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Thursday, 7 July 2011, 2pm - Level 4, Hall 404
Jointly organised by PUB Singapore, the American Water Works Association (AWWA), the Canadian Water and Wastewater Association (CWWA) and supported by the High Commission of Canada to Singapore, the coverage of the Americas Business Forum has been broadened in 2011 to cover United States of America, Canada & South America. Participants can look forward to opportunities for business networking, forge business partnerships with companies from Americas, and garner market views & analysis from a spectrum of perspectives. Themed “Share insights on the forecast for water industry in Americas in the next 5 years”, the forum’s CEO Roundtable will provide enriching insights into the water market, current challenges, the direction the industry is moving, and the plethora of business opportunities.
The Americas Business Forum is distinct in terms of the mix of water markets in the Americas region and the challenges and opportunities it presents. North Americas is a mature market with utilities of global standing and leading industry players that is facing a challenge of infrastructure maintenance and renewal. The water infrastructure gap in the United States is estimated at US$300-US$500 billion. In Canada, compliance with a slew of new regulations is expected to generate C$10-C$13 billion worth of business. On the other hand, the South American market offers development opportunities as the utilities strive to improve water and wastewater infrastructure and service. The Americas Business Forum provides a platform to discuss business opportunities and solutions to address these key issues.
The Americas Business Forum 2011 will provide a “sellers-platform” for the first time to cutting-edge North American companies to present on the needs and opportunities for technologies and services in the water market. The forum will also feature, for the first time at SIWW, a prominent speaker from South America to provide a window into the growing market opportunities in South Americas. Participants can look forward to hearing about opportunities and challenges in tapping into the growing South American water industry. These are stellar reflections of the growing significance, relevance, and industry participation in this not-to-be-missed event.
| Time | Programme | | 2.00 pm | MOU Signing Ceremony between PUB Singapore and Maryland Asia Environmental Partnership | | 2.10 pm | Opening Remarks
By Forum Chairs Mr. Nilaksh Kothari, Past President, American Water Works Association | | 2.15 pm | Overview of Challenges and Opportunities to Ensure Environmental Sustainability in one of the leading states of Mexico: Puebla
By Ms. Amy Louise Camacho Minister of Environmental Sustainability and Territorial Order of the State of Puebla (Invited)
(Click here to download the presentation slides) | | 2.35 pm | Market Opportunities of the South American Water and Wastewater Sector
By Mr. Rafael Dautant, President, Inter-American Association of Sanitary & Environmental Engineering
(Click here to download the presentation slides) | | 2.55 pm | Government Perspective: Challenges and Opportunities for Infrastructure Investment and the US Water Sector
By Mr. Robert O’Neill, Executive Director, International City/County Management Association
(Click here to download the presentation slides) | | 3.15 pm | Canadian Perspective: Emerging Water Technologies
By Ms. Jennifer Jackson, Executive Director, Canadian Water and Wastewater Association (Click here to download the presentation slides) &
Ms. Valerie Jenkinson, Chief Executive Officer, World Water and Wastewater Solutions Ltd (Click here to download the presentation slides) | | 3.35 pm | Closing the Infrastructure Gap – Challenges and Opportunities in North American Water Infrastructure Renewal
By Mr. Jack Elliott, President, PURE Technologies
(Click here to download the presentation slides) | | 3.55 pm | North American Water Markets – Needs & Opportunities in Water & Wastewater Technologies and Services
By Mr. Marvin DeVries, President, Trojan Technologies
(Click here to download the presentation slides) | | 4.15 pm | CEO Roundtable
Chaired by Mr. Jerry Stevens, President, American Water Works Association
1. Mr. William P. Dee, President & Chief Executive Officer, Malcolm Pirnie
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2. Mr. Tan Cheng Guan, Executive Vice President
(Group Business & Strategic Development), Sembcorp Industries
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3. Dr. Lukas Loeffler, President & Chief Executive Officer, Siemens Water Technologies
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4. Dr. Vicky Sharpe, President & Chief Executive Officer, Sustainable Development
Technology Canada
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5. Mr. David Henderson, Managing Director, XPV Capital Corporation | | 5.05 pm | Closing Remarks
By Forum Co-Chairs Mr. Nilaksh Kothari, Past President, American Water Works Association & Mr. Richard D. Fox, Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, Camp Dresser & McKee Inc. | | 5.10 pm | End |
Schedule is accurate as at 26 June 2011  | AWWA is an international nonprofit and educational society and the largest and oldest organization of water professionals in the world. Members represent the full spectrum of the water community: treatment plant operators and managers, scientists, environmentalists, manufacturers, academicians, regulators, and others who hold genuine interest in water supply and public health. Membership includes 58,000 members of which more than 4,600 are utilities that supply water to roughly 180 million people in North America. Through our collective strength we become better stewards of water for the greatest good of the people and the environment.
AWWA publishes over 600 technical books, manuals, standards and the Journal AWWA plus 2 other monthly publications. AWWA presents over 30 webcasts yearly along with technical conferences, the largest being the AWWA Annual Conference.
www.awwa.org | | | |  | The Canadian Water and Wastewater Association (CWWA) is a non-profit national body representing the common interests of Canada's public sector municipal water and wastewater services and their private sector suppliers and partners. CWWA is recognized by the Canadian federal government and national bodies as the national voice of this public service sector. CWWA provides the means for this essential public service sector to communicate with federal and national bodies about legislation and regulations, policies and programs, guidelines, codes and standards, and research activities and findings.
CWWA focuses its activities and communications on significant national issues, trends and events. It works closely with other organizations to further the sector's interests and to create public awareness and support through cooperation with Canada's seven regional water and wastewater associations, activities with the AWWA and other international associations and organizations and representation at international water events such as SIWW.
www.cwwa.ca | | | |  | PUB is a statutory board under the Ministry of the Environment and Water Resources. It is the national water agency, managing Singapore's water supply, water catchment and used water in an integrated way. PUB won the2007 Stockholm Industry Water Award and was named Water Agency of the Year at the Global Water Awards 2006.
About PUB's tagline: Water for All: Conserve, Value, Enjoy
PUB has ensured a diversified and sustainable supply of water in Singapore with the Four National Taps – Local catchment water, Imported Water, NEWater, and Desalinated water. To provide water for all, PUB calls on all Singaporeans to play our part to conserve water, keep our water catchments and waterways clean and build a relationship with water so we can enjoy our water resources. We can then have enough water for all uses – for industry, for living, for life.
www.pub.gov.sg |
 | High Commission of Canada, Singapore
The role of the Trade Commissioner Service is to promote Canada's economic interests in global markets, provide assistance to Canadian companies to assess their export potential, identify key contacts, obtain relevant advice and intelligence in foreign markets, promote investment in Canada and seek strategic alliances, R&D collaboration and technology transfer.
www.international.gc.ca/singapore |
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