
University of Texas El Paso
Lamar University
University of Houston

“Innovators’ Reception” – Texas Water Innovation Hall of Fame

Welcoming Remarks: Matt Servatius, Wells Fargo Foundation,

Presentation of Texas Water Internet of Things Hackathon Winners - Christopher Peacock, Water Innovation Partnership

Presentation of Inductees:

Hubble Hausman, Enviro Water Minerals and Hausman Family Office
Robert Mace, Texas Water Development Board
The Honorable Robert Puente, San Antonio Water System
Finalist 4

Agenda: Day Two Forum (June 16, 2017)

Registration 7:30-8:30am
Breakfast and Keynote Panel: “Alternative Capital, Partners, and Resources –

Foundations, Impact Investors, and Unique Funders” 8:30am - 9:15am

Kathy King, Redstone Strategy Group, "Water Innovation Fund"
Hank Habicht, Managing Partner, US Water Partnership, "The National Infrastructure Investment Strategy"

Large-Scale Project Development & P3s: – Drivers of Innovation, Technology End-Use (Keynote Panel) 9:15-10:30am

Remarks and Moderator: Christopher Gasson, CEO and Publisher, Global Water Intelligence

Ed Archuleta and Hubble Hausman – El Paso $70 million brine management
John Duran and Richard Morton – Pioneer Water and City of Odessa Produced-Waste Water Project
Kevin Ward - Trinity River Authority

“Global Reach”: International Water Technology Investment Initiatives:

Opportunities for Syndication, Partnership, and Collaboration 10:45-11:30am

Moderator: The Honorable Geoff Corner, former Texas Secretary of State

China - John Robinson, Mandarin Environmental
EMEA - Gerald Siedl, Headwaters

Investors’ Insights – Where We Are and Where We Are Not Investing in Disruptive Technology

Solutions, Innovative Water Strategies 11:30am-12:30pm

Earl Jones, Heartland Capital
John Chabandour, HydroVP
Bruce Lounsbury, XPV Capital
TBD, BlueRidge Capital
TBD Energy-Water Fund

Lunch: Keynote Panel - “Reuse, Sustainability, Resilience: Assuring Industries and

Communities with Uninterruptable Water Supply" 12:30-2:00pm

Paul Choules, Chairman, Texas Desalination Association
Steve Coffee, Chairman, Produced Water Society

Roundtables on Integrating Technology and Innovation 2:15-3:45pm

(Small Group and One-on-One Deal-Flow Organized by Global Water Works)

Roundtable 1: Integrating into Municipal and Public Water Systems
Roundtable 2: Integrating into the Oil and Gas Field
Roundtable 3: Integrating into Food, Beverage, Consumer Goods Sustainabiilty
Roundtable 4: Integrating into Commercial, Residential Real-Estate
Roundtable 5: Integrating Disruptive Technologies into Legacy Systems
Roundtable 6: Integrated Market, Business Development Strategies
Roundtable 7: Integrating with Multiple Funding, Investment Sources

Texas Water Innovation Demonstration Hubs: Presentations and Calls for

Proposals & Opportunities for Investors and Technologies in Texas/Southwest US Programs 3:45-4:30pm

Moderator: Justin Sutherland, Carollo Engineering

Oil and Gas Water Management - Ricardo Bernhal, CH2M
Food, Beverage, Consumer Goods –
Data and Instrument Integration –
Municipal Optimization – PShannon Dunne, City of Houston
Smart Irrigation – Presenter:
Brackish Desalination and Advanced Treatment: Malynda Cappell, UT El Paso