2012 BlueTech Forum Highlights
ities Jerry Yudelson presented a provocative luncheon presentation on broad range of water issues being faced by the developed countries, as well as new opportunfor 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 better solution to sanitation. Michael T. Flynn, Head of the NASA Ames Research Center presented highlights of the agency’s focus on examining ways to sustainably meet water needs.
Fourteen 14 innovative water technology companies from Canada, Australia, Denmark and the U.S. presented their technology, company value proposition, business plan, and go-to-market strategy in the BlueTech Showcase.
In this year’s competition, Ecolyse won the Disrupt-o-Meter™ Award for the most disruptive technology. “It was an honor to be among this group of exciting companies, much less be singled out for this award,” says James Y. Lancaster, Ecolyse CEO. “The Forum was a great platform to share what we are developing for the water industry.”
Water Remediation Technology (WRT) won the Go-to-Market Strategy Award. “I was very pleased to receive this award. It’s amazing how much the water industry is changing in both technology and the approach to the market. I appreciate the efforts of O2 Environmental and BlueTech Research to bring all of these new and existing developments to the forefront in the BlueTech Forum,” explains Michael A. Dimitriou, WRT President.
2012 BlueTech Forum Articles and Resources
In addition to over 210 tweets were sent throughout about the event, speakers, exhibitors and winners by Donna Vincent Roa (@donnavincentroa), we can also report two original articles on Forbes.com that were reposted on 14+ other sites.
Other notable press coverage we’ve received include:
- EnvironmentalPublicity.com…BlueTech Forum on Technology Applications for Planet Earth
- WaterOnline.com…2012 BlueTech Forum In San Francisco To Feature BlueTech Showcase Of Innovative Water Technology Companies
- WaterOnline.com…Godfather Of Green’ Jerry Yudelson Slated As Keynote Speaker Of The 2012 BlueTech Forum In San Francisco
- GreenBuildConsult.com… Taking the Water Conservation Cause to San Francisco’s BlueTech Forum
- CleanTechPatentEdge.com… Advanced Reading for the 2012 BlueTech Forum: Patent Landscape Analysis of M&A Activity in the Water Sector
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Through the joint work of the O2 Technical Advisory Group, event sponsors, media partners, exhibitors, speakers, BlueTech Research staff, and others, we have had another banner with this year’s BlueTech Forum. Thank you for all who joined us, and we look forward to seeing you again next year.
