Full Agenda

Participation in the agenda is by advanced registration and confirmation only.

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 19, 2013

MORNING
7:30 – 8:30 AM – Registration and Networking 

8:30 AM – 12:15 PM

Welcome: Earl Jones, SWIM 2013 Chair & Partner, Liberation Capital

The Massachusetts Opportunity for Global Water Innovation

  • Secretary Richard Sullivan, Massachusetts Department of Energy and Environmental Affairs 
  • Governor Deval Patrick, Commonwealth of Massachusetts

MORNING PANELS 

The Value of Water - Gretchen McClain, Chief Executive Officer, Xylem, Inc.

Lifecycle of Innovation: Early Innovation

  • Earl Jones, Partner, Liberation Capital (Moderator)
  • Mel Bernstein, Northeastern University, Senior Vice Provost for Research and Graduate Education
  • Karen Oates, Dean of Arts & Sciences, Worcester Polytechnic Institute
  • John Lienhard, Director, Center for Clean Water and Clean Energy at MIT

Taking Water Innovation Global

  • Jim Matheson, President & CEO, Oasys (Moderator)
  • Trey Kellet, Senior Director, GE Energy Technology Ventures
  • Sean Petersen, Senior Investment Officer, International Finance Corporation of The World Bank
  • Carmichael Roberts, General Partner, North Bridge Partners

New England Water Innovation Network - Industry executives who first met at SWIM 2012 will present a draft proposal to develop a network of Massachusetts’ facilities to pilot, test, and demo new water and wastewater technology.

  • Per Suneby, President & CEO, BioConversion Solutions

12:15 – 1:00 PM - LUNCH - Water Innovation Exhibition

AFTERNOON

1:00 – 5:00 PM

Headwaters Innovation Prize – Presentations 
(winner to be announced prior to reception)

  • Alicia Barton, CEO, Massachusetts Clean Center

PM Panels
Breaking Down the Barriers to Innovation

  • Michael Murphy, Business Development Manager, Water Innovations, Massachusetts Clean Energy Center (Moderator)
  • Kenneth Kimmell, Commissioner, Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection
  • Fred Laskey, Executive Director, Massachusetts Water Resource Authority
  • Maureen Hinman, Environmental Technology Trade Specialist, International Trade Administration

Building a Technology Cluster: Lessons Learned from the Israel Trade

  • Hugh Courtney, Dean, D’Amore McKim School of Business, Northeastern University (Moderator)
  • David Goodtree, Co-Chair, Massachusetts Water Innovation Mission to Israel, Co-Organizer SWIM 2012
  • Carolyn Dykema, State Representative, Massachusetts 8th Middlesex District
  • Chris McIntire, Senior VP and President, Analytics at Xylem, Inc.
  • Jonathan Kaledin, Principal, 11th Avenue Strategies and part-time Secretariat for the Growing Blue Collaborative Project

Next Steps  

  • Networking Reception  
  • Welcome to the Representatives from the Global Water Market including the NEIBC Israeli Water Delegation

Small breakout – working sessions will follow both the AM and PM panel discussions. The small groups will continue the dialog on breaking down barriers to innovation and fostering a tighter water industry cluster in Massachusetts.  Group Leaders (hyper link)

Innovative Showcase Breaks 
Two Networking Breaks (AM, PM & Lunch) will be held in the Innovative Showcase Exhibition area.
(schedule subject to change)