Tom Freyberg believes that everyone has a story to tell. An award-winning environmental journalist, he has had articles and comments published in The Times, The Guardian, CNN, the Grocer magazine and a Swedish institute publication, WaterFront. Spending nearly a decade traveling the globe and reporting on projects from Latin America to the Middle East and Southeast Asia, this opened his eyes to the water challenges and solutions available around the world. A graduate of the University of Exeter, Tom founded Atlantean Media in 2018 as a boutique digital content and media company. The company was born out of a need to bring engineering-based content to life and now represents and advises public and private-sector clients across the water and climate-tech space. The mission? To connect people to water through creative content. As well as being the content director for Aquatech Global events, Tom is the co-creator and co-host of The Stream with Will and Tom podcast together with Will Sarni, the host of online talk show QTalks by Qatium, as well as co-founder of KnowH2Ow - a marketing and communication training hub for water professionals.

Will is an internationally recognized thought leader on water strategy and innovation. He has authored numerous books and articles and presented on: the value of water, innovations in digital water technology, the circular economy, and the energy-water-food nexus. He has been a water strategy advisor to private and public-sector enterprises and NGOs for his entire career.

​Cecília Correia is Senior Water Solutions Manager with Bentley Systems. She has 19 years of experience in the water sector, having worked in different areas, such as governmental river basin administration, engineering consultants, water utilities, and software providers for water solutions. Cecília has experience in consultancy, design, modelling, and sales as part of her competencies in her professional journey. Prior to joining Bentley, she was Sales Manager for AGS and Country Manager for DHI in Lisbon, Portugal. She also worked as a Water Resources Engineer with RSS and Viaponte. Today, Cecília is part of Bentley’s Water Team, with a focus on digital solutions and partnerships, and aims to support empowering water utilities to achieve their strategic goals in water efficiency. She holds an Engineering degree from University of Evora Portugal.

​André Gustavo Salcedo Teixeira Mendes recently stepped down as CEO of SABESP (Companhia de Saneamento Basico do Estado de Sao Paulo). Previously, he was Chief Financial Officer at Akad Seguros (2022) and Executive Director of New Business at Iguá Saneamento (2019-2021). He served as an independent consultant for the Climate Bonds Initiative (2020-2021) and for the BNDES (2003-2019), where he held several positions. André has extensive experience in the capital markets area, with emphasis on infrastructure financing, public-private partnerships, mergers and acquisitions and the structuring of new businesses. Graduated in Electrical and Production Engineering from PUC-Rio, André has a master's degree in Electrical Engineering from PUC-Rio, an MBA in PPP and Concessions from the São Paulo School of Sociology and Politics Foundation and holds CGA certification from ANBIMA and CP³P-F certification from APMG International.