Water Finance Symposium
Since 2001 WestWater has hosted the premier event in the water industry, the Water Finance Symposium. Our one day executive seminar attracts industry participants from all across the county. Private equity fund managers, institutional investors, engineers, lawyers, consultants, and industry experts come together to discuss the latest opportunities and challenges facing the water industry. The Water Finance Symposium is a unique opportunity to network with senior industry executives and engage in conversations about investing in the water industry. Previous Water Finance Symposiums presentations can be found in our Resources Dataroom.
The 5th Water Finance Symposium will be in 2011. Details will be coming soon, so please check back in with us!
Previous Water Finance Symposiums:
4th Annual
Date: February 13, 2006
Location: The Estancia La Jolla Hotel, La Jolla, CA
Keynote Speaker: Mayor David Wallace, Urban Water Council
Session Topics:
- Public-private partnerships – successes and challenges
- Is the Water Industry a Good Investment?
- The Role of Capital Markets in Water Projects
- Water infrastructure investment at critical crossroads
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- Roles and opportunities for private water resource development
- Creating real value in the water industry
- The future of the water industry
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3rd Annual
Date: June 21, 2004
Location: The Houstonian, Houston,TX
Keynote Speaker: Boone Pickens
Session Topics:
- Creating New Markets: Lessons from Commodity, financial and natural resource trading
- Water management strategies for energy and industrial projects
- Challenges facing groundwater banking projects in Texas
- Public-private partnership financing model
- Investing and financing in the water industry
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- Art of the deal: structuring innovative water development projects
- Financing water projects: converting to surface water in suburban Houston
- Environmental water markets and project mitigation
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2nd Annual
Date: June 2, 2003
Location: The Bellagio, Las Vegas, Nevada
Session Topics:
- Creating New Markets: Lessons from Commodity, financial and natural resource trading
- Water Resources Development: Market Fragementaion
- Discovering Hidden Value: Financing Water Development
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- Negotiating Legal Hurdles to Water Delivery: Policy and Regulation
- The Role of Resource Development Within the Water Industry
- Focus on California: Loss of Colorado Surpluss
- International Waters: Water Marketing Abroad
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1st Annual
Date: December 10, 2001
Location: The Houstonian, Houston ,TX
Session Topics:
- Water Resources Development and Water Marketing: Challenges and Opportunities of the New Millennium
- Wall Street on Water
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- Power and Water: Water Planning for New Power Projects
- Water Resources Development
- Water: Essential to Development
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