Speakers | The WEX Global Bioeconomy Summit

More than 90 Speakers from 45+ Countries

“WEX Global has been an enlightening experience, to meet people from around the world to talk over the issues we all see as challenges.”

Stacia EckenwilerAssistant Administrator, City of Columbus, Division of Sewerage and Drainage, USA

“…coming to an event like this allows us to both raise our profile, but also make really good connections. The WEX Global environment is all about the networking, and making relationships, and making connections, and collaborating – so it’s perfect for us.”

Tom SamsonCEO, Onunda

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WEX Global Bioeconomy Speakers

H.E. João Manuel Esteves

Secretary of State for Environment, Ministry of Environment and Energy, Government of Portugal

Richard Lancaster

Global Bioresources Director, AtkinsRéalis, UK

Nuno Brôco

Chairman and CEO Águas de Portugal VALOR, S.A., Portugal

Dr. PKC Bose

Chairman of Cambi India and Co-Founder and Managing Director of ENREGO Energy GmbH, Germany

H.E. Mr. Sultan Abdulrahman Al-Marshad

Chief Executive Officer of the Saudi Fund for Development (SFD), (KSA)

Carlos Braziel David

Deputy CEO , Águas de Portugal, SGPS, S.A.

Vasco Rodrigues

Deputy Ambassador, Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Portugal

Vera Eiró

President, ERSAR – Water and Waste Services Regulation Authority, Portugal (tbc)

Marc Deshusses, Ph.D.

Deputy Director, Water, Sanitation, & Hygiene (WSH), Global Growth & Opportunity (GGO), Gates Foundation

Stacia Eckenwiler

Assistant Administrator, Division of Water Reclamation, City of Columbus, Ohio, USA

Mr Leonardo Manus

Executive Director: Water and Sanitation, City of Cape Town, South Africa (tbc)

Albin Kaelin

CEO, epeaswitzerland gmbh, Switzerland

Mayank Mittal

Joint Managing Director, Hyderabad Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Board (HMWSSB)

Dirk Jan Dinno B. Coligado

Senior Manager and Head, Central Manila- Pasay Catchment, Catchment Management Department (CMD), Wastewater Management Division (WMD), Philippines

Arnt Baer

Managing Director, Gelsenwasser Stadtwerkedienstleistungs, Germany

Frank Dick

Wastewater Treatment Engineering, City of Vancouver Public Works, USA

Andrea Aliscione

Director General, Acea ATO2, Italy

Jessica Johnson,

Project Manager, City of Cincinnati, MSD, USA

Peter Grevatt

Chief Executive Officer, The Water Research Foundation, USA

Claudio Jesus

Chairman & CEO, Águas do Tejo Atlântico, Portugal (tbc)

John W. Norton, Jr., PhD., PE

Director of Research and Innovation,Great Lakes Water Authority, USA (tbc)

Dr. Mokhtar Jaait

Head of Research and Development, International Institute for Water and Sanitation, National Office of Electricity and Potable Water (ONEE-IEA), Morocco

Bill Barber

Technical Director, CAMBI Inc, USA

Bander Albazai

General Director for Development A􀆯airs, Saudi Fund for Development, KSA

Jokin Larrauri

Digital Solutions Director, CIMICO, Spain

Dr Ana Soares

Professor of Biotechnology Engineering at Cranfield University, UK

Frank Rogalla

Innovation Consultant, SABESP, Brazil

Tom Lisset

Director of Bioresource, Energy & Carbon Services, United Utilities, UK

Harald Bier

Secretary General, European Biochar Industry Consortium, Germany

Mike Rose

CEO, UK Water Industry Research (UKWIR), UK

João Oliveira Miguel

Executive Board Member, ADP Valor, Portugal

Aoife Kyne

National Bioresources Manager in Asset Management, Uisce Éireann Irish Water, Ireland

Chris Thornton

Secretary General, ESPP, France

Ryan Welsh

Deputy Director and Project Executive, City of Cincinnati, MSD, USA

Pavel Policar

Chairman, VAKHB, Czech Republic

Gary Brown

Chairman, VAKHB, Czech Republic

Fredrick Royan

Global Practice Area Leader, Sustainability and Circular Economy, Frost & Sullivan, UK

Manuel Sapiano

Chief Officer (Water Resources), Rizorsi Agrikoli Malta

Oana Neagu

Director, COPA COGECA, Belgium (tbc)

Ulrik Hansen Folkmann

Senior Technical Advisor, Trade Council of Denmark, North America, Energy & Environment

Michael Botse-Baidoo

Chief Manager, Corporate Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation, Ghana Water, Ghana

Tony Rutherford

Bioresources Manager, NWG {Northumberland Water Group), UK

John Brosnan

Bioeconomy Executive, ICOS - Irish Cooperative Organisation Society, Ireland

Jeanette Henderson

Principal: Innovation, OFWAT, UK

João Simão Pires

Executive Director, Portuguese Water Partnership, Portugal

Ramón González Tévar

Director of Operations, Aljarafesa, Spain

Jaroslav Moško

Assistant Professor, Department of Power Engineering, University of Chemistry and Technology, Prague, Czech Republic

Miguel Angel-Sanz

President, MS Water Consult & Director IDRA, Spain

Sandra Jorge

I&D Manager, Águas do Centro Litoral

Darko Lojen

Director of Operations EMEA, Drylet, Serbia

Miguel Lemos Rodrigues

Partner, Nexaris Consulting

Aida Jusufhodzic

Technical Advisor, GIZ, Bosnia & Herzogovina

Duska Cucka

Chemical Engineer, Wastewater Treatment & Process Optimization at the WWTP Budva, Montenegro

Ahemed Busuladzic

Process Engineer, WWTP Butile- Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Diana Duarte

Wastewater Operations Manager, Águas do Norte

Wilson Bley Lipski

CEO, SANEPAR, Brazil

Dan Walker-Nolan

Policy Director, Water UK

Juliette Douglas

Business Development International, Water Alliance, The Netherlands

Pete Vale

Carbon & Circular Economy Architect, Innovation and Asset Intelligence Severn Trent, UK

Patrick Horne

Head of Strategy & Commercial Bioresources, Energy & Carbon, United Utlities

Francois Burger

Managing Director, Agriman, South Africa

Elmer Alves Duarte

I&D Specialist, SIMARSUL

Adrianne King Andres

Senior Manager and Head, Process and Design Engineering, Process and Technology Management (PTM), Wastewater Management Division (WMD), Maynilad Water, Philippines