Dr. Eric Hoek

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Company: UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science

Location: Los Angeles, California

Dr. Eric Hoek is a professor in UCLA’s Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, Institute of the Environment & Sustainability and the California NanoSystems Institute. He is also faculty director of the UCLA Sustainable LA Grand Challenge, a campus-wide initiative to transform Los Angeles into the first sustainable megacity by 2050.

Dr. Hoek’s academic work explores the union of membrane technologies, nanomaterials and electrochemistry for a more sustainable future. He has also applied this knowledge as an entrepreneur having co-invented/founded several technology companies (e.g., NanoH2O, Water Planet, PolyCera, IntelliFlux) and as a consultant having advised various international, federal and California state agencies, municipalities, technology companies, investment funds, law firms and research funding agencies.

Dr. Hoek has worked on applications including drinking water treatment, wastewater treatment, ocean and brackish water desalination, municipal and industrial water reuse, oil & gas produced water treatment, oil spill remediation, salinity gradient power, biogas production, kidney dialysis and protein purification. He has over 130 peer-reviewed scientific publications, over 70 patents filed globally, is the co-Editor-in-Chief of The Encyclopedia of Membrane Science and is the Editor-in-Chief of the Nature journal npj Clean Water. Dr. Hoek has a Ph.D. from Yale University, M.S. from UCLA, B.S. from Penn State and completed UCLA Anderson’s Executive Management and Director Education & Certification Programs.

Eric Homberger

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Company: True Elements

Location: Naples, FL

Optimistic, results-driven executive with proven success leading organizations by engaging with & empowering the people that love to take action & make things happen. My aim everyday is to develop great teams, build a positive culture, invest in talented people and unlock the outstanding ideas that are deep within all organizations. I am a strong communicator that can flex from one-on-one settings to a large presentation hall or an executive board room.

We must lead the change that we want to see in the world!

At True Elements, we curate the world’s water data. By doing so, we have created the ability to visually connect water information to find new insights & correlations. We then harness the power of that intelligence to forecast conditions and risks related to water — understanding the likely future allows for the critical planning needed to a achieve a more resilient future.

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).

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.

Reese Tisdale

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Company: Bluefield Research

Location: Boston, MA

Prior to co-founding Bluefield, Mr. Tisdale was Research Director for IHS Emerging Energy Research, a leading research and advisory firm focused on renewable energy. He also has demonstrated experience in groundwater remediation for oil & gas companies and as an international market analyst for Thermo Fisher Scientific.

Mr. Tisdale’s perspectives on baseline critical infrastructure needs, developing economies, and the world is influenced by his three years in El Salvador, where he led water supply and agriculture projects immediately following the country’s civil war. Always willing to share his experiences and insights, he has been cited by Bloomberg News, CBS News, The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times. He is also a frequent panelist and moderator at global industry and corporate events.

Bluefield Research supports companies and organizations that pursuing opportunities and change in the water sector, municipal and industrial, with in-depth, data-backed market intelligence. Our team of water experts guide decision makers with ongoing, global analysis through insight reports, corporate subscriptions, and consulting services.

Ronald Wielinga

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Company: WaterCampus

Location: Netherlands

WaterCampus Leeuwarden is an innovation ecosystem. Together with our network of 300 companies and over 25 research institutes we develop and implement groundbreaking water technology.