Hosted by Columbia Water Center and Sciens Water, join us at the Rethinking Water Conference 2023, where finance, academia, government and industry meet to find solutions to the most pressing water challenges in the United States.
From c-suite executives and environmental stewards to government organizations, industry leaders, and academic professionals, our conference is a hub of expertise and innovation. With a focus on aging infrastructure and evolving regulations, we will explore how funding can be effectively applied to achieve sustainable solutions. We'll discuss implementable strategies such as water recycling/reuse, consolidation, accelerating federal funding, leveraging private investment, and more. Engage in targeted breakouts, providing valuable opportunities to connect and share perspectives with fellow participants.
Don't miss this chance to be part of the solution to the U.S. water crisis. Join us at the Rethinking Water Conference 2023 and make a difference!
From c-suite executives and environmental stewards to government organizations, industry leaders, and academic professionals, our conference is a hub of expertise and innovation. With a focus on aging infrastructure and evolving regulations, we will explore how funding can be effectively applied to achieve sustainable solutions. We'll discuss implementable strategies such as water recycling/reuse, consolidation, accelerating federal funding, leveraging private investment, and more. Engage in targeted breakouts, providing valuable opportunities to connect and share perspectives with fellow participants.
Don't miss this chance to be part of the solution to the U.S. water crisis. Join us at the Rethinking Water Conference 2023 and make a difference!
Location
The Forum
605 W 125th Street, New York, NY
605 W 125th Street, New York, NY
Date & Time
September 19, 2023, 9:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Rethinking Water 2023
The 2022 iteration of the Rethinking Water Conference brought together more than 500 participants both in-person and virtually to discuss key challenges and opportunities for collaboration in the water space. We're building on those conversations to further solutions in 2023, and looking to make the water crisis as solvable as a Rubik's cube.
Join the conversation and be part of the solution.
Join the conversation and be part of the solution.
Main Stage Draft Programming
INFRASTRUCTURE
Closing the Loop: Advancing Water Reuse Solutions
Closing the Loop: Advancing Water Reuse Solutions
Reuse is at the forefront of water technologies, more important than ever with drought sweeping the United States. In a conversation led by the conference organizers, we will bring together government officials and industry operators to talk about best practices, barriers and hopes for the future.
FINANCE & GOVERNMENT
Collaboration through Public, Private and Philanthropic Funding
Collaboration through Public, Private and Philanthropic Funding
Updates to water infrastructure do not occur in a void. It is necessary to have cross sector collaboration whether for funding, political support, labor, or simply ideas. On the main stage, these speakers will discuss the different avenues they prefer for collaboration as well as the new mechanism coming to light to make accessing funding simpler.
DIGITAL
Leveraging Frontier Technologies and Information Platforms: High and Low Tech
Leveraging Frontier Technologies and Information Platforms: High and Low Tech
The Internet of Things is spreading throughout all sectors of globalization, why should it not extend to water? From water meters in homes to river flow predictions, this technology ranges from high to low complexity and thus can be applied in a wide range of ways. This panel will discuss their plans to implement smart water technologies across their range of sectors and the considerations that come with those decisions.
M&A
The Need for Consolidation & Organization: A Case Study in the US Wastewater Treatment Sector
The Need for Consolidation & Organization: A Case Study in the US Wastewater Treatment Sector
Due to profound fragmentation, water scarcity, increasing discharge standards, and degraded infrastructure , there exists a unique and imminent need to organize and build a national wastewater treatment and water re-use platform. Considering the magnitude of the challenge and opportunity, an interdisciplinary approach including private capital is necessary. In this session, we will frame the problem, discuss the role of private capital, and showcase a relevant example of a company that is building such a platform.
BROAD SCOPE
Water Outside Utilities
Water Outside Utilities
Water percolates its way into every aspect of life. With real estate developments being halted in Arizona to farmers needing to change their ways of life along the Colorado River, the changing climate ensures everyone is thinking about this precious resource. This panel seeks to explore the ties and impacts of water outside of the industrial utility sector to see what solutions must be brought to the foreground.
Other Programming
EXPERIENTIAL EVENTS
1. Media Center with Antoine Walter [All Day]
2. Water Career Fair and Scholarship Showcase [3-5pm]
3. I Am Water Sculpture [All Day]
4. MRCTI Research Surveys – visual displays
5. Water Sommelier [All Day]
6. VIP Cocktail Party
ROUNDTABLE EVENTS
1. How does the media cover water?
2. Rethinking Women in Water: Data Presentation and Facilitated Collaborative Dialogue
3. PFAS breakout
esteemed guests & panelists
Featured here are just some of the professionals featured at our conference. We have been intentional to invite speakers from across the water space: academics, operators, industry professionals, financiers, investors, government officials, non-profit representatives and media correspondents.
Peter Gleick
author of
the three ages of water
the three ages of water
Aaron Tartakovsky
co-founder & Ceo of epic cleantec
Radhika Fox
assistant administrator
for epa's
office of water
for epa's
office of water
Kendra Morris
Northeast president of veolia
Austin Alexander
Vice President of Sustainability and Social Impact at Xylem
Milin Patel
WATER CONSULTANT AND WATER SOMMELIER
Theron Smith
mayor of new roads, louisiana
Michael Deane
chief of clean water state revolving fund
Seth M. Siegel
Best selling author of troubled Water and Let there be water
Debra Coy
Principal, svanda & Coy COnsulting
Alexander Loucopoulos
partner, sciens water
Upmanu Lall
FOUNDING DIRECTOR OF THE
COLUMBIA WATER CENTER
COLUMBIA WATER CENTER
Mitch Reynolds
mayor of la crosse, wisconsin
Antoine Walter
creative director at dww media, senior business development manager for water & lithium at gf piping systems
Tom Rooney
operating partner, sciens
Julie Waechter
cpo & interim co-ceo of dig Deep
Dr. Sarah Kapnick
NOAA Chief Scientist
Emma Dannemiller
ENOWA WATER, HEAD OF PROGRAM MANAGEMENT, SUSTAINABILITY AND RISK
Amy Barnes
Head of climate & sustainability at marsh
Alex Buehler
president & ceo of integrated water services
Janice Beecher
PROFESSOR & DIRECTOR OF MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC UTILITIES
J. Carl Ganter
Managing director of circle of blue, CEO at vector center
Damian Georgino
PARTNER AT WOMBLE BOND DICKINSON
James Rees
CHIEF IMPACT OFFICER OF BOTANICAL WATER TECHNOLOGIES
Mae Stevens
Senior vice president of waterinfrastructure at banner public affairs
Matt Stuyvenberg
vice president of software and water quality at badger meter
Kim Nelson
chief operating officer of true elements
Laureline Josset
associate research scientist at columbia water center
William C. Becker
vice president at hazen and sawyer, adjust professor at columbia university
Jorge Richardson
FOUNDER & CEO OF HOPE HYDRATION
Tanja Andrejasic Wechsler
creator and Chief executive officer of I AM WATER
FOUNDER OF OUR HUMANITY MATTERS
FOUNDER OF OUR HUMANITY MATTERS
Paulina Concha Larrauri
program manager at microsoft
Hosts
Together, Sciens and Columbia have put the
Rethinking Water Conference on for four consecutive years.
Rethinking Water Conference on for four consecutive years.
Sponsors
Tuesday, September 19th 2023