(don’t) Waste Water! | Water Tech to Solve the World
BlueTech Forum 2022's Theme was straightforward: Radical Collaboration for Regeneration.
For two packed days, the Vancouver convention center hosted the hottest and most insightful discussions on the fate of our Water World. Keynote speakers, start-up founders, end-users, industry experts, investors, and civil society gathered under the flag of "Radical Collaboration"
I was blessed with a spot next to the conference hall, which allowed me to welcome some industry legends on my microphone:
🎙️ Menno Holterman (President & CEO @ Nijhuis Saur Industries)
🎙️ Snehal Desai (EVP & Chief Growth and Sustainability Officer @ Evoqua Water Technologies)
🎙️ Ralph Exton (Chief Marketing & Chief Digital Officer @ SUEZ - Water Technologies & Solutions)
🎙️ Kimberly Kupiecki (Director & Global Leader Sustainability ESG, Advocacy, Communications @ DuPont)
🎙️ Jon LIberzon (VP & Head of Business Development @ Tomorrow Water)
🎙️ Kamakshi Sharma (Director of Marketing and Strategy @ Aquatech International)
We discussed:
🖐️ Radical Collaboration for Regeneration - What's in it for you? (00:51)
🚶♂️ How does Radical Collaboration translate into a company's actions? (05:59)
💰 Is M&A a way to collaborate? (11:16)
💬 Tomorrow Water & Aquatech's Elevator Pitches (17:24)
👼 Was collaboration the key to Evoqua's rebirth? (19:39)
🚀 How does SUEZ interact with the water start-up ecosystem? (22:26)
🌱 Walking the Sustainability Talk (23:41)
💽 Leveraging synergies between datacenters and wastewater treatment plants (26:31)
🎬 Reality check: where do we start from? (28:10)
🌆 How do we better integrate water infrastructure with urban design? (30:12)
💪 How does success look like in the future? (34:04)
🤝 How is it to be back to live interactions? (42:56)
🔥 Rapid Fire Questions: 🔥
😅 Can you name one thing that you've learned the hard way? (46:27)
⌚ What is the very very very latest thing you've learned? (48:32)
We mentioned:
The Dynamics of Water Innovation
Special thanks to Paul O'Callaghan, Aoife Kelleher, and Annyse Balkwill for the invite and support during this amazing Forum!
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