Water

Mr. Ger Bergkamp
Director General : World Water Council

Ger Bergkamp is Director General of the World Water Council, headquartered in Marseille, France. He has served the water community for more than 20 years.

Mr. Pierre Carabott
Minister's Advisor, Utilities : Ministry of Infrastructure, Transport and Communications, Malta

In July 2003 Mr. Carabott joined Minister Austin Gatt’s team within the Ministry of Investment, Industry and information technology.

Ms. Catherine Geanuracos
General Manager : Live Earth

Mrs. Lies Janssen
: NWP

Since the nineties Mrs. Lies Janssen has been working for water sector related institutes and businesses like: Unesco-IHE (international education Institute for professionals from all over the world) , Deltares and the Netherlands Water Partnership.

Mr. Mujib Lodhi
CIO : District of Columbia Water and Sewer Authority

Mujib Lodhi has spent the majority of his career in executive leadership roles with strong emphasis in the technology areas.

Mrs. Sunita Nadhamuni
CEO : Arghyam

Sunita Nadhamuni is the CEO of Arghyam, a charitable trust working in the water sector in India since 2005.

Mr. Siebe Riedstra
Secretary General : Ministry of Transport, Public Works and Water Management

Mr Riedstra has been Secretary-General for Transport, Public Works and Water Management since 1 December 2009.

Mr. Dr. Mannava Sivakumar
Director Climate Prediction and Adaptation Branch : World Meteorological Organization

Dr Sivakumar received the 2007 International Service in Agronomy Award from the American Society of Agronomy and the Award of Excellence for exceptional and outstanding contributions in the field of Science from the Telugu Association of North America in 2009.

Mr. Prof. Alan Smeaton
Professor : Dublin City University

Since 1997 Alan Smeaton has been a Professor of Computing at Dublin City University where he is Deputy Director of CLARITY: Centre for Sensor Web Technologies.

Mr. Prof. Dr. Guus Stelling
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Mr. András Szöllösi-Nagy
: Unesco IHE

Professor András Szöllösi-Nagy started his appointment as Rector of UNESCO-IHE Institute for Water Education at the beginning of September 2009.

Mr. Rik Van Terwisga
CEO : Vitens

Ms. Dr. Sabine Von Wiren-Lehr
Programme Manage : European Water Stewardship Programme
Board Member : Alliance for Water Stewardship

Mr. Thomas Bjelkeman
CEO AKVO

Mr. Pierre Chastanet
Research Programme Officer European Commission - Directorate General Information Society and Media

Mr. Jan Hadders
President Dacom B.V.

Mr. Jan Hadders is president of Dacom B.V. His main responsibility is the implementation of intelligent sensor systems in crop production around the world.

Mr. Derk Kuiper
Executive Director Water Footprint Network

Derk Kuiper is the Executive Director of the Water Footprint Network and in this role works with over 70 partners to further the Water Footprint with the aim to contribute to sustainable and equitable water use worldwide.

Mr. Bernie Meyerson
VP of Technology IBM

Mr. Paul Reiter
Executive Director International Water Association

Mr. Djeevan Schiferli
Business Development Executive Climate Change IBM Global Center of Excellence for Water Management

Mr. Kees Slingerland

Mr. Neil Smith

Michael Sullivan
Business Developement Executive IBM

Mr. Jeroen van der Sommen
Executive Director Netherlands Water Partnership

Mr. Jeroen van der Sommen is Managing Director of Netherlands Water Partnership.

Tom Vereijken
Chairman European Water Partnership and Director Water, Grontmij, The Netherlands