Today we would like to announce our agenda updates for our Water 2.0-Water Management & Nano Energy Summit, November 13-14^th at Rice University’s Shell Auditorium in Houston, TX.

DAY 1 – Water 2.0 – Water Management Conference
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 2013
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8:40-8:45 Opening Remarks
– Vincent Caprio, Conference Chairman, WIAF Founder
– Jordan Lane Gilmore, President, Lane Group LLC

8:45 -9:00  Water 2.0 – Water Management Overview
Alan Hinchman, Global Marketing Director-Infrastructure, GE Intelligent Platforms

9:00-9:30  Keynote
Ralph Exton, Chief Marketing Officer, Water & Process Technologies, GE Power & Water

9:30-10:00  Keynote
Amanda Brock, CEO, Water Standard

10:00-10:30  Keynote
Paul J. Galeski, CEO & Founder, MAVERICK Technologies

10:30-11:00  Kyle Reissner, Senior Marketing Manager Automation Software, GE Intelligent Platforms

11:00-11:30  Keynote
Dr. James M. Tour, TT & WF Chao Prof of Chemistry; Prof of Computer Science, Mechanical Engineering & Materials Science, Rice University; Smalley Institute for Nanoscale Science & Technology

11:30-12:00  Michael Deane, Executive Director, National Association of Water Companies (NAWC)

12:00-1:00  Lunch & Networking

1:00-1:30  Keynote
Jud Hill, Managing Director, NGP Global Adaptation Partners

1:30-2:00  Keynote
Carlos Rojas, Director & Practice Lead for GE Joint GTM Solution Sales, Cisco

2:00-2:30 Keynote: Cutting through the Hype: What’s Really Happening in Oilfield Water Management; Issues and Opportunities
Laura Capper, Founder & President, CAP Resources

2:30-3:00  Erik Hromadka, CEO, Global Water Technologies

3:00-3:30  Qilin Li, Associate Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Rice University

3:30-4:30
– Clifton McCann, Partner, Thompson Hine
– Michael Zimmer, Partner, Thompson Hine
– Gregory Chafee, Partner, Thompson Hine

1. The new P3 opportunities and mandates for fixing America’s water treatment systems
2. The importance of new ideas and technology to get the job done under tight cost constraints
3. Financing tech development projects and the commercial perspective of water deals

6:00-9:00  Reception – Sponsored by GE

GE Oil & Gas
4425 WestWay Park
WestWay III
Customer Application Center
Houston, TX 77041

DAY 2 – Nano Energy Summit
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 2013
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8:25  Opening Remarks
– Vincent Caprio, Conference Chairman, Executive Director, NanoBCA
– Griffith A. Kundahl, Sr. Vice President, Public Policy, NanoBCA

8:30-9:00  Kevin McGovern, Chairman & CEO, The Water Initiative

9:00-9:30  Keynote
Jim Phillips, Chairman/CEO, NanoMech, Inc.

9:30-10:00  Keynote
Don Ewert, IH, VP-Field Services; nanoTox, Inc.Past-Chair; AIHA Nanotechnology Working Group

10:00-11:00  Panel
– Don Ewert
– Allen Gelwick, Executive Vice President, Lockton Companies
– Paul Sarahan, Counsel, Norton Rose Fulbright

11:00-11:30 Keynote: The All of the Above Strategy and Why It Must Be Genuine
The Honorable Charles D. McConnell, Former U.S. Assistant Secretary of Energy; Executive Director, Energy and Environment Initiative (e2i)

11:30-12:00 Dan Bassett, President, Nano-PM

12:00-1:00  Lunch & Networking

1:00-1:30  Governor George F. Allen

1:30-2:00  Vicki L. Colvin, Rice University Vice Provost for Research, Schlumberger Professor of Chemistry, Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering

2:00-2:30  TBD

2:30-3:00 Investment Panel
– William Morris, Founder, Emerging Technology Ventures
– Griffith A. Kundahl, Sr. Vice President, Public Policy, NanoBCA

3:00-4:30  Tour of The Richard E. Smalley Institute for Nanoscale Science & Technology

4:30-6:00 Reception

REGISTER TODAY – $500

HOTEL
Wyndham Houston – Medical Center Hotel & Suites
6800 Main Street
Houston, TX 77030
Tel: 713-577-1235

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or call 713-577-1235 directly to make a reservation by phone.

Room Rates: From $177.00 per night

When making your reservation, please mention “The Water Innovations Alliance Foundation” and give the dates of your stay to book into the room block.
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Looking forward to seeing you in Houston.

Regards,

Vincent Caprio
Executive Director
Water Innovations Alliance Foundation
203-733-1949
vince@waterinnovationsfoundation.org
www.waterinnovations.org
www.vincentcaprio.org