speakers

2027 Speakers & AGENDA will be announced IN FALL 2026

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Kickoff Mixer

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Check-in + Networking Breakfast

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Welcome and Overview

Brad Herrema & Clay Landry

The Infrastructure Finance Gap

TBA

The GM's Perspective: Meeting Infrastructure Needs

TBA

Networking Break

TBA

Wastewater Reuse as a New Supply

TBA

Water Market Year in Review

TBA

Desalination: The Investment Case for New Supply

TBA

Keynote Address & Networking Lunch

TBA

The Agricultural Investment Lens

TBA

Institutional Capital Deployment in Water

TBA

Networking Break

TBA

Managing Risks to Existing Water Supplies

TBA

TBA

TBA

Book Talk: Water & Wall Street: Infrastructure, Finance, and Affordability in America’s Cities

Martin Doyle

Ocean Sunset Happy Hour

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Networking Breakfast

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Data Centers as Water Infrastructure Catalysts: Turning AI Growth into Community Water Investment

TBA

The Legal and Regulatory Layer

TBA

Networking Break + Check-Out

TBA

The Investment Case for Disadvantaged Communities: Blended Capital and the Deals That Work

TBA

Colorado River After 2026

TBA

Closing Remarks & Next Steps

TBA

Last Call Networking Lunch

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past speakers

SWIS has brought together more than 120 of the water industry’s most influential investors, advisors, policymakers, and market leaders since its founding.

Executive Director

CFO & Chief Investment Officer

Chief Strategy and Development Officer

Director, Global Water Resources, Timberland and Agriculture

Co-Founder & Chief Commercial Officer

Chief Strategy and Development Officer

Vice President, Finance & Project Development

Intermountain Regional Director

Chief Financial Officer

California Regional Director

Pacific West Managing Partner

Director of Outreach, Environment, Tribal & Community

Water Resources Manager

Senior Vice President, Land Operations

Co-Founder & CEO

Senior Vice President, Innovation

Manager, Colorado River Resources

Chief Business Officer

Senior Program Director, Water

Rocky Mountain Regional Director

Vice President, Western Region & Principal Hydrogeologist

Business Development Leader, Municipal West

Water Strategy Lead

Co-Founder & CEO

Senior Director, Climate & ESG

Vice President, Corporate Development

Senior Program Officer

Board Member

CEO, SWIS Co-Chair

Engagement Manager

Texas Regional Director

Managing Director

Vice President, Southern Water Resources

Editor-at-Large for Climate

Jay Pierrepont

COO & President of Asset Management

Managing Director, Sector Leader

Water Policy Strategist

Riparian Restoration Program Manager

Executive Director

EVP & Chief Operating Officer, Agricultural Operations

Principal

Senior Water Policy Advisor

Partner & Director of Government Affairs

Market Director, Mission Critical

Director, Water & Natural Resources Law

Central Region Water Manager

AWS

Infrastructure Advisor

Environmental Services Director

Managing Partner

President-Partner

CEO & Board Chair

SWIS speakers

SWIS brings together the voices defining the future of water investment. Expect speakers from across the water finance ecosystem with hard-won insights you won’t find anywhere else.