Summary
This session will bring together practitioners, policymakers, researchers, and representatives of the private sector to identify trajectories for innovation through the mission-driven framework that emerged from the Transformative Futures for Water Security initiative. This session will catalyze aligned action across sectors within the water innovation system and drive forward the
Session Description
The session will give insight on the research, innovation, policy and intervention needs for key water security implementors from multiple stakeholder representatives. It will contribute to a better understanding of future water risks across stakeholders and improve our knowledge on how mission-led research can help deliver strengthened impact. It will generate new alliances and strengthen existing coalitions to deliver the missions and will highlight how integrating areas of specialism can catalyze greater collective innovation. Additionally, this session aims to explore existing gaps in research and innovation tracks and assess current innovation systems’ potential for meeting future water challenges captured in the TFWS missions’ demand and identify innovative ways to reduce fragmentation in water systems research, converge efforts across sectors and implement transformative pathways for water security.
Our desired impact is a joint visioning of innovation pathways to help drive a mission driven approach to water innovation.
Programme
| Welcome and introduction
Moderator of the event: Carolina Tornesi Mackinnon |
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Keynote – Innovation System for Water Security Dr. Jennifer Molwantwa – Chief Executive Officer – WRC South Africa
Why is innovation not delivering water security? Keynote presentation to provide an overview of innovation systems and critical challenges which reduce the effectiveness of innovation for collective action in water systems at scale.
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| TFWS short video |
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Conversation Starter – Mission-Driven Collective Action for Water Systems Change Moderator?: Carolina Tornesi Mackinnon
Testimonials from regional voices: Why are these missions important to me? Gonzalo Germán Meschengieser, Foreign Affairs Manager, Agua y Saneamientos Argentinos AySA Ashton Mpofu, Expert Analyst: Water at GreenCape and TFWS youth co-host
Panelists react to the testimonials Xavier Leflaive, Environment Directorate, Principal Administrator, OECD Mark Fletcher, Director and Global Water Business Leader, ARUP Manohara Khadka, IWMI Nepal Country Representative
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Panel 2 – Policies for More Effective Innovation Systems for Water Security Moderator: Inga Jacobs-Mata
Policy – a representative from the Department of Water and Sanitation Government of South Africa; Private Sector – Michael Alexander, Global Head of Water, Environment, Agriculture Sustainability, Diageo Finance – Sergio Campos Gonzales, Chief of the Water and Sanitation, Division Inter-American Development Bank Research – Dr. Veena Srinivasan – Executive Director, WELL Labs, Bengaluru, India Youth – Maitreyi Koduganti Adivi, President of the Water Youth Network – TBC Civil society missing – TBD
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Closing and wrap up Mark Smith, Director General, IWMI Closing speaker gives synthesis of key messages Thanks and closing remarks |
Convenors
- Alliance for Water Stewardship
- Arup
- Global Water Partnership
- Government of South Africa National (Department of Water and Sanitation)
- International Water Management Institute
- South Africa Department of Water and Sanitation
- The Nature Conservancy
- University of Oxford
- World Youth Parliament for Water