Tim Agnew
Company: Bold Ocean Ventures
Location: Portland, ME
22+ years in early stage venture capital, and many years of impact finance, both debt and equity. Served on multiple governmental and non-profit boards.
David Aguado
Company: Ibiza Formentera Marine Plasma
Location: Ibiza, Spain
We collect sea water in the sea, in privileged sites for its high stability in the composition of minerals. Sites where sea currents keep the seawater clean and constant salinity, where sea currents are circular type called vortex. There are large concentrations of plankton, second food chain on Earth form, along with the plants, capable of transforming, through a process called marine biocenosis, non bioavailable minerals in bioavailable elements, fully comparable to our body . This Seawater is called MARINE PLASMA.
Larissa Balzer
Company: Ocean Sewage Alliance
Location: Oklahoma
A mixed Mary Poppins bag of project management and development, coordination and creation of digital content for web and social media marketing.
The Ocean Sewage Alliance aims to reduce the threat of sewage and wastewater pollution in our oceans and in doing so, increase the health and well-being of humans and nature. We will achieve this mission by collaborating across sectors, synthesizing and sharing knowledge, developing solutions, and raising awareness.
Larissa Balzer
Company: Ocean Sewage Alliance
Location: Oklahoma
A mixed Mary Poppins bag of project management and development, coordination and creation of digital content for web and social media marketing.
The Ocean Sewage Alliance aims to reduce the threat of sewage and wastewater pollution in our oceans and in doing so, increase the health and well-being of humans and nature. We will achieve this mission by collaborating across sectors, synthesizing and sharing knowledge, developing solutions, and raising awareness.
Jennifer Bushman
Company: Fed by Blue
Location: Mill Valley, California
Jennifer Bushman is one of the food and lifestyle industry’s most respected consultants, communicators, marketers and strategists when it comes to sustainable aquaculture.
She has crafted a valuable brand that resonates nationally, regionally and locally. For more than two decades, Jennifer has worked with brands including Kvarøy Arctic, Pacifico Aquaculture, Fair Trade U.S.A Fish and Seafood, Riverence Trout, Pacific Catch restaurant group and many more.
She has worked within the sustainable fish and seafood community for nearly a decade, creating relationships between the aquaculture community and with NGOs such as the Monterey Bay Aquarium Seafood Watch program.
In 2014 alone, she made more than 75 televisions appearances, reaching 189 markets and nearly 40 million viewers. She has been recognized numerous times by the James Beard Foundation and the International Association of Culinary Professionals as one of our nation’s top culinary consultants, communicators and teachers.
In addition, Jennifer’s passion for sustainable fish and seafood has lead her to sit on several influential Boards such as the Board of Directors for Love the Wild, Whole Oceans, Hatch Blue, Varuna and the Board of Directors for James Beard Taste Foundation.
Robert Cobbold
Company: Beach Collective
Location: Madrid, Spain
Robert Cobbold is an entrepreneur, public speaker and philosopher who has delivered transformative educational experiences to over 40,000 people worldwide.
COO at Beach Collective.
Founding editor of Conscious Evolution, an online publication, podcast and consultancy aiming to kindle an evolutionary transition and help individuals and organisations find meaning and purpose.
Former programme Manager of The Crowd, a network for senior sustainability professionals; and Common Vision, a thinktank specialising in creative public engagement.
Former programme Manager of Green Schools Project, a nationwide environmental education program.
Worked for the celebrity-led campaign Farms Not Factories which reached over 130M people.
Set up my own business teaching bridge to young people in London called SLAM!
Worked as a private tutor for top London tutoring agencies, including stints in India, China and around the UK.
Published writer, public speaker, podcaster and facilitator.
Dain Dunston
Company: Reservoir LLC
Location: Austin, TX
How do you keep the innovations coming?
How do you keep your culture from eating your strategy?
How do you build leadership and engagement in your organization?
How do you build the future when you’re neck deep in managing the present?
How do you build your personal mastery?
How can you find joy in being in your work and life?
These are questions I work on every day, for myself and for my clients. And every day, we make breakthroughs. We identify better ways to respond to change with elegant innovation and disruptive execution. We develop programs to engage people in building better organizational cultures together. And we work on how individuals—you and me—can take personal action to improve both our performance and our happiness.
I’m in the business of innovation and organizational development. I help organizations focus on their purpose. I help them create better people, better products, better processes and better payoffs. I help build organizations that are branded to the bone.
I coach individuals and teams.
I help people find and tell their stories.
I write speeches and coach speakers.
I lead meetings and conferences.
I direct creative projects of all kinds.
And then I write books. Books about business. Books about leadership presence. Books about stories I want to tell.
For the past 35 years, I’ve provided communication strategy for some of America’s most respected companies. Working in a variety of media, from CEO speeches to comedy videos, my knowledge of business, innovation, organizational dynamics and engagement make me a valued partner in getting your message out.
I’m now on the board of The Watershed Association in Texas and serve as host for Ocean Exchange conferences and webcasts. Within Reservoir, we are establishing a program we call Rising Water Partners to support the growth of early-stage, emerging businesses that innovate in freshwater sustainability.
Anya Freeman
Company: Kind Designs
Location: Miami, Florida
We are addressing rising sea-levels and failing conventional seawalls by 3D Printing living seawalls that are both structural and ecological .The seawalls protect communities from flooding and storm surges. They also function as an artificial reef, sequester carbon and have built-in sensors.
Achim Hoffmann
Company: WOXON
Location: London, United Kingdom
Achim is the Founder of WOXON, a UK based Moonshot mission to counter the main Climate Change symptom: Global warming excess Heat. Heat that is conveniently 90%+ concentrated in one medium: Water.
Achim left his previous job in Venture Capital early 2022 to fully focus on the experimental proof-of-concept for a new aqueous heat conversion process applying some of the unusual and less well-known water capabilities.
On the side, Achim is a start-up mentor for the Royal Society of Chemistry in London and occasionally supports HydroDAO and the Everblue Ventures efforts with their investment Due Diligence.
Previously, Achim worked for IP Group plc as Investor, launching University spinouts by supporting Academics commercialising their patents with funding and business support. Achim also worked as a Strategy Consultant for McKinsey& Company in the Duesseldorf and London offices.
It was in his early career where his passion for water started when working for a German Fraunhofer Cleantech Institute as the membrane expert developing water treatment solutions for industrial clients.
He holds a strong believe that we have not even scratched the surface with regards to the capabilities of water and always welcomes discussions about observed unusual capabilities of water with the goal to find bridges to the classic sciences. Even when not involved professionally in water, he always kept a hobby home lab and workshop. Theory is nice, but experiments count.
Achim holds a Dipl.-Ing. degree in Chemical Engineering from Karlsruhe University, a Dr.-Ing. in Chemical Engineering from Dortmund University (focus on aqueous ion separation using charged nanofiltration membranes), and a Kellogg/Northwestern University MBA.
Achim Hoffmann
Company: WOXON
Location: London, United Kingdom
Achim is the Founder of WOXON, a UK based Moonshot mission to counter the main Climate Change symptom: Global warming excess Heat. Heat that is conveniently 90%+ concentrated in one medium: Water.
Achim left his previous job in Venture Capital early 2022 to fully focus on the experimental proof-of-concept for a new aqueous heat conversion process applying some of the unusual and less well-known water capabilities.
On the side, Achim is a start-up mentor for the Royal Society of Chemistry in London and occasionally supports HydroDAO and the Everblue Ventures efforts with their investment Due Diligence.
Previously, Achim worked for IP Group plc as Investor, launching University spinouts by supporting Academics commercialising their patents with funding and business support. Achim also worked as a Strategy Consultant for McKinsey& Company in the Duesseldorf and London offices.
It was in his early career where his passion for water started when working for a German Fraunhofer Cleantech Institute as the membrane expert developing water treatment solutions for industrial clients.
He holds a strong believe that we have not even scratched the surface with regards to the capabilities of water and always welcomes discussions about observed unusual capabilities of water with the goal to find bridges to the classic sciences. Even when not involved professionally in water, he always kept a hobby home lab and workshop. Theory is nice, but experiments count.
Achim holds a Dipl.-Ing. degree in Chemical Engineering from Karlsruhe University, a Dr.-Ing. in Chemical Engineering from Dortmund University (focus on aqueous ion separation using charged nanofiltration membranes), and a Kellogg/Northwestern University MBA.