Philip Galland

A socially responsible entrepreneur and visionary with an enviable history of rapidly and sustainably building impact companies with transformational technologies. Philip Galland has been variously described as having an almost preternatural understanding of the drivers and levers of industry, government, people, and relationships. This enables him to create extremely beneficial business ecologies that serve every stakeholder, as well as the planet and society as a whole. He is an artificial intelligence innovator and champion, a vocal proponent of Industry 5.0 and Circular Economics — and has a powerful ability to manifest success. A firm believer in meritocracy, Mr. Galland is also fiercely loyal. This has allowed him to create an agile network of like-minded innovators, scientists, system thinkers, and problem-solvers that he can rely on to help surmount any challenge and to view any endeavor in its dimensionality and seek systemic solutions that attack the root of a problem, and not just its symptoms, while identifying areas for transformative value creation. Philip operates exclusively by his personal philosophy and guiding principle, “to do well; I will do good.”

Presentation Title:  Upcycling waste glass into high value planet-saving materials

Abstract: Today’s waste streams are a sad legacy of the industrial revolution. They are byproducts of a cycle of take, make, and waste. This antiquated philosophy damages and even destroys natural ecosystems that support life on this planet. This is literally not sustainable and has put us on the verge of global catastrophe. At GlassWRX, our scientists, engineers, and systems thinkers are inventing ways to mine these very waste streams and reverse the cycle. We’re creating new generations of advanced sustainable materials – With which we can help build the resilient cities and societies of tomorrow. Using technology as a design tool, we can replicate nature’s ability to engineer priceless geological materials in seconds instead of millennia. These new materials are called Engineered Cellular Magmatics (ECMs). ECMs are for use in the design, build, operation, and maintenance of resilient and carbon offsetting Gray (concrete-based) and Blue-Green (air, water, earth-centered) infrastructure. ECM technology is economical and designed to heal local ecologies, reduce greenhouse gas emissions, create jobs, improve public health – And heal the planet. ECMs are made from both industrial and post-consumer upcycled waste glass.