Innovation

Water Innovation and Technology at WEFTEC 2016

Discussion session at WEFTEC 2015Representatives from EPA's Office of Water and from across the agency will be attending the 89th Water Environment Federation Technical Exhibition and Conference (WEFTEC)Exit on September 24-28, 2016 in New Orleans, Louisiana. EPA will be hosting a variety of outreach and discussion activities in its exhibition space (booth 429). More than a dozen speakers are being featured as part of EPA's Speaker Series taking place throughout the conference. A final schedule of these discussion sessions is provided below:

Speaker Series at EPA Booth

Topic

Speaker(s)

Time (CDT)

Water Technology and Innovation

Jeff Lape, EPA Office of Water/Office of Science and Technology

9/26, 11am

Reclamation Water Prize Competition Center

Chuck Hennig, Bureau of Reclamation

9/26, 12pm

Climate Resiliency

Karen Metchis, EPA Office of Water/Office of Wastewater Management

9/26, 1pm

Water Strategies for U.S. Embassies

Donna McIntire-Byrd, U.S. Department of State

9/26, 2pm

Water Technology Innovation Clusters

Sally Gutierrez, EPA Office of Research and Development
Marcus Gay (New England Water Innovation Network)
Egils Milbergs (Center for Accelerating Innovation, Tacoma, WA)
Bryan Stubbs (Cleveland Water Alliance)
Rominder Suri (WaterTIE)

9/26, 3pm

Anaerobic Digesters

Melissa Pennington, EPA Region 3

9/27, 10am

Coliphage Indicators

Betsy Southerland, EPA Office of Water/Office of Science and Technology

9/27, 11am

Arsenic Sensor Prize Competition

Joel Creswell, EPA Office of Research and Development

9/27, 12pm

EPA Tools

Jason Berner, EPA Office of Research and Development

9/27, 1pm

DOE Resources for Utilities

Scott Hutchins, U.S. Department of Energy

9/27, 2:30pm

Water-Energy Nexus

Jason Turgeon, EPA Region 1

9/27, 3pm

Integrated Permitting

Deborah Nagle, EPA Office of Water/Office of Wastewater Management

9/28, 9am

More Water Less Concentrate Prize Competition

Saied Delagah, Bureau of Reclamation

9/28, 11am

National Test Bed Network

Jason Turgeon, EPA Region 1

9/28, 12pm

Partner Display Area

In addition to the Speaker Series, EPA is also home to a Partner Display Area where attendees can learn about, and meet representatives from, other agencies and collaborative partnerships outside EPA. Partners featured in this area include:

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