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

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

Albin Kaelin

CEO, epeaswitzerland gmbh, Switzerland

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)

Toshiaki Yoshida

Director, Decarbonisation and Resource Recycling Office, Water Supply and Sewerage Planning Division, Water and Disaster Management Bureau, Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, Government of Japan (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

Jokin Larrauri

Digital Solutions Director, CIMICO, Spain

Bander Albazai

General Director for Development Affairs, Saudi Fund for Development, KSA (tbc)

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

Yadira Bajon Fernandez

Policy Fellow, Department for Energy Security and Net Zero, UK Gov & Senior Lecturer in Bioresources Science and Engineering, Cranfield University, UK