World Water Day Sympsoium - Meeting Water Challenges through P3s and Cross Disciplinary Collaboration
Time & Location
About the Event
Celebrate World Water Day with the NY Blue Tech network. Around the world each year, March 22 marks the day when water-sector stakeholders discuss how to respond to the water challenges we face collectively, and how we locally can deliver on the UN Sustainable Development Goals.
At this highly interactive half-day symposium, we are bringing together a diverse group of water-sector stakeholders from New York, and internationally leading companies, to discuss water challenges, both specific to New York, and internationally, with integrated water management being the key common solution.
Topics include:
-Benefits of centralized water system planning
-How to protect community interests in P3s
- Water detention, on-site reuse and resource recovery
-Climate change and preparing for sea level rise
Speakers include:
Paul Storella, SVP, Water Business Leader for Metro New York, AECOM
Peter Luchetti, Managing Partner, Table Rock Infrastructure Partners
Carter Strickland, New York State Director, The Trust for Public Land
Eric Fontenot, Head of Urban Water, DHI Group
Scott Landers, P.E., Strategic Partnerships, OptiRTC
Jennifer Cherrier, Professor, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Brooklyn College
Amy Motzny, Watershed Manager, Gowanus Canal Conservancy
Zach Cutler, President, Flood Barrier America
Heather Morgan, Sustainability and Risk Management Lead, AECOM
Tracy Brown, Director, Save the Sound
Robert Pape, Lead Wastewater Resource Recovery, AECOM
Ed Clerico, CEO Emeritus, Natural Utility Systems
Venetia Lannon, Vice President, Matrix New World Engineering
Program:
8.15-9.00am Breakfast & Networking
9.00-11.30am Thematic scene-setting panels
11.45-12.30pm Moderated Breakout Sessions
12.30-1.30pm Networking lunch