Auravant Leandro Sabignoso, Chief Executive Officer Barcelona Regional Marc Montlleó, Director of Environmental Projects Barcelona Water Cycle Company (BCASA) María José Chesa Marro, Head of Environmental Services and External Relations, Directorate of Planning and Innovation BBMP (Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike) Climate Action Cell Preeti Gehlot, Special Commissioner, Government of Karnataka Biome Environmental Solutions Sharath Nayak, Director Architect Chitra Vishwanath, Principal Architect and Founder BitHabitat Natalia Sánchez Castro, Head of Strategic Projects Boson White Water (Transwater System) Vikas Brahmavar, Chief Executive Officer and Founder Caskade David K. Fürst, Chief Executive Officer and Founder Catalan Institute for Water Research (ICRA) Vicenç Acuña Salazar, Director Lluís Corominas Tabares, Co-Director Catalan Water Partnership (CWP) Xavier Amores Bravo, Director Lucia Gusmaroli, European Projects Manager Community Water and Sanitation Agency (CWSA) – Accra Mohammed Ibrahim Adokor, Director, Planning and Investments Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) – Water Research Institute Collins Okrah, Research DirectorDepartment of Hydraulic Engineering and Environment (DIHMA) – Valencia Polytechnic University (UPV) Amparo López Jiménez, DIHMA Director Deploy Tech Beren Kayali, Chief Technology Officer and Co- Founder Paul Mendieta, Chief Executive Officer and Co- Founder Dinapsis – Veolia Maria Isabel Escaler Puigoriol, Innovation Return Director Maria Jesús Llorens Caramés, Communication and Expansion Director Emerald Technology Ventures Helge Daebel, Partner, Head of Water Fivecomm Hector J. Donat, Chief Executive Officer Fluid Analytics Asim Bhalerao, Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer Nidhi Jain, Co-Founder FluxGen Technologies Ganesh Shankar, Chief Executive Officer and Founder Friends of Lakes (FOL) – Bengaluru Ramprasad. V, Co-Founder Vishwanath Srikantaiah, Co-Founder Ghana Borehole Drillers Association Seth Boateng, Chairman Ghana Water Limited (GWL) Maxwell Akosah-Kusi, Manager of Non-Revenue Water, Metering, and Instrumentation Michael W. Nyoagbe, Manager Research and Innovation Water-BOOST: Enabling Innovation for Future-Ready Cities 45

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