Speaker:
David Henderson, Managing Director, XPV Capital

Against the backdrop of venture investments trends in water is the steady shift from a linear water use paradigm to one that is more sustainable. The Cleantech Group's water practice presents its findings of the most promising water upstarts and their current and potential impact on water users across various industries and water suppliers across the globe. This presentation answers fundamental questions about the promise of innovation on our water resources and addresses the opportunities and challenges ahead for new market entrants.

Speaker:

Sheeraz Haji, President and CEO, The Cleantech Group

How can commercialization programs be practically designed to stimulate water innovation, create green jobs and protect both the public good and the environment? A panel of leading industry experts will present and discuss their ideas on how they are trying to positively change the dynamics of the water industry.

Moderator:

Nicholas Parker, Chairman, The Cleantech Group

Panelists:

Sally Gutierrez, Director, National Risk Management Research Laboratory, Environmental Protection Agency

Wei Sheng Lee, Regional Director, Americas, Singapore Economic Development Board, Singapore

Booky Oren, Chairman and CEO of Booky Oren, Global Water Technologies, Chairman of WATEC Israel

Aleid Diepeveen, Director - Innovation Program in Water Technology, The Netherlands Water Partnership

Water truly does permeate through all industries and impacts everything we eat and use. However, some industries such as oil and gas, food and beverage, mining and agriculture are more exposed then others when it comes to water usage and requirements that are having a major impact on both their present and future. Sector-specific experts will discuss the key water challenges and opportunities that are now present within these industries.

Moderator:

Rengarajan Ramesh, Managing Director, Wasserstein & Co.

Panelists:

Vikram Rao, Executive Director, Research Triangle Energy Consortium

Hu Fleming, Global Director, Hatch Water

John Burns, Global Food & Beverage Industry Market Director, GE Water & Process Technologies

Four innovative emerging companies will be selected from the Artemis Project Top 50 water companies to give a short presentation on their company and the water opportunity they are pursuing. After each brief presentation the panel of experts will then challenge the presenter with comments and questions.

Presenting Artemis Project Top 50 Companies (in presenting order):

• evandtec (www.evandtec.com)
  
  evandtec, a cleantech industry leader, provides proven, reliable solutions for maximizing energy and water efficiencies while minimizing environmental impacts of cooling towers. The company enables commercial, institutional and industrial customers to drive down their energy costs through a clean, comprehensive water conditioning system that delivers consistent, measurable results.
  
  
• Aquarius Technologies Inc. (www.aquariustechnologies.com)
  
  Aquarius Technologies Inc. designs and manufactures biological wastewater treatment equipment for municipalities and industries in need of a superior solution for their secondary wastewater treatment challenges and obligations.
  
  The post-development revenue stage company can custom design new or retrofit existing systems serving a wide range of customers. The Aquarius MSABP process is a virtually sludge-less solution. Instead of just reducing sludge, Aquarius’ proprietary process can actually prevent its generation, thereby significantly reducing the capital and operating costs associated with treating most wastewaters. The breakthrough is the nearly complete reduction of waste biological sludge along with reduced energy consumption and simple operation.
  
  
• SCFI Group Ltd. (www.scfi.eu)
  
  SCFI Group Limited own the patented AquaCritox technology which is the only technology capable of processing wet waste (sewage sludge, pharma waste, oil & gas waste, metals recovery) without the need to evaporate water, thereby providing full destruction without any hazardous bi products, while simultaneously generating renewable energy.
  
  
• Emefcy Ltd. (www.emefcy.com)
  
  Emefcy's Electrogenic Bio-Reactor (EBR) revolutionizes the economics of wastewater treatment.  We liberate energy from wastewater while making clean water, instead of burning precious energy to treat wastewater. This is good business and good environmental policy, without subsidies. Conventional wastewater treatment uses 2% of the global power (80,000 MW and 57,000,000 ton per year of CO2), amounting to $40B/year. Rather than using energy to treat wastewater, Emefcy harvests green electricity directly from the wastewater and feeds it to the grid. The total potential carbon footprint reduction of Emefcy's EBR's technology is 76 million tons per year of CO2. Emefcy believes that good return on investment can be achieved while simultaneously making a better world.

Moderator:

Laura Shenkar, Principal, The Artemis Project

Panelists:

Thomas Rooney, President and CEO, Energy Recovery Inc.

Alois Flatz, Managing Partner, zouk ventures limited

Hank Habicht, Managing Director, Sail Venture Partners

The world will face a multi-trillion dollar funding gap due to the challenges associated with aging water infrastructure and a rapidly growing freshwater supply demand imbalance. Access to capital will be critical to support the innovation needed to bridge this gap. A panel of expert water investors will share their views on how we might address and fund this challenge.

Moderator:

Scott MacDonald, Partner, Emerald Technology Ventures

Panelists:

Amol Deshpande, Partner, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers
Usha Rao-Monari, Global Head of Water, Infrastructure and Natural Resources, International Finance Corporation
Assaf Barnea, CEO, Kinrot Ventures
Lydia Whyatt, Managing Director, Aqua Resources Fund

There will be two sets of highly interactive 25 minute sessions that will enable the delegates to meet in small groups and discuss important water industry topics and issues. Each roundtable will be moderated by an industry leader.

Innovation is being generated throughout the supply chain from the large technology system and component providers to the private and public end users. A panel consisting of these innovation catalysts will discuss some of the strategies and programs they are undertaking to accelerate the adoption of innovation in the sector.

Moderator:

Vicky Sharpe, President and CEO, Sustainable Development Technology Canada

Panelists:

Laurent Auguste, President and CEO, Veolia Water Americas

Jane Pagel, President and CEO, Ontario Clean Water Agency

Steve Watzeck, Chief Marketing Officer, GE Water & Process Technologies

Guests will be invited to experience Water - The Exhibit. Developed by the American Museum of Natural History in New York with enhanced Canadian content by The ROM, this feature exhibit explores the scientific and cultural importance of water on an international scale.

http://www.rom.on.ca/water/exhibition/

Wednesday, May 18th, 2011

The panel includes some of the most successful entrepreneurs in the water industry who have created billions of dollars in shareholder value. These leaders have previously taken small companies and built them into global businesses whose solutions are sought after around the world.

Moderator:
John Coburn, Managing Director, XPV Capital

Panelists:

Andrew Benedek, Chief Executive Director, UTS Bioenergy

Andy Seidel, President and CEO, Underground Solutions Inc.

Hank Vander Laan, Founder and Senior Advisor, Trojan Technologies

Four innovative emerging companies will be selected from the Artemis Project Top 50 water companies to give a short presentation on their company and the water opportunity they are pursuing. After each brief presentation the panel of experts will then challenge the presenter with comments and questions.

Presenting Artemis Project Top 50 Companies (in presenting order):

• ENBALA Power Networks Ltd. (www.enbala.com)
  
  ENBALA Power Networks pays large electricity users to connect to the Smart Grid and deliver demand-side Grid Balance to their regional electricity systems. ENBALA' network is based on the flexibility of the demand-side assets of industrial and municipal electricity users. Participating companies are paid for their every day electricity usage, which provides Grid Balance to the electricity grid and allows for easy integration of renewable power to the grid while giving our clients a way to play an engaged role in the electricity system. Clients are compensated for helping the electricity operators balance the grid and use innovative solutions to increase the grid' reliability.
  
  
• OndaVia, Inc. (www.ondavia.com)
  
  OndaVia is developing a microfluidics-based water-testing instrument that will allow real-time, sophisticated water analysis in the field. This portable device will improve response time from days to minutes, while maintaining water monitoring accuracy by accurately measuring contaminants.  The user loads a water sample onto a single-use cartridge containing our patent-pending microfluidics technology, inserting the cartridge into the handheld instrument for analysis. The instrument then analyzes the sample, providing the user with a list of contaminants and corresponding concentrations. The platform technology is designed to measure a wide range of organic and inorganic compounds  and heavy metals at a part-per-billion level.
  
  
• Aquaporin A/S (www.aquaporin.dk)
  
  Aquaporin A/S is a Danish cleantech company working on the development of a new, revolutionary Forward Osmosis (FO) water membrane technology capable of purifying water to a unique level while concurrently reducing energy costs. Aquaporin's product is a novel bulk liquid membrane containing aquaporins (proteins) and thereby mimicking nature’s tremendous capability for selective water transport. The liquid membrane will be incorporated into hollow fiber contactor modules or other encapsulation modules and this proprietary and superior "Aquaporin Inside" technology will be delivered to component and system providers in the segments of ultra pure water production and desalination of seawater using FO.
  
  
• TaKaDu (www.takadu.com)
  
  TaKaDu is the global leader in Water Infrastructure Monitoring, providing a Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) solution for water utilities. TaKaDu's solution detects, classifies, alerts and provides real-time insight on leaks, bursts, DMA breaches and other network inefficiencies. The solution is based on complex algorithms which analyze existing online data from meters within the network (flow, pressure, etc) and external data (weather, holidays, etc). TaKaDu' patented technology is easy to deploy, requiring no network changes, no additional devices and no capital expenditure. The service is in use by leading water utilities worldwide. TaKaDu was recognized as Technology Pioneer 2011 by the World Economic Forum.

Moderator:

Laura Shenkar, Principal, The Artemis Project

Panelists:

Jeff Garwood, Managing Partner, Liberation Capital

Jud Hill, Managing Director, NGP Global Adaptation Partners, LLC.

Evan Lovell, Founding Partner, Virgin Green Fund

This candid "fireside chat" featuring a panel of leaders from top water companies will highlight the strategies and actions they are utilizing not only to cope with the industry's changing dynamics but also to position themselves to take advantage of opportunities.

Moderator:

Debra Coy, Principal, Svanda & Coy Consulting

Panelists:

David Flitman, Senior Executive Vice President and President, Water and Process Services, Nalco
Bertrand Camus, CEO, United Water / SUEZ ENVIRONNEMENT North America
Bob Wolpert, President, Flow Control and Chief Innovation Officer, ITT Corporation
Jeff Sterba, President and CEO, American Water

The Ontario Global Water Leadership Summit guests will join the over 2,000 participants at the opening of the Ontario Centres of Excellence's Discovery 2011 showcase and forum. Summit delegates will be given VIP seating to take advantage of this unique networking opportunity.

Welcome Address by Premier Dalton McGuinty

Following the welcome address by the Premier, David Thomson, Founder and Chairman of The Blueprint Growth Institute and the award winning author of the book Blueprint to a Billion: 7 Essentials to Achieve Exponential Growth will present a new paradigm shift in how we turn innovation into billion dollar companies. His research provides the first quantitative identification of the success patterns of the highest growth companies as they grew from start-up to over a billion dollars in sales. David will share his insights and findings with delegates on how these fast growing companies will impact the water sector, the economy and most importantly what it take for emerging water companies to achieve exponential growth.

Summit delegates will have the opportunity to explore the 200,000 square feet of exhibits that will feature Ontario's innovation ecosystem.

The dialogue started at the Summit on water leadership will continue at Discovery 2011. Following the conclusion of the Summit, a panel of water experts, capitalists and entrepreneurs will provide Discovery 2011 participants with an overview of the insights, discussions and conclusions generated during the Summit.

Moderator:

David Henderson, Managing Director, XPV Capital Corporation and Honourary Chair, Ontario Global Water Leadership Summit

Panelists:

Laura Shenkar, Principal, The Artemis Project
Mia Javier, Analyst - Water Technologies, The Cleantech Group
Trevor Hill, President and CEO, Global Water Resources