BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.2.3.1//EN BEGIN:VEVENT UID:0-2@tfws.iwmi.org DTSTART:20230821T070000Z DTEND:20230821T083000Z DTSTAMP:20230918T040220Z URL:https://tfws.iwmi.org/events/mission-driven-innovation-delivering-a-hi gh-ambition-future-for-water-security/ SUMMARY:Mission-driven innovation: delivering a high-ambition future for wa ter security DESCRIPTION:\nSession ID 11105\n\n\nSummary\n\n\nThis session will bring t ogether practitioners\, policymakers\, researchers\, and representatives o f the private sector to identify trajectories for innovation through the m ission-driven framework that emerged from the Transformative Futures for W ater Security initiative. This session will catalyze aligned action across sectors within the water innovation system and drive forward the\n\n\n\n\ nSession Description\n\n\nThe session will give insight on the research\, innovation\, policy and intervention needs for key water security implemen tors from multiple stakeholder representatives. It will contribute to a be tter understanding of future water risks across stakeholders and improve o ur knowledge on how mission-led research can help deliver strengthened imp act. It will generate new alliances and strengthen existing coalitions to deliver the missions and will highlight how integrating areas of specialis m 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 challeng es 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.\n\nOur d esired impact is a joint visioning of innovation pathways to help drive a mission driven approach to water innovation.\n\n\n\n\nProgramme\n\n\n\n\n\ n\n\n\nWelcome and introduction\n\nModerator of the event: Carolina Tornes i Mackinnon \n\n\n \;\n\nKeynote – Innovation System for Water Secu rity\n\nDr. Jennifer Molwantwa - Chief Executive Officer - WRC South Afric a\n\n \;\n\nWhy is innovation not delivering water security? Keynote p resentation to provide an overview of innovation systems and critical chal lenges which reduce the effectiveness of innovation for collective action in water systems at scale.\n\n \;\n\n\nTFWS short video\n\n\n \;\n \nConversation Starter – Mission-Driven Collective Action for Water Syst ems Change\n\nModerator?: Carolina Tornesi Mackinnon\n\n \;\n\nTestimo nials from regional voices: Why are these missions important to me?\n\nGon zalo Germán Meschengieser\, Foreign Affairs Manager\, Agua y Saneamientos Argentinos AySA \n\nAshton Mpofu\, Expert Analyst: Water at GreenCape an d TFWS youth co-host\n\n \;\n\nPanelists react to the testimonials\n\n Xavier Leflaive\, Environment Directorate\, Principal Administrator\, OECD \n\nMark Fletcher\, Director and Global Water Business Leader\, ARUP \n\n Manohara Khadka\, IWMI Nepal Country Representative \n\n \;\n\n\n&nbs p\;\n\nPanel 2 – Policies for More Effective Innovation Systems for Wate r Security\n\nModerator: Inga Jacobs-Mata\n\n \;\n\nPolicy – a repre sentative from the Department of Water and Sanitation Government of South Africa\;\n\nPrivate Sector -  Michael Alexander\, Global Head of Water\, Environment\, Agriculture Sustainability\, Diageo\n\nFinance -  Sergio Ca mpos Gonzales\, Chief of the Water and Sanitation\, Division Inter-America n Development Bank\n\nResearch - Dr. Veena Srinivasan – Executive Direct or\, WELL Labs\, Bengaluru\, India\n\nYouth - Maitreyi Koduganti Adivi\, P resident of the Water Youth Network - TBC  \n\nCivil society missing - T BD\n\n \;\n\n\n \;\n\nClosing and wrap up\n\nMark Smith\, Director General\, IWMI\n\nClosing speaker gives synthesis of key messages\n\nThan ks and closing remarks\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nConvenors\n\n Alliance for Water St ewardship\n Arup\n Global Water Partnership\n Government of South Afric a National (Department of Water and Sanitation)\n International Water Man agement Institute\n South Africa Department of Water and Sanitation\n Th e Nature Conservancy\n University of Oxford\n World Youth Parliament for Water\n\n\n ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://tfws.iwmi.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/4 8/2023/09/Screenshot-2023-09-18-at-09.29.01.png CATEGORIES:Stockholm World Water Week LOCATION:https://event.trippus.net/MyPage/Index/AEAKgIPT7JV3mLKiYvzjlZDi_JP 0sFyklOiHLQc6ZF-rwIxscCX04iQT0erG2Z1gxxsOn3oW26Zu?page=67708&session=23521 3 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR