Speakers 2023 Archives - Page 7 of 10

Kim Wu, Senior Water Technology Market Analyst, BlueTech Research

Kim is a highly trained engineer who obtained her undergraduate and doctorate degrees in engineering science from the University of Oxford. During her studies, she conducted extensive research on membrane technologies. In 2022, she also completed a remote MBA program... Read More

Orianna Bretschger, CEO and Founder, Aquacycl

Orianna Bretschger is the CEO and Founder of Aquacycl, providing industrial wastewater treatment as a service to address water quality and scarcity challenges, while mitigating up to 90% of greenhouse gas emissions. A native of the Southwestern United States, Orianna... Read More

Olga Murujew, Senior Research Analyst, BlueTech Research

Olga Murujew is a Senior Research Analyst who has been with BlueTech Research since 2018. Prior to that, Olga completed her PhD, sponsored by Severn Trent Water, in Water Science from Cranfield University. Her research focused on tertiary phosphorus removal from... Read More

Catherine McIntyre, Research Analyst, BlueTech Research

Catherine McIntyre is a research analyst who joined BlueTech Research in 2022. In her science career she studied Environmental Science at National University of Ireland, Galway, picking up internships in microbiology, and ultimately graduated with a degree in... Read More

Josh Best, VP of Innovation, FTD Solutions

Josh Best is the VP of Innovation for FTD Solutions whose primary purpose is enabling solutions for difficult challenges in the space of environmental sustainability for industrial facilities. Josh has a broad range of responsibility within FTD Solutions. Focusing on... Read More

Ash Vesali, Director of Commercialisation, Iota (South East Water – Australia)

As an executive strategist, Ash specialises in innovation, commercialisation of future technologies, and promoting sustainable growth. Ash’s purpose is making impact in the world by building new possibilities and trust in society through new ideas. Ash has... Read More

Cynthia Barnett, Award-winning Journalist and Author of Rain: A Natural and Cultural History

Cynthia Barnett is an award-winning journalist who has reported on water and climate worldwide. Her new book, The Sound of the Sea: Seashells and the Fate of the Oceans, is due out in July from W.W. Norton. She is the author of three previous books including Rain: A... Read More

Alfredo Zolezzi, Chief Innovation Officer & Founder, Plasma Waters

Alfredo Alejandro Zolezzi Garretón (December 12th, 1958), a Chilean, Industrial Designer, who has demonstrated that it is possible to connect advanced science and technology with poverty, through innovative business models. He considers that his most significant... Read More

Efosa Ojomo, Director of Global Prosperity, Clayton Christensen Institute for Disruptive Innovation

Efosa Ojomo is the Director of the Global Prosperity research group at the Clayton Christensen Institute for Disruptive Innovation, an innovation-focused think tank based in Boston. Efosa is also on the faculty of Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management... Read More

Heidi Mottram, Chief Executive Officer at Northumbrian Water Group (NWG)

Heidi Mottram Heidi was appointed to her position in 2010, becoming the first woman to take a top post in a major British water company. Heidi joined NWG with a bold vision to make it ‘the best water company on every count’. Read More

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