News About the Summit

See the latest issue of Water Canada for an overview of the Canadian Water Summit.

Check out interviews with Canadian Water Summit Speakers, David McLaughlin of NRTEE, Gerrald Butts of WWF-Canada, and Tony Maas of WWF-Canada.

Check out the latest press release on the Summit: The Innovolve Group Hosts Inaugural Canadian Water Summit.

Check out the article, "The Water Opportunity," in the latest issue of Canadian Business Journal for a feature on the Canadian Water Summit and cleantech.

Just confirmed:

• Harry Dahme, Partner, Gowlings
• Glen Laubenstein, Chief Administrative Officer (CAO), City of Winnipeg
• Pierre Lundahl, President, Lundahl Environnement Inc.
• Rosemary Niechcial, Vice President, Veolia Water Solutions & Technologies Canada
• Ralph Palumbo, Vice-President, Ontario, Insurance Bureau of Canada (IBC)
• Kirsten Vice, Vice President, Canadian Operations, National Council for Air & Stream Improvement (NCASI)

Check out the May/June issue of Water Canada magazine for an interview on Canadian water technologies with five Canadian Water Summit speakers, including David Henderson, Angella Hughes, John Milloy, John Neate, and Zoltan Tompa.

Newly added speakers include:

• Phillip Abrary, President & CEO, OSTARA Nutrient Recovery Technologies
• Simon Beck, Manager, Custom Content Group, THE GLOBE AND MAIL
• Hubert Bolduc, Vice-President, Communications and Public Affairs, Cascades
• Jane Comeault , Sustainability Strategist, CAO’s Office, Metro Vancouver
• Wayne Galliher, Water Conservation Project Manager, Waterworks Division, Environmental Services, City of Guelph
• Michael Glade, Director, Water Resources and Real Estate, Molson Coors Brewing Company
• Angella Hughes, President, CEO and Director, Xogen Technologies Inc.
• Nicholas Parker, Executive Chairman, Cleantech Group LLC
• Tamin Pechet, CEO, Banyan Water
• Dr. Cynthia Wesley-Esquimaux, Assistant Professor, Aboriginal Studies, Faculty of Social Work, University of Toronto
• Douglas Wright, Managing Director, Centre of Excellence for Earth and Environmental Technologies, Ontario Centres of Excellence (OCE)

Speakers that recently joined the Canadian Water Summit program include:

• The Honourable John Milloy
  Ontario Minister of Research and Innovation
  Opening Keynote Speaker
• Gerald Butts, President and CEO, WWF-Canada
• Adam Chamberlain, Partner, Borden Ladner Gervais LLP
• Suzanne Fallender, Director, CSR Strategy & Communications, Intel Corporation
• Lisa French, Principal, Guidance & Support, Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants (CICA)
• William Humber, Director, Office of Eco Seneca initiatives (OESi), Seneca College
• Dr. Gail Krantzberg, Professor and Director, Centre for Engineering and Public Policy, The School of Engineering Practice, McMaster University
• Sandra Odendahl, Director of Corporate Environmental Affairs, Royal Bank of Canada (RBC)
• David G. Sim, Director - Sales & Solutions, SMART Watering Systems Inc.

Registration is now open! Secure your spot before April 22nd to take advantage of early bird pricing.

The National Round Table on the Environment and the Economy (NRTEE) will lead a plenary session that will examine the use and dependence of water resources in Canada's natural resource sectors focusing on challenges and opportunities for future sustainability.

Listen to the interview with Tony Maas on the Canadian Water Summit and the importance of water, as first heard on News 919 and News 889.

Canadian Water Summit advisor, Tony Maas, Director of the Freshwater Program at WWF-Canada, will participate in a discussion on the importance of water on Friday, December 18 at 3:30pm EST on "The Drive with Dan Ahlstrand" on News 88.9 Saint John and News 91.9 Moncton. Listen online at www.news919.com or www.news889.com

The Canadian Water Summit officially launched. Read the national press release.

The Canadian Water Summit launched its new website, featuring information on programming, partners, sponsors and water issues.

The 2010 Canadian Water Summit recently appeared in the November/December 2009 issue of Canadian Water Treatment Magazine, now known as Water Canada.