Speakers 2022 Archives - Page 8 of 11

Erica Gies, author of Water Always Wins

Erica Gies is an award-winning independent journalist who writes about water, climate change, plants and critters for Scientific American, The New York Times, Nature, The Atlantic, The Guardian, National Geographic, The Economist, Washington Post, bioGraphic, Wired,... Read More

Kimberly Kupiecki, Global Leader, Sustainability, Advocacy and Communications, Dupont Water Solutions

Kimberly Kupiecki is the Global Leader, Sustainability, Advocacy and Communications for Dupont Water Solutions. In this role, she is responsible for all business communications, developing and implementing sustainability programs and advocacy programs to drive... Read More

Tom Ferguson, Managing Partner, Burnt Island Ventures

Tom is the Managing Partner of Burnt Island Ventures, a specialist early stage venture fund for the $900bn water sector. A new generation of technologies & services are emerging to meet society’s water needs, and they need informed early capital to build the... Read More

Annyse Balkwill, PEng, Founder, The LuminUS Group

Annyse works with organizations to build community through meaningful conversations. She focuses on coaching and teaching leaders both the mindsets and skillsets required to nourish an environment where people can thrive, co-create, share wisdom and have important... Read More

Paul Hawken, Renowned environmentalist, entrepreneur and bestselling author

Paul Hawken, one of the most important environmental authors, activists, thinkers and entrepreneurs of our era, has dedicated his life to sustainability and changing the relationship between business and the environment. His many bestselling books include such... Read More

Gigi Karmous-Edwards, CEO, Karmous-Edwards Consulting

Gigi Karmous-Edwards has spent the majority of her 25+ year career on state-of-the-art digital technologies, including IoT, big data, data analytics, control and automation, and most recently Digital Twin technology for the water sector. She is the founder and... Read More

Wade Davis: A Rare Combination of Scientist, Scholar, Poet and Passionate Defender of all of Life’s Diversity

Wade Davis is an Explorer-in-Residence at the National Geographic Society. Named by the NGS as one of the Explorers for the Millennium, he has been described as “a rare combination of scientist, scholar, poet and passionate defender of all of life’s diversity.” In... Read More

Snehal A. Desai, Executive Vice President, Evoqua Water Technologies

As Executive Vice President and Chief Growth & Sustainability Officer, Snehal Desai is responsible for driving strategic and operational initiatives to accelerate Evoqua’s growth. Snehal oversees Corporate Strategy, M&A, Technology & Innovation,... Read More

Sivan Zamir, Vice President, Xylem Innovation Labs

Sivan Zamir, is Vice President, Xylem Innovation Labs’ global team that investigates new technologies that are at the cutting-edge of creating a water-secure world. Prior to joining Xylem, Sivan was a construction manager on large commercial construction... Read More

Jon Liberzon, Vice President, Tomorrow Water (BKT),

Jon Liberzon is Vice President at Tomorrow Water (BKT), a California-based technology developer. He spearheads commercialization and business development for a portfolio of new, paradigm-shifting treatment technologies ranging from high-rate bio-filtration and... Read More

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