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

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“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

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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

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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

Special Keynote Speaker and Wrap-up 4:30-5:00pm