Ontario Clean W ater Agency 2012 Annual Report 15 2012 T echnology Showcase OCW A r ecognizes the importance of innovation and new technology in the water and wastewater industry In December 2012 we hosted the second annual T echnology Showcase in or der to hear fr om experts within the industry to engage technology companies and to showcase new and emerging pr oducts and services Mor e than 200 guests and exhibitors fr om 30 technology companies attended the event twice the number that attended last year s event Key featur es of the showcase included pr esentations panel discussions and thr ee pitch sessions that gave technology companies the opportunity to pr esent their pr oducts and services and r eceive feedback fr om a panel of industry pr ofessionals municipal and fnancial r epr esentatives and OCW A operations staf f Dr Andr ew Benedek Executive Chairman and Chief T echnology Of fcer for the Anaergia family of companies and founder of ZENON Envir onmental Inc served as keynote speaker for the event OCW A also r eceived important support fr om our partners Natural Sciences and Engineering Resear ch Council of Canada NSERC RBC the Centr e for Alter native W astewater T r eatment at Fleming College Chrysalix Energy V entur e Capital XPV Capital Corporation and our media partner W ater Canada Feedback fr om the session was overwhelmingly positive with attendees commenting that they felt the session was ef fective and informative As Ontario aims to become the continent s water innovation leader by 2015 stakeholders need mor e solid opportunities to work together The technology showcase is a fantastic opportunity for companies and municipalities to meet and get to know each other OCW A is helping to build str onger r elationships in a sector that is quickly moving forwar d Kerry Fr eek W ater Canada W e came to the meeting looking for exposur e to the water community and access to early adopters for our platform After our pitch several inter ested companies visited our booth and wer e having many subsequent conversations about moving forwar d Ahmed Badruddin W atrHub Inc It was a good way to combine lessons fr om the past with opportunities for the futur e John Neate Strategies for Change