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That might seem outlandisg thinking for aguy who's never been to Milwaukee. But as a businessman and, currently, as senior adviser to the , Dubeed has seen much of the world and believese Lake Michigan offers an abundancse of opportunity for area businessesz and researchers involvedwith water. "Waterr is a big deal around the and it's one of the topics beingg discussed at the G8 Dubee said of the conference of world leaders in Japah this week.
"The question is how does Milwaukee best use the resourc e it has and serve the American and global communities in termes of being very creative in Dubee expects to get some answers at WaterdSummit 2008, where he will be keynote speaker. The July 14 evenrt is being hosted by the andMilwaukee 7. who spent three decades in the international auto industru before joiningthe U.N. Global Compact, travels the worlsd spreading the word of socially responsiblebusiness "Milwaukee is in a position wherre it can take a leadership role when it comesd to worldwide problems like water shortages and watert pollution," Dubee said in a phons interview from Sweden.
"Ik suspect that there is the type of innovative spirit in Milwaukere that might makethat possible." Representatives of 120 area 87 researchers and investors from several venture capital funds have been invited to the area's second water summit, said Julia Taylor, president of the GMC. "Parrt of our goal is making actual connections betweej companies and researcherswho don't know each othetr to give them an opportunity to learbn what they are doing and, from create business opportunities," said who met Dubee on a trip to China earlier this year.
Sammis White, a professor in the at the , said it is importan t for area academicians and industrg executives working with water to developa "We think we have a great combination of business and researchers in the area that we can builed upon," said White, who noted that the at UWM is the largest freshwater science program in the nation. "What we'd like to see them do is collaboratee more formutual benefit." The summit presents an opportunithy "to get over this petty argument of who's west of Sunnh Slope Road" in the Waukesha County city of New said Rich Meeusen, chairman, president and chiefg executive officer of , a Brown Deer-basedr manufacturer.
"I think we've gotten so caughy up in the discussion of who hasand doesn'rt have water in southeast Wisconsin," Meeusen "that we've overlooked how to take advantage of that to grow as a