Gilad Horn
Company: Independent Consultant
Location: Israel
I specialize in the advancement and commercialization of cutting-edge water technology through expert consulting and entrepreneurial endeavors, bringing innovative solutions to market.
Laura Korculanin
Company: Give a Shit
Location: Lisbon, Portugal
I am a pioneer design anthropologist, systems thinker, and water advocate passionate about true world changes working towards positive impact and regenerative solutions. What defines me the most is my ecosystemic vision and holistic approach to the world’s challenges and their solutions, where nature is the main stakeholder guiding all my principles.
I am passionate about life and projects that make a difference to all living beings, co-creating my legacy through innovative research and educational frameworks with different stakeholders. I have over 12 years of experience in quality research, 6 years of experience at university level positions teaching with holistic educational models, and a decade of immersed creation with the private and public sector, from design consultancy agencies, municipalities, decision-making bodies, NGOs, and academia.
I am all about Give a Shit since this is my company name and my true reverence to nature and devotion to co-create a just world for all living beings to thrive.
Currently, I am finishing my PhD in integrated sanitation solutions and urban water management with a case study of Lisbon.
A passionate spirit who’s always seeking impactful changes, brought me to found the regenerative agency Give a Shit (giveashitnow.org), focused on sustainable sanitation and urban water management.
I am an author of various independent international and interdisciplinary projects, and author of academic articles and book chapters.
Altogether, my professional experience has provided me with the insight and know-how for systemic, strategic, and critical thinking, which culminates in the set-up of integrated and regenerative solutions.
Siva Kowsika
Company: Xtraleap
Location: Hyderabad, India
I am a serial entrepreneur and working on water sustainability idea for the families of india. Xtraleap’s mission is to supply clean and germ-free water to an entire house at low cost.
Stephanie Krubsack
Company: Purevant Living
Location: Appleton, Wisconsin
Naturally drawn to the wellness and eco realms, Stephanie founded Purevant Living, creating a platform to bring awareness to socially responsible initiatives, products, and services, that benefit our overall wellness and the environment. The Woman In Wellness podcast was developed after learning about all of the amazing efforts in Milwaukee and beyond, as a platform to share the knowledge of these extraordinary women in the community. The Things You Should Know podcast series highlights all of the products, services, or companies, that bring awareness to or support health and wellness, sustainability and the environment, or practice social responsibility. The new Person & Planet podcast series and paired magazine combines both sustainability and wellness in a unique pairing of multiple forms of media.
Purevant Living stands for health, wellness, the environment, and giving back. We aim to help companies develop brand identity through digital marketing, carbon neutral communications and consulting services.
Melissa Landman
Company: Droople
Location: Boston, MA
Melissa is Head of Sustainability at Droople. Droople’s mission is to provide people and businesses worldwide with smart tools and insights to make better use of water. To do so, Droople is working towards digitizing the 100+ billion water-based assets “off radar” today all around the world. Using our Water Intelligence Solutions, sanitary ware, water treatment systems, appliances, and many more are interconnected in an IoT network to deliver fine-grained, in-context, time relevant insights.
Ulf Leonhard
Company: Watervent
Location: Berlin, Germany
I am the founder and owner of Watervent. At Watervent, we match technology entrepreneurs (focus: cleantech, water, industry and related) with investors; especially with family business owners (“corporate investors”) from Germany, Austria & Switzerland!
We have a vast network in central Europe (esp. Germany, Austria, Switzerland) to Mittelstand family companies mainly in the manufacturing industry.
Personally acquainted with > 700 VC investors and Corporate Investors throughout Europe, Israel and USA/Canada.
Michael Lesniak
Company: CEO Water Mandate, Water Resilience Coalition
Location: Spokane, WA
Worldwide, the availability of freshwater is threatened by mankind’s activity. My passion is helping businesses operate at the intersection of water, climate, technology, energy; and enabling abundant outcomes in communities while allowing corporations to thrive and grow.
Business as usual is not cutting it, I bring thinking that disrupts norms by leveraging deep domain experience in water, energy, project development, and operations working across 50 states and 60 countries and partnering with the worlds largest corporations, indigenous communities, NGO’s, water innovators, and governments to have positive IMPACT as mankind adapts to the new reality.
To address the water crisis, collective aligned action and freshwater additionality programs are the open call and are leading catalytic communities to show the way.
Additionality involves the protection and restoration of freshwater resources from pollution and other human activities, as well as creating new sources of freshwater from oceans, waste water, industrial processes, impaired water, snow/ice, and storm water.
By investing in projects, and practicing efficient and sustainable water management, companies can achieve NET ZERO and NET POSITIVE WATER IMPACT while countries ensure the availability of freshwater now and in the future.
Magali Mendez
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.
Dennis Nwatu
Company: Hydro Wind Energy
Location: Lagos, Nigeria
As head of the business development team, I identify and evaluate new business opportunities, develop and implement new business strategies, manage relationships with customers and partners, and generally leverage my expertise to drive the growth and success of the company.
Sandra Ponce de León
Company: More Women in Crypto
Location: San Francisco, California
Sandra Ponce de Leon is an entrepreneurial marketer and veteran start-up executive that has launched brands and supported startups through several successful company exits. She has a broad marketing background that crosses consumer and business markets. Her expertise spans SaaS, ad-tech, social business, consumer mobile and AI. She is a strategic marketer with an influential and extensive network. Sandra’s long history in Silicon Valley has enabled her to forge friendships and business relationships with the industry’s top tech leaders and influencers. Her expansive marketing toolkit includes brand development, GTM, acquisition and retention. She has led corporate marketing strategy, demand generation and product marketing activities that have fueled company growth and trajectories.
Sandra’s side hustles include the Popping the Bubbl podcast, SF New Tech, SF’s long running tech event and actively contributing content to #LatinaGeeks.
• Digital marketing vet with influential tech network and strategic business development perspective
• Extensive know-how in development and implementation of data driven marketing programs
• Significant experience leveraging all social media tools: blog, social networks, twitter, video
Follow me @sandramp
Specialties: Broad B2B marketing experience: Online (search, email, media), social media, direct mail, mobile – android and iOS, mobile advertising, mobile commerce, consumer technology, display advertising, social business, innovation.
Experience working across organization from engineering to sales.
Extensive lead life-cycle management, infrastructure, CRM integration, marketing automation, lead nurturing, email