On January 28, The Maritime Alliance will host a one-day symposium in San Diego on the technologies and increasingly attractive economics of the desalination industry.
Confirmed speakers include:
• Robert Burk, founder and CEO, NanoH2O; • Hugh Constant, executive vice president, World Trade Center San Diego; • Gary Crisp, global business leader, desalination, GHD Pty. Ltd.; • Anthony Jones, Ph.D., chief technology officer, Campbell Applied Physics Inc.; • Neil Marshall, vice president, EcoSystems Management Associates Inc.; • John McNeece, attorney/partner, Luce Forward; • Randy Truby, comptroller, Intl. Desalination Assn.; • Rogelio Vazquez Gonzalez, Ph.D., professor of applied geophysics, CICESE; • Peter Waldron, president, American Membrane Technology Assn.; and • Robert Yamada, water resources manager, San Diego County Water Authority.Topics to be covered include:
• “The Technology and Increasingly Attractive Economics of Desalination”; • "San Diego as a Historic and Leading Center of Desalination Technology"; • "Desalination Technology Advances Worldwide"; • "Opportunities in the San Diego/Baja Mega-Region"; • "Related Technologies and Applications"; and • The Department of Commerce grant won by the World Trade Center San Diego to promote exports of water technologies to North Africa, the Middle East and India.Registration for the one-day event is $45. Supporters of the Maritime Alliance will receive a discounted rate of $20. The cost to exhibit, which includes one attendee, is $125. All prices include lunch. Sponsorship opportunities start at $250.
Source: The Maritime Alliance
