Bluetech Research Podcast Channel

In the latest episode of BlueNotes, hosts Divya Inna and Rhys Owen cover a range of pressing topics shaping the intersection of technology, sustainability, and water management.They kick off with a deep dive into the burgeoning lithium industry and its profound implications for the water economy. With the demand for lithium-ion batteries skyrocketing, the hosts underscore the critical role of water technologies across the lithium value chain. They spotlight emerging extraction methods and the evolving landscape of lithium supply, emphasizing the need for sustainable water management practices.  Transitioning to the semiconductor industry, Divya and Rhys shed light on the sector's increasing reliance on ultra-pure water and the sustainability challenges it faces. They explore the intricate technicalities involved in semiconductor manufacturing processes and the pressing need for innovative water management solutions.  Next, the hosts delve into the realm of Earth observation science, highlighting WaterPla

In this second episode of the BlueNotes podcast, hosts Divya and Rhys discuss various topics related to the water industry. They begin by mentioning their recent team trip to Lisbon, where they set objectives for 2024 and reviewed the research calendar. The episode covers a recap of the end-of-year webinar, Water Almanac, focusing on key trends in investments and patent activity in the water sector in 2023.

Join hosts Divya Inna and Rhys Owen as they reflect on the pivotal water-related events of 2023. From the rise of PFAS concerns, extreme weather events, and innovations in water treatment technologies to exploring the mysteries of sludge treatment and the quest for effective microplastic detection methods, the hosts delve into the latest insights and breakthroughs. Special attention is given to Blue Tech's November intelligence briefing, highlighting topics such as recycling reverse osmosis membranes, the adoption of anaerobic membrane bioreactor technology, and the ongoing battle against PFAS contamination in sludge treatment. Tune in for a comprehensive overview of the water landscape and a sneak peek into what the water industry may hold in 2024.--Presented by BlueTech Research®, Actionable Water Technology Market Intelligence. Watch the trailer of Our Blue World: A Water Odyssey. Get involved, and learn more on the website: braveblue.world

Michael Pawlyn is an architect and innovator who has been described as a pioneer of biomimicry. He established his firm Exploration Architecture in 2007 to focus on designing high performance buildings and solutions for the circular economy.Prior to setting up Exploration Michael Pawlyn worked with Grimshaw for ten years and was central to the team that designed the Eden Project. Regularly booked as a keynote speaker on innovation, his TED talk has had over 1.8 million viewings and his book Biomimicry in Architecture has been RIBA Publications’ best-selling title. Michael Pawlyn jointly initiated the widely acclaimed Sahara Forest Project; the latest version of which was opened by the King of Jordan in 2017.--Presented by BlueTech Research®, Actionable Water Technology Market Intelligence. Watch the trailer of Our Blue World: A Water Odyssey. Get involved, and learn more on the website: braveblue.world

In this closing keynote at BlueTech Forum 2018, Michael Flynn from NASA Ames Research Center shared his insights  on managing water in a closed loop environment.--Presented by BlueTech Research®, Actionable Water Technology Market Intelligence. Watch the trailer of Our Blue World: A Water Odyssey. Get involved, and learn more on the website: braveblue.world

Before founding BlueTech Research, Paul O’Callaghan was lead author on the groundbreaking report Water Technology Markets 2010. This report analysed the prospects of a wide range of innovative technologies across the water and wastewater treatment space. A decade later, we take stock of the changes in Water Technology Markets 2020. What has come to pass? What never materialised? What we can expect as we project out to 2030?The presentation takes into account the impact of COVID-19 and the potential ramifications on the global water technology market. From anaerobic membrane bioreactors to zero liquid discharge technologies, this upcoming report (exclusive to BlueTech Research clients) will summarise the changes within a catalogue of innovations in terms of market trajectory, and the fate and progress of the technology suppliers. The presentation examines:– What trends were called correctly 10 years ago, and what was off the mark?– Which technologies didn’t pan out, and why?– What drives success and failure in

BlueTech Forum 2019Nick works in the Insight and Analysis team of the Ellen Macarthur Foundation, a group of scientists, engineers and other technical specialists, that strive to provide evidence of the benefits of a circular economy as well as insights into the transition pathways. His roles at the Foundation include: managing the case study program that disseminates real life examples of circular economy; a member of the Cities and Circular Economy for Food systemic initiative and the thought-leader on Water and the Circular Economy. Before joining the Foundation, Nick worked for many years as an environmental engineer.His experience includes urban regeneration and landscaping projects for Arup in London, Lebanon and Singapore; solar irrigation and aquaculture in Uganda and Ethiopia; post-conflict and disaster relief work in Sri Lanka, Afghanistan, Iraq and Indonesia. He has a Masters in renewable energy, is a chartered member of the Institute of Civil Engineers and a member of RedR.--Presented by BlueTech

BlueTech Forum 2020 Every industry contains a troop of pioneers – the catalysts, the moonshot thinkers – and doers, the ones we all end up following. It is no different when it comes to water.  BlueTech Research call these companies ‘The Lighthouses’.This opening plenary at BlueTech Forum 2020 featured a cross-section of the world’s leading companies who feature in the Brave Blue World Foundation’s inaugural awards shortlist.In their own unique way, each of the nominees are path-finding and trailblazing; setting ambitious targets, and turning these targets into reality by embracing new innovations and ways of working.Paul O’Callaghan is our host to guide us through the conversation.--Presented by BlueTech Research®, Actionable Water Technology Market Intelligence. Watch the trailer of Our Blue World: A Water Odyssey. Get involved, and learn more on the website: braveblue.world

In BlueTech's recent web briefing, TAG expert Corina Carpentier presents some of the findings from BlueTech’s latest Horizon Scan on online bacterial monitoring – an update of our 2017 report. There is a significant and growing need for technologies which can quantify and identify bacterial threats at a high standard, and within minutes, rather than the several days which conventional methods can take. A particular need is for sensors focusing on Legionella, which has seen a steep rise of incidents of Legionnaires’ disease in the US (800% since 2000).The report outlines the latest developments in the regulatory landscape as well as a review of the most innovative technologies which will shape the market landscape over the next 5 years.We hope you enjoy this podcast briefing! --Presented by BlueTech Research®, Actionable Water Technology Market Intelligence. Watch the trailer of Our Blue World: A Water Odyssey. Get involved, and learn more on the website: braveblue.world

BlueTech’s end of year web briefing provided a round-up of the key highlights from research completed in 2019, as well as a look forward to the growth opportunities in 2020 and beyond.In keeping with the Water Almanac theme, the briefing engaged in light-hearted crystal ball gazing including, ‘most likely to exit’, ‘make or break year for’ and ‘rising stars to watch’.Our BlueTech analysts and TAG Experts summarized the most impactful developments and discuss the unifying themes and areas of opportunities that will shape the water industry in the year ahead.We hope you enjoy our podcast briefing!--Presented by BlueTech Research®, Actionable Water Technology Market Intelligence. Watch the trailer of Our Blue World: A Water Odyssey. Get involved, and learn more on the website: braveblue.world

Welcome everyone to 2020 – the year of 366 days! It has been the start of something new for BlueTech too, towards the end of last year many of you might have heard about the premier of the Brave Blue World documentary. Brave Blue World is the first honest and hopeful documentary that will paint an optimistic picture of how humanity is adopting new technologies and innovations to re-think how we manage water. We have been on an incredible journey to meet with pioneers and innovators who are addressing global water and sanitation challenges. Their stories reveal a hopeful and optimistic future for our most precious resource.For those who weren’t there with us at our Hollywood premier launch in December, we have some snippets of the Hollywood launch we have brought back with us that hopefully captures some moments.We are also looking forward to 2020. What are the big things in water for 2020? Tune in to find out more!--Presented by BlueTech Research®, Actionable Water Technology Market Intelligence. Watch the tr

In this months podcast, with the end of year in sight, it is time to stand back and reflect on on what we have seen, heard and talked about and in this episode we will share some of our “big ideas” from 2019. Looking at the water innovation landscape, who will be the rising stars of tomorrow? Who are ‘the new kids on the block ‘and who will come back stronger? For all of this and more, tune in to find out!--Presented by BlueTech Research®, Actionable Water Technology Market Intelligence. Watch the trailer of Our Blue World: A Water Odyssey. Get involved, and learn more on the website: braveblue.world

Just back from WEFTEC 2019 and for those who have been following us on social media, you would have seen our activities at WEFTEC. In case you haven’t, no worries. You can play back and relive our moments at WEFTEC by clicking on this link: (Kate to provide link). At our breakfast briefing we presented on our latest work on disruptive innovation defining innovation as falling into a ‘market creating’ and/or a ‘market taking’ category. Join Divya Inna as she speaks to BlueTech's CEO Paul O’Callaghan more about this.--Presented by BlueTech Research®, Actionable Water Technology Market Intelligence. Watch the trailer of Our Blue World: A Water Odyssey. Get involved, and learn more on the website: braveblue.world

Join Divya Inna this month as she speaks to BlueTech Research CEO, Paul O’Callaghan about his recent trip to India to understand how people are dealing with water scarcity and industrial water challenges. The city of Chennai, India’s sixth biggest city, faced devastating floods in 2015 that killed hundreds of people and displaced many more. How does a flood-prone city, 4 years later, run almost entirely out of water?Also, tune in to find out how the local industries have managed to dramatically reduce water pollution and become self-sustaining recovering water and salt! Technologies and applications such as this are “lighting the way” in terms of addressing the challenges of climate change, water scarcity and pollution. Join BlueTech in sharing these positive water messages.--Presented by BlueTech Research®, Actionable Water Technology Market Intelligence. Watch the trailer of Our Blue World: A Water Odyssey. Get involved, and learn more on the website: braveblue.world

We’ve all heard of superheroes but what about the bad guys – superbugs? What challenges do they pose for the future of medicine, and for wastewater treatment? In this month’s podcast, we are joined by Ana de Almeida, one of the few researchers in this area, who will share updates on what we know and don’t yet know about antibiotic resistant bacteria in wastewater. Also, find out what is happening at this year’s WEFETC conference in Chicago – including what are the top conference papers to look out for this year.--Presented by BlueTech Research®, Actionable Water Technology Market Intelligence. Watch the trailer of Our Blue World: A Water Odyssey. Get involved, and learn more on the website: braveblue.world

Science and cutting edge technology has helped solve problems, but what do we do when the problem is too big for us engineers and scientists to handle alone? From technology to art, join us for on a journey through two conferences – the 16th annual IWA Leading Edge Conference on Water & Wastewater Technologies and the Life With Water summit hosted by Art Hub Copenhagen. From science to the arts, we discuss everything from the space station & magic bacteria to art and communication in the water sector.--Presented by BlueTech Research®, Actionable Water Technology Market Intelligence. Watch the trailer of Our Blue World: A Water Odyssey. Get involved, and learn more on the website: braveblue.world

The BlueTech team are heading to the beautiful Kew Gardens this week for our 2019 BlueTech Forum conference and we are lucky to be joined by a group of nearly 200 water professionals from all over the world. In keeping with the wonderful environment of Kew Gardens, this podcast contains some facts and figures about the venue that may come in useful for some pub trivia! Also, this month, we narrate the story of bio-electrochemical systems, a technology largely forgotten but not gone. Once the subject of hype and promise, today is seen as something else. For the few companies that still linger on, is it a question of ‘do something else’ or ‘do something different’?--Presented by BlueTech Research®, Actionable Water Technology Market Intelligence. Watch the trailer of Our Blue World: A Water Odyssey. Get involved, and learn more on the website: braveblue.world

On this month’s podcast, we talk to industrial end users from key sectors such as Food & Beverage, Brewing and Consumer Goods who share with us their top water innovation needs.   In this podcast, Carlsberg, Nestle and Proctor & Gamble identify key innovation challenges in their business, opportunities, and required solutions. You can meet with them and other industrial end users and utilities at BlueTech Forum which takes place on 5th& 6thJune in London’s Kew Gardens. --Presented by BlueTech Research®, Actionable Water Technology Market Intelligence. Watch the trailer of Our Blue World: A Water Odyssey. Get involved, and learn more on the website: braveblue.world

On this month’s podcast, we provide a framework to classify ‘disruptive innovation’, inspired by Clayton Christensen’s original definition and model of disruptivity. We present four key types of innovation: discontinuous, radical functionality, sustaining and disruptive innovation and their commercial impact. Understanding how the different types of innovations should be commercialized and diffused is useful for those who work to bring innovations to market.--Presented by BlueTech Research®, Actionable Water Technology Market Intelligence. Watch the trailer of Our Blue World: A Water Odyssey. Get involved, and learn more on the website: braveblue.world

On this month’s podcast, four very different Innovation Showcase companies provide a 1-minute pitch to introduce their technology, its value proposition and the problem it solves. In the lead-up to BlueTech Forum, we hope this will help you pick your favourites so you can learn more from them at their roundtable sessions. We also speak to Rhys Owen on more high-level thematic trends around the sanitation economy and how the granular activated sludge market has surged ahead of our growth expectations on the past two years. --Presented by BlueTech Research®, Actionable Water Technology Market Intelligence. Watch the trailer of Our Blue World: A Water Odyssey. Get involved, and learn more on the website: braveblue.world