cewas alumni challenge and 10-year celebration of cewas

Convincing entrepreneurial solutions in water and sanitation

With the support of:

For more than 10-year cewas supports impact-oriented water and sanitation entrepreneurs all across the globe. Celebrate with us!

 

But not with boring speeches, but with a competition among our best cewas entrepreneurs from the last 10 years. Who is the planet’s best water & sanitation sales- woman or man?

 

Join us in this half day online workshop/competition and 10-year celebration of cewas!

 

Meet successful water and sanitation entrepreneurs from all across the globe, Find out which water and sanitation entrepreneur can come up with the planet’s best instant sales pitch and celebrate with the whole cewas team 10 successful years of supporting entrepreneurs and innovators from all across the globe!

Participate as a cewas entrepreneur

 

Celebrate with us virtually and meet fellow cewas entrepreneurs from all across the globe! But we wouldn’t be cewas if we would just have a series of boring speeches for our 10-year anniversary.

 

We will spice it up and do a cewas alumni challenge trying to find the best water and sanitation saleswoman or man of all times!

How will it work? We will put you in small groups of likeminded cewas entrepreneurs and you will get the challenge to create an intercontinental business idea in less than one hour!

 

Afterwards it will be like in the world cup: you will play against another team and get to the next round (or not). In the final you will meet our special guest, communication expert and pitch master Ziad Barouni from Jordan who has not yet seen the perfect pitch. Prove him wrong!

Join us! It is going to be insightful and we will have lot of fun! No prior preparation from your side is required.

The event will be streamed live on our page so your friends and family can watch it. Stream link will be available soon.

No prior preparation is required from your side. All you need to participate is internet connection, an e-mail address and a computer/laptop to actively work in groups.

 

Also, keep in mind that the Workshop will be held online in English. You will need to actively participate!

 

So, reserve Thursday 20th August from 13:30 to approx. 17:30 Make sure you have a good internet connection and tons of motivation!

Participate as a guest

With cewas growing to 10 years old, innovation in water, sanitation, and resource management has never been more inclusive, creative, and solution-oriented. This means it is time to celebrate! We would have loved to throw a big party for our anniversary, but as you all know the Coronavirus is dictating on how we meet and how many of us can meet physically.

So instead of a big party, we decided to only invite our closest cewas friends physically to Willisau (Switzerland). You are one of them! We would love if you could join us for our celebrations on Thursday, 20th of August from 13:30 onwards in the cewas Headquarters in Willisau, Switzerland.

 

We will start the afternoon with an entertaining sale pitch challenge with some of our best entrepreneurs from the last 10 years from all around the globe. Meet them, interact with then and be ready to select the best saleswoman or man in Water and Sanitation of all times! Afterwards, we are looking forward to invite you, other fellow guests and the entire cewas team to a festive dinner. Open end!

If you prefer to keep distance, we of course fully understand. However, you can also actively participate in the event online! All entrepreneurs will also participate only virtually and the whole event (13:30 – 17:30) will be filmed and streamed professionally.

Join us! It is going to be insightful and we will have lot of fun! Also, keep in mind that the Workshop will be held online in English. You will need to actively participate!

The event will be streamed live on our page so your friends and family can watch it. Stream link will be available soon.

If you participate physically:

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Please bring your laptop along to Willisau. It will come handy for the part of the workshop where there will be direct interactions with the entrepreneurs.

So, reserve Thursday 20th August from 13:30 to approx. 22:00. We can help you with finding a room if you want to stay overnight.

If you participate virtually:

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All you need to participate is internet connection, an e-mail address and a computer/laptop.

So, reserve Thursday 20th August from 13:30 to approx. 17:30 Make sure you have a good internet connection and tons of motivation!

Awards

For a change there is no cash prize to win. But you can win lots of fame and select or be selected as the planet’s best water and sanitation pitching master of all times! Plus get to know all our  amazing cewas entrepreneurs from the last 10 years from all across the globe.

Key Dates to Remember

Workshop and celebration

  • Thursday, 20th of August, from 1:30 pm to approx. 5:30 pm CET

Programme

We have designed a very interactive Alumni challenge and celebration event that will be enjoyable for guests participating physically in Willisau and all the entrepreneurs and further guests that will participate virtually.

 

Please note that the agenda is subject to slight adjustments.

Thursday, 20th of August 2020

13:30 – 14:00 Introduction to tech tools

14:00 – 14:15 Welcome

14:15 – 14:30 Rules of the game by Ziad Barouni

14:30 – 15:30 Exchange & develop pitch

15:30 – 15:45 First round pitching & voting (semifinals)

15:45 – 16:15 Break

16:15 – 17:00 Pitching final with Ziad Barouni

17:00 – 17:15 Vote the planet’s best water & sanitation saleswoman or man!

17:15 – 17:30 Celebrating 10 years of supporting water & sanitation entrepreneurs


Only for guests in Willisau:

17:30 – 18:30 Aperitif

19:00 – 22:00 Dinner


All time are Swiss Time (CET)

Please keep in mind that Central European Time (CET) is the time zone of most European countries, specifically Albania, Andorra, Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Germany, Gibraltar, Hungary, Italy, Kosovo, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Malta, Monaco, Montenegro, Netherlands, North Macedonia, Norway, Poland, San Marino, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain (except Canary Islands), Sweden, Switzerland and Vatican City.

Photo Memories from the last 10 years