Water in clearly going to be one of the main issues over the coming decades. More than a billion people do not have access to clean drinking water which is both due to depletion of resources and to a far extent also due to pollution from agriculture and industry.

With the growing industrialization and living standard in China water in becoming the hottest resource issue in Northern China. The level of the aquifer under the North China plane is dropping by around 3 m annually and wells now have to be drilled as deep as 1000 m to reach water. When the ground water at the same time is being polluted and depleted (the number of lakes in Hebei has decreased from 1,052 to currently 83) the gravity of the problem increases day by day.

This however also offers immense business opportunities for all sorts of company in the water industry – from fresh water supply to waste water treatment. On this upcoming CleanTech Thursdays we will discuss a number of these opportunities and our panellists from the industry will share their opinion on where the opportunities are in the supply chain, what innovations are needed and how change in the regulatory environment can or will change the industry.

After the panel discussion Cleantech Thursdays will as always provide a platform for networking amongst the Cleantech industry in China.
Guest Panelists include(see bios below):
Ping ZHUANG, GM/Chirman, Easen International Co.,Ltd
Weidong ZHAN, Technical Officer, Beijing Capital (Hong Kong) Ltd
François Vince, R & D Manager Asia, Veolia Environment - Recherche & Innovation
Moderator: Christoph Waldersee, Managing Director, Asia Water Development Co.,Ltd
 
There will be complimentary snack and wine served, though as ever, space is limited for this event, so please be sure to register as soon as possible.
Also, be sure to visit our website at www.cleantechthursdays.com to stay informed about upcoming events. We look forward to seeing you then!
 
Date: Thursday ,September 9th, 2010
Time: Registration: 6:30pm, Panel 7:00pm, network: 7:45pm
Location: China Lounge, Workers' Stadium South Gate, Chaoyang District  010-6501 1166
Cost: 100 RMB
日期：9月9日,  星期四
时间：注册: 6:30pm，嘉宾论坛：7:00pm, 来宾交流：7:45pm
地点：唐廊, 工人体育场南门内 010-6501 1166
费用：100元
注：本次活动使用语言为英语
Panelists bios
Ping ZHUANG, Ph.D., P.E., Managing Director of Easen International Co., Ltd., who is also the Founding Member/ Board of Directors for the US based International Fund for China’s Environment (IFCE). Ping Zhuang is a very experienced expert in environment, urban development, solid waste management, water and wastewater engineering as well as infrastructure investment (fund raising) related to project development, financing, implementation and operation/maintenance. Furthermore, Dr. Zhuang is an International Consultant for the World Bank and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) financed projects in Asia particularly in China and Mongolia. Dr. Zhuang worked in the Unites States for many challenging engineering projects as Project Manager and a licensed US Professional Engineer (P.E.).  He was also the city engineer of Cocoa Beach, Florida in USA.
 
Weidong ZHAN, Technical Officer of Beijing Capital (Hong Kong) Ltd, Mr ZHAN has Extensive knowledge and experience in water and wastewater engineering, urban water planning and investment business. Before joining Beijing Capital (Hong Kong) Ltd, Mr ZHAN was the Vice General Manager in Technical and Engineering Dept of Beijing Capital Co., Ltd, China. During that period, he was supervising and inspecting technical renovations of the merged drinking water plants, and wastewater treatment plants for conforming to newly issued Chinese standards; suitable treatment process selection for WWTP and DWTP retrofitting projects; evaluating and modifying the design of new drinking water treatment plants and wastewater treatment plants of the merged water utilities for reducing capital costs (CAPEX) and operation costs (OPEX) of those projects. From 1998 to 2003, he worked at Veolia Water Systems China, managed a number of WWTP and DWTP projects in China. Mr ZHAN received his master degree on Environment Management at Technical University of Denmark.
 
Dr François Vince, R&D Manager Asia, Veolia Environnement. Dr François Vince is in charge of developing and managing the Beijing-based research centre of Veolia Environnement founded in 2009 in partnership with Tsinghua University. He coordinates the R&D activities of Veolia Environnement in Asia and is the local representative for Veolia Innovation Accelerator, the innovation watch network implemented worldwide by Veolia Environnement. He previously worked for 6 years on water treatment energy efficiency at Veolia Environnement Recherche & Innovation, Veolia Environnement R&D division. Originating from France, he graduated from Ecole Polytechnique (France), and holds a Master Degree on water treatment from Ecole Nationale des Ponts et Chaussees (France) and a PhD degree in energetics from Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (Switzertland).
 
Christoph Waldersee, co-founder and joint Managing Director of AWDC, the Asia Water Development Corporation Ltd. (HK). Chris a multilateral development finance specialist. He is a former executive of German development bank DEG (now KfW), later leading a major EU environmental project in China (2000-2003). Christoph advises Chinese cities mainly through ADB (Asian Development Bank) and its attached program CDIA (Cities Development Initiative for Asia) regarding finance of infrastructure and sustainable urban development through government as well as privately funded programs. Throughout the past 20 years he has been working with companies and government institutions in China as in other countries structuring BOT/TOT finance for the water sector, energy and energy efficiency projects, for the industrial and infrastructure sector and related technology transfer, including relevant joint venture contracts. Christoph is a founding partner of three China-based infrastructure investment and advisory partnerships, two of which are foreign-domestic joint ventures focused on making investments into the Asian water sector (water supply and highly energy efficient wastewater treatment).