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Water Overtakes Energy as the Critical Crisis?
Venturing in Water Technology and Opportunity
Saturday, March 8, 2008
Despite a wet year, SoCal's water problem remains. Growing population and declining import availability will eventually trump our reservoirs' capacity to buffer nature's capriciousness. But if SoCal has it bad, what of elsewhere, especially foreign lands where water already is desperately lacking? Or where every conceivable use and abuse of it takes place in the same place at the same time, and it is wholly untreated. Indeed water-borne disease fills half the worlds’ hospital beds and unsafe drinking water kills millions annually. Unless behavior and technology sufficiently advance water's use and reuse soon, "water" stands to displace "energy" as the crisis. This necessity, against a tapestry of infrastructure neglect and lack of innovation, signals opportunity for new ventures in a sleepy industry. Today's keynote speaker will provide a context for new ventures, addressing key facets of water generally and specific situations from SoCal to international issues. This overview, followed by a research perspective, sets the stage for entrepreneurs and panelists involved in pushing the technology envelope for greater water efficiencies and economies. Confirmed speakers include:
Keynote
Timothy F. Brick
Chair
Metropolitan Water District Board of Directors
Entrepreneurs/Panelists
Yoram Cohen, Ph.D.
Professor, UCLA Dept. of Chemical Engineering
Director, UCLA Water Technology Research Center
James M. Harris
Chief Executive Officer
Crystal Clear Technologies, Inc.
Charles F. Michaud
Technical Director
Systematix Company
Jim Simmons
Investor and Board Member
Sylvan Source
Moderator/Producers
Michael M. Krieger, Ph.D.
Attorney at Law
Willenken Wilson Loh & Lieb LLP
Lynn E. Foster
Emerging Technologies Director
Greenberg Traurig LLP
Sponsor for this Program
Date
Saturday morning, March 8, 2008
Location
Registration and Continental Breakfast: 8:00 a.m. at Baxter Hall, Caltech
Program: 9:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. at Baxter Lecture Hall
Networking: 11:30 a.m. - 12:00 noon at Baxter Hall, Caltech
Directions/Maps: Directions to the Forum; Caltech's Interactive Map
Cost
$40 on-line registration fee. $50 at-the-door. $10 for students with full-time student ID (must show at door); free to Caltech students. Registrations are taken on-line up to 5:00 p.m., March 6th. There are no refunds for no-shows.
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