Northumbrian Water confirms that solving environmental and carbon issues will be high on the agenda at this year’s Innovation Festival, “The Brilliant Get-Together.”
Innovators working at the fifth iteration of the festival, which is taking place next month will look at issues ranging from the rivers of the North East to the global climate emergency.
During the four-day event, innovators from all over the world will be working hard to find solutions to an array of different problems that are threatening the environment.
Under the blanket topics of “Enviro-Warriors” and “Carbon Champions”, the aim of the sprints, hacks and dashes will be to help protect the environment and accelerate the utility’s journey to becoming net zero. Northumbrian Water has already been welcomed into the world’s largest alliance on climate change after being approved by the United Nations to become part of its Race To Zero campaign.
The sprints will be led by industry-leading experts from organisations such as Durham University, The Environment Agency, IBM and Wipro, as well as many others.
Angela MacOscar, Head of Innovation at Northumbrian Water, said:
“Environmental and carbon reduction are at the top of everyone’s agenda right now, and every company is working hard to see how they can improve to become more sustainable and reach net zero carbon as soon as they can.
“By using the sprint methodology, we can have loads of different voices, views and ideas in a room together, and you never know what kind of solutions can be discovered. Also, with such giant partners on board, we will come across some of the most forward-thinking innovative minds from across the globe.
“I can’t wait to get stuck into the festival, and I am looking forward to seeing how all of the environmental and carbon sprints develop through the festival and beyond.”
During last year’s festival, sponsors engineering and consulting Wood held a design sprint which looked at creating a real time carbon footprinting digital twin. The output is going through a pilot study at three different treatment works, and will eventually help businesses predict their future footprint.
In total, over 9,000 people have been involved in the previous four Innovation Festivals so far. The 2020 event saw almost 3,000 people come together with participants joining from 37 different countries.
Taking place on October 18-21, the festival, which is free to attend, is expected to see thousands of people get involved in sprints focusing on issues such as net zero, water poverty, customer experience, employee wellness and technology.
To register go to www.innovationfestival.org/the-festival/
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