SDForum's 'The GlobalWater Crisis' January 25, 2011

This conference brings together global leaders & influencers to share best practices & learn more about the intersection of technology driving innovation to solve a pressing world problem which is the energy crisis and limited water supply. This conference is brought to you in partnership with Australia as part of the 'G'day USA 2011 program'.

Agenda and Confirmed Speakers - Check Website for Speaker Updates!

8:30am Registration and Networking

9:00am USA Opening Keynote - Senator David Cogdill, California State Senate

9:30am Panel: "Public Policy and its Global Impact"
James Cameron, National Water Commission, Australia; Cassie Doyle, Consulate General of Canada San Francisco|Silicon Valley

10:15am Keynote: "The Australian Perspective"
Nigel Finney, savewater! Alliance; Grame Barty, Australian Trade Commission

10:45am Morning Break and Exhibits

11:15pm Panel: "Technologies and Innovation: What are Corporations Doing?"
Jim Davis, SAP; Tony Harding, Suez Environment, United Water USA; Henrik Skov Laursen, Grundfos; Ron Verdugo, Cisco Systems

12:00pm Exhibitors Pitch to the Crowd

12:15pm Lunch and Exhibit Hall

1:15pm Panel: "Entrepreneurial Innovation"
Burt Hamner, Hydrovolts; Pat McIntyre, ETWater; Tamin Pechet, Banyan Water; John West, Bio-Gill

2:00pm Keynote: "The State of Research" - Dr. Craig Criddle, Stanford University

2:30pm Panel: "The Investment Landscape"
Drew Clark, IBM; Amol Deshpande, Kleiner Perkins; Rachel Sheinbein, CMEA Capital; Rafael Simon, VantagePoint; Don Wood, Draper Fisher Jurveston
Moderated by: Wayne Hedden, PricewaterhouseCoopers

3:15pm Panel: "Public and Private Partnerships"
Bill Kocher, City of Santa Cruz Water Dept. CA; Carol Kwan, West Basin Municipal Water District, CA

4:00pm Closing Keynote - Susan Leal, Co-Author of Running out of Water

Official Website: http://www.sdforum.org/water