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Member/Project Lead Meera Balakumar reports that Environment/Energy Circle Grantee Imagine H2O and Cooley Godward Kronish, LLP are teaming up to present “The Water Efficiency Customer: An Ideation Workshop for Water Efficiency Businesses”. This workshop is in anticipation of the upcoming launch of the inaugural Imagine H2O Prize for Water Efficiency business plans, and is a chance for entrepreneurs, innovators, and the public to hear from customers of water efficiency products and services.

This unique evening workshop will be held on Thursday August 20, 2009, 6-8:30pm at Cooley Godward Kronish LLP’s Palo Alto Offices. Its program will identify specific market needs and opportunities by leaders in Industrial, Agricultural, Consumer and Water Utility market segments, including answers to questions like:

• What products and services in water and waste water do you currently buy and how much do you spend?
• What are your biggest, most critical needs that you would pay most for?
• What should an entrepreneur selling a water or waste water product or service to your company focus on?

There will also be brainstorming facilitated by the market segment leaders, looking towards addressing those needs, with participation from venture capitalists, entrepreneurs, business leaders and technology experts.

Finally, there will be expert resources on hand for water entrepreneurs, including breakout tables with venture capitalists, Imagine H2O representatives, Cooley Godward Kronish cleantech and venture capital attorneys, and Pricewaterhouse Coopers cleantech practice leaders.

Speakers and expert advisors include:

• Richard Harris (Water Conservation Manager, East Bay Municipal District)
• Tamin Pechet (Principal, Catamount Ventures and Chairman, Imagine H2O)
• Anthony Ravitz (Green building and Sustainability, Google)
• Marty Laporte ( Associate Director of Utilities, Stanford University)
• Jim Fulton (Partner, Cooley Godward Kronish and Head of Emerging Companies Practice)
• Steve Bengston (Managing Director of Emerging Company Services, Pricewaterhouse Coopers)
• Harsha Prahlad (Senior Research Engineer, SRI International)

To register for this program click here. Full Circle Fund members and friends can use the code “ih2o_partnerinvite” to receive a discounted registration fee.

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