Contributors World Economic ForumLead author Pepe Puchol-Salort Hoffmann Fellow, Water Innovation, World Economic Forum and Imperial College LondonImperial College London Ana Mijic Professor of Water Systems Integration Michael Atkinson Project Specialist, Systems and Industries Haley Campbell Community Specialist, Water Innovation Megan Gerryts Innovation Specialist, Food and Water Anna Huber Project Portfolio Manager, UpLinkBraulio Eduardo Morera Head, Resilience Solutions Tania Strauss Head of Sustainable Growth and People Agenda; Member of the Executive Committee Jean-Philippe Salcedo Villanueva Lead, Economics of Freshwater and Ecosystems Services Acknowledgements The authors gratefully acknowledge the support of the André Hoffmann Fellowship, a partnership between the World Economic Forum and Imperial College London, with contributions from Imperial’s Global Development Hub, International Relations Office and Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering. The World Economic Forum also wishes to thank HCL Group for its support of the Aquapreneur Innovation Initiative and the development of this report. In addition, the World Economic Forum and Imperial College London would like to extend their gratitude to the following individuals for their valuable contributions to this report. The report does not necessarily reflect the views of these individuals and/or their organizations. Expert advice is purely consultative in nature and does not imply any association with the takeaways or conclusions presented within this report. Advanced Centre for Integrated Water Resources Management (ACIWRM) Teju Kumar, Assistant Engineer P . S. Rao, ACIWRM Director Agrow Analytics Antonella Maggioni, Chief Executive Officer Pablo Crespo Moya, Co-Founder Aigües del Prat Maria Indurain Prat, Managing DirectorArghyam Foundation Anuj Sharma, Chief Executive Officer Uzra Sultana, Programmes Manager Asian Development Bank (ADB) – Water and Urban Development Sector Office (SG-WUD) Yuki Ikeda, Senior Urban Development Specialist Norio Saito, Senior Director Ashwin Hosur Viswanath, Senior Project Officer – Urban Water-BOOST: Enabling Innovation for Future-Ready Cities 44

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