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Global Water Summit 2013 | Seville, Spain | Apr 22

Pre-summit, Sunday April 21st | Global Water Summit 2013 | Seville, Spain

17:30-20:00 Foyer
Registration
19:00-20:00 Galeria
Welcome drinks

Day 1, Monday April 22nd | Global Water Summit 2013 | Seville, Spain

07:30-09:00 Foyer
Registration
09:00-10:30 Sevilla 1 & 2
The Water Risk Nexus

Water risk is the most important challenge the global economy will face over the next decade. Each of us, within the next ten years, will experience a water related event: a shortage, a flood, an infrastructure failure, an interruption to business, an economic disruption - which will have a bigger impact on our lives than we have ever experienced before.  But business water-users continue to thrive, so the Summit asks what can we learn from the experience of industry? How have these successful companies confronted the threats to continued production, brand image and the bottom line? Christopher Gasson, publisher of Global Water Intelligence, introduces the keynote speaker and our panellists to share their success stories, from the socio-economic to the heroic.

Keynote speaker:  Jerry Linenger: Retired NASA astronaut and founding board member of Circle of Blue

'Water in a closed eco-system'
What the food – water – energy nexus is really about is the fact that we live in a closed eco-system. There is no better way of understanding this than from the perspective of the international space station orbiting the Earth. You have to recycle the air that you breathe and the water that you drink, and if anything goes wrong with the management of either system, everything is at risk. You can also see the Earth – it appears quite small. It is also a closed eco-system. 2000 orbits of the earth gave astronaut Jerry Linenger a unique insight into the challenge we face with the world’s water systems, and how we must approach the solution.

Discussion panel:
Top government officials and water executives discuss what the water risk nexus means in their region, how they balance the competing needs of households, farmers and industrial users, how they think the tough choices required can be addressed, and where the solutions might be. With Jean Michel Herrewyn, CEO, Veolia Water, Chew Men Leong, CEO Public Utitlies Board, Singapore, Abdulrahman Al Ibrahim, Governor, Saline Water Conversion Corporation, and other speakers tbc
 

10:30-11:00
Refreshments
11:00-12:30 Espana 1-5
Networking Round Tables

The ever-popular, fast-moving session with our conference speakers hosting tables of ten to lead discussions in their fields of expertise. Introduce yourself around the table. Listen to the presentation. Take part in the discussion and move on. After three 20 minute sessions you’ll have made many new contacts to develop further during the Summit. Table hosts include:

  • Rachmat Karnadi, Chairman BPPSPAM, Ministry of Public Works, Indonesia
  • Howard Scott, Managing Director, Cognyst Advisors, USA
  • Julia Bucknall, Water Anchor, World Bank, USA
  • Sun Yan Feng, Vice Director General, Qingdao Municipal Engineering and Public Utility Bureau, China
  • Cate Lamb, Head of Water, Carbon Disclosure Project, UK
  • Shayo Holloway, General Managing Director, Lagos Water Corporation, Nigeria
  • Jane Pagel, President & CEO, Ontario Clean Water Agency, Canada
  • John Tonner, COO, Consolidated Water, Cayman Islands
  • Debashree Mukherjee, Chief Executive Officer, Delhi Jal Board, India tbc
  • Roberto de Andraca,  Chairman, and Jose Gonzales, Copiaco Project Manager, CAP, Chile
  • Anne-Marie Fleury, Director, Environment, International Council on Mining and Metals (ICMM), UK
  • Mark Turner, UK&I Water Sector Leader, Ernst & Young and Tony Conway, Executive Director at United Utilities, UK
  • Bankole Mansaray, General Director, Guma Valley Water Company, Sierra Leone
  • Joe Swearman, Manager Advanced Water, Consol Energy, USA
  • Jorge Martinez, Mayor of Ibarra and President of the Ecuador Mayors Alliance, Ecuador
  • Khalid Tahri, Directeur des Techniques et Ingénieries de la Branche Eau, ONEE (formerly ONEP), Morocco
  • Loay Al Musallam, Deputy Minister of Planning & Development, NWC, Saudi Arabia
  • Dr Vaino Shivute, CEO, Namwater, Namibia
  • Patricio Matiz Vega, General Director, Aguas de Antofagasta, Chile
  • Denis Jahns, Program Manager Water, AkzoNobel , Netherlands
  • Miguel Castellanos, Environment Health & Safety Director, L'Oreal, France
  • Roelof Kruize, CEO, Waternet, Netherlands
  • Maurice Neo, Managing Director, Public Utilities Board, Singapore
  • Juan Antonio Guijarro, General Director, Aqualogy, Spain
  • Karunasena Hettiarachchi, Chairman, National Water Supply and Drainage Board, Sri Lanka
  • Jim McDaniel, Senior Assistant General Manager for Water, LA Water, USA
  • Karl Fennessey, Director Sustainable Development, ConocoPhilips, USA
  • German Ruiz, Director General, SAPA, Mexico
  • Hussain Abdulhussain, CEO, Haya Water, Oman
  • His Excellency Adel Mohammad Al-Roumi, President, Partnerships Technical Bureau, Kuwait
  • Laurie Reemeyer, Project Manager Mining and Metals, AMEC, USA
  • Kim Morison, Managing Director, Blue Sky, Australia
  • His Excellency Shaikh Nawaf bin Ebrahim Al Khalifa, CEO, Electricity and Water Authority, Bahrain
  • Khalil Attia, CEO, ONAS, Tunisia
  • Paula Bittencourt, CFO and Investment Officer, COPASA, Brazil
  • Roger Bailey, Director, San Diego Public Utilities Department
  • Howard Neukrug, Water Commissioner, Philadelphia
 

 

12:30-14:00 Atrio 111
Lunch
13:00 - 14:00
  • NEW  One-2-One Networking - 1st Session
    Espana 1
     

    A new opportunity for 2013 to help you make structured appointments with other delegates of your choice. No more ‘not being able to find’ the person you want to meet, because now you can arrange it all beforehand and we make it happen. Promote your profile, see the list of registered delegates and request your One-2-One meetings - over 100 meetings already requested! Book your place at the Summit now and get started straightaway.

  • GWI market research team - Briefing
    Espana 3
    GWI’s market research team presents the findings from their new report Global Water Market 2014: meeting the world's water and wastewater needs until 2018. Updated, rewritten and expanded it is an essential tool for planning your business strategy over the next five years. The team will explain the trends and opportunities and will answer your questions. There's a pre-publication discount available - saving £375 / $ 655 - before 31st March.
14:00 - 15:30 Strands
  • Desalination Technology
    Espana 5
     

    New Directions in Desalination

    Membranes have been the most significant technological innovation in the water industry in the past 50 years. They have revolutionised the separations process across the board from desalination to wastewater treatment – but there is still a lot more potential as new challenges arise. Where will the next membrane revolution come from: Forward osmosis? Ceramic nanofiltration and reverse osmosis? Low pressure membranes? 

    • Desalination and the future of the membrane market
    • The future of forward osmosis
    • Membrane technology in the oil and gas industry
    • Is low salinity water the next big membrane application?
    • Nanomaterials and membrane technology

    Chaired by Erik Roesink, Professor, Advanced Membranes for Aqueous Applications, University of Twente, with Eric Hoek, Professor, Civil & Environmental Engineering, UCLA, Thomas Altmann, Executive Vice President, ILF, and other panellists tbc

     

  • Water Leadership
    Sevilla 3 & 4
     

    Water Leaders Workshop:  Delivering Change

    The time is right to refocus the dialogue in the water sector towards practical action and solutions. A process is needed to convene leaders in the industry and facilitate the creation of real, on-the-ground initiatives to transform the water sector. The Global Water Leaders Group will initiate the process during this workshop session.
    Introduced by William Muhairwe, Executive Director, The Global Water Leaders Group, with Usha Rao Monari, Director, Sustainable Business Advisory Department, International Financing Corporation, and Martin Stutchey, Director and Head of Water and Waste, McKinsey & Company. Discussion participants include Taqsem Khan, Managing Director, Dhaka WASA, Bangladesh, Chew Men Leong, CEO Public Utitlies Board, Singapore, Jaime Baptiste, President, Entidade Reguladora dos Servicos de Aguas e Residuos ERSAR, Portugal, Howard Neukrug, Water Commissioner and CEO, City of Philadelphia, Misbahuddin Farid, Managing Director, Karachi Water and Sewerage Board, Pakistan, Hussain Abdulhussain, CEO, Haya Water, Oman, His Excellency Adel Mohammad Al-Roumi, President, Partnerships Technical Bureau, Kuwait, His Excellency Shaikh Nawaf bin Ebrahim Al Khalifa, CEO, Electricity and Water Authority, Bahrain, Roelof Kruize, CEO, Waternet, Netherlands, Roger Bailey, Director of Public Utilites, San Diego, USA and Shayo Holloway, General Managing Director, Lagos Water Corporation, Nigeria.
     

     

  • Latin America
    Sevilla 1
     

    Accelerating Change

    Water leaders from around Latin America discuss the challenge of closing the infrastructure gap in Latin America’s high growth economies. The discussion will cover topics including: What are the main obstacles to a modern efficient water and wastewater service in your country? What do you see as the main solutions? What do you think has been done well in your country that other countries could learn from? What kind of support do you look for from the rest of the world? Is it realistic that you will achieve it? Chaired by Luis Castilla, Chairman, Acciona SA, with Patricio Matiz Vega, General Director, Aguas de Antofagasta, Yesenia Calderon Solano, Executive President, Institute for Aquaducts & Sewers, Costa Rica, Guillermo Scarcella, President, Buenos Aires Water Company, and other speakers tbc.

  • Corporate Water Risk
    Sevilla 2
     

    The Future of Water Risk Measurement and Management

    Increasingly, shareholders are wanting to take a view on the extent to which the companies in which they invest are exposed to water risk. It is a reporting challenge: water risk is hard to identify and even more difficult to quantify.  But one bank is already committed to water risk disclosure initiatives so how do we put a value on water related risks and compare them between companies?
    Chaired by Will Sarni, Director and Practice Leader, Enterprise Water Strategy, Deloitte Consulting, with Johann Clere, Environmental Strategy Officer, Veolia Water, Cate Lamb, Head of Water, Carbon Disclosure Project tbc, Brooke Barton, Director, Water Program, Ceres, Michael Corkery, CO-Engineering/Sevices/Water Management, Nestle, Joe Rozza, Global Water Resource Sustainability Manager, Coca-Cola and Ron Bohlmeijer, Specialist Water, Heineken Supply Chain.
15:30-16:00
Refreshments
16:00-17:30
  • The Water Technology Idol
    Espana 5
     

    Four companies with early stage technologies that could change the future of water make their claim to be the Water Technology Idol for 2013. A panel of expert judges will ask the tough questions before our audience votes for the winner. The Water Technology of the Year award will be presented by President Vicente Fox at the Global Water Awards dinner (19:30 this evening). Chaired by Tom Pankratz, Editor of the Water Desalination Report (WDR), with judges John Tonner, Chief Operating Officer, Consolidated Water and Lydia Whyatt, Managing Director, Four Winds Capital.

    The contenders are:
    Carrier Gas Extraction (CGE)
    Polymeric-ceramic Membrane
    Low-temperature Distiller
    Membrane Integrity Sensor (MIS)

    Following each presentation, an expert panel will ask participants follow-up questions on their technology and its commercialization plans, after which a live audience vote will select this year’s Technology Idol. President Vicente Fox will present the award at the evening’s Awards Dinner.

    In conjunction with Technology Idol, a mini-exhibition will be held to introduce a hand-picked selection of the Top Twenty Technology Innovations in water treatment technology. The format is intended to provide a better opportunity for delegates to evaluate new ideas and investment or partnership opportunities with participants.

    Live Voting

  • Smart Water and Smart Cities
    Sevilla 3 & 4
     

    Cities need to be competitive while developing sustainably. The key to this is the smart city – one which brings together social and environmental liveability with networked data and communication. Water services need to come out from underground and establish themselves at the heart of a smart city strategy. In this session we hear about different ways in which smarter water can make for a smarter city.  Chaired by Booky Oren, President & CEO, Global Water Partnership, with Jane Pagel, President and CEO, Ontario Clean Water Agency (OCWA), Shaun Cox, Managing Director, Melbourne Water, Trevor Hill, President and CEO, Global Water Resources, Howard Neukrug, Water Commissioner, Philadelphia, George Hawkins, General Manager, DC Water, Guillermo Scarcella, President, Buenos Aires Water Company,  and other speakers to be confirmed.

  • Financial models for the future
    Sevilla 1
     

    The biggest challenge facing water utilities in Latin America is the tension between the need for investment in water infrastructure and the lack of willingness to pay cost recovery prices for water services. Which models work?  Invited panel includes Rossina Manche, General Manager, SEDAPAL, Othon Zevallos Manche, Director General of Water and Sanitation, Quito Metropolitan District, Ernesto Zaldivar, Project Manager, ProInversion, Paula Bittencourt, CFO and Iinvestment Officer, COPASA, Yesenia Calderon Solano, Executive President, Institute for Aquaducts & Sewers, Costa Rica, and other speakers to be confirmed. 

     

  • Corporate Water Stewardship in 2013
    Sevilla 2

    Financial pressures on the corporate sector are rising, but at the same time the risks associated with the water cycle are becoming more acute. Corporations need to find ever more creative ways of promoting water sustainability that address the real issues as cost effectively as they can. In this session six companies present initiatives undertaken during 2012 which showed the most inspired approach to Water Stewardship during the year. After questions from our expert judging panel the audience votes on the winner of the Water Stewardship award to be presented during the Global Water Awards gala dinner.

    The judging panel includes: Martijn Kruisweg, Head of Eco-Efficiency and Sustainable Growth, Eco-Efficiency Programmes, AkzoNobel Sustainability, Piet Klop, Senior Investment Advisor, PGGM, Laurent Auguste, Managing Director Americas, Veolia Water.
    Live Voting
19:00-23:30 Coaches leave from the hotel main entrance 18:30 sharp
The Global Water Awards - Ceremony and Gala Dinner

Each year, the coveted Global Water Awards acknowledge the most important achievements in the international water industry, voted for by readers of Global Water Intelligence (GWI) magazine and the Water Desalination Report (WDR), and members of the International Desalination Association (IDA) and the International Private Water Association (IPWA). Final votes for the utility performer of the year will be cast by the audience tonight.

Our Guest of Honour for this evening’s ceremony is Vicente Fox, former President of Mexico and CEO of Coca-Cola Latin America. His story is inspirational: from truck-driver to business leader, Fox’s astonishing private sector career was surpassed later in public office as he played a vital role in Mexico’s democratization, and in strengthening the country’s economy. During his Presidency, he succeeded in controlling inflation and interest rates, and achieved the lowest unemployment rate in all of Latin America. After his speech President Fox will present the Global Water Awards trophies to the winners and runners-up. For further details about the Awards see www.globalwaterawards.com.

Coaches will leave for the Awards night venue, the nearby Pabellon de la Navegacion, at 18:30 prompt.

Live-voting

Day 2, Tuesday April 23rd | Global Water Summit 2013 | Seville, Spain

08:30 - 09:30
  • NEW One-2-One Networking - 2nd Session
    Espana 1

    A second structured opportunity for pre-arranged individual meetings with other delegates of your choice. Promote your profile, see who else is attending and request your One-2-One meetings. Over 100 meetings have already been requested! Book your place at the Summit and get going straightaway.

  • GWI market research team - Briefing
    Espana 3
     
    GWI’s market research team presents the findings from their new report Global Water Market 2014: meeting the world's water and wastewater needs until 2018. Updated, rewritten and expanded it is an essential tool for planning your business strategy over the next five years. The team will explain the trends and opportunities and answer your questions. There's a pre-publication discount available - saving £375 / $655 - before 31st March.
09:30 - 10:30
  • Big Ideas
    Sevilla 2
     

    What are the big ideas which are changing the shape of the water sector today?

    Zero: John Elkington, Volans.
    Back in 1994 John Elkington coined the phrase, “The Triple Bottom Line”, defining corporate sustainability in terms of social, environmental as well as financial profitability. Zero is his next big idea: how can we build an economy with zero impact on the planet. Water is going to play a big role in it.
    With Jean-Louis Chaussade, Director General, Suez Environnement, George Hawkins, General Manager, DC Water, Washington, and other speakers to be confirmed.
     

  • Water and the Natural Resources Industry in Latin America
    Sevilla 1
     

    Latin America’s natural resources industry has found itself in conflict with its water services sector in the past. However, higher environmental standards and greater political awareness of environmental issues in granting licences has prompted a revolution in the way water is managed by mining and oil companies. Are there benefits from still closer cooperation between the water sector and the municipal sector?

    With Roberto de Andraca,  Chairman, and Jose Gonzales, Copiaco Project Manager, CAP, Chile, Jose de Pierola, Water Resources Manager, Copper Corporation, Peru, and other speakers to be confirmed.
10:30-11:00
Refreshments
11:00 - 12:30
  • The Water-Energy Nexus
    Sevilla 1
     

    The solar power industry is developing rapidly across the Middle East and North Africa, as governments look to exploit their natural advantages and reduce their domestic fossil fuel consumption. Solar desalination can potentially play an important role in this revolution, both because water production represents such a significant portion of electricity demand, and because water can provide an alternative form of energy storage.
    Chaired by Carlos Cosin, CEO, Abengoa Water with Julia Bucknall, Water Anchor, World Bank, Miguel Angel Rivas, Product Manager, Energy, Sulzer, Julian Blanco Galves, Head of Environmental Applications of Solar Energy, Plataforma Solar de Almeria, Jim McDaniel, Senior Assistant General Manager for Water, LA Water, Jackson Robinson, Partner, Brown Advisory, and Alexander Ritschel, Technology Manager New Ventures, Masdar.

    NB: There is an opportunity to visit the world’s largest concentrated solar power plant at 16:00 today.

  • The Partnerships Imperative
    Sevilla 2
     

    Can corporations create a win-win world of water?
    Businesses often face water constraints brought about by the negative public perception of the profit-motive. But water constraints limit operations – and limited business activity will ultimately hurt the economic health of the very communities in which business operates and provides employment. Partnerships across local business and communities are now key: both sides can serve their own interests best when they see beyond the fenceline and find a common ground for making the most out of their shared water resource. We’ll hear success stories from companies and communities that have created some unique local partnerships.

    Chaired by Jan Dell, Vice President, Energy, Water and Facilities Division, CH2MHill Water Match, with Marco Kutulas Peet, General Manager, Aguas de Antofagasta, Jean-Louis Merveille, Head of Sustainability, Vallourec, Tom Cooper, Head of Corporate Water, Intel, Alister Wyness, Group Water Expert, BP International, Meg Garakani, Corporate Environmental Manager, Holcim, and other speakers tbc from industry and municipal wastewater reuse.
12:30 - 14:00 Atrio 111
Lunch
14:00-15:30 Sevilla 3 & 4
The Future of Water Risk

In 20 years time will we have managed water risk in our communities, businesses and environment, or through our inaction will the issue simply be 20 times greater than it is today? And if we are to be successful in managing our water risk, what actions do we have to undertake now? A panel of thinkers representing the various stake holders discuss the challenge.

His Excellency Mohammed Al Saud, Deputy Minister, Ministry of Electricity and Water, Saudi Arabia, Mihir Shah, Head of Water Resources, Rural Development and Decentralised Government, India, Stuart Orr, Freshwater Manager, World Wildlife Fund International, Piet Klop, Senior Investment Advisor, PGGM, Stewart Lindsay, Director Corporate Affairs, Bunge Ltd, and other speakers to be confirmed.

15:30-16:00 Galeria
Conference close, with light refreshments
16:00 prompt main entrance
Depart homewards or take the site visits

Two separate organised visits to:

Abengoa’s Solucar Complex is the largest solar project in Europe. Located just outside of Sanlúcar la Mayor, Seville, this solar thermal and photovoltaic installation complex currently has 183 MW in operation. The Complex supplies clean electricity to approximately 94,000 households, while eliminating 114,000 tons of CO2 emissions each year.

 

 

 

 

EMASESA´s La Ranilla STP has a design flow of 90,000 m3/d and treats the wastewater generated in the eastern area of Seville and its industrial zone. Designed, financed and built under a BOT transaction by a consortium led by Spanish company aqualia, the plant will also be operated by aqualia for a 13 year period. The installation is the property of EMASESA, the municipal water company of the city of Seville, and includes a tertiary treatment facility to provide treated effluent for a golf course.

The plant was designed fully covered to avoid both the acoustic and visual impact, and to eliminate odor nuisances.

Transport by coach will be provided, returning to the hotel. These will be a popular excursions so please reserve your seats. Contact acheetham@globalwaterintel.com

Speakers