Plastic Road
IFE finalist + Session 1
Bringing ideas forward
Making Waves helped innovative ideas to get past the ‘promising stage’ by connecting them to investors, organizations and policy and decision makers during a unique event at the Afsluitdijk.
See what happened in the aftermovie above ⇡
In acceleration sessions the people behind these innovations were connected to professionals like you. Hundreds of participants shared their expertise and helped push innovations forward!
Innovations
During six events over the past year over fifty innovations competed for a place on the Making Waves stage. From these innovations, 32 engaged with the audience in one of the accelerations sessions. Some of them were present on stage for a debate or a one minute pitch. Only 17 innovations were selected by the jury for a full pitch. These 17 competed for a place in the final of Ideas From Europe. Micreos won the jury prize and Rain(a)way won the public award. Read more on the winners here. Find out more on the innovations below.
FishFlow Innovations
IFE finalist + Session 5
Rain(a)way
IFE finalist + Session 1
TAHMO
Debate on stage + Session 6
GrowX
IFE finalist + Session 7
Sunglacier
IFE finalist
Elemental Watermakers
One minute pitch + Session 4
Smart polder
Session 5
SoSeal
Session 1
Honey Highway
IFE finalist + Session 8
Bluerise
IFE finalist + Session 6
Texel Meet
Debate on stage + Session 6
Dutch aWEARness
IFE finalist
EQA Smart River
Session 2
Villagepump
IFE finalist + Session 4
Program
Seventeen breakthrough innovations
Three captivating keynotes
Six acceleration sessions
Innovative food and drinks
Unique venue and location
Can-do attitudes
09:15 Registration
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10:15 Welcome & start program
10:30 – 11:00
Keynote speech Kofi Annan + Q&A
The growing impacts of climate change are exacerbating the challenges and risks for a growing world population with an ever-growing demand for water, food and energy. Mr Annan will set the scene for today in his opening address.
11:00 – 11:15
Keynote speech Melanie Schultz van Haegen
Whether we talk about food, health, safety, peace, climate or energy – the basis of all global challenges we face today is water. Mrs Schultz will stress that crossover innovations are needed to tackle these problems.
11:15 Pitches round 1
Village Pump, GrowX, NaFRAd, Honey Highway, Bluerise
12:00 Coffee break
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12:15 Pitches round 2
Plastic Road, H2O Barrier, Aquafarm, Slow Mill, Micreos, Rain(a)way, Shallow Geothermal Wells
+ debate on stage with TAHMO, Flash Flood Forecasting App & Texelmeet
13:15 Lunch break
14:15 – 14:30
Keynote speaker Tom Middendorp
Mr Middendorp will focus on global challenges such as freshwater scarcity from a security perspective and the way in which the armed forces can serve as a launching customer for innovative solutions.
14:30 Pitches round 3
Sunglacier, aQuista Barsha Pump, Fish Flow, Ioniqa Technologies, Dutch aWEARness
+ one minute pitches from Elemental Water Makers, Phario, GEOWALL and Power to Protein
15:30 Acceleration sessions
- Dealing with (traditional) procurement
- Public investments in pilots: constraints and opportunities
- Challenges for materials made from waste
- Building an international network
- Innovation and legislation
- Financing an international scale-up
- How to link business cases
- Creating a workgroup on bees
- Transition Agenda Plastics: coalition of the willing
- Development of new business models in the circular economy
17:00 Announcing the winner for Ideas from Europe
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Followed by drinks
News
Location
The Afsluitdijk protects the Netherlands from the Zuiderzee, was innovative in 1932 and is still operational to this day.
It is an “old” icon that is becoming a new icon in today’s zeitgeist of innovation, art, and repurposing. It is a place where energy, food, and water meet on multiple sustainability fronts.
Exactly 85 years ago the final stones were laid to seal the Afsluitdijk.
In Breezandijk, right in the middle of the Afsluitdijk, a venue will be built that can accommodate 600 people. From this location a livestream will be sent to side events in the Netherlands and at embassies around the world.
Making Waves: part of a bigger plan
Chain of events
Making Waves serves as the grand finale in the selection process for the innovation that will represent the Netherlands at the European level. Beyond a stand-alone event, Making Waves is part of a chain of events and activities serving a greater purpose such as Ideas from Europe and the Innovation Expo 2018.
Ideas from Europe
Ideas from Europe inititated an EU-wide search in 2015. Entrepreneurs with potential solutions to global challenges were selected to share their ideas on TEDxBinnenhof 2016. The program has developed a methodology and is building a platform to validate ideas, validate constraints and opportunities and facilitate the joint development between stakeholders.
Making Waves timeline
Making Waves event, Afsluitdijk
Semi-finals Ideas from Europe, Estonia
Finals Ideas from Europe, The Netherlands
Innovation Expo 2018, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
Partners
Making Waves is organized by the Dutch Ministry of Infrastructure and the Environment together with the Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs.
Among the participating organizations are research institutes, government agencies, and private companies. The partners of Making Waves are the Dutch Water Authorities, regional partners of the Afsluitdijk project, the Water Topsector, Hoogheemraadschap van Delfland, the Dutch Ministry of Health, Welfare, and Sport, NLingenieurs, AT Osborne, Synergos Communicatie, and Yes!Delft/VP Delta.
