Speakers 2023

Antoine Walter, Host, “(don’t) Waste Water” podcast

Antoine Walter, Host, “(don’t) Waste Water” podcast
Antoine Walter is a second-generation Water Professional – the legend says, his dad traded excavator sessions for him in river banks, against lunch invitations. He followed on this early start by completing a Master in Hydraulics and Environmental Engineering,... Read More

Rasmus Pinomaa, Head of Corporate Sustainability, Kemira

Rasmus Pinomaa, Head of Corporate Sustainability, Kemira
As the head of Kemira’s Corporate Sustainability function, Rasmus Pinomaa drives the global corporate sustainability agenda and further develops related capabilities through engaging with key stakeholders, facilitating the top management discussions and decision... Read More

Angela MacOscar, Head of Innovation, Northumbrian Water

Angela MacOscar, Head of Innovation, Northumbrian Water
Dr Angela MacOscar is Head of Innovation at Northumbrian Water. A PhD physical chemist, with a passion for innovation.  She helps businesses embed an innovation culture, creates effective processes and strategies that results in purpose driven innovation output. ... Read More

Carien Spagnuolo, Commercial Manager,Clean TeQ Water

Carien Spagnuolo, Commercial Manager,Clean TeQ Water
Carien is the Commercial Manager for the Europe and Africa regions for ASX-listed Australian water technology company Clean TeQ Water. In this role she manages Clean TeQ Water’s business development and growth in these two critical, yet vastly different, markets.... Read More

David Trueba, President and Chief Executive Officer

David Trueba, President and Chief Executive Officer
David Trueba joined Revive Environmental in January 2023, and serves on the board and as President and Chief Executive Officer. David’s 20 year career has been in the allied chemical, materials, and environmental services industries. Prior to joining Revive, David was... Read More

Julius Gloeckner, Chief Commercial Officer, CERAFILTEC

Julius Gloeckner, Chief Commercial Officer, CERAFILTEC
Julius Gloeckner is the Chief Commercial Officer at CERAFILTEC Germany GmbH – leading ceramic flat sheet membrane technology provider. Julius has been incremental in building the company as part of CERAFILTC’s core management team as well as establishing the... Read More

Walid Khoury, General Manager, Desalytics

Walid Khoury, General Manager, Desalytics
Walid Khoury is a top-performing water business leader passionate about building diverse and inclusive teams, focusing on women empowerment and job creation. With over 20 years of experience working for Fortune 500 companies, Walid has successfully led commercial... Read More

David Rubinstein, Chief Executive Officer, OptiRTC, Inc.

David Rubinstein, Chief Executive Officer, OptiRTC, Inc.
Highly accomplished Customer Centric Operations Executive/Officer with proven record of achievement in directing profitable organizations, managing change, and overseeing global professional services, product development and G&A organizations. Special expertise in... Read More

Rob Rappold, VP of Business Development, Allonnia

Rob Rappold, VP of Business Development, Allonnia
Rob is the VP of Business Development for the industry sector at Allonnia. He has spent his 22+ year career in the water industry with roles ranging from sales to plant management to regional P&L ownership. He has a track record of partnering with his customers on... Read More

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