Water – essence of and for life!
Time for a focused financing event!
Berlin, 20th and 21st of October, 2010

Patronage for WaterVent:

Almuth Nehring-Venus. Permanent Secretary, Berlin Government Senate for Economics, Technology and Women’s Issues.

October 19th

The coaching for entrepreneurs and interested Watervent’s participants takes place in the office of

and starts at 1:30 p.m.
There is no formal schedule and come along when you are able to!

October 20th

Block A Company Presentations

Block B Company Presentations

Mr. Assaf Barnea is the CEO of Kinrot Ventures, the leading seed investor in water technologies worldwide, which is privately held by AquAgro Cleantech fund, in cooperation with the Israeli OCS (Office of the Chief Scientist). Previously, Mr. Barnea was managing the Business Development activity at Mekorot, Israel’s national water company, where he oversaw the establishment of WaTech - the Entrepreneurship & Partnership Center for Water Technologies, a program which supports new innovative water technologies solutions that are relevant to Mekorot's daily operations. Prior to Mekorot, he served for four years as a director of business development at Comverse Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ: CMVT), a global telecom provider. Mr. Barnea is also a founder and a BOD member of Cardiosense, a medical device startup company. He is a certified lawyer, holds both law and business degrees from the Interdisciplinary Center in Herzelia and a political science and psychology degree from Tel-Aviv University. In his previous career, Mr. Barnea played college basketball at Seton Hall University and professional basketball at Israel's top division and was a member of the Israeli national basketball team. Close the profile

Block C

17:00	Inon Elroy, Botschaftsrat Wirtschaft und Handel, Director Israel Trade Center Berlin
17:30	Environmental Strategy Consultants Dr. Günter von Hagel “Assessment and Evaluation of Sustainable Water Technologies”
17:15	Investors' Panel “Opportunities in Water Technology“  Nikolas Samios MAMA AG (www.mama.io) Mountain Cleantech, Jürgen Habichler Joerg Sperling, WHEB Ventures Pioneers in European Clean Technology Dr. Heinrich Polke, L-EA Private Equity Berthold von Freyberg, Target Partners Felix von Schubert, zouk ventures Ltd.
18:15	Almuth Nehring-Venus Permanent Secretary, Berlin Government Senate for Economics, Technology and Women’s Issues
Appr. 18:30 19:00 till 21:00	Transfer to the Mexican embassy

October 21st

08:30	Check-in & Coffee
10:00	Opening
10:05	Dr. Vera Grimm, Future Technologies Consulting (ZTC), VDI Technologiezentrum GmbH Study: Nanotechnology in Water
10:20	Challenges & Opportunities in Water Innovation Mia Javier, The Cleantech Group - Europe & Israel
10:40	Francesco Stellacci Paul M. Cook Associate Professor Department of Materials Science and Engineering, EPFL Lausanne Special Keynote: Nanotechnology Approaches to Water Treatments
10:55	Bruno Steis is the Chief Executive Officer of inge watertechnologies AG. Since May 2008 he was the Board Member responsible for business development and marketing. Before he worked at Siemens Venture Capital (SVC), where he was an investment partner specialising in environmental and water treatment technologies. Prior to his work at Siemens he occupied a number of managerial positions with an international focus in the fields of marketing and business development.

Block D Company Presentations

Block E Company Presentations

13:15	Harbauer GmbH JTB International Group SRL Afre – Asociacion de Fabricantes Para Agua y Riego Espanoles Miguel Lopez tog. With Bloomington Finances Rogelio Menendez Otero “Seven Spanish Water Tech Companies intending an IPO at the Madrid Stock Exchange”
14:15	Mekorot Water - Israeli national water company Israel’s water technology challenge Yossi Yaacoby Director of WaTech™ Division Mekorot
14:30	Helge Daebel Emerald Ventures „Investing in water technologies – from a venture capital perspective“
14:45	Coffee & Food Break

Block F, Company Presentations

15:15	Ormige Actides Berlin GmbH TMW Weise Water Systems GmbH O2 ENVIRONMENTAL INC. Paul O’Callaghan “Water Technology Market Opportunities” highlighting four clean and water tech companies.
16:45	VP innovation for Veolia Environement “Veolia Innovation Accelerator” Marie-Anne Brodschii
17:00	GE: Open for Water Innovation Andreas von Richter Vice President Origination GE Energy Financial Services Venture Capital
17:15	Florenus AG Dr. Benedikt H. Ahlers „Intellectual Property based activities in the cleantech sector“
17:35	Our Water Survey Trudi Schifter Tallyfox AG, Zürich Biography Trudi Schifter, pdf (192 KB) Water Survey Brochure, pdf (1.1 MB)
18:00	Closing Remarks
Appr. 18:15	Cava Reception (Invitation of Catalonia)
Appr. 18:45	Departure for Water Dinner (sep. registration demanded!) Dinner Speeches by partners Table Seating (each table with investors and entrepreneurs)
Appr. 20:00	Water Dinner Download Watervent Menu

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