The International Water Association, the main trade group for the global water technology industry, will hold its annual board meeting in Milwaukee in June to coincide with the city's annual Water Summit. The Milwaukee-based Water Council, which coordinates the metro region's efforts to coax new jobs and investment out of the existing cluster of water engineering companies, said the conference will help showcase Milwaukee's water initiative and add to the roster of speakers and panelists at the Water Summit. "Water Summit VII" is scheduled as a two-day event at the Hilton Milwaukee City Center on June 18-19. The IWA meets on June 19-20. The IWA, with membership around the world, holds industry conferences on major issues such as desalination, treatment, conservation and the future of water management. It was founded in 1999 and runs its operations out of London and The Hague, with satellite offices in Beijing, Singapore and Kenya. It has only met once inside the United States, and never in the Midwest, The Water Council said. Milwaukee's Water Council has been trying to expand its influence beyond southeastern Wisconsin. It recently added members from around the nation, said Dean Amhaus, president and CEO of The Water Council. The current president and chairman of the IWA is Glen Daigger. Daigger, also a member of the National Academy of Engineering, recently joined The Water Council's board of directors. The immediate past IWA president, David Garman, is the founding dean of the graduate-level School of Freshwater Sciences at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. Read more from Journal Sentinel: http://www.jsonline.com/news/milwaukee/headlines/global-water-technology-trade-group-meeting-in-milwaukee-b99160736z1-