Location: Toronto, ON, Canada
2015 marks the third year for the World Water-Tech North America summit, supported by WaterTAP Ontario. Held Oct. 6 to 8, the summit will focus on city resilience and the future for advanced technologies in strengthening our urban water networks.
Municipalities, private utilities, corporate investors, engineering giants and emerging technology companies will meet in Toronto to discuss new paths to finance and develop smart, connected infrastructure and closed loop resource recovery systems.
More than 50 speakers will address urgent questions facing today’s water industry:
- What does it mean to be a water smart city?
- How can we build better, more liveable cities by fostering innovation?
- What are the most innovative financing models for water projects?
- Where are the most commercial opportunities in energy generation and nutrient recovery?
- Is reuse the key to creating more resilient cities?
- How can the right investor accelerate development and commercialisation?
- What can we learn from partnerships between technology companies and engineering giants?
This year’s speaking faculty includes:
- David L. Sedlak, co-director, Berkeley Water Center, and director, Institute for Environmental Science and Engineering, University of California, Berkeley;
- Cindy Wallis-Lage, president, Global Water Business, Black & Veatch; and
- Vlada Kenniff, managing director, Demand Management + Resiliency, NYC Department of Environmental Protection.
To take a look at the agenda, meet the speakers or to register, visit the conference website.
