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.
Company: Saur
Location: Paris, France
Florian is the Head of Aquaverse, the Innovation Studio of Saur. Aquaverse is a do-tank that gathers stakeholders in the water sector to collaborate, by exploring common challenges and co-designing new models and solutions.
Company: Reservoir LLC
Location: Austin, TX
Inna has worked with executives and next-gen leaders to support societal impact, leadership development, diversity and equity, and accessibility design through evidence-based learning and development programs for the past 12 years.
Company: Ceres
Location: Santa Barbara, California
Katalyn (Kate) Voss leads partnership work for the water program. This includes identifying and maintaining strategic partnerships – including with NGOs, investors, and funders – to support efforts to address the most severe and systemic risks to freshwater resources around the globe.
Prior to Ceres, Kate advised on a range of Federal science policy issues as an Associate Program Officer at the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine and while serving as the American Geophysical Union/AAAS Congressional Science Fellow in the office of U.S. Senator Tom Udall. In her previous work, she collaborated with international nonprofits, scientists, and decision-makers on water management projects ranging from water supply and climate hazard assessments in the Himalaya (dissertation research and work with The Mountain Institute) to water risk mapping for the private sector (Aqueduct at World Resources Institute) and science-driven diplomacy in the Middle East and California (UC Center for Hydrologic Modeling).
Kate earned her Ph.D. from the Geography Department at UC Santa Barbara and her B.S. in Science, Technology, and International Affairs from the School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University.
Company: ePhi
Location: New York City Metropolitan Area
I am a dynamic leader who set high standards of performance and focus on ambitious results. I am motivated by challenges, achievements and the ability to make an impact for sustainability. I have proven my capabilities and business acumen in operational, strategic and commercial roles in the environmental services businesses, in US and international complex environments.
Company: New Power Industry
Location: Berkeley, California
As a member of the winning team of the 2018 XPrize, I co-developed a novel, location-agnostic air-to-water technology that generated 2000L in 24 hours at under two cents a liter from renewable energy. As a company, we also are developing eco-industrial models for sea-plant based fuel and fertilizer systems.
Company: ARISE-US
Dr Peter Williams has over 35 years’ experience in helping businesses and governments adapt to, and make the most of, new technology. By background a strategy and process consultant, he was formerly the CTO of IBM’s “Big Green Innovations” unit, where he played a major role in the development of IBM’s “smarter planet” businesses in the areas of environmental management, water management, smart cities and disaster resilience: these focused on on the applications of technology to public infrastructure and public services. In focusing on disaster resilience, he was the lead author of the UN City Disaster Resilience Scorecard, now used by over 350 cities globally.
Having retired from IBM in 2018, Peter now leads the US Network of ARISE, the UN DRR’s vehicle for enabling public-private collaboration in disaster risk reduction. In this role he has expanded membership significantly and led or participated in numerous projects such as creating a community toolkit for wildfire risk reduction; a critical asset management tool; and action guides for cities trying to become disaster resilient. He also led the creation of a further UN Scorecard for the resilience of industrial and commercial real estate.
Peter was accorded the honor of being named an IBM Distinguished Engineer in 2009, and he also lectured at Stanford University for several years on Smart Cities and Communities. In addition to leading ARISE, he is also an independent consultant working on the application of information and data technologies to water, smart cities and disaster resilience with governments, vendors and NGOs; he is a regular judge on VC competitions; and he advises several start-ups. A native of the UK, he has lived in the US since 1999, and is married with three adult children. His PhD was awarded from the University of Bath, England.