"Building an Innovation Culture in a Utility" is the focus of an insightful new industry roundtable being offered at the Smart H2O Summit in San Francisco on Aug. 19. Sponsored by Isles Utilities, the roundtable will explore how a heavily regulated industry, often with limited access to funding, can develop an innovation mindset among its workforce.

The panel discussion will include experts from leading utilities, consultancies and financial organizations sharing their insights and solutions on the critical challenge facing all utilities. Led by renowned water industry guru Bill Kelly of Waterspout Consulting, the roundtable will provide practical examples of what can happen when creativity and innovation are unleashed.

“Fostering a culture of innovation is widely agreed to be an absolute imperative for the utility of the future,” said John Pearson, Smart H2O Summit Conference chairman in a press release. “The myriad of challenges of building tomorrow’s sustainable water network demand no less than revolutionary approaches to technology implementation and to business partnering.”

The distinguished lineup of panelists include:

Howard Brewan
Superintendent Water Resources Recovery Facility
City of San Luis Obispo

Pete Schoemann
Director of Operations & Maintenance and Emergency Preparedness
Contra Costa Water District

Laura Shankar
Principal
Artemis Water Strategy

Nitin Goel, PE
National Disinfection Technologist
Kennedy/Jenks Consultants

Alexander von Welczeck
Managing Partner
Clean Power Capital

Bill Kelly (Moderator) 
Waterspout Consulting

Anyone interested in attending this session, or any of the three-day conference sessions, can register online at http://www.smarth2osummit.com/register-1.html

About Smart H2O Summit
Smart H2O Water Summit was created to help communities and select business sectors solve their critical water infrastructure challenges through innovative new global technologies and solutions.

About Isle Utilities
Isle is an independent technology and innovation consultancy that brings together technical and commercial specialists to facilitate relationships. Their team includes highly skilled engineers and scientists with extensive and diverse consulting expertise.