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From Roman Aqueducts to Silicon Valley: Delivering Clean, Affordable Water to the World

Event Details

Time: January 28, 2009 from 6pm to 8:30pm
Location: SRI International, Menlo Park
Street: 333 Ravenswood Ave
City/Town: Menlo Park, CA 94025
Website or Map: http://www.sri.com/contact/ib…
Event Type: panel, networking, baia 2009
Organized By: BAIA
Latest Activity: Aug 9, 2011

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Event Description

Aqueducts built during the Roman Empire represented an engineering marvel and a highly advanced system to capture, store, transport, and distribute potable water to urban Rome and to the whole Empire, for uses ranging from agriculture to the famous Thermae.

Today's world faces clean water challenges in both the developed and developing worlds: economic growth, disease control, agricultural production, and even geopolitical stability are dependent upon reliable access to water.

On January 28, Business Association Italy America (BAIA) invites you to SRI in Menlo Park, CA to hear how technology experts, the venture community, utilities, and entrepreneurs define the water problem and are vying for innovative solutions.

Panel:
- Tamin Pechet, Catamount Ventures
- G.G. Pique, CEO, Energy Recovery, Inc.
- Dana Haasz, San Francisco Public Utilities Commission
- Alex Beavers, SRI International
- Barbara Heydorn, SRI International (moderator)

(Program subject to change)

Location and Directions

Get directions to SRI's International Building and Conference Parking here

Program and RSVP

6:00 PM-7:00 PM Networking
7:00 PM-8:30 PM Panel and Q&A

Admission: $25 for non-members, $30 at the door, $10 for BAIA supporting individual and corporate members
Please register at http://water2009.eventbrite.com/
(Supporting members will receive an exclusive discount code via email. If you have any questions, please contact info@baia-network.org)

Photo by Pamela McCreight

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Comment by Lucia Panini on February 9, 2009 at 2:06pm: A video of the event is now available at: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=220914315000281697&hl=en

Comment by Lucia Panini on January 30, 2009 at 2:00pm: Pictures of the event are now avaiable here: http://flickr.com/photos/baia/sets/72157613105686743/

along with a slide show: http://flickr.com/photos/baia/sets/72157613105686743/show/with/3237...

Comment by Lucia Panini on January 28, 2009 at 10:13pm: Thank you for our speakers who provided insights about the challenges related to water technologies, management, distribution, pricing, regulations, investments (or lack thereof!), hopes toward new ventures, and solutions.
And thank you to the BAIA audience, who showed responsible interest for the water issues (although many questions have yet to be answered), and asked compelling, pertinent, stimulating questions.

Comment by Lucia Panini on January 27, 2009 at 10:19am: A timely KQED coverage tonight about the role of water in Western states, if you wish to start quenching your thirst for more water-related information!

Comment by Lucia Panini on January 25, 2009 at 1:45pm: One of the many issues affecting access to clean water worldwide, relates to disposal of pharmaceuticals and other industrial waste; this article describes how the problem impacts waterways in India http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090125/ap_on_re_as/pharmawater_india

BAIA Team Comment by Marco Sgroi on January 23, 2009 at 7:25am: Another interesting article on the water issue can be found at:
http://www.greentechmedia.com/articles/-requires-low-cost-solutions...

BAIA Team Comment by Matteo Fabiano on January 15, 2009 at 2:31pm: Timely article on the Economist's "the world in 2009". Peter Brabeck-Letmathe, chairman of Nestlé, argues that water shortage is an even more urgent problem than climate change http://www.economist.com/theworldin/displayStory.cfm?story_id=12494...

Comment by Lucia Panini on December 28, 2008 at 3:55am: Margherita, thank you for your question. No this event is not free; pricing details will be posted after the holidays. Happy New Year!