Dr. Benjamin Britton, PhD.

Chief Technology Officer, Director & Co-founder, Ionomr

Ben has a broad knowledge of alkaline anion-exchange electrochemical device operation, having participated in world-leading research in the application of membranes and polymers at Simon Fraser University under Prof. Holdcroft.

Dr. Britton was part of the initial cohort of scientist-entrepreneurs to receive the ‘Invention to Innovation’ graduate certificate from the Beedie School of Business and used this knowledge to establish Ionomr as its first CEO in 2015 and raising an initial $1.7M seed round.

With a seasoned CEO having joined Ionomr to scale the company, Ben now leads the product strategy and marketing of Ionomr products across a large variety of electrochemical and pressure-based systems.

Speaker Sessions

Canadian Cleantech Leadership Panel

  • Building Resilient Communities
  • Restoring and Protecting Nature
  • Reaching Destination Net Zero
  • Intersectional Track
  • Innovation, Technology and Deployment
  • Finance, Trade and Investment
  • Labour, Skills Training and Capacity Building
  • Justice, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion
  • Government Policy and Corporate Governance
Session Date
Wednesday, Feb 14 2024 | 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Featuring
Parliamentary Secretary Julie Dabrusin Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Environment and Climate Change and Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Energy and Natural Resources, Government of Canada
Dr. Benjamin Britton, PhD. Chief Technology Officer, Director & Co-founder, Ionomr
Jeff Dawley Chief Financial Officer, Cyclic Materials
Sumreen Rattan Co-Founder and Chief Operating Officer, Moment Energy
Devesh Bharadwaj Chief Executive Officer, Pani Energy
Amanda Hall Chief Executive Officer & Founder Summit Nanotech Corporation
Apoorv Sinha Co-founder and CEO, Carbon Upcycling
David Novitski Director of Government Relations and Funding, Mangrove Lithium
In collaboration with