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

Devesh Bharadwaj, CEO, Pani Energy

Devesh Bharadwaj, CEO, Pani Energy
Devesh is an entrepreneur, engineer, and the CEO of Pani Energy – an award-winning water focused technology company based in Victoria that provides advanced digital solutions to optimize water treatment facilities, making fresh water more affordable and sustainable to... Read More

Carlo Bertani, Sustainability and Decarbonization, Maersk

Carlo Bertani, Sustainability and Decarbonization, Maersk
Carlo Bertani is an environmental subject matter expert with over fifteen years of experience working for government, large corporations, and small businesses to create and accomplish their environmental sustainability goals. Carlo currently works at Maersk, helping... Read More

Alan Shapiro, Director, waterNEXT

Alan Shapiro, Director, waterNEXT
Alan Shapiro is the Director of waterNEXT, Canada’s water technology network. A strategic initiative of Foresight Canada, waterNEXT brings together stakeholders from across the water innovation ecosystem to accelerate the commercialization and adoption of technologies... Read More

Eric Hough, Chief Commercial Officer, Epic Cleantec

Eric Hough, Chief Commercial Officer, Epic Cleantec
Eric Hough is Chief Commercial Officer at Epic Cleantec and leads business development and project delivery initiatives out of their California office. With a bachelor’s in Environmental Engineering from The Ohio State University, Eric has nearly 15 years of... Read More

Aaron Tartakovsky, Co-founder and CEO, Epic Cleantec

Aaron Tartakovsky, Co-founder and CEO, Epic Cleantec
Aaron Tartakovsky is the Co-founder and CEO of Epic Cleantec. Prior to Epic, Aaron served as director of business development and marketing at CB Engineers, where he also formed its R&D division. He previously worked in federal politics where he remains active in... Read More

Lessons in energy at CERAWeek 2022

Lessons in energy at CERAWeek 2022
The opportunity to take part in and speak at CERAWeek, a conference known as the Davos of Energy was a great experience. I realised the value of being back at a live event – you learn a lot, gain new insights and make a lot of meaningful new connections in a... Read More

Alisha McFetridge, Co-founder and CEO, Rainstick

Alisha McFetridge, Co-founder and CEO, Rainstick
Alisha is the co-founder and CEO of Rainstick, a clean technology company committed to cutting residential water usage in half. Rainstick is a high-flow shower system of 3GPM that saves 80% water and 80% energy through point-of-use recirculation and real-time... Read More

RainStick Shower (Canada) – 50L Home

RainStick Shower (Canada) – 50L Home
RainStick Shower was launched in 2019 to revolutionize the showering experience by requiring 80% less water and 80% less energy per showering session while providing a better showering experience of 3 GPM (almost double the flow rate). This is enabled through the... Read More

REDstack (Netherlands) – Energy Recovery

REDstack (Netherlands) – Energy Recovery
REDstack is developing reverse electrodialysis (RED) technology for power generation and electrodialysis (ED) technology for applications such as brackish water desalination. REDstack spun out from Wetsus in 2005, and currently operates the world’s first Blue Energy... Read More

Andrew Walker, CMO, Evove Ltd.

Andrew Walker, CMO, Evove Ltd.
Andrew has widespread international experience in the water sector and a variety of industries for which water is key. Formerly Global Communications Director at Siemens Water Technologies, Director of Communications at the International Water Association (IWA) and... Read More

Chris Wyres, CEO, Evove Ltd.

Chris Wyres, CEO, Evove Ltd.
Chris is the Chief Executive Officer of Evove. His polymath expertise spans a substantial number of technical and entrepreneurial disciplines and he has led and advised numerous entrepreneurial ventures over the years. Equally at home in our chemistry and 3D printing... Read More

John Robinson, Partner, Mazarine

John Robinson, Partner, Mazarine
Mr. Robinson operates at the intersection of technology, venture investing, and water/wastewater. With 14 years in water/wastewater, he has experience in most end-user markets, and has worked across nearly every technology vertical with a particularly strong focus on... Read More

AquaAction

AquaAction
AquaAction is registered Canadian charity, established by the de Gaspé Beaubien Foundation in 2012. Nan-b and Philippe de Gaspé Beaubien II prompted their grandchildren to find their own voice as future philanthropists by asking them what issues were of concern to... Read More

‘Fantasy league’ reveals future of water innovation

‘Fantasy league’ reveals future of water innovation
BlueTech Forum announces first wave of innovation technology companies Dream lineup chosen by expert technology analysts Event’s track record demonstrates success in selecting start-ups The future of water technology, from advanced space systems to enhanced... Read More

Paul Hawken, Author of Regeneration – Podcast Interview

Paul Hawken, Author of Regeneration – Podcast Interview
“We’ve forgotten that we’re one planet and one family in every sense of the word and if we’re going to successfully reverse global warming, we have to take care of each other and regenerate everything … and that’s what Regeneration does, it provides a much bigger... Read More

Drew Fitzgerald, Co-founder, 501CTHREE.org

Drew Fitzgerald, Co-founder, 501CTHREE.org
Drew, along with Jaden Smith, and a handpicked team of science,engineering, public health and innovation experts, is a co-founder of 501CTHREE.org a non-profit dedicated to driving content and innovation around global, energy, water, health and shelter solutions.... Read More

Erica Gies, author of Water Always Wins

Erica Gies, author of Water Always Wins
Erica Gies is an award-winning independent journalist who writes about water, climate change, plants and critters for Scientific American, The New York Times, Nature, The Atlantic, The Guardian, National Geographic, The Economist, Washington Post, bioGraphic, Wired,... Read More

SEMiLLA IPStar (NL) – sanitation

SEMiLLA IPStar (NL) – sanitation
SEMiLLA IPStar is the technology transfer member of MELiSSA (Micro Ecological Life Support System Alternative) Space Research Program. Targeting remote places and disaster areas, SEMiLLA Sanitation system takes advanced space technology and offers cost-efficient... Read More

Evove (UK) – water reuse

Evove (UK) – water reuse
Evove, formerly G2O Technologies, offers both graphene-oxide (GO) coatings and 3D printed membranes and spacers to boost the performance of conventional commercial membranes. The company’s 3D printing expertise can deliver customised membranes with uniform pore size... Read More

3Rwater (US) – stormwater management

3Rwater (US) – stormwater management
3Rwater’s Follow the Drop mobile application and platform collects stormwater metrics like rainfall and local drainage devices, and use advanced analytics to calculate drainage area and quantify stormwater runoff. The technology can help municipalities and property... Read More