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UK Water Drinks Conference 2020
Zenith Global’s UK Water Drinks Conference has become the industry’s leading annual forum to debate key issues and meet other business leaders, from producers and suppliers to retailers and advisers. In this its 28th year, the event will be brought to you through a virtual platform, still offering attendees the valuable insights and high-level networking opportunities this prestigious conference is known for. The theme of 'Hydration Nation' has been selected to keep a focus on product benefit, while also addressing challenges such as sustainability and innovation.
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About the event
The UK water drinks market has grown beyond imagination since the first industry event in 1992. The 2020 virtual conference will provide updates and insights on consumer and market trends as well as exploring the direction of new product development and debating challenges from public health to packaging sustainability.
Attendees will gain valuable perspectives for reviewing future business strategy, setting up new projects and advancing the prospects of the United Kingdom becoming a better 'Hydration Nation'; whilst also addressing the current uncertainties around Brexit and coronavirus.
Programme highlights include:
- Market overview from Kantar and Zenith Global
- Sustainability solutions from Ecosurety, Green Alliance, Natural Source Waters Association and Nestlé
- Industry leadership panel with Danone Waters, Harrogate, Highland Spring and Nestlé
- Hydration research from University of East London and Groupe Danone
- Emerging segment innovation with AquaBritish, Bottle Up, DrinkThreeDots and Upbeat.
The audience will be drawn from senior industry managers, suppliers, retailers, advisers and the trade press.
For a guided tour of Zenith Global's 2020 virtual event platform, please view our preview video here.
Speakers include
Thursday 3 September
Karen Wells, Associate Director - Commercial at Zenith Global Ltd
Yemisi Nathan, Consumer Insight Director at Kantar Worldpanel
Kinvara Carey, General Manager of Natural Source Waters Association
Questions and discussion
Hydration break and networking
Mobi Shemfe, LCA Technical Lead for WSP
Carlo Galli, Head of Sustainability for Nestlé Waters
Libby Peake, Senior Policy Adviser – Resource Stewardship for Green Alliance
James Piper, Chief Executive Officer of Ecosurety
Questions and discussion
Les Montgomery, Chief Executive of Highland Spring Group
James Pearson, Managing Director of Danone Waters UK & Ireland Ltd
Michel Beneventi, Managing Director of Nestlé Waters UK
Lunch break and networking
Dr Joan Gandy, Consultant – Health, Hydration and Nutrition Science for Groupe Danone
Dr Paula Booth, Lecturer in School of Psychology at University of East London
Questions and discussion
Rehydration break and networking
Mark Neville, Founder and Managing Director of Upbeat
Sean McLintock, Co-Founder of DrinkThreeDots
Andrew Eversden, Co-Founder of Bottle Up
Harshit Mishra, Chief Executive Officer of AquaBritish
Questions and discussion
Moderated social gathering in groups of up to 25 delegates. The first 25 join group 1, the second 25 join group 2 etc.
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Speakers
Harshit Mishra
Chief Executive Officer and Owner of Aqua British
Harshit is a visionary leader and experienced CEO with rich cross-industry professional experience covering FMCG, Biodegradable Industry, construction and EV Charging.
In 2018 He successfully founded Aqua British, an artesian spring water brand from Herefordshire which serves water in 100% biodegradable bottles.
Today, the Aqua British brand is taking a key stand against plastic pollution and has formed business partnerships with Monte Carlo Society& Hotels, West Ham Football Club, Harlequins Rugby, Angel Revive by Steven Gerrard, Gillier Water From Fiji, Anthony Joshua’s BXR luxury boxing gym, IHG International hotels and various other premium brands.
He is also a Founder of EV-ON energy (electric vehicle charging solutions) and The British Virgin Group (business development and enterprise management services).
In the future, He intends to utilise his skillset and experiences to continue to add value to organisations.
Andrew Eversden
Co-Founder of Bottle Up
Bottle Up is a global movement that started in London with a sugar cane bottle made in England and filled with English spring water, but Bottle Up could come to any city or country with the same local, sustainable solution.
Andrew started Bottle Up in 2019, offering retailers a solution to the growing consumption of single-use plastic water bottles.
Dr Joan Gandy
Consultant – Health, Hydration and Nutrition Science Team at Danone
Joan is a freelance Dietician, who additionally works as a Consultant for the Health, Hydration and Nutrition Science Team at Danone. Joan is also a registered dietitian and Fellow of the British Dietetic Association (BDA).
James Pearson
Managing Director of Danone Waters UK & Ireland Ltd
James Pearson is currently Managing Director of Danone Waters UK & Ireland. During the course of his career he has also worked as Managing Director of Danone Waters of Japan and Managing Director of the Asia Pacific Region, based in Tokyo.
Prior to this James has worked in a number of UK based commercial roles within Danone, Coca-Cola Enterprises and United Biscuits.
Sean McLintock
Co-Founder of DrinkThreeDots
Sean is a co-founder DrinkThreeDots, a cannabis wellness company based out of London and New York City, with a core focus on the development of high quality cannabis infused beverages.
Prior to his cannabis ventures, Sean worked as a lawyer in South Africa and later as Chief of Staff for Andela, a high growth software development company based out of New York City. Most recently, Sean has been managing alternative investments and trade financing facilities at his family office based in London. Sean has a BA and LLB from Stellenbosch University in South Africa and an MA from Columbia University in New York.
James Piper
Chief Executive Officer of Ecosurety
James Piper is CEO of Ecosurety, the market leading compliance scheme investing in quality recycling.
James is driven to bring about positive change in the compliance market through increased transparency and accountability. Since taking the position of CEO in 2016, he has worked to demonstrate that recycling compliance need not be perceived as a tax, but an opportunity for brands to align their producer responsibility obligations with their sustainability agenda.
In this way producers are now demanding more from their compliance spend and James and the Ecosurety team are leading the way through a collaborative approach across areas of education, innovation, collaboration and infrastructure in the UK recycling sector. Heavily involved in strategy, policy and company values, James is also passionate about fairness, equal opportunities and a healthy work-life balance across the business. He is a regular speaker at industry events and is featured in Resource Magazine’s top 100 most influential people in the waste sector.
Libby Peake
Head of resource policy for Green Alliance
Libby joined Green Alliance in May 2017 as a senior policy adviser in the Resource Stewardship theme and is now the head of resource policy, leading our project work on resource efficiency and the circular economy.
She holds a BA in English Literature and Anthropology from McGill University in Montreal and an MA in English Literary Studies from Durham University.
Les Montgomery
Chief Executive of Highland Spring Group
Les joined Highland Spring, then a £3.2m turnover business, in 1985. Previously Finance Director, he was appointed Chief Executive in 2008 and has played a pivotal role in establishing the Group as the UK’s leading bottled water supplier.
Under Les’ leadership the company continues to thrive with recent investment of over £30m as part of a £50m investment plan. This includes a new factory and 73,000 bottle an hour production line at our Blackford site, to which in July 2017, we were delighted to welcome Her Majesty, The Queen to perform the official opening, which was a highlight for the company and staff and recognition of the success of the business as a whole.
The company is immensely proud to have been the number 1 accredited bottled water business for over a decade by the Good Shopping Guide and is working closely with governments and other trade partners to improve the re-cycling rates of plastic bottles and drive the vision for a truly circular plastics economy.
Les lives in Falkirk with his wife Elaine and two daughters. As well as being a long term season ticket older at his local football club, Falkirk FC, his interests include golf, gym, reading and running. He was proud to join 17 of his colleagues on a trip through the Vine Trust to Tanzania at the end of 2018 and help build two homes for vulnerable families in the Moshi district.
Yemi Nathan
Consumer Insight Director at Kantar Worldpanel
Yemi is a Consumer Insight Director at Kantar where she has worked across a wide range of leading manufacturers and FMCG brands.
Yemi is passionate about delivering actionable insights to her clients. In her current role she works with a leading Soft Drinks manufacturer and delivers projects which inspire successful decisions on brand and channel strategies.
Kinvara Carey
General Manager of Natural Source Waters Association
Kinvara was appointed General Manager of the Natural Hydration Council (NHC) in January 2011. The NHC was set up to promote water as the healthiest way to hydrate.
The Natural Source Waters Association continues to work with dieticians and other partners to promote water as the healthiest way to hydrate as well as working with stakeholders to look at ways to eliminate packaging waste through building a circular plastics economy, and protecting the environment.
Prior to this, Kinvara was an Associate Board Director at leading PR agency, Freud Communications where she worked for ten years. During that time, she developed corporate and consumer communications strategies for companies including KFC, Pizza Hut, PepsiCo and Mars Incorporated. This included internal and external proactive communications, behaviour change campaigns, crisis and issues management and stakeholder engagement. In addition to working in the food and drink sector, Kinvara managed media clients such as Random House publishing and Warner Bros.
Carlo Galli
Head of Sustainability for Nestlé Waters
Carlo is Italian, and has been with Nestlé since 1991. He has deep and extensive knowledge of Nestlé’s operations worldwide with specific focus on water resources.
Carlo played a key role in the elaboration of the new International Water Stewardship Standard. He has become an active member of the Alliance for Water Stewardship (AWS) Technical Committee and has received the “2017 Water Stewardship” prize. He is currently an AWS Board member.
In his new capacity as Head of Sustainability for Nestlé Waters, Carlo especially leads the two key strategic areas of water and plastic stewardship which contribute to the resilience and growth of our water business.
He is playing a key role in ensuring deployment of the certification commitments recently made by Nestlé Waters - 100% of factories to be AWS certified by 2025 and in setting up the new plastic stewardship strategy aimed at ensuring a circular economy for our bottled water packaging.
Michel Beneventi
Managing Director of Nestlé Waters
Michel joined as the BEO for Nestlé Waters UK Ltd, in September 2017, previously he was Country Manager at Nestlé Trinidad and Tobago Limited and Nestlé Caribbean Inc.
Paula Booth
Lecturer in School of Psychology at University of East London
The focus of Paula's research is the effects of hydration on cognitive performance and fine motor skills.
I completed my PhD on the “Effect of Water Consumption on Schoolchildren’s Fine Motor Skills, Cognitive Function and Mood” at the University of East London in 2015. I then spent 18 months as research fellow at London South Bank University before moving back to the University of East London to continue my hydration research whilst working as a Lecturer.
Mark Neville
Founder and Managing Director of Upbeat
Mark is Founder and Managing Director of Upbeat.
Mobi Shemfe
LCA Technical Lead for WSP
Mobi Shemfe is the Technical Lead for Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) at WSP in the UK. He has over 8 years' experience in leading LCA, life cycle costing, social LCA and sustainability assessment projects.
As a key figure in WSP's sustainability advisory team, Mobi provides innovative sustainability solutions to a diverse range of clients in the public and private sectors, including bioenergy, petrochemicals, infrastructure, utilities, finance, soft drinks etc.
Karen Wells
Associate Director - Commercial at Zenith Global Ltd
As Associate Director, Karen is responsible for Zenith Global's food and beverage market insight and commercial consulting projects.
Particular areas of responsibility include developing and undertaking high-level food and beverage projects focussing on feasibility, market opportunity, commercial due diligence and strategy. Prior to joining Zenith Global, Karen worked industry-side in the meat and poultry sectors, developing key national and export accounts in Europe.
Karen holds a BA in Modern Languages and European Studies from the University of the West of England and is fluent in English, German and French.
1-1 networking
Expand your network
Zenith Global’s conferences have become renowned for providing extensive networking opportunities. As we go virtual with our 2020 events, we aim to create even more ways for you to expand your network, with access to all delegates through the instant chat and 1-1 video meeting functions.
- Give attendees an instant introduction to who you are and your networking goals through your customisable profile. Build your profile with additional links, such as your company website and LinkedIn.
- View all event attendees and use search filters to find those individuals who are most relevant to your needs.
- Invite and schedule 1-1 video meetings with delegates and speakers throughout the day and especially in the dedicated networking breaks. Invite additional delegates to join the call to facilitate a wider conversation.
- Instantly connect with other attendees through the private chat function.
- In a rush? Create a “want to meet” list of delegates you wish to connect with that you can revisit later.
- Access the platform days ahead of the conference to begin building your profile, programme your agenda and arrange meetings, with ongoing access available in the weeks following the event.
For a guided tour of Zenith Global's 2020 virtual event platform, please view our preview video here.
Virtual event preview
For a guided tour of Zenith Global's 2020 virtual event platform, please view our preview video:
If you have any questions, please reach us at events@zenithglobal.com.
Attendees
Delegates registered for this year's event include:
Through our virtual event platform you can view all event attendees and use search filters to find those individuals who are most relevant to your needs.
In addition to being able to initiate a conversation through the chat function, you can invite and schedule 1-1 video meetings with delegates and speakers throughout the day and in the dedicated networking breaks.
| Pay by 3 Sep Standard booking rate | ||
|---|---|---|
| Full event | Per delegate | £375.00 |
| Concession* | £150.00 | |
| Attendance to both UKWD and UKSD 2020 | £695.00 |
Substitutions will be accepted up to 2 September. Bookings are subject to Zenith Global Event Terms and Conditions, available here.
*A concession rate of £150 + VAT is offered to start-ups and early-stage entrepreneurs. To be eligible, companies must be within two years of formation and with annual sales below £1 million. For more information and to book at this rate, please contact
For attendance to both the UK Water Drinks Conference on 3 September and UK Soft Drinks Conference on 4 September at the discounted rate of £695.00, please contact events@zenithglobal.com on completion of your booking for one of the two events. You will then be given a discount code which you can use towards the second event booking.
e events@zenithglobal.com t +44 (0)1225 327900
Sponsorship
We have a range of virtual sponsorship packages available which will offer unique and effective opportunities to showcase your brand and services to a highly relevant audience. We can tailor a bespoke package to suit your needs and budget.
Sponsorship opportunities
To view available sponsorship packages and prices, click here
Packages include the following capabilities:
- View all event attendees and use search filters to find those individuals who are most relevant to your needs.
- Give attendees an instant introduction to who you are and your networking goals through your customisable profile. Build your profile with additional links, such as your company website and LinkedIn.
- Invite and schedule meaningful 1-1 video meetings with delegates and speakers throughout the day. Invite additional delegates to join the call to facilitate a wider conversation.
- Customise your dedicated sponsor page with downloadable multimedia content and messaging.
- Instant feedback and interaction using real-time interactive features such as polling and Q&As. Attendees can share documents, chat with other attendees and share their views and opinions.
- Take advantage of your virtual booth where you can instantly connect with interested attendees, simulating a real-life event.
- Use measurable event analytics that capture real-time valuable data and insights, promoting lead generation and showing positive ROI.
- Revisit the portal in the weeks following the event to re-watch recorded sessions and access important information and contact details that may have been missed initially.
The advantages of virtual allow you to:
- Stay relevant and connected to your existing clients and reach new audiences.
- Raise your brand awareness and learn from your industry peers.
- Use your time more effectively, as you no longer need to worry about logistics, travel, accommodation etc.
- Reduce your impact on the environment as you lower your carbon footprint by going digital.
For more information, please contact Lisa Solovieva
e lsolovieva@zenithglobal.com t +44 (0)1225 327941
