March 6-7, 2012
Las Vegas Convention Center
*Co-located at 2012 WQA-Aquatech

This 8th Annual Water Executive Forum brings together water company executives, money managers, financial analysts, and private investors whose primary interest is finding out where investment opportunities lie in water treatment.

WATER BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES FOR 2012 AND BEYOND

Session Moderator: Bill Malarkey, managing director-investment banking, Boenning & Scattergood

SCHEDULE OF Presentations:

Tuesday, March 6
9:00 AM--Session Introduction
9:15 AM--Finding Success as a Smaller Water Technology Company
 Michael J Snow, Ph.D., president, SnowPure LLC
9:45 AM--Global Water Business Opportunities with the Mining Industry
Jerry Rowe, global director water resource management, Hatch
10:15 AM--Networking Break
10:30 AM--Future Trends the WQA Sees in the Home Drinking Water Business
Peter Censky, executive director, Water Quality Association
11:00 AM--Future Challenges Facing Water Utilities
Richard Holmes, deputy general manager in engineering and operations, Las Vegas Valley Water District/Southern Nevada Water Authority
11:30 AM--Water Treatment Opportunities in the Oil and Gas Industry
Dewitt Dees, business development director, Heckmann Corp.
Noon-1:30 PM--Lunch with speaker: 2012-- An Extraordinary Opportunity to Profit in the Water Business
Neil D. Berlant, partner, Crowell, Weedon & Co.
1:45 PM--Meeting the Needs of the Water-Energy Nexus
Snehal Desai, global director of marketing, Dow Water & Process Solutions
2:15 PM--Perspectives on Produced Water Treatment: Challenges, Trends, Environmental Issues
Alan R. Daza, M.Eng., P.Eng., vice president, Aquatech International Corp.
2:45 PM--Desalination Market and Technology Trends and Opportunities
Nikolay Voutchkov, president, Water Globe Consulting
3:15 PM--Networking Break
3:30 PM--Resource Recovery: Turning Waste into Value
Steve Hopper, executive vice president for industrial business, Veolia Water
4:00 PM--Roundtable: Keys for Unlocking Funding for Water Businesses
5:15 PM--Networking

Wednesday, March 7:
9:00 AM--Future Trends in Merger and Acquisitions in the Water Business
Paul Turgeon, former president & COO of BWA Water Additives, and current private capital entrepreneur
9:30 AM--Ion Exchange Resin and Adsorbent Technology: Current and Future Market Opportunities
Jacob Brodie, vice president The Purolite Co.
10:00 AM--Trends in the Industrial Water Market
David L Rose, CFA – vice president equity research, Water & Renewable Energy Solutions, Wedbush Securities Inc.
10:30 AM--Sources for Funding Growth at Small-Cap Water Businesses
William Malarkey, managing director-investment banking, Boenning & Scattergood

REGISTRATION

--$300 for 1-1/2-day sessions.  Fee includes free pass to the WQA Exposition. To register On-line on a secure checkout server, please: Click Here.

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