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Water Efficiency Ideation Workshop

Thursday, August 20, 2009 from 6:00 PM to 8:30 PM (PT)

Palo Alto, United States

Water Efficiency Ideation Workshop

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IMAGINE H2O AND COOLEY GODWARD KRONISH LLP PRESENT:

THE WATER EFFICIENCY CUSTOMER: AN IDEATION WORKSHOP FOR WATER EFFICIENCY BUSINESSES

http://waterefficiency.eventbrite.com

 

What: A unique evening for identifying water customers’ needs, brainstorming ideas and building teams

When: Thursday August 20, 2009, 6-8:30pm

Where: Cooley Godward Kronish LLP, 3175 Hanover St., Palo Alto, CA 94304 

Register at http://waterefficiency.eventbrite.com

Why: In anticipation of the upcoming launch of the inaugural Imagine H2O Prize for water efficiency business plans, we're offering entrepreneurs, innovators, and the public a chance to hear from customers of water efficiency products and services.

 

Program:

  • Identification of specific market needs and opportunities by leaders in Industrial, Agricultural, Consumer and Water Utility market segments, including answers to questions like
  1. What products and services in water and wastewater do you currently buy and how much do you spend?
  2. What are your biggest, most critical needs that you would pay most for?
  3. What should an entrepreneur selling a water or wastewater product or service to your company focus on? 
  • Brainstorming facilitated by the market segment leaders towards addressing those needs, with participation from venture capitalists, entrepreneurs, business leaders and technology experts.


  • Expert resources for water entrepreneurs, including breakout tables with venture capitalists, Imagine H2O representatives, Cooley Godward Kronish cleantech and venture capital attorneys, and Pricewaterhouse Coopers cleantech practice leaders.

Speakers and expert advisors include

  • Richard Harris (Water Conservation Manager, East Bay Municipal District)
  • Anne Jackson (Senior Program Manager, PG&E)
  • Nick Frey (President, Sonoma County Winegrape Commission)
  • Bence Oliver (Green Team, eBay)
  • Tamin Pechet (Principal, Catamount Ventures and Chairman, Imagine H2O)
  • Anthony Ravitz (Project Engineer, Real Estate & Workplace Services, Google)
  • Marty Laporte ( Associate Director of Utilities, Stanford University)
  • Jim Fulton (Partner, Cooley Godward Kronish and Head of Emerging Companies Practice)
  • Steve Bengston (Director of Emerging Company Services, Pricewaterhouse Coopers)
  • Harsha Prahlad (Senior Research Engineer, SRI International)

Register at http://waterefficiency.eventbrite.com

 

When & Where


Cooley Godward Kronish LLP

3175 Hanover Street
Palo Alto, 94304

Thursday, August 20, 2009 from 6:00 PM to 8:30 PM (PT)


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