Speakers 2013

Jeff Montanye

Jeff Montanye
Jeff Montanye is Vice President of the Global Technology Partnership and Global Knowledge Sharing groups at Ecolab.  Ecolab has embarked on an ambitious open innovation initiative designed to increase the value of external technology in its new product pipeline.  Jeff... Read More

Mark Felix

Mark Felix
Mark Felix is an Investment Manager in Dow Venture Capital (DVC), an investment arm of The Dow Chemical Company. Mark is responsible for sourcing and executing strategic investments that enable and accelerate Dow’s business growth, with a particular focus on the Dow... Read More

Bruno Steis

Bruno Steis
Bruno Steis is the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Inge GmbH. He joined the company in May 2008 as an Executive Board Member responsible for business development and marketing. In June 2009, he was appointed Chief Executive Offer and in this function he led Inge... Read More

Kaj Jansson

Kaj Jansson
Kaj Jansson currently holds a position as the Director of Outotec’s Service Solutions in Industrial Water Treatment. Outotec is a world leading mining technology provider that focuses on sustainable use of Earth’s natural resources. Kaj has over 25 years long... Read More

Ruediger Knauf

Ruediger Knauf
Dr. Ruediger Knauf was nominated Vice President, Global R&D of Siemens’ Water Technologies Business Unit in 2007. As Chief Technology Officer and head of R&D for the Global Business Unit Ruediger is globally responsible to lead Innovation Strategy and... Read More

Steven van Zutphen

Steven van Zutphen
Steven van Zutphen is the CEO of Magpie Polymers, a start-up company producing metal capturing polymers capable of selectively removing heavy metals such as lead, uranium or gold from (waste)water. Steve invented the technology for Magpie as researcher at the Ecole... Read More

Craig Beckman

Craig Beckman
Craig Beckman is the President & CEO for MIOX Corporation, an electrolytic technology leader for customized disinfection chemistries. Prior to MIOX, Craig was the Vice President Equipment Sales at GE Water with responsibility of a global team of Developers selling... Read More

Tor Albert Ersdal

Tor Albert Ersdal
Tor Albert Ersdal is the Managing Director at Zeropex, where he has led the company from product development to launch and commercialization. As a serial entrepreneur, he brings growth and experience to his position. Tor Albert is a self-described “entrepreneur at... Read More

Jeroen van Nunen

Jeroen van Nunen
Jeroen van Nunen is the Senior Officer of New Business Developer for Fujifilm Manufacturing Europe B.V., focusing on ion exchange membrane technologies. Since he began working at Fujifilm four years ago, Jeroen helped to expand Fujifilm’s into new business areas. His... Read More

Bill Bornak

Bill Bornak
Bill Bornak has worked in water treatment for over 30 years. His specialities include ion exchange and reverse osmosis. Bill started at Rohm and Haas, spending 10 years in research and the ion exchange departments. He spent 20 years at (then) Betz Laboratories,... Read More

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