S5E13 - Radical Collaboration: 12 Staggering Ideas to Regenerate the Water World

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: 🎙️ Menno Holterman (President & CEO @ Nijhuis Saur Industries) 🎙️ Snehal Desai (EVP & Chief Growth and Sustainability Officer @ Evoqua Water Technologies) 🎙️ Ralph Exton (Chief Marketing & Chief Digital Officer @ SUEZ - Water Technologies & Solutions) 🎙️ Kimberly Kupiecki (Director & Global Leader Sustainability ESG, Advocacy, Communications @ DuPont) 🎙️ Jon LIberzon (VP & Head of Business Development @ Tomorrow Water) 🎙️ Kamakshi Sharma (Director of Marketing and Strategy @ Aquatech International) We discussed: 🖐️ Radical Collaboration for Regeneration - What's in it for you? (00:51) 🚶‍♂️ How does Radical Collaboration translate into a company's actions? (05:59) 💰 Is M&A a way to collaborate? (11:16) 💬 Tomorrow Water & Aquatech's Elevator Pitches (17:24) 👼 Was collaboration the key to Evoqua's rebirth? (19:39) 🚀 How does SUEZ interact with the water start-up ecosystem? (22:26) 🌱 Walking the Sustainability Talk (23:41) 💽 Leveraging synergies between datacenters and wastewater treatment plants (26:31) 🎬 Reality check: where do we start from? (28:10) 🌆 How do we better integrate water infrastructure with urban design? (30:12) 💪 How does success look like in the future? (34:04) 🤝 How is it to be back to live interactions? (42:56) 🔥 Rapid Fire Questions: 🔥 😅 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 Filter  The Veolia/SUEZ merger  The Dynamics of Water Innovation  The book "Flourish"  The (slow) rise of Reuse  Special thanks to Paul O'Callaghan, Aoife Kelleher, and Annyse Balkwill for the invite and support during this amazing Forum!Hosted on Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.