SPEAKERS
Sanda Ojiambo
Assistant Secretary-General @ UN Global Compact
opening keynote
SANDa Ojiambo, Assistant Secretary-General, United Nations Global Compact
Panel: Data Center Water Consumption and Sustainable Solutions
Dr. Oliver Browne
Westwater Research, California Regional Director
Dr. Amardeep Dhanju
Aspen Environmental Group, Senior Project Manager
Eli Tan [Moderator]
New York Times reporter
Lightning Talks:Resilient Waters: Cross-Sector Pathways for Climate Adaptation
Aaron Tartakovsky
Co-founder and CEO/Epic Cleantech
Dr. Peter Fiske [Moderator]
Engagement and Tech Translation Manager - National Alliance for Water Innovation
Dr. Annalise Blum
Research fellow at the PPIC Water Policy Center
Dr. Christine Boyle
Partner at Burnt Island Ventures
Panel: Collaborative Water Governance: Cooperation and Conflict over Shared Water Resources
Newsha Ajami
Chief Strategy and Development Officer for Research, Lawrence Berkeley Lab
Sarah Sarfaty Epstein [Moderator]
Master of Science candidate in the Energy and Resources Group at UC Berkeley
Abby Lindsay Ostovar
Senior Water Policy Consultant
Montgomery & Associates
Gemma Smith
Assistant Research Professor, University of Arizona
Panel: From Risk to Resilience: Advancing Corporate Water Stewardship
Marlies Michielssen
Water Stewardship Manager, Amazon
Alua Suleimenova
Senior Sustainability Lead, Marvell Technology
Byron Thayer
Senior Manager, Sustainability, Levi's
Alison Gilbert
Associate Director, Water Stewardship Lead, Anthesis
Jason Morrison [Moderator]
President, Pacific Institute
Panel: Healing Waters: Indigenous Leadership and Collaboration in California Watershed Restoration
Seren Pendleton-Knoll
Managing Director of External Affairs, Blue Forest
Molli Myers (Karuk)
Chief Operations Officer at Ridges to Riffles Indigenous Conservation Group
Dr. Sibyl Diver
Stanford University, Lecturer and Director of Environmental Justice Working Group
Panel: The Next Drop: Future of Water Use in California Agriculture
Richard Howitt
UC Davis Prof, Agriculture Markets
Ellen Bruno [Moderator]
Assistant Professor UC Berkeley
Wade Crowfoot
California Natural Resources Secretary