Agenda
Summit: Strategic Opportunities in Water Technologies
Thursday, February 4, 2010 and Friday, February 5, 2010
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Developers and vendors of water control technologies face a sudden ramp-up in opportunities as multiple new segments and regional markets open up with vast untapped needs. Water supply, quality and reuse/recycling are turning into the biggest challenges of the 21st century. Innovations in technologies and services are urgently required to track, manage, treat and desalinate water and wastewater. Markets range from oil and gas extraction, power generation (fossil and renewable, including biofuels), food/beverage, desalination, mining, commercial real estate and corporate risk management. The US EPA forecasts $277 billion will need to be spent on water infrastructure by 2019, while some market analysts put the tag as high as $600 billion.
With so many markets growing and evolving, each segment has its own unique needs, distribution channels and competitive dynamics. Developers, vendors and distributors of water solutions, as well as investors, have an uphill climb to identify the markets most in need of their products, how they fit in each competitive landscape, and how to position their products for maximum profitability.