programme
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Water Muck Ups (invite only)
Evening before, Sunday 31 October
It’s time to celebrate when things didn’t work out. Kickstarting the Forum, a selection of water-preneurs openly share experiences about mistakes and what they learned. Grab a beer, get out your comfort zone, jump in and let’s chat.
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Sponsored Breakfast
Monday 1 November
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Registration + Coffee
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Welcome & Event Kick-Off
Annette Bos, Global Director, Aquatech Global Events
Tom Freyberg, Content Director, Innovation Forum & Aquatech Global Events
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The Future – A True Gladiator Battle
Robots. AI. Data. What role will water have in the future, 20, 30, 40 years from now? Will we have eradicated water scarcity? What will happen post SDGs? Hear from a futurist and ethicist in this heated debate as we look into the future.
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Culture Change: Sparking the Entrepreneurial Spirit
How do you foster an entrepreneurial spirit within water organisations and yet avoid a culture clash? Hear from a health mix of stakeholders on a series of discussions that need to happen, now.
- Part 1: Utility culture change
- Part 2: AI integration & ageing workforces
- Part 3: M&A (retaining start-up innovation after acquisitions)
- Part 4: Investor diversification into water
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Circular Business Models (panel)
For circular economies to scale, there needs to be a market pull, not just a technology push. Hear from some of the key collaborations making this happen.
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Creative Finance
We need to unlock public and private finance to invest and scale innovations, as well as treatment infrastructure. Hear about innovative finance models, from crowdfunding to blended public models.
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The Solution Room (limited to 50 people)
In this ‘hackathon’-style 2.5 hour collaborative session, the audience selects the pressing issues of the day, splits into groups and gets to work.
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Battle Of The Gladiators
Who can find the Aquatech innovation champion? Which of the gladiators will succeed in the colosseum in front of the blood-thirsty crowd?
Emulating the difficulties of the outside marketplace, our innovation 'scouts' will be given a surprise task of finding the best innovation to a challenge voted for during the Aquatech Innovation Forum (in-person or online). We'd like to hear about their scouting experiences. How did they find their gladiators? What impressions did they gain? How did they choose their champion? Then... let the battle commence. The chosen ones fight it out in the colosseum in their quest for eternal glory.
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Water Triumphs: Celebrating Water Legends, Past and Present
It’s time to celebrate! The Roman triumph was a civil, public ceremony to publicly honour the success of military commanders. Who are the water heroes and early innovators we can learn from? Who are the water heroes of today?