BlueTech Forum 2013 Registrants Avail of Conference Networking Tool
Come to the BlueTech Forum 2013 in Amsterdam on May 14th to discover exciting new water technologies, learn from established company executives, and network with over 130 delegates from industries including power, oil and gas, agriculture, government, corporate investors, and food and beverage. Registered delegates can now avail of our conference networking tool to connect with other delegates-...
Read MoreJos Pâques: The Story of a Visionary Entrepreneur at BlueTech Forum 2013
Pâques Says Innovation and Identification of Market Needs Key to Entrepreneurial Success in Water Sector The story of the multi-million euro company, Paques Holdings, has its humble beginnings as a one-man start-up in the 1970s. Jos Pâques began Paques Holdings 40 years ago, as a young 23-year old working in storage silos for farmers. By 1975, Pâques found success in his venture, with a...
Read MoreStrategic Drivers for Acquisitions in the Water Sector
A short blog article by BlueTech Research CEO, Paul O’Callaghan I recently read an article by Chris Gasson of Global Water Intelligence which was thought-provoking and insightful. The article addressed a number of issues surrounding water technology company acquisitions and raised a question regarding what problems companies are looking to solve through these acquisitions. In my...
Read MoreJapan Sets its Sight on Water
Japan has the 3rd largest economy in the world and is the 4th largest exporter.They produced prominent technological advancements, from reliable and fuel efficient cars to flat screen televisions. Now, Japan is taking interest in water technology markets and innovative water companies. Napoleon said, “Let China sleep, for when she wakes, she will shake the world.” How prophetic this...
Read MoreBlueTech Forum 2013 to Offer Insight into Water Industry and Markets
With the official countdown to the BlueTech Forum underway, the forum’s agenda is filling up with a great selection of industry influencers, key decision makers, and the who’s who of the water sector. The 4th Annual BlueTech Forum on May 14th, 2013 in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, will feature panels covering a range of water industry topics, bringing moderators and speakers from reputable...
Read More1st Panel in BlueTech Forum 2013: “Solutions for Food & Water Nexus”
BlueTech Research presents the first session for the BlueTech Forum entitled “Solutions for Food & Water Nexus”. This session discusses the issues of water in agriculture and its correlation with water management. Agriculture utilizes 70% of freshwater abstractions for food production, and, with increasing agricultural lands and population growth it offers many opportunities for companies...
Read MoreBlueTech Forum 2013 to Address “Strategic Corporate Investors”
The BlueTech Forum will feature a panel on “Strategic Corporate Investors” that will explore the strategy, approach and success rate of leading corporate venture capitalists and strategic private equity investors within the water industry. Strategic investors have much to gain from funding early stage water companies that have developed innovative solutions for specific challenges. For a...
Read MoreBlueTech Forum 2013 Panel on “Intrapreneurship & In-House Innovation”
BlueTech Forum’s third session “Intrapreneurship & In-House Innovation” will address the shift of innovation in the water industry from entrepreneurial start-ups to larger organizations. This idea of “intrapreneurship” shows the changing approach of large water tech companies, corporations, and water utilities in reference to R&D and innovation within a complex...
Read MoreBlueTech Forum 2013 Panel on “New Entrants in the Water Game”
What’s the outside appeal of the water industry? With companies outside of the water industry developing an interest in water markets and technology, BlueTech Forum’s “New Entrants in the Water Game” panel explores this question. In the past years, the water industry has seen larger players enter into the “water game” attempting to take advantage of the potential profits in water and...
Read MoreSAVE THE DATE – 2013 BlueTech Forum
The one-day BlueTech® Forum unites executives from leading water technology companies, venture capital groups, researchers, early adopter utilities and corporations. Delegates attend to meet with industry influencers, key decision makers, and the who’s who of the water sector to conduct business, network, evaluate technologies, and stay on top of market trends and...
Read More2012 BlueTech Forum – A Roaring Success
2012 BlueTech Forum Highlights Jerry Yudelson presented a provocative luncheon presentation on broad range of water issues being faced by the developed countries, as well as new opportunities for businesses to step forward and engage with sustainability skills and mind sets. Carl Hensman of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation challenged BlueTech Forum tech innovators and attendees to invent a...
Read MoreTrue North Partners Joins as Premiere Sponsor of the 2012 BlueTech Forum
True North Venture Partners is the premiere sponsor of the 2012 BlueTech Forum, a one-day, high-level event featuring innovative technologies in water and wastewater, and thought-provoking perspectives on industry issues, opportunities and challenges. True North Venture Partners (TNVP) leads a $300 million venture capital fund that seeks to identify exceptionally talented entrepreneurs with the...
Read MoreBlueTech Forum 2012 Innovation Showcases are now full!
The BlueTech Forum is pleased to announce all our BlueTech Showcases are full! Using New Technologies to Unlock Energy’s Power for Water will feature Hydrovolts, MaxWest Environmental Systems and Capilix. The interrelationship between energy and water is well established. There is 36.5 million MW hours of energy in the municipal wastewater going through US wastewater treatment plants each year....
Read MoreMacro Changes Affecting Urban Water Systems and Adoption Rate of New Technologies
Urban water systems of the future are going to be different from the urban water systems of the last century. Hear industry thought leaders discuss at the 2012 BlueTech Forum the macro changes that will affect the water technology market and will precipitate changes in water system design and development. Water industry thought leaders will outline the macro changes affecting urban water...
Read MoreBlueTech Forum Presentation: NASA Space Research and Experiments Yield Water Technology Applications for Planet Earth
Michael Flynn will be giving a presentation on behalf of the NASA Ames Research Center highlighting the research on advanced life support and closed water systems for deep space exploration. NASA is the forefront of researching advanced life support and closed water systems for deep space exploration, and for expanding the frontiers for long-term human colonization of space. The focus on water...
Read MoreAquaporin confirmed to exhibit at 3rd annual BlueTech Forum
Aquaporin will be exhibiting in the 2012 BlueTech Showcase: Advanced Desalination Technologies. The presentation will highlight their technology, market, stage, strategy and value proposition. Aquaporin is dedicated to revolutionising water purification and desalination of seawater through the use of industrial biotechnological techniques and thinking. The main goal of Aquaporin is to develop...
Read More2012 BlueTech Forum in San Francisco to Feature BlueTech Showcase of Innovative Water Technology Companies
The O2 Environmental 2012 BlueTech Forum, one of the water industry’s premiere conferences on innovative water technologies, will feature the BlueTech Showcase, a unique platform for companies to present their disruptive ideas, water technologies, and go-to-market strategies to industry executives, leaders, utility managers, venture capitalists, and other start-ups. “The cutting-edge BlueTech...
Read MoreBlueTech Forum Exhibitor Hydrovolts announces Big Canal Turbine a Success!
BlueTech Forum is proud to announce the success of Hydrovolts’ Big Canal Turbine! The revolutionary in-stream hydrokinetic turbine generates renewable energy from water currents. The turbine was dropped and secured into Roza Canal March 28th and generated more power than they had originally planned. Burt Hamner, CEO of Hydrovolts says it’s their biggest milestone yet. “The Big...
Read MoreJerry Yudelson named ‘Godfather of Green’ now a Luncheon Keynote speaker at the BlueTech Forum
The September 2011 issue of Wired magazine features a full-page interview with Jerry Yudelson, in which he’s featured as the “Godfather of Green.” The interview deals with Yudelson’s views about the future of Zero Net Energy homes, which he views as the next major trend in homebuilding. Yudelson is the principal and founder of Yudelson Associates, a leading green building and...
Read MoreImagine H20’s Wastewater Innovations Business Plan Prize Winner to Exhibit at the 2012 BlueTech Forum
Bilexys, the winner of Imagine H20’s Third Annual Business Plan Prize for Water Startups, will be a designated Technology Showcase exhibitor at the 2012 BlueTech Forum, one of the industry’s premier conferences featuring innovative technologies in the water and wastewater treatment industries. Bilexys (Brisbane, Australia) won the Prize’s Pre-Revenue track while Nexus eWater (Canberra,...
Read MoreThe Wetsus Rabobank Water Business Challenge
Wetsus Rabobank Water Business Challenge – The world’s premiere water entrepreneur boot camp. Wetsus Rabobank Water Business Challenge that took place last week was won by Paula González-Contreras. She impressed the jury with a business plan targeting on the safe removal of arsenic from water. The Challenge was created for aspiring entrepreneurs with or without knowledge of the water...
Read MoreMenno Holterman Joins 2012 BlueTech Forum Advisory Board
Menno Holterman, Chairman of the Netherlands Water Technology Innovation Board and former CEO of Norit Clean Process Technologies (CPT), Zenderen, the Netherlands, has joined the 2012 BlueTech Forum Advisory Board. “Menno is a seasoned water entrepreneur and water tech innovator with exceptional achievements in the water sector. The Advisory Board will benefit from his expertise and insights....
Read MorePaul Lelieveld Joins BlueTech Forum Advisory Board
Paul Lelieveld Joins BlueTech Forum Advisory Board Paul Lelieveld, a leading advisor for water technology companies and Wetsus Business Development Officer, has joined the 2012 BlueTech Forum Advisory Board. “Paul brings significant experience in management of international technology, investment experience, and diverse roles in technology commercialization. We are pleased to have him...
Read MoreFrank Rijsberman – Afternoon Keynote at the BlueTech Forum 2012
Inspiring and Challenging Inventors and Innovators to Reinvent the Toilet Inventors and tech innovators stand up and take notice. The challenge of our decade: invent a better solution to sanitation. The world needs a new toilet to replace the flushing porcelain pot, a relic of the 1700s. sdfgdsg The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation believes that modern science and technology can deliver a...
Read MoreAnnouncing BlueTech Forum 2012 – May 30th, 2012 – SAVE THE DATE
O2 Environmental is pleased to announce the 3rd Annual BlueTech Forum, which will be held in San Francisco on May 30th, 2012. We hope to see you there – please see the details...
Read MoreConference 2012
Save the date for Blue Tech Forum 2012 Join us at the 3rd Annual BlueTech® Forum May 30, 2012 at the San Francisco Airport Marriott Waterfront Hotel Take advantage of BlueTech® Forum opportunities. Be part of an informative, dynamic and innovative Forum on New Corporate Thinking in Global Water Technology. Dialogue with distinguished innovation leaders, investors, CEO’s and entrepreneurs on...
Read MorePictures of the 2011 BlueTech Forum from VRG
Pictures of the 2011 BlueTech Forum courtesy of the Vincent Roa Group: Click here to see them on...
Read MoreDennis Bushnell’s Keynote Presentation Made Available
One of many highlights of the BlueTech Forum 2011 was the keynote presentation made by Chief Scientist NASA Langley Research Center – Dennis Bushnell. As Richard Stuebi, Managing Director of Early Stage Partners and regular contributor to the CleantechBlog.com, put it in his review of the BlueTech Forum - ”Dr. Bushnell’s remarks went far beyond implications about the water...
Read MoreVideo feature on the 2011 BlueTech Forum by the Vincent Roa Group
The Vincent Roa Group - a full-service eco-communication, PR, and brand management firm – attended the 2011 BlueTech Forum and produced a video-slideshow from the event:
Read MorePaul O’Callaghan’s Opening Presentation Made Available
The BlueTech Forum 2011 brought together an exciting group of water technology start-ups, seasoned water-tech entrepreneurs, venture capitals, and big water. To set the stage for the incredible discussions and presentations that followed, Paul O’Callaghan of O2 Environmental gave an opening presentation with a great deal of information, much of which was reiterated by Richard...
Read MoreRichard Stuebi reviews BlueTech Forum 2011 for CleantechBlog.com
Richard Stuebi, Managing Director of Early Stage Partners and regular contributor to the CleantechBlog.com attended and wrote a review of the 2011 BlueTech Forum. Amongst a detailed account of all the highlights, Mr. Stuebi commented on the excellence of the event, writing “I would rate Blue Tech very highly”. Click here to read the full...
Read MoreBlueTech Research Competition Announced
O2 Environmental is pleased to announce the BlueTech Research Award competition as part of the 2011 BlueTech Forum. BlueTech Research® Dirsupt-o-Meter™ Award BlueTech Research® Go-to-market Strategy Award As part of the Technology Showcase, innovative companies will present their technologies and market strategy. Conference attendees will then have the change to vote for the technology...
Read MoreNew speakers confirmed
The fact that the 2011 BlueTech® Forum (June 1st) is set to sell out is a strong indication of the level of interest in innovation and investment in the water sector. Two new speakers have been recently confirmed: Assaf Barnea from Kinrot Ventures and Joe Zuback from Global Water Advisors. They joined an all-star roster of amazing speakers including Dennis Bushnell, Chief Scientist at the...
Read MoreBTT founder Paul O’Callaghan to present at Harvard – April 29th
On at noon on April 29th, 2011 O2 Environmental’s Paul O’Callaghan will be giving a seminar to an intimate group of faculty and doctoral students at Harvard Business School. The Harvard Science-Based Business Initiative sponsors a lunch time seminar on Fridays that brings academic and industry scientists to campus to describe some of the breakthrough ideas that impact current and...
Read MoreDennis Bushnell confirmed as keynote speaker
We are very happy to announce that Dennis Bushnell, Chief Scientist at NASA’s Langely Research Center has been confirmed as a keynote speaker for the BlueTech Forum on June 1st in San Fransisco. Mr. Bushnell is well renowned for his future thinking on major Environmental issues.
Read MoreAdditional Exhibitors Confirmed
Additional companies confirmed for the Technology Showcase Exhibitor for BlueTech® Forum 2011. Drake Water Technologies, Inc., Altela, Inc. and ThermoEnergy will exhibit and present. More companies to be confirmed in the coming weeks.
Read MoreAndrew Salveson confirmed as Moderator
Andrew Salveson is an Associate Vice President and Water Reuse Chief Technologist for Carollo Engineers. He will be bringing his wisdom and experience to the panel Water Utilities Embracing Innovation as the moderator of the...
Read MoreConference San Francisco 2011
2nd Annual Blue Tech Forum takes place on 1-2 June 2011 in the San Francisco Airport Marriot Waterfront in Burlingame, CA By Invitation Only A must for Water Technology professionals and investors…
Read MoreShowcase Exhibitors
First round of Technology Showcase Exhibitors Confirmed for BlueTech® Forum 2011. The Technology Showcase will feature pre-selected technology companies who will exhibit and present. Desalitech, Ostara, Pasteurisation Technology Group, MaxWest Environmental Systems, Hydration Technology Innovations (HTI), Zeropex
Read MoreJames Thompson confirmed as a key-note speaker
James Thompson, CFO with Halosource, confirmed as a key-note speaker for BlueTech® Forum 2011. Halosource recently completed a successful IPO in James Thomspon will outline the key elements which contributed to their success, including the ability to access markets in large emerging economies such as India. This will form part of the ‘Success Stories’ feature which will outline how seasoned...
Read MoreHank Vander Laan confirmed as a key-note speaker
Hank Vander Laan, founder of Trojan UV, confirmed as a key-note speaker for BlueTech® Forum 2011. This will form part of a series of interviews and presentations with successful water entrepreneurs outlining how they did it, lessons learned and tips for those embarking on the journey to build successful water technology companies
Read MoreGlen T. Daigger
In his role as CH2M HILL’s Chief Wastewater Process Engineer, Dr. Glen Daigger is responsible for wastewater process engineering on both municipal and industrial wastewater treatment projects. He is also the first Technical Fellow for the firm, an honor which recognizes the leadership that he provides for CH2M HILL and for the profession in the development and implementation of new wastewater...
Read MoreAttendees from strong cross-section
BlueTech Forum 2010 had over 170 attendees and with strong representation from the Start-up Water Technology companies, investors, larger water companies, Corporates, Regulators and Researchers.
Read MoreWho should attend?
Water technology professionals in the arena of emerging technology cannot afford to miss this event. Investors and business owners will get the inside track on developments and networks within the industry…
Read MoreMajor Titles Cover the BlueTech Forum
Wall Street Journal and New York Times attend and cover the BlueTech Forum in San Franciso CA.
Read MoreGlobal Water Resources
At Global Water, we serve many kinds of customers. One of our biggest is the environment. By reclaiming and reusing residential wastewater, we provide water for many residential and commercial uses without making additional demands on natural aquifers. It keeps our communities and the desert that surrounds them more livable. We think that’s valuable for all our customers. Global Water owns...
Read MoreRaj Atluru confirmed as key-note speaker
Raj Atluru is confirmed as a keynote speaker for the BlueTech Forum 2010. Raj is Managing Director at Draper Fisher Jurvetson where he has been spearheading the firm’s cleantech investment practice since 2001 and its India investment operations since 2005. He has been active across technology sectors, with an emphasis on renewable energy, energy storage, smart grid and energy efficiency...
Read MoreBlueTech Innovation Forum 2010
Here’s a gallery of images of some of the action at the 2010 event…
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