BlueTech Forum Keynotes
BlueTech Forum 2022 will take place in the Vancouver Convention Center, Vancouver, Canada, on the 7th – 8th June.
Michael Pawlyn, Biomimicry – are the answers in nature?
BlueTech Forum 2019
Michael Pawlyn is and architect and innovator who has been described as a pioneer of biomimicry. In his BlueTech Forum key note he looks to persuade our audience that biomimicry is the best source of solutions to help us address the challenges of the next few decades by sharing examples of nature based design and a catalogue of nature based solutions which have benefited from a 3.8 billion year research and development period.
Mark Nelson – Tales from the Biosphere: Interconnection and Isolation
BlueTech Forum 2020
Mark Nelson, ‘Biospherian’ and Chairman, Institute of Ecotechnics, Ecologist and author, was one of the original ‘biospherians’. In this keynote discussion Mark shares lessons he learned from his time in Biosphere II around closed loops, connectivity, conservation, isolation and the need to tackle global problems with global cooperation.
Michael Flynn, NASA Ames Research Center
BlueTech Forum 2018
Michael Flynn is principal investigator (PI) in water recycling technology development at NASA Ames Research Center. In this keynote Michael explores water recycling in Space and shares examples of water recycling systems for NASA, the Army, commercial space and terrestrial green building applications.
David Sedlak, Water 4.0: The Past, Present and Future of the world’s most vital resource
BlueTech Forum 2019
David Sedlak is the author of Water 4.0: The Past, Present and Future of the World’s most vital resource and serves as editor-in-chief of the ACS journal, Environmental Science & Technology, he is also the Co-Director of the Berkley Water Center. In this keynote David delves into some of the work his most recent book has focused on and explains how we got to our current water management systems through the history of water and what the future of the water industry may have in store.
The BlueTech Forecast Water Technology Markets 2020
BlueTech Forum 2020
From anaerobic membrane bioreactors to zero liquid discharge technologies, the Water Technology Markets 2020 report (exclusive to BlueTech Research clients) will summarise the changes within a catalogue of innovations in terms of market trajectory, and the fate and progress of the technology suppliers. In this discussion BlueTech Research’s Paul O’Callaghan and Divya Inna explore the findings of the Water Technology Markets 2020 Report.
Seth Siegel, What’s wrong with what we drink (and how to fix it)
BlueTech Forum 2020
In this Keynote discussion Seth M. Siegel author of “Troubled Water: What’s Wrong with what we drink” explores how America’s drinking water became contaminated, how it impacts public health, and what solutions exist that can make US drinking water safe.
Nick Jeffries, Water and the Circular Economy
BlueTech Forum 2019
Nick Jeffries works in the insight and analysis team of the Ellen MacArthur Foundation, a group of scientists, engineers and other technical specialists that strive to provide evidence of the benefits of a circular economy. In this Keynote Nick tells a hopeful and optimist story surrounding some of the opportunities that exist around water efficiency within our food supply chain.
2020 Lighthouse Plenary panel: Visionary Leadership in Water Stewardship
BlueTech Forum 2020
This opening plenary at BlueTech Forum 2020 featured a cross-section of the world’s leading companies who feature in the Brave Blue World Foundation’s inaugural awards shortlist. In their own unique way, each of the nominees are path-finding and trailblazing; setting ambitious targets, and turning these targets into reality by embracing new innovations and ways of working.