On World Water Day, March 22, 2011, Steven Hilton, President and CEO of the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation was one of the keynote speakers at the "Water for the Future" event held at the World Bank in Washington, D.C. The convening featured key U.S. Government and World Bank leaders, including Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and World Bank President Robert Zoellick.
The high-level meeting celebrated the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding between the United States and the World Bank to strengthen support to developing countries seeking a water-secure future.
The signing ceremony event held at the World Bank headquarters also celebrated new commitments to solve the global safe drinking water and sanitation crisis made by the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation and The Coca-Cola Company.
Steven Hilton invited several of the Foundation's grantees to join him onstage, including the Millennium Water Alliance, UNICEF, WaterAid America, and World Vision.
