Christina Houlihan
Christina Houlihan
B.spkl Co-Founder and CEO
Christina Houlihan is the CEO and Co-founder of Bspkl, a clean hydrogen start-up that aims to make hydrogen affordable and accessible as a clean energy source. Bspkl has developed a breakthrough technology that significantly reduces the amount of rare and expensive metals required to produce hydrogen electrolysers, enabling the mass production and deployment of clean hydrogen solutions. Christina has over 10 years of experience working with scientists commercialising technologies from research institutions and bringing science from the lab to the world. She is passionate about creating positive social and environmental impact through entrepreneurship and collaboration.
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New Zealand Innovators Changing the World
WED, OCT 18, 2:00 PM
Conference
The New Zealand Innovation ecosystem has benefited from over a decade of growth. In the last 10 years we have become world-renown from our science and engineering capabilities (deeptech), growing companies like Aroa Biosurgery, Mint Innovation, and Rocket Lab, amongst others.
The world needs science innovation more than ever, and as we acknowledge the urgency of developing solutions that tackle our biggest issues, a new generation of entrepreneurs as arisen, focusing on Biotechnology, Energy/Cleantech, Agriculture, and Innovative Manufacturing.
In this session you will hear the experiences of the entrepreneurs’ scaling companies from New Zealand going global. The inspiration behind their founder journeys, their biggest learnings while building companies that stand the test of time, and how do they manage to drive change in this economic environment.
