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August 24, 2023
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Sustain SoCal presents WATER SOLUTIONS 8 (WS8), focused on exploring real life strategies and innovations in reuse, desal, storm water, energy nexus, contamination, investor and policy trends and big data in Southern California and the surrounding region.
Join us for presentations, networking and discussions as Sustain SoCal addresses pragmatic solutions to help assure sufficient and affordable supplies of water in our region.
Keynote topic:Predicting Atmospheric Rivers: A Path toward FIRO
We’ll conclude the event with an innovator showcase and networking to follow.
1:00 – 1:20 |
Registration / Networking |
1:20 – 1:30 |
Welcome by Sustain SoCal Board of Directors · Scott Kitcher, President & CEO, Sustain SoCal · Errol Arkilic, Chief Innovation Officer, UCI; Executive Director, UCI Beall Applied Innovation · Jordan Kanis, Managing Director, Climate Tech & Sustainability, Silicon Valley Bank · Suzanne Gentilini, Senior Manager, Engie North America, Inc. · Dennis Calvert, CEO, BioLargo · Peter Bokor, Senior Vice President, Growth & Innovation, Stantec · Duane Cave, Board President, Moulton Niguel Water District |
1:30 – 1:50 |
Keynote: Predicting Atmospheric Rivers: A Path toward FIRO · Dr. Julie Kalansky, Deputy Director of CW3E and Climate Scientist at Scripps Institution of Oceanography |
1:50 – 2:00 |
A Regional Climate Adaptation Master Plan for Water Overview · Adrian Hightower, Sustainability and Resilience Manager, Metropolitan Water District |
2:00 – 2:20 |
Implementing Battery Storage at Weymouth Water Treatment Plant – Project Considerations and Best Practices · Ha Nguyen, Engineering Systems Planning Unit, Metropolitan Water District · Edan Simpson, Director of Business Development, Siemens |
2:20 – 2:40 |
San Juan Watershed Project · Don Bunts, Deputy General Manager, Santa Margarita Water District |
2:40 – 3:00 |
Moulton Niguel Water District OASIS Water Center · Matt Collings, Assistant General Manager, Moulton Niguel Water District · Jeff Neemann, West Managing Director, Black & Veatch |
3:00 – 3:10 |
INTERMISSION |
3:10 – 3:25 |
Rethinking Outdoor Water Use in CA · Todd Corbin, General Manager, Riverside Public Utilities |
3:25 – 3:40 |
Statewide PFAS Initiatives · Kris Murray, Board Chair, Santa Ana Regional Water Quality Control Board |
3:40 – 4:10 |
PFAS Solutions · Dennis Calvert, CEO, BioLargo · Tom Whitton, Vice President, Business Development, E2Metrix · Paul Erickson, Director of Research & Development, Regenesis |
4:10 – 4:20 |
TBA |
4:20 – 4:25 |
Orange County Sustainability Decathlon · Mike Moodian, Co-Founder, Orange County Sustainability Decathlon |
4:25 – 4:30 |
Community Economic Resiliency Fund · Jesse Ben-Ron, Vice President, Business Initiatives, Orange County Business Council |
4:30 – 4:35 |
Introducing RevHub…Accelerating Social Enterprise · Carma Lacy, Executive Director of Ecosystem Building, RevHub · Chris Karr, Project Lead, Climate Initiatives, RevHub |
4:35 – 5:00 |
Innovators Showcase: · Moderated by Carma Lacy, Executive Director of Ecosystem Building, RevHub · Aquatrax, Amit Sharma, CEO · CleanEarth Rovers, Michael Arens, CEO · Global Water Farms, Dan Bliss, Corporate Affairs and Business Development · InPipe Energy, Gregg Semler, CEO · SkyH2O, Alexander von Welczeck, CEO |
5:00 – 7:00 |
Reception & EXPO |
BioLargo, Inc. (OTCQB:BLGO) is a cleantech and life sciences innovator and engineering services solution provider. Our core products address PFAS contamination, achieve advanced water and wastewater treatment, control odor and VOCs, improve air quality, and control infections and infectious disease.
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