Nalco chief executive to appear at The National Summit

Nalco has announced the appearance of its chairman and chief executive at an industry event next week.

The company, which specialises in providing a host of water treatment and process improvement solutions, revealed J Erik Fyrwald will be addressing visitors to the National Summit in Detroit.

It is expected the expert will discuss how smart infrastructures can be used to boost business in a sustainable and competitive fashion when he features as part of an Environment-focused panel on Monday, June 15th.

"More than 60 leaders from both the public and private sectors have agreed to address a general session or take part in Town Hall panel discussions at the National Summit," the organisers said.

The conference is to be held at the Marriott Renaissance Center and will involve representatives from companies including Ford, Delta Air Lines, Microsoft, Research In Motion, the Canadian Chamber of Commerce and PricewaterhouseCoopers.

Event promoters have also outlined plans to involve students in the proceedings as much as possible.