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In-Person Innovation Workshop and October 2025 Hackathon Pitch Event - WRC Special Session

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Session Information

Conveners: Water Research Commission and Wetskills Foundation


The WRC/Wetskills Innovation Workshop targets emerging professionals and students interested in the water sector. This innovation workshop aims not only to identify practical and scalable solutions for sustainable water management but also to cultivate a strong sense of community, leadership, and innovation among Africa's future water stewards. It offers a unique and accessible space, particularly within the African context, for students and young professionals to collaborate across borders, expand their skills, and have their voices heard on a continental platform.

The workshop will be divided into two sessions to be held over a two-day period. 

Session I, This session brings Symposium YPs and students into the innovation process, equipping them with practical tools and gathering fresh perspectives on team solutions. The session will kick off with a one-hour speed clinic revisiting action-planning and the Business Model Canvas, then move into an innovation-round "world café." Each of the four teams will remain stationed at their own table and deliver a 10-minute lightning pitch of their refined case, after which groups of new participants and students rotate through all four tables, fielding questions, offering targeted suggestions, and helping to sharpen each solution on the spot.

Programme

Time

Activity

Lead

10:30-10:50

Welcome Remarks

Dr. Mamohloding Maahlo

Prof. Jean-Marie Kileshye Onema

10:50-11:00

Recap of Virtual Hackathon Outcomes

Dr. Craig T. Tanyanyiwa

11 :00-11 :05

Experience and lessons learned 

One representative of the participants

11:05-11:45 

Workshop

  • Training 1: Do you have a plan?
  • Training 2: Who says it will work?

Dr. Craig T. Tanyanyiwa

11:45-12:35

Pitch preparations: World Cafe

  • 5 min Pre-pitch (per team)
  • 5 min Interrogation & Feedback

Dr. Mamohloding Maahlo

Dr. Craig T. Tanyanyiwa

12:35-12:45

Closing

  • "Take-Home" Actions

Dr. Craig T. Tanyanyiwa

Oct 29, 2025 10:30 AM - 12:45 PM(Africa/Johannesburg)
Venue : Virtual 3
20251029T1030 20251029T1245 Africa/Johannesburg In-Person Innovation Workshop and October 2025 Hackathon Pitch Event - WRC Special Session

Conveners: Water Research Commission and Wetskills Foundation

The WRC/Wetskills Innovation Workshop targets emerging professionals and students interested in the water sector. This innovation workshop aims not only to identify practical and scalable solutions for sustainable water management but also to cultivate a strong sense of community, leadership, and innovation among Africa's future water stewards. It offers a unique and accessible space, particularly within the African context, for students and young professionals to collaborate across borders, expand their skills, and have their voices heard on a continental platform.

The workshop will be divided into two sessions to be held over a two-day period. 

Session I, This session brings Symposium YPs and students into the innovation process, equipping them with practical tools and gathering fresh perspectives on team solutions. The session will kick off with a one-hour speed clinic revisiting action-planning and the Business Model Canvas, then move into an innovation-round "world café." Each of the four teams will remain stationed at their own table and deliver a 10-minute lightning pitch of their refined case, after which groups of new participants and students rotate through all four tables, fielding questions, offering targeted suggestions, and helping to sharpen each solution on the spot.

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Virtual 3 26th WaterNet/WARFSA/GWPSA Symposium waternet@waternetonline.org

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Water Research Commission Of South Africa
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University of Zambia and Ministry of Agriculture, Zambia
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