• Knowledge from inside the industry and from those who are leading the water industry.
• Hear case studies presented by those active in the market
• Get your questions answered during the interactive Q&A sessions
• Meet all those involved during our speed networking session

Mr Vincent Bagopi, Director of Water, Ministry of Water, Botswana

Mr Rens Bindeman, Managing Director, Revenue Investigations

Mr Alex Bonney, Commissioner, Public Utilities Regulatory Commission, Ghana

Mr Alex Bonney, Commissioner , Public Utilities Regulatory Cpmmission

Mr Kwekudotwe Botwe, Deputy Managing Director, Ghana Water Company

Mr John Chabo, Executive Director: Hydrological Services, Ministry of Water, Nigeria

Mr Marius Claassen, Manager: Water Resources, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research

Mr. Gerald Dumas, Managing Director, Johannesburg Water

Eng John Oriono Eyatu, Principal Engineer: Planning & Quality Assurance, Directorate of Water Development

Dr. Doris Fisher, Commissioner of Water Resources & Rural Development, Rivers State Ministry of Water Resources

Mr Yohannes Ghebremedhin, Director of Urban Water Supplies, Ministry of Water, Ethiopia

Dr. Jaqui Goldin, Director, Africa Water Institute of Research

Mr Oduro Gyarteng, Chairman, Water Resources Commission Oduro Kwadjo Gyarteng, is the Chairman of the 15-member Board of Commissioners of the Water Resources Commission (WRC) of Ghana which was inaugurated in July 2007. Before then his last Public Service appointment was a 9 year stint as the Chief Executive of the Ghana Irrigation Development Authority (GIDA) which he also represented on the 1st and pioneer Board of the Commissioners of the Water Resources Commission (WRC) of Ghana. Mr. Gyarteng holds a Bsc.(Mechanical Engineering) from Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST); a Postgraduate Diploma in Agricultural Engineering -Farm Machinery Design- from the National College of Agricultural Engineering (NCAE), Silsoe, UK; and an Msc.(Agricutural Engineering) –Tropical Mechanization- at University of Reading/NCAE, UK. He first joined the Public Service as an Assistant Agricultural Engineer in September, 1967 and rose through the ranks to become the Director of the Agricultural Engineering Department of Ghana’s Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MOFA) where he spent most of his over 30 years of professional career and working life. And for a period from November 1991, to December, he was made to act in the topmost professional post of the Chief Director of the Ministry (MOFA). When in service he found time to serve on professional engineering bodies and some High School Management Boards. He has also served his terms as the President of Ghana- and the West African- Associations of Agricultural Engineering. Since retirement in August, 2002, Mr. Gyarteng has been engaged in short term Engineering consultancies in Agricultural Engineering and water, and currently engaged in promoting the development of the rural area where he hails from He has also found time to be with his 7 grandchildren. .

Mr Earl Jones, Infrastructure Water & Process Technologies, Hamma Seawater Desalination Plant

Mr Alex Kaaya, Chief Executive Officer, Dar es Salaam Water & Sewerage, Tanzania

Ms. Nduta Beatrice Kiare, Chairperson, Water Appeal Board

Ms. Qedani Dorothy Mahlangu, MEC: Local Government, Gauteng Provincal Government

Mr Nathan Mariemuthu, Chairman,, Africa Heritage Society, South Africa

Mr. Fred Maunge, Chief Executive Officer, Water Utilities Corporation

Dr Dale McKinley, Media Information Officer, Coalition against Water Privatization

Mr. Louis Meintjes, Chairman, Transvaal Agricultural Union

Ms. Deborah Mochotlhi, Chief Director, Dept of Water & Forestry

Mr Mpako Dennis Mokotedi, Water and Sanitation Director, Mogale City

Ms Nolene Morris, Chief Executive Officer, Bloem Water

Londiwe Mthembu, Chief Executive Officer, Trans-Caledon Tunnel Authority (TCTA)

Mr Issac Muasya, Chairman, Athi Water Service Board

Mr William Muhairwe, Managing Director, National Water & Sewerage Corporation

Mr Godfrey Mwiinga, Speacialist in Water & Sanitation, Development Bank of South Africa

Mr George Ndongwe, Managing Director, Lusaka Water & Sewerage Corporation, Zambia

Mr Phera Ramoeli, Head of Water Division, SADC Secretariat

Dr. Cornelius Ruiters, Director General , Dept of Water & Forestry

Ms Simangele Sekgobela, Chief Executive Officer, Magalies Water

Mr Fazel Sherrif, Executive Director: Water and Sanitation, City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality

Mr Nico Singh, Prepayment Manager, Johannesburg Water

Ms Isobel Stoep, President, South African Irrigation Institue (SABI)

Mr Basie van der Walt, Water Technology Manager, Harmony Gold, South Africa

our speakers   Dr Cornelius Ruiters Deputy Director General: National Water Resources Department of Water Affairs & Forestry, South Africa Qedani Dorothy Mahlangu MEC: Local Government Gauteng Provincial Government, South Africa Fazel Sherrif Executive Director: Water & Sanitation City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality, South Africa   Nolene Morris Chief Executive Officer Bloem Water, South Africa   Gerald Dumas Managing Director Johannesburg Water › Speakers list   event partners    Business Zone:         Media Partners:            sponsorship opportunities With one cost-effective investment, Africa Water Congress 2008 will:   Put your CEO on a platform with your top prospects Build your brand with the decision-makers Give you the best African coverage of any marketing channel Target your message to your precise audience     Target your market!   For details contact Jaylene Naidoo