PerkinElmer Engages Industry Leaders On Global Water Safety And Supply

Forum Part of PerkinElmer's New EcoAnalytix™ Initiative to Address Global Imperatives of Water Quality, Food Safety and Sustainable Energy Development

New Orleans, LA — PerkinElmer Life and Analytical Sciences, a global leader in application-focused measurement and analysis solutions, hosted a Water Consortium with key industry thought leaders in recognition of New Orleans hosting PITTCON® for the first time after Hurricane Katrina. This consortium focused on discussing the issues, challenges and importance of protecting water today and in the future. This event is part of PerkinElmer's EcoAnalytix™ revolutionary problem-solving initiative that addresses the global imperatives of food and consumer product safety, water quality and sustainable energy development to create a healthy and safe environment. It encompasses comprehensive application-focused solutions with innovative thought leadership and public outreach programs to bring insights from top scientists and government agencies directly to customers.

Keynote speakers included Bill Bertera, Executive Director of the Water Environment Federation (WEF), Jim Clark, Vice President, Black & Veatch Corporation and Dr. Richard Begley, President, Analytical Sciences, PerkinElmer, Inc.

"We believe that holding forums such as the 2008 Water Consortium are critical to enable the exchange of insights from a range of stakeholders to help create a healthy and safe environment," said Begley. "We look forward to continuing the dialogue with industry thought leaders from around the world to ensure that we keep the conversation going about how to ensure the quantity and quality of the global ecosystem's most important resources."

"Safe, available water cannot be taken for granted," said Bertera. "Insights gained from forums such as this are invaluable to WEF as we work toward technical and public policy solutions to support our mission of preserving and enhancing the global water environment."

PerkinElmer's partnership with WEF and the International Water Association's (IWA) World Water Monitoring Day™ (WWMD) is among the strategic partnerships PerkinElmer is forming as part of its EcoAnalytix initiative.

Clark, who directed the Assessment of Reconstruction Costs and Debt Management for Wastewater Utilities Affected by Hurricane Katrina for WEF in 2005-2006, noted, "Catastrophes such as Hurricane Katrina put a spotlight on the global water crisis. It's up to us as an industry to ensure improvements to infrastructure and processes are put in place across the globe to mitigate the effects of the crises of tomorrow that may impact the availability and/or the quality of the water supply."

For more information, go to: http://www.perkinelmer.com/ecoanalytix and www.perkinelmer.com/Pittcon2008.

SOURCE: PerkinElmer, Inc.