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Co-Chairmen:

Chief Commercial Officer

Dorot Control Valves

Founder & CEO

Keynote Speakers

Minister of Economy and Industry

Ministry of Economy and Industry

Dr. Yuval Steinitz

Minister of Energy

Ministry of Energy

Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat

Minister of Jal Shakti

Ministry of Jal Shakti

15th Administrator

United States Environmental Protection Agency

Governor Gretchen Whitmer

Governor of Michigan

Dr. Andrew Benedek

Founder & CEO

Zenon Environmental Inc.

Chairman

Israel Export Institute

Dr. Ami Appelbaum

Chief Scientist and Chairman of the Board

Israel Innovation Authority

Prof. Jay Famiglietti

Director

Global Institute for Water Security-University of Saskatchewan in Saskatoon, Canada

Global Manager

Richard Harasick

Head of the Water System

Water System for the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP)

Chief Operating Officer

LA Sanitation and Environment

Founder & CEO

Moderators

CEO

Head of the water Security and Emergency Division

Water Authority

Senior Vice President

SUEZ Water Technologies & Solutions

CEO

Meniv Rishon Ltd.

Head of Energy, Sustainability & Infrastructure

Israel Innovation Authority

Program Manager

Director of Emerging Markets and Development Finance Department

Israel's Ministry of Economy

Rouska Nikolaev

VP of Engineering and Operations

Prof. Glenn Yago

Senior Director

Milken Innovation Center-Jerusalem Institute and Hebrew University of Jerusalem School of Business

Yitsik Marmelshtein

Head of Infrastructure and PPP Projects Unit

Ministry of Finance

Director

Tal Ya

Chairman and CEO

Booky Oren Global Water Technologies

General Partner

Israel-Colorado Innovation Fund

Dr. Vadim Malkov

Principal, Product Applications Manager

Ambassador (Ret) Ram Aviram

BIT–Consultancy

Dr. Sharon B. Megdal

Director

University of Arizona Water Resources Research Center

Former Chairman

California Water Board

Chief of Staff

Panelists

EVP Sales & Business Development

Deputy Director Manager, Head of Israel Hydrological Servic

Israel Water Authority

Co-author of “Start-Up Nation: The Story of Israel’s Economic Miracle”

Liat Leibovitz, CPA

CEO

Raanana's Water Company Ltd.

CEO & Founder

Viridix

Head of hardware development

CSO

CEO

Head of the Research and Innovation Office

SEDAPAL (Water Utility in Lima, Perú)

Secretary, Command Area Development,

Government of Maharashtra

CEO

Mashtela Fund

Founder & Executive Chairman

The Water Rising Institute

Founder and President

Sunrise Financial Group Inc.

Marketing Director

Ricardo Gilead Baibich

CTO

President

UET - Recycling Industrial Water LTD

Konstantinos Vougiouklakis

Executive Director

Senior Consultant to the Committee on Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials

California State Assembly

Director and Vice President

El Toro Water District

Shri. K. P. Bakshi

Chairman

Rasik Madanlal Chauhan

Secretary

Shri. Vinodkumar J.Tiwari

Member

Shri. Vinay Kulkarni

Member

Dr. Shivaji Trimbakrao Sangle

Principal Secretary

Chief, Water and Sanitation Division

Inter-American Development Bank

Dimitris G. Mitsainas

Presales Manager

Shira Greenberg-Gelbwaser

Chief Economist

Ministry of Finance

Isabel Escaler Puigoriol

Technology Strategy and Knowledge Management Director

Alexandre Gali Serra

Technology Strategy Manager

Deputy Director of planning Department

Vietnam National Textile and Garment Group (VINATEX)

Head of Economic Policy

Ministry of Environmental Protection

Director of Technology, Enterprise and Environment

CTO

Vinod Ramachandran

Global Open Innovation Leader

General Manager, Innovation and Ventures

Principal Secretary, Urban Development

GoK

CEO

Vietnam National Textile and Garment Group (VINATEX)

Water Resources Engineer

Patrick Turnbull

Environmental Services Director

Montgomery County

V.P Business Development and Strategy

Mercedes Castro

Co-Founder & Manager

Agualimpia NGO, Peru

Global Partnerships Coordinator and Asia Water Resources Specialist

Product Manager for Smart Water

Dorot Management Control Valves

Senior Research Officer

National Civil Engineering Laboratory of Portugal

Director

Secretary General

Global Water Leaders Group

VP Sales

Aquarius Spectrum

VP Digital

CTO

Global Marketing Manager

Michelle Moskowitz

Director of Advocacy and Institutional Relations

Chief of Staff & Investment Manager

New Energy Nexus & CalCEF Ventures

Research Director

Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab)

Manager of the Water Sector

Israel Export Institute

Dr. John Barton

Principal Engineer

Metropolitan Sewer District of Greater Cincinnati

Regional Sales Manger

Ing. Stanislav Hreha

General Director and Chairman of the Board of Directors

East Slovak Water Company a.s

VP Strategic Sales

Jason Gillespie

Managing Director

Maryland Environmental Service

CEO and Chairman

Maryland Environmental Service

Marketing Manager

Dr. Joseph Siaw Agyepong

Founder & Executive Chairman

Jospong Group of Companies, Ghana

Founder & CEO

Illitary-AWS consulting Ltd.

Director of Marketing

Hon. Cecilia Abena Dapaah

Minister of Sanitation and Water Resources

Ministry of Sanitation and Water Resources, Ghana

Smart solutions Senior Manager

Talis Group (Raphael)

CEO

Dr. Doron Markel

Chief Scientist

CEO

Mapal Green Energy

Founder & President

Topco Control and Automation Ltd.

Advisor

Vice President R&D

Amiad Water Systems

Founder & Director

Atlantean Media

Co-Founder and CEO

Head of Business Development

Co-CEO

Curapipe System Ltd.

Environmental Program Manager

Libra Ingenieros Civiles

CEO

Aquarius Spectrum

Principal, Global Water Industry

CEO

Dorot Management Control Valves

CEO

Ayala Water & Ecology Ltd

General Counsel

Southern Nevada Water Authority

Sergio Avila Ceceña

Director

State of Sonora Water Commission

Laura Tegethoff

President

VP & Managing Director

Senior Deputy Director General – RSDS Project

Ministry of Regional Cooperation

Maarten ter Keurst

Director of Investments

CEO

Reali Technologies Ltd.

Gigi Karmous-Edwards

President

Karmous-Edwards Digital Consulting

General Manager

Nob Hill Water Association

Client Services Manager

President & Executive Director

Cleveland Water Alliance

Head of Water Technology Program

Standards Institution of Israel