Innovation Showcase & SDG Theater

Innovation helps move our business-as-usual thinking forward into something better – more cost-effective, more efficient, more user-friendly. Providing a platform for water sector innovation is at the heart of WEF’s mission. For the last 11 years, WEF has partnered with BlueTech Research and Imagine H2O to shine the spotlight on water sector innovations.

The 2022 Innovation Showcase offers visitors of all backgrounds the unique experience of seeing the impact of the water sector’s best innovative thinking in one location, over the course of three days. This year we will have 14 impressive technology companies exhibiting in the WEFTEC Innovation Pavilion. These companies were carefully hand-selected by our innovation partners to introduce you to some of the most promising technologies in the water sector.

WEFTEC 2022 will also include the SDG 6 Theather in the Drinking Water Pavilion! As a proud partner to UN-Water, WEF continues to support the United Nations efforts towards completing the Sustainable Development Goals. The SDG 6 Theater will feature programming highlighting all aspects of integrated water resources management and circular economy.

The 2022 WEFTEC Exhibition Floor call for abstracts is now open! This includes abstracts being submitted for the Innovation Pavilion Theater, SDG Theater, and the Global Center.

Submit your abstract today!

Innovation Neighborhood Exhibition

Since its start in 2010, the WEFTEC Innovation Pavilion has expanded into the WEFTEC Innovation Neighborhood! The WEFTEC Innovation Neighborhood is comprised of different zones based on a company's maturity and expertise.

Innovation Pavilion presented by BlueTech Research & Imagine H2O
Companies in the Innovation Pavilion have been hand-selected by WEF's innovation partners, BlueTech Research and Imagine H2O, as some of the most promising technologies of the year.
Discovery Zone
The WEFTEC Discovery Zone is the perfect launch point for new water-focused companies looking to introduce themselves to the sector. The companies in the Discovery Zone are first-time WEFTEC exhibitors and have been recognized as new innovative technology through awards and/or partnerships.

Discovery Zone Flyer

Innovation Zone
The Innovation Zone are the booths surrounding the Innovation Pavilion and theater and are for companies who are alumni of the Innovation Pavilion or have won recent innovative product awards.
Distributed Infrastructure Zone
This area is for companies who have technologies focused on treatment and disposal of reuse water - rainwater, greywater, wastewater, or other alternative water supplies - in or near buildings and the property close to them.

If you are interested in learning more about exhibiting in the 2022 WEFTEC Innovation Neighborhood, please contact WEFTECSales@wef.org.

Exhibit at WEFTEC 2022

WEFTEC 2022 Exhibit Floor Plan

Innovation Neighborhood Exhibition

Innovation Pavilion presented by BlueTech Research & Imagine H2O
Companies in the Innovation Pavilion have been hand-selected by WEF's innovation partners, BlueTech Research and Imagine H2O, as some of the most promising technologies of the year.
Discovery Zone
The WEFTEC Discovery Zone is the perfect launch point for new water-focused companies looking to introduce themselves to the sector. The companies in the Discovery Zone are first-time WEFTEC exhibitors and have been recognized as new innovative technology through awards and/or partnerships.

Discovery Zone Flyer

Innovation Zone
The Innovation Zone are the booths surrounding the Innovation Pavilion and theater and are for companies who are alumni of the Innovation Pavilion or have won recent innovative product awards.
Distributed Infrastructure Zone
This area is for companies who have technologies focused on treatment and disposal of reuse water - rainwater, greywater, wastewater, or other alternative water supplies - in or near buildings and the property close to them.

If you are interested in learning more about exhibiting in the 2022 WEFTEC Innovation Neighborhood, please contact WEFTECSales@wef.org.

Exhibit at WEFTEC 2022

WEFTEC 2022 Exhibit Floor Plan

Innovation Partners
History of the Innovation Pavilion

Innovation Partners

For the last 11 years, WEF has partnered with BlueTech Research and Imagine H2O to shine the spotlight on water sector innovations. Through this partnership, we have been able to create a unique platform for entrepreneurs, investors, customers, and regulators to highlight and access the newest technologies making it all happen.

BlueTech Research

BlueTech Research is a global provider of water technology market intelligence, founded in 2011. Through our global team, as well as our presence at conferences and meetings worldwide, we are in constant touch with innovators in the water industry, large and small.

BlueTech Research delivers water technology market intelligence to hundreds of global leaders within the water industry through our online intelligence platform, insight services and custom research.

More information can be found at:
www.bluetechresearch.com

Imagine H2O

Imagine H2O is a non-profit organization with the mission to empower people to develop and deploy innovation to solve water challenges globally. Since 2010, Imagine H2O has worked with with hundreds of founders to develop their companies and provide them access to customer, investors and industry insight, helping them to raise over $420m in funding.

Imagine H2O is a longtime partner of WEF, collaborating on the WEFTEC Innovation Pavilion since its inception eight years ago. In addition, the two organizations have partnered on the IH2O/WEF Water Innovation Summit held during Imagine H2O's Water Innovation Week for the past three years.

More information can be found at:
https://www.imagineh2o.org/

History of the Innovation Pavilion

What happens when a start-up stops being a start-up? Over the past 10 years, the Innovation Neighborhood has featured a wide range of technologies with a total of over 150 companies represented.

Although not all the companies featured are start-ups, the WEFTEC Innovation Neighborhood gives many of these companies a unique opportunity to interact with not just consumers, but also investors and mentors. Out of the 150 companies, an astonishing 90 percent are still in business today. And while some companies like CAMBI, InfoSense, and Ostara are now a household name, others such as Valor Water Analytics, FRACTA, Optimatics, and ADI Systems have evolved through acquisition into companies like Xylem Inc., Suez Water, and Kurita Water Industries.

The success of Innovation Neighborhood companies not only reflects the quality of the companies featured but also highlights the technological direction that the water industry is heading into. While innovation was once an intimidating obstacle in the ever-conservative water industry, companies are now looking at ways to foster innovation both within their own operations as well as the technologies they implement.

Innovation Partners

BlueTech Research

BlueTech Research delivers water technology market intelligence to hundreds of global leaders within the water industry through our online intelligence platform, insight services and custom research.

More information can be found at:
www.bluetechresearch.com

Imagine H2O

More information can be found at:
https://www.imagineh2o.org/

History of the Innovation Pavilion

What happens when a start-up stops being a start-up? Over the past 10 years, the Innovation Neighborhood has featured a wide range of technologies with a total of over 150 companies represented.

True to its name, the Innovation Pavilion Theater highlights the newest water and stormwater industry trends, opportunities, technologies, and implementations in the water industry.

The 2022 WEFTEC Pavilion Programming call for abstracts is now open! Submit your abstract to speak in the 2022 Innovation Pavilion Theater today.

Submit your abstract today!

Check out the 2021 Innovation Pavilion Theater program for an idea of the hottest program on the floor.

2021 Innovation Pavilion Theater Program

True to its name, the Innovation Pavilion Theater highlights the newest water and stormwater industry trends, opportunities, technologies, and implementations in the water industry.

The 2022 WEFTEC Pavilion Programming call for abstracts is now open! Submit your abstract to speak in the 2022 Innovation Pavilion Theater today.

Submit your abstract today!

Check out the 2021 Innovation Pavilion Theater program for an idea of the hottest program on the floor.

2021 Innovation Pavilion Theater Program

Located in the Drinking Water Pavilion, WEF will be hosting the SDG Theater for a 2nd year! As a proud partner of UN-Water, WEF supports the U.N. Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by actively engaging and collaborating with its members and strategic partners. WEF's commitment to advancing the SDGs, especially SDG 6 (Clean Water and Sanitation), is visible through the daily work carried about by the water industry community.

The SDG Theater at WEFTEC provides an exciting opportunity for speakers to highlight all aspects of how they are contributing to reaching the SDG 6 target. This includes all aspects of the water circular economy and are highlighted by the SDG 6 Theater themes:

SDG 6 Target	Potential Topics
Safe Affordable Drinking Water (6.1)	Lead & Copper Rule Leak Detection in Water Distribution Systems POE/POU Desalination
Equitable Sanitation and Hygiene (6.2)	Environmental Justice Distributed Wastewater Infrastructure
Water Reuse (6.3)	Potable reuse, both DPR and IPR Stormwater capture and use
Water Efficiency (6.4)	Water Conservation Energy Conservation Corporate Water Stewardship
Integrated Water Resource Management (6.5)	Water Rights Watershed and integrated planning
Source Water Protection (6.6)	Watershed management Groundwater and surface water interaction
Capacity Building in Developing Countries (6.a)	WaSH projects International partnering
Community Participation (6.b)	Public engagement at all levels

Check out the 2021 SDG Theater program for an idea of the hottest program on the floor.

2021 WEFTEC SDG 6 Theater Program

The 2022 Pavilion Programming call for abstracts is currently open! Submit your abstract for the 2022 WEFTEC SDG Theater today.

Submit your abstract today!

SDG 6 Target	Potential Topics
Safe Affordable Drinking Water (6.1)	Lead & Copper Rule Leak Detection in Water Distribution Systems POE/POU Desalination
Equitable Sanitation and Hygiene (6.2)	Environmental Justice Distributed Wastewater Infrastructure
Water Reuse (6.3)	Potable reuse, both DPR and IPR Stormwater capture and use
Water Efficiency (6.4)	Water Conservation Energy Conservation Corporate Water Stewardship
Integrated Water Resource Management (6.5)	Water Rights Watershed and integrated planning
Source Water Protection (6.6)	Watershed management Groundwater and surface water interaction
Capacity Building in Developing Countries (6.a)	WaSH projects International partnering
Community Participation (6.b)	Public engagement at all levels

Check out the 2021 SDG Theater program for an idea of the hottest program on the floor.

2021 WEFTEC SDG 6 Theater Program

The 2022 Pavilion Programming call for abstracts is currently open! Submit your abstract for the 2022 WEFTEC SDG Theater today.

Submit your abstract today!