Magali Mendez

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Company: Bi-Oleum

Location: Miami, FL

I am a biodesigner and researcher interested in incorporating biological living systems principles into my designs. With a product design background, I discovered my passion for sustainable design after questioning the environmental impact of traditional manufacturing. I was exposed to this industry for 5 years as a designer and production manager in different SME’s. In 2017, I undertook a strategic sustainable design course at University of Buenos Aires and in 2022, I graduated from Ma Biodesign at Central Saint Martins.

Johnny Pujol

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Company: SimpleLab, Inc

Location: Berkeley, California

CEO of SimpleLab–Largest marketplace of water quality testing labs. We index all water lab certifications, methods, capabilities, prices, tats (177 labs and counting!)

Owner of US residential water quality testing service, mytapscore.com– I oversee regular composition and content strategy for blog and products for tap water testing website with 100k monthly visitors. I communicate with customers and partners in the sector, daily.

Active in the innovation side of the US environmental laboratory testing community (accreditation bodies, laboratory clients, API development).

Suman Sinha Ray

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Company: Cabomba

Location: Chicago, Illinois

I am a startup co-founder. Our solution can remove nano contaminant that no other filters can’t and reduces energy of filtration by 50%. Our solution can be modularized from a form factor of a bottle to plant scale filtration system.

Robert Slovak

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Company: Water and Wellness

Location: Reno, NV

Robert Slovak devoted himself to the science of water after life-altering experiences. He took his astronautical and mechanical engineering degrees and decided to pursue the research of reverse osmosis with his brother Jack. The dynamic duo were considered the early developers of Reverse Osmosis technology.

Robert is best known for co-founding Water Factory Systems in the early 1970’s. He and his brother were among the early developers of Reverse Osmosis (RO) technology and its many applications.

Their successful innovations encompassed home and office RO drinking water systems, bottled water production, laboratory purification, hemodialysis, seawater desalination, microchip production, bottled water production, water vending, spot-free vehicle washing and more.

As a result of the rapid growth of RO applications, Robert’s ongoing seminars, and a best-selling industry book on the subject of POU (Point of Use) RO, he became a well-known figure in the water industry. In 1989 Water Factory Systems was purchased by CUNO Inc, a global leader in fluid treatment. Since then, it was acquired by the 3M Corporation, which continues to market many of their original products.

Masaki Umeda

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Company: Metawater Co., Ltd.

Location: Tokyo, Japan

Dedicated professional with experience across a range of industries including water infrastructure, medical device, and consumer electronics.

Demonstrates strong team-building, project management, and leadership skills to lead cross-border and cross-functional teams to execute on strategic goals and deliverables. Results oriented, data-driven, always curious mindset combined with strong cross-cultural business experience.

Margaux Wilson

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Location: Los Angeles, CA

I have environmental consulting experience working within the contamination assessment and remediation practice of a civil engineering firm out of Irvine, California. Our work involved evaluating the nature and extent of contaminants in the subsurface (soil and groundwater) at sites throughout Southern California and implementing remediation to reduce concentrations to California State Water Resources Control Board-approved levels.