S5E13 - Radical Collaboration: 12 Staggering Ideas to Regenerate the Water World - a podcast by Antoine Walter

from 2022-06-15T21:04:13

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BlueTech Forum 2022's Theme was straightforward: Radical Collaboration for Regeneration.




For two packed days, the Vancouver convention center hosted the hottest and most insightful discussions on the fate of our Water World. Keynote speakers, start-up founders, end-users, industry experts, investors, and civil society gathered under the flag of "Radical Collaboration"




I was blessed with a spot next to the conference hall, which allowed me to welcome some industry legends on my microphone:


πŸŽ™οΈ Menno Holterman (President & CEO @ Nijhuis Saur Industries)


πŸŽ™οΈ Snehal Desai (EVP & Chief Growth and Sustainability Officer @ Evoqua Water Technologies)


πŸŽ™οΈ Ralph Exton (Chief Marketing & Chief Digital Officer @ SUEZ - Water Technologies & Solutions)


πŸŽ™οΈ Kimberly Kupiecki (Director & Global Leader Sustainability ESG, Advocacy, Communications @ DuPont)


πŸŽ™οΈ Jon LIberzon (VP & Head of Business Development @ Tomorrow Water)


πŸŽ™οΈ Kamakshi Sharma (Director of Marketing and Strategy @ Aquatech International)




We discussed:


πŸ–οΈ Radical Collaboration for Regeneration - What's in it for you? (00:51)


πŸšΆβ€β™‚οΈ How does Radical Collaboration translate into a company's actions? (05:59)


πŸ’° Is M&A a way to collaborate? (11:16)


πŸ’¬ Tomorrow Water & Aquatech's Elevator Pitches (17:24)


πŸ‘Ό Was collaboration the key to Evoqua's rebirth? (19:39)


πŸš€ How does SUEZ interact with the water start-up ecosystem? (22:26)


🌱 Walking the Sustainability Talk (23:41)


πŸ’½ Leveraging synergies between datacenters and wastewater treatment plants (26:31)


🎬 Reality check: where do we start from? (28:10)


πŸŒ† How do we better integrate water infrastructure with urban design? (30:12)


πŸ’ͺ How does success look like in the future? (34:04)


🀝 How is it to be back to live interactions? (42:56)




πŸ”₯ Rapid Fire Questions: πŸ”₯


πŸ˜… Can you name one thing that you've learned the hard way? (46:27)


⌚ What is the very very very latest thing you've learned? (48:32)




We mentioned:


The History of US FilterΒ 


The Veolia/SUEZ mergerΒ 


The Dynamics of Water InnovationΒ 


The book "Flourish"Β 


The (slow) rise of ReuseΒ 




Special thanks to Paul O'Callaghan, Aoife Kelleher, and Annyse Balkwill for the invite and support during this amazing Forum!

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