An interactive workshop hosted at World Water Week
Where do startups get it right, and where do they go wrong?
How do utilities identify, design and fund early collaborations with startups?
What conditions enable these partnerships to eventually move from pilot to scale?
Learn from three entrepreneurs and their partners deploying innovative solutions with utilities across the Asia-Pacific
This session will cover three projects supported by the Water Technology Access Partnership (WTAP), a new pilot funding and innovation learning platform led by the World Bank and Imagine H2O Asia.
Each case study will explore a key theme that has enabled a win-win utility-startup partnership to launch and scale. Themes include:
AquAffirm’s real-time digital arsenic sensor and analytics platform
Empowering local partners to support product-market fit, community buy-in and technology validation for early-stage startups
Speakers
David Sarphie AquAffirm
Gokul Krishna Govindu SmartTerra
Hifza Rasheed Pakistan Council of Research on Water Resources
Lucy Lytton World Bank
Minhaj Chowdhury Drinkwell
Nimesh Modak Imagine H2O Asia
Soma Ghosh Moulik World Bank
Shelley McMillan World Bank
1. Introducing WTAP (10min) Overview of the Water Technology Access Partnership, a joint initiative between the World Bank and IH2O Asia
2. Partnerships Overview (3x15min) Three (3) lightning presentations of WTAP innovation case studies co-presented by both startup and end-user, with Q&A included
3. Discussion Roundtables (18min) Breakout discussions facilitated by case study presenters to explore lessons learned and pathways moving forward
4. Reporting Back (12min) Audience shares findings to be documented and disseminated as post-session summaries
Mark your calendars for August 29 11 AM – 1230 PM | Room 453
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Schedule 1-on-1 meetings with Imagine H2O Asia or participating entrepreneurs here
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