KEYNOTE SPEAKER: MR. MARK BARNETT, PRESIDENT OF JAMAICA’S NATIONAL WATER COMMISSION Exciting news! The keynote speaker for OSWCA’s Conference is Mr. Mark Barnett, President of the National Water Commission (NWC), Jamaica’s primary potable water and wastewater service provider. The NWC supplies 190 million gallons of potable water each day to its more than 400,000 registered accounts representing about two million persons across Jamaica. Mr. Barnett will certainly provide attendees with a different perspective on innovation in our sector – ideas with the potential for adaptation or innovation that attendees can utilize in their own businesses. An engineer with extensive experience, Mr. Barnett has managed both technical and commercial operations for water and waste water services at the NWC over the course of his employment. He has served the NWC in various capacities, the most recent being those of Vice President for Wastewater Operations and Vice President for Technical Support. He holds a Master of Science degree in Waste and Water Engineering from Loughborough University in the UK; a Bachelor of Science Degree in Chemical & Process Engineering from the University of the West Indies; and a Diploma in Chemical Technology from the College of Arts, Science and Technology (CAST) among his educational qualifications. In recognition of the need for further improvements in operations and service delivery, the National Water Commission has embarked on an ambitious Transformation Programme tied to the vision of becoming the #1 water services utility in the Caribbean and Latin America by 2020 and in seeking to fulfill the mission of contributing positively to national development by providing high quality potable water and sewerage services to residents and businesses through a competent and motivated team in a cost effective and sustainable manner. CONFERENCE SPEAKERS “MR. BARNETT WILL CERTAINLY PROVIDE ATTENDEES WITH A DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE ON INNOVATION IN OUR SECTOR – IDEAS WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR ADAPTATION OR INNOVATION THAT ATTENDEES CAN UTILIZE IN THEIR OWN BUSINESSES.” UNDERGROUNDER Fall 2018 11