-Chairman of Tomorrow Water Project Advisory Board
-President and Founder, Water & Energy Advisors, LLC
-Former Research Director & Partner at McNamee, Porter & Seeley (now Tetra Tech)

Dr. Kang serves as an Engineering Consultant for government agencies and industries in the U.S., Canada, Korea, India & internationally. His special services include sustainability, and environmental protection through technology development, water quality assessment and modeling and energy optimization. Dr. Kang introduced many new technologies in the U.S., such as biological phosphorus removal using A/O process, Nutrient recovery through RIMNUT from Italy, FMX and Proteus Technology from BKT, Korea and others. He is also a principal author of many handbooks and manuals, such as Nutrient Removal technology manual by US EPA and many other publications. Dr. Kang previously served as Research Director and Partner at McNamee Porter & Seeley over 18 years prior to its merger with Tetra Tech, where he served as Senior Vice President responsible of wastewater technologies over 20 years. Currently he serves as an independent consultant for wider water sector focusing on development of practical systems for both advanced countries and the developing world.

-Homer Nowlin Chair in Water Research, Michigan State University
-Stockholm Water Prize Laureate
-Former Chairperson of Drinking Water Committee (USEPA Science Advisory Board )

Dr. Rose serves as the Director of the Global Water Pathogens Project. She is an international expert in water microbiology, water quality and public health, publishing more than 300 manuscripts. She has been leading investigation of numerous waterborne outbreaks and their cures world-wide. Dr. Rose’s original research has advanced sciences in safe drinking water and sanitation. Areas of research have been broad covering community water supplies, water used for food production, and coastal waters as well as drinking water treatment, wastewater treatment and reclaimed water.

In 2016, Dr. Rose received the Stockholm Water Prize for recognition of the state of art science through original research, effective legislative support, education of practitioners that have enhanced the clean water and health of the world.

Dr. Rose served many countries in her long career; She was Chair of the Drinking Water Committee for the USEPA Science Advisory Board (2004-2010) and provided advice to governments of Singapore, Australia, Korea, and many others.

-CEO of Bluetech Research
-Executive Producer of “Brave Blue World”

Water scientist, sustainability thought-leader and documentary producer, Paul O’Callaghan believes the global water crisis can be solved in his lifetime and he is on a mission to help make it happen. BlueTech Research was founded by Paul in 2011, to support technological advancements in water management and help find the solutions needed to provide clean water and safe sanitation. The Intelligence Platform was created to improve the intelligence available on water technologies and their markets, making it easier to identify commercially viable innovation options. Paul’s latest project is a documentary called “Brave Blue World” which is designed to create more awareness about the solutions that already exist to solve the water crisis. Paul now divides his time between the BlueTech Research offices in Vancouver and Cork. He works with global Fortune 500 corporates including L’Oréal, Microsoft and PepsiCo on their water strategy policies. He has also recently guest lectured at Harvard and Cambridge Universities.

-Professor, Manhattan College
-Former President of WEF (Water & -Environment Federation)
-Former Chairperson of American Society of Civil Engineers/Environment
-Former Chairperson of Water Resources Institute

Professor Brown serves as a Senior Scientist at Manhattan College in NY, lecturing environmental engineering courses since 2002. Prof. Brown served as the President of Water Environment Federation (WEF) from 2009 to 2012 and served as Chair of a variety organizations such as American Society of Civil Engineers/Environment and Water Resources Institute. In recognition of her achievements in the environmental engineering field, she received numerous awards and honors from EPA, WEF and NEWEA. She has authored numerous scientific publications in the wastewater field, notably, around removal of nutrients, plant design and biological nutrient removal. Her recent focus is in thermal conversion of carbon containing waste materials such as wastewater biosolids and food waste to produce energy. She also has research interests in nanoparticles in wastewater, biodegradation of pharmaceuticals and microbial pathways.

Complimenting her academic experience, she is also an industry veteran serving as Executive Director of the Stamford (CT) Water Pollution Control Authority for over 40 years.

- Process & Innovation Leader at Stantec

Dr. Sathyamoorthy has over 20 years of industry and academia experience designing, operating, optimizing WRRFs and conducting fundamental research related to the fate of emerging contaminants in wastewater treatment. In recent years, Dr. Sathyamoorthy’ s research has focused on interrogation of complex mixed culture microbial communities to elucidate those microbial protagonists capable of biodegrading, biotransforming and assimilating emerging contaminants such as pharmaceuticals and Bisphenol-A.