We are excited to announce the dates for BlueTech Forum 2023 which will be held May 17th and 18th in Edinburgh, Scotland.

Speakers 2011

BlueTech Forum has put together a range of Guest speakers that will ensure a thought provoking debate on the issues and opportunities for the industry…

Michiel Lensink

Michiel Lensink
Michiel Lensink is the CEO of Voltea. He has led water technology start-ups for more than a decade. He founded Filtrix, was the Managing Director of Norit Filtrix, and developed a new range of decentralized water filtration systems based on membrane technology. He has... Read More

Duncan Collins

Duncan Collins
Duncan Collins is Managing Director of Zeropex UK ltd and has spent the last 12 years working at Director Level in the water industry, developing the route-to-market and subsequent sales structures for capital equipment to the municipal sector.  He was a founder of... Read More

Robert Wright

Robert Wright
Mr. Robert Wright is a registered professional engineer with almost 50 years of work experience in the fields of water and wastewater treatment systems. His employment has been both in the government and private sectors. He is the author of over 20 technical... Read More

Trevor Hill

Trevor Hill
Raised in Vancouver, British Columbia, Mr. Hill graduated in 1987 from Royal Military College with a Bachelor of Engineering in Mechanical Engineering.  Mr. Hill attended the Royal Naval Engineering College in Plymouth, England where he completed his postgraduate... Read More

William Wescott

William Wescott
Bill is VP, Innovation, Americas for Veolia Environnement. Prior to assuming his role at Veolia, Bill was the Managing Director of Cleantech Group’s Advisory Services, which assist clients in public and private sectors accelerate their implementation of cleantech... Read More

Henrik Skov Laursen

Henrik Skov Laursen
Henrik Skov Laursen manages Grundfos’ cleantech office located in Palo Alto, California. At this location, Grundfos works with research and academic institutions and start-up companies to be the catalyst in creating new sustainable business and product solutions... Read More

Paul Gagliardo, M.P.H., P.E.

Paul Gagliardo, M.P.H., P.E.
Mr. Gagliardo is well known throughout the United States, in Europe and Asia for his defining work on indirect potable reuse as a scheme to supplement the potable water supply in San Diego, California .  He has pioneered the efficacy testing and use of new... Read More

Rick Stover

Rick Stover
Executive VP Desalitech Richard Stover studied chemical engineering at the University of Texas at Austin from 1983 through 1986. He graduated with bachelor’s degree and worked for 3M Company in Minnesota from 1986 through 1990 as a process and chemical engineer. He... Read More

John Coburn

John Coburn
Managing Director XPV Capital Prior to joining XPV in January 2006, John was a private investor focused on the water industry.  He was one of the earliest employees of ZENON Environmental, and as President and Chief Operating Officer, he helped grow the company from... Read More

Gerhard Forstner

Gerhard Forstner
CEO M2 Renewables Gerhard Forstner has more than 20 years of experience in top-level engineering and executive management positions for European and American manufacturing and sales companies. Most recently, Mr. Forstner was President of Huber Technology, Inc., based... Read More