INNOVATE 4 WATER - 7-9 June Geneva

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Rozemarijn ter Horst
Netherlands
4 May 2017 12:10 UTC

INNOVATE 4 WATER is a matchmaking forum for sustainable development - 2 days articulated around a matchmaking event and an open forum, focusing on water, entrepreneurship and sustainable investments. It will take place on 8-9 June in Geneva - with a coaching day on the 7th.

Waterpreneurs is co-organizing this event with WaterVent and the United Nations World Intellectual Property Organization’s "WIPO GREEN : The Marketplace for Sustainable Technology”.

​WIPO GREEN will host the event that will bring together various water stakeholders over the course of two days (entrepreneurs, investors, large and small companies, non-governmental organizations, UN agencies, incubators) who are contributing to achieving the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal number 6.

The objectives of the event are to:

  • Create visibility for entrepreneurs in the water sector in order to enable them to reach impact investors;

  • Promote the transfer of innovative water technologies and innovative business models in emerging markets and developing countries;

  • Facilitate connections to catalyse collaborations

The event is particularly relevant for:​

  • Small and Medium Enterprises with interests in the water & sanitation sectors

  • Multinational companies with interests in the water & sanitation sectors

  • Investors (banking, asset management, private banking, corporate companies)

  • Water & sanitation institutions (foundations, coalitions, NGOs)

  • International organisations, national governments

  • Universities / incubators / research institutions

  • UN Agencies with interest in WASH and IWRM

Programme

June 7, 2017 - Coaching day (for entrepreneurs only)

Exclusive coaching on business pitch for presenting entrepreneurs.

June 8, 2017 - Investments Matchmaking for entrepreneurs and investors

Entrepreneurs with innovative water and sanitation technologies and business models looking for investments will be pitching to prospective investors, including clean-tech venture capitalists, private equity and corporate investors.​

June 9, 2017 - Open Forum

​The Open Forum will provide the opportunity for meaningful interactions about Technologies, Business and Human Rights amongst water experts, impact investors, social entrepreneurs, multinational corporations, NGOs and UN agencies.

Find more information via http://www.waterpreneurs.net/innovate4water-geneva-2017