Water Overtakes Energy as the Critical Crisis?
Venturing in Water Technology and Opportunity

Saturday, March 8, 2008

at the California Institute of Technology
Pasadena, California

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/Co-Producers

Michael M. Krieger, Ph.D.
Attorney at Law
Willenken Wilson Loh & Lieb L.L.P.

Lynn Foster
Emerging Technologies Director
Greenberg Traurig L.L.P.

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

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.

Sponsor for this Program

	Caltech Industrial Relations Center
	Caltech Alumni Association
	MIT Alumni Association

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