The Global Water Crisis at an Inflection Point

Faegre Drinker invites you to join a panel of experts to discuss how advanced technology and effective policy can help close the water gap.

2030 Water Resources Group — a collaboration of governments, businesses, and civil society—predicts a 40% gap between global water supply and demand within the next five years. This imbalance, driven by worldwide economic development in the face of accelerating loss of groundwater reservoirs from depletion and pollution, is a growing business risk, a threat to economic stability, and a challenge for environmental sustainability.  Advanced technology and effective policy can help close the water gap, but lasting progress will require cooperation and long-term commitments by governments, investors, NGOs, and industry.

Confirmed speakers include:

• Tom Ferguson — Founder and managing partner of Burnt Island Ventures, the world's leading venture capital firm dedicated exclusively to water technology.
• Larry Graev — Founding partner of Société de L’Eau Aérienne Suisse, S.A. (SEAS), a global pioneer in air-to-water generation technology. 
• Kyle Schoenheit — Product manager at Xylem Innovation Labs, the technology incubator and commercial partnerships accelerator at Xylem, Inc.
• Anushree Sreedhar — Director of Innovation Programs at the Partnership Fund for New York City, forging partnerships between government and startups to pilot and scale technologies for infrastructure and public systems.
• Marc Leaf (moderator) — Partner at Faegre Drinker, is a trusted counselor and adviser to senior government officials, corporate leaders and independent directors. He combines the practical advice of an experienced dealmaker with the insight developed through senior government experience to help issuers and investors across industry lines achieve their goals in capital raising, business combinations and joint ventures.

Time

All times in Eastern time

4:30 p.m. | Registration 
5:00 p.m. | Program
6:30 p.m. | Reception

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Questions

Contact Heather Sanders or call +1 215 988 1127.