Subject: GE-Wharton Water Summit in San Francisco on June 3
From: "Freedman, Jon B \(GE Corporate\)" <[email-masked]>
To: "R Hunter Biden" <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 7 May 2015 12:19:08 +0000

Hunter - If you're still interested in the water space, then you might want to join us for this summit.  Hope all is well --  Jon

GE and The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania invite you to:
The Economic Power of Water

With the global growth of both populations and economies, the demand for water is approaching unsustainable levels. Beyond just the increasing stresses of human and agriculture consumption, water is also used to produce nearly all forms of energy, which further exacerbates the challenge. Yet, even with this rapid and unsustainably growing demand, we're only reusing four to five percent of wastewater; California-one of the leading water conservation states-is reusing just eight to ten percent.

Against the backdrop of one of our nation's most water-challenged states, this GE and the Wharton Initiative for Global Environmental Leadership (IGEL) event will convince you that water is no longer just an expense or a byproduct but is an opportunity to be seized.

Wednesday, June 3, 2015 from 8:30 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. (PDT)
Wharton San Francisco, 2 Harrison St., Sixth Floor, San Francisco, CA

Register now<https://eventbrite.com/event/16719172495/>

Program of Events
8:00 a.m. - 8:30 a.m. Registration and Breakfast

8:30 a.m. - 8:40 a.m. Welcome
Douglas H. Collom, Vice Dean, Wharton San Francisco
Heiner Markhoff, CEO, GE Water & Process Technologies

8:40 a.m. - 8:50 a.m. Mapping Global Water Scarcity
Charles Iceland, Aqueduct Director, World Resources Institute

8:50 a.m. - 9:00 a.m. Report: Framing the Challenges of Scarcity in CA
Jeff Kightlinger, General Manager, The Metropolitan Water District of Southern California

9:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. Panel: Advancing the Potential of Water through Policy & Regulation
Focusing on education and outreach, removing barriers, incentives and regulations, this panel will discuss how can industry and government work together to advance the potential of our water/energy future.

Moderated by Jon Freedman, GE Water & Process Technologies. Panelists include: Melissa Meeker - Executive Director WateReuse Association,  David Sunding - Professor at UC Berkeley, Tom Iseman - Deputy Assistant Secretary for Water and Science for U.S. Department of Interior, Michael Carlin - Deputy General Manager of San Francisco Public Utilities Commission, Michael Markus - General Manager of Orange County Water District

10:00 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. BREAK

10:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. Panel: Accelerating & Sustaining the Water Ecosystem through Innovation
This panel session will address how, leveraging social and human capital, the sectors are paving the way to solving energy issues in the 21st century through technology.

Moderated by John Shegerian, Green is Good Radio. Panelists include: Tom Stanley - Chief Technology Officer at GE Water & Process Technologies, Eileen O'Neill - Executive Director at WEF, Vincent Tidwell - Sandia National Laboratories, Karla Kinzer - MWH Global, Robin Gilthorpe - CEO of WaterSmart

11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. LUNCH

12:30 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. The Economics of the Power of Water w/ Q&A
Through individual presentations and a panel discussion, GE and other Fortune 100 companies will discuss water reuse in their organizations.  Specifically, they will address the corporate risk of not taking action to increase water conservation through reuse and current and possible future practices related to water and sustainability.

1:30 p.m. - 1:40 p.m. US AID's Experience With Water Scarcity Challenges
Christian R. Holmes, Deputy Assistant Administrator, Global Water Coordinator, US Agency for International Development

1:40 p.m. - 1:55 p.m. Closing Keynote

1:55 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. Wrap Up
Heiner Markhoff, CEO, GE Water & Process Technologies

Register now<https://eventbrite.com/event/16719172495/>

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