WE Forum To Examine Water Business Opportunities

Feb. 8, 2012 - PRLog -- LAS VEGAS—“Water Business Opportunities for 2012 and Beyond” will be the theme of this year’s WATER EXECUTIVE Forum, which will be conducted March 6-7 and be co-located at the 2012 WQA Aquatech USA conference that is being held at the Las Vegas Convention Center.

William Malarkey, managing director-investment banking at Boenning & Scattergood, will act as session moderator.  Mr. Malarkey will also speak on the topic, “Sources for Funding Growth at Small-Cap Water Businesses.”  This presentation will address ways that smaller and mid-size water companies can pursue funding sources to help provide capital for future growth.  

On the investment side, Neil Berlant, a partner in Crowell, Weedon & Co., will address investment opportunities in the water business as the forum’s luncheon speaker March 6.  Peter Censky, the executive director of the Water Quality Association, will address the topic of future trends in the home drinking water business.  

Produced water and mining water will be important topics discussed in the session.  Speakers examining business topics within this area will include Jerry Rowe, global director water resource management at Hatch, Dewitt Dees, business development director at Heckmann Corp., and Alan Daza, a vice president at Aquatech International.  

Nikolay Voutchkov, the president of Water Group Consulting, will examine desalination market and technology trends.  Other confirmed speakers at the conference include Snehal Desai, global director of marketing with Dow Water & Process Solutions, Paul Turgeon, former president of BWA Water Additives, Steve Hopper, executive vice president for industrial business at Veolia Water, Richard Holmes, a deputy general manager with the Las Vegas Valley Water District, Dr. Michael Snow, president of SnowPure LLC, and David Rose, a vice president with Wedbush Securities.  

The conference schedule, and registration information about the meeting are available at this link:  http://www.ultrapurewater.com/Conferences/WE.htm.

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