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UK Water Drinks Conference 2024
Zenith Global’s UK Water Drinks Conference is the industry’s leading forum to debate key issues and build new connections. Designed for industry leaders, innovators, retailers and advisers to gain a complete overview of the most promising market opportunities, this 32nd annual event will provide valuable insights and perspectives to help prepare for the industry's next stage of growth.
Sponsors
About the event
Zenith Global's UK Water Drinks Conference is the industry's leading annual forum to access the latest market data and insights, debate key issues, and connect with other business leaders, from producers and suppliers to retailers and advisers.
With the theme of 'Flowing with Purpose', the 32nd annual conference will cover pivotal topics such as future market direction, sustainability, functionality and innovation, alongside essential insights on industry trends, challenges and opportunities.
Industry leaders, experts, retailers and innovators will share their valuable knowledge and perspectives through a series of presentations and interactive panel discussions, where attendees can participate in polling and put forward their questions.
Dedicated networking breaks will enable delegates to build meaningful connections with their industry peers, with an expected audience of over 150 senior industry managers, suppliers, retailers and advisers in attendance.
The 'Chiller Corner' display area will offer brand companies the opportunity to showcase their water drinks free of charge in display fridges for all attendees to discover and taste.
Speaker include
Tuesday 19 March
Akos Petri, Director of Zenith Global Commercial
Richard Lee, Business Unit Director - Drinks for Kantar
joined by
William Watkins, Founder and Managing Director of Radnor Hills
Bina Edwards, UK Head of Sales for Liquid Death, United States
Questions and discussion
Hydration and networking break
with
Liam Duffy, Chief Executive Officer of Classic Mineral Water
Bina Edwards, UK Head of Sales for Liquid Death, United States
William Watkins, Founder and Managing Director of Radnor Hills
Terri Cooper, Marketing Manager for Roxane UK, the home of Aqua Pura
Dr Beizhan Yan, Associate Research Professor for Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University, United States
Gareth Morton, Discovery Manager for Ecosurety
Duncan Midwood, Founder of Circularity Solutions
Dan Lyon, Chief Executive Officer of Borg & Overström
Questions and discussion
Lunch and networking break
Robin Shuker, Managing Director of Field Agent UK
Alex Wright, Co-founder of Dash Water
Queenie Porter, Global Managing Director of WOW HYDRATE
Josh White, Co-founder of Cano Water
Jamie Douglas-Hamilton, Founder and Director of ACTIPH Water
Questions and discussion
Rehydration and networking break
Alex El-Nemer, Co-founder and Chief Executive of Syps
Mark Newby, Director of Trinsic Collagen
Matt Crocker, Co-founder of Re:Water
Andrea Fiore, Co-founder and Director of Business Development & Strategy for OHMG Water
Marcus Hudson, Business Development Manager for Brookfield Drinks
Questions and discussion
Close
Speakers
Jamie Douglas-Hamilton
Founder and Director of ACTIPH Water
Jamie founded ACTIPH water after rowing from Australia to Africa when he realised mixing small amounts of sea water with their water hydrated them faster than ordinary water.
Dan Lyon
Chief Executive Officer of Borg & Overström
With extensive experience and knowledge in the coffee and water industry spanning over 30 years, Dan Lyon established Borg & Overström in 2002 with the aim of making high quality water dispensing available to a wider audience.
The company has expanded significantly, offering enhanced refreshment solutions globally. These include award-winning touchless dispensers, advanced hot tap technology, and superior cooling technology featuring DryChill®. Dan has a vision and strong commitment to sustainability. As a nearshore manufacturer, the company ensures that no single-use plastic is necessary by connecting its dispensers directly to the mains water supply and filtering it, providing great tasting, beautiful water. This encourages the use of refillable bottles and reduces environmental impact.
Marcus Hudson
Business Development Manager for Brookfield Drinks
Josh White
Co-founder of Cano Water
Prior to Co-founding CanO Water, Josh was DJ’ing across Europe and ran a successful events business showcasing some of the UK’s best up-and-coming artists.
With a genuine belief that CanO Water could make a difference, Josh decided to give up what he knew and take on the corporate giants in a bid to reduce single-use plastic.
For Josh, running a disrupting challenger brand with purpose at its core and educating consumers on the importance of authenticity and brand mission has always been a passion. This has been reflected throughout CanO Water and its success.
Josh was awarded a ‘Forbes 30 under 30’ and named as one of the coolest people in Food and Drink 💦 ♻️
Duncan Midwood
Founder of Circularity Solutions
Liam Duffy
Chief Executive Officer of Classic Mineral Water
Liam Duffy is the owner and CEO of Classic Mineral Water. CMW is Ireland’s oldest water bottling company founded in 1948.
Dr Beizhan Yan
Associate Research Professor for Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University, United States
Dr. Beizhan Yan is an Adjunct Associate Professor of International and Public Affairs and a Lamont Associate Research Professor at Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory (LDEO).
After two years of postdoc in Idaho National Laboratory, he joined Washington University in St. Louis to study nanoscale size effects on biogeochemical processes for environmental bioremediation. At LDEO, he has established an Environmental Organic Geochemistry Lab with ability to extract, isolate, and identify organic contaminants and biomarkers from environmental and biological samples.
He has successfully traced metals and aromatic hydrocarbons in the waters and air of NYC and linked the exposures of these air pollutants to pediatric asthma outcomes. He is also leading a collaborative study to examine the association between pediatric respiratory outcomes and air pollutants (including PM2.5 and black carbon, VOCs) in Beijing China. To determine possible impacts of hydrofracking on environment stresses (e.g., noise and air and water pollutions), psychological stress, and health outcomes, he is leading a collaborative study in Pennsylvania. He is also conducting the ecological impact of microplastics in estuaries and oceans.
Alex Wright
Co-founder of Dash Water
Alex Wright is the Co-founder of Dash Water. DASH was founded 7yrs ago to celebrate wonky fruit by making delicious and health drinks. In 2024 the brand will sell 35m cans in over 11,000 stores across international 20 markets .
Gareth Morton
Discovery Manager for Ecosurety
Gareth is responsible for a diverse range of recycling development projects which encompass behaviour change, new recycling technology research and trial collections.
Richard Lee
Business Unit Director - Drinks for Kantar
Robin Shuker
Managing Director of Field Agent UK
Robin Shuker is the Founder and CEO Field Agent UK Ltd. part of Field Agent Inc. global leaders in crowdsourced Real Time Shopper Insight and Retail Audits. He started his career in advertising working for major agencies in the London and Sydney.
We work with major brands and retailers to help them better understand how people are shopping, what they are buying and why? Their feedback includes Videos and Photos bringing their experience in store to life.
To support Online Sales, we have launched Buy Try & Review, where customers buy your products and rate them in Online Reviews.
In preparation for the conference Field Agent recently conducted a survey to 500 shoppers and then 100 follow-up store visits in Asda, Sainsbury’s, Waitrose and Tesco looking at how shoppers choose what soft drinks to buy and why.
Bina Edwards
UK Head of Sales for Liquid Death, United States
Mark Newby
Director of Trinsic Collagen
Mark’s journey into the beverage industry began in 2016 with an investment in WET Holdings, the manufacturer of the natralysis system for producing alkaline water, marking his initial foray into this sector.
Andrea Fiore
Co-Founder and Director of Business Development & Strategy for OHMG Water
William Watkins
Founder and Managing Director of Radnor Hills
William founded Radnor Hills in 1990 and the company is Wales’ leading soft drinks company.
Radnor is committed to environmental sustainability: it is a zero to landfill site, it recently opened a solar farm to power its manufacturing site, and its environmental management system and site have been certified to ISO 14001 standards.
Its brands include Radnor Spring Water, Radnor Splash, Heartsease Farm, Radnor Fizz and Radnor Fruits. The company produces over 400 million drinks every year. It is the only drinks manufacturer in the UK to produce drinks on site in all four packaging formats – glass, can, PET plastic and Tetra Pak.
Terri Cooper
Marketing Manager for Roxane UK, home of Aqua Pura
Matt Crocker
Co-founder of Re:Water
Re:Water is the world’s first Spring Water sold in a bottle made from 100% recycled aluminium. Users can refill and reuse the bottle - and once finished with both bottle and cap are fully, easily and infinitely recyclable.
Director of Berrington Pure Spring Water and Co-Founder of Re:Water, Matt Crocker has worked in the bottled water industry for over 20 years. He provides consultancy for a number of start up companies and previously worked at Virgin Radio as an account director. Originally from Wales he has a passion for rugby, kayaking and scuba diving.
Alex El-Nemer
Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer of SYPS and Creative Control Ventures
Alex is an entrepreneur on a mission to enrich consumers lives through meaningful innovation across CPG categories.
Alex is Co-CEO at Creative Control Ventures (CCV), the UK’s preeminent celebrity venture builder partnering with household names on both sides of the Atlantic to build innovative product-led consumer brands. Prior to SYPS, CCV developed and launched Nala’s Baby which has picked up multiple awards and national listings with Boots, Tesco and Morrisons all in under 2 years.
Alex previously made his name in the USA, building of one of the largest blockchain service innovators operating across North America and Europe with the likes of Steve Wozniak at Apple, Sony Music, UPS, AXA Insurance and mor.
Queenie Porter
Global Managing Director at WOW HYDRATE
Queenie plans to grow the brand to the next level to become the best sports drink in the global market.
Akos Petri
Director of Zenith Global Commercial
Akos helps food and beverage companies unlock opportunities in international markets and increase revenue.
Attendees
Attendees of the UK Water Drinks Conference 2023 included:
Chiller corner
Our Chiller Corner provides you with an excellent opportunity to display and promote your products to all conference attendees and gain valuable first-hand feedback from industry experts and your peers.
Delegates can sign up to feature their product(s) in our sampling fridges and on a table display within the networking foyer. This free of charge opportunity is available to event attendees on a first-come, first-served basis.
Reasons to sign up:
- Enhance brand visibility: Gain valuable, high-quality industry exposure by putting your product in the hands of gatekeepers, investors, retailers, buyers and consultants.
- Priceless feedback: Gain valuable feedback on all aspects of your product, including taste, feel and design. Take the opportunity to chat with other industry members about your broader marketing and business approach. Use constructive criticism to your advantage and come away with key ideas and opportunities to help move your product forward.
- Get people talking: Product sampling creates the opportunity for great conversation. Watch and listen as attendees react to and talk about your product. Take notes and see how competitor products are also received.
Please contact us once you have received your booking confirmation for the conference if you would like to take part.
For more information, please contact
e events@zenithglobal.com t +44(0)1225 327900
| Pay by 12 Jan Super saver rate | Pay by 16 Feb Early booking rate | Pay by 19 Mar Standard booking rate | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Full event (in-person) | Per delegate | £575.00 | £625.00 | £675.00 |
| Concession* | £175.00 | £195.00 | £225.00 | |
| Group booking rate (four attendees)** | £1,380.00 | £1,500.00 | £1,620.00 |
Substitutions will be accepted at any time. Cancellations will be subject to £80 + VAT administration charge and cannot be made after 16 February. Bookings are subject to Zenith Global Event Terms and Conditions, available here.
*A concession rate 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 £500,000. For more information and to book at this rate, please contact events@zenithglobal.com
**To access our group booking rates (for four or more delegates from the same organisation), please contact events@zenithglobal.com.
e events@zenithglobal.com t +44 (0)1225 327900
Sponsorship
Our event and awards sponsorship packages offer a unique and effective opportunity to showcase your brand and services to a highly relevant audience.
You can choose from our Platinum, Gold, Silver and Bronze sponsorship packages, or we can create a custom sponsorship package to suit your specific needs and budgetary requirements.
Sponsorship opportunities include:
- Presentation within the main event programme
- Opportunity to host a workshop, roundtable or drinks reception
- Exhibit display in the networking area
- Distribution of marketing material/product samples
- Delegate passes
- Discounted delegate access for your clients
- Branding across event collateral, including stage backdrop, lectern and programme
- Logo on events webpage hyperlinked to your website
- Sponsored email communication to all attendees
- Sponsored social media posts
- Regular mentions in Zenith Global's event marketing and press releases.
For information and pricing, please contact Francesca Hall, Events Director
e fhall@zenithglobal.com t +44 (0)1225 327900
Venue
The Congress Centre is an ideally located and contemporary venue in the heart of London's West End. It is situated close to Tottenham Court Road underground station, from which you should use exit 3.
Congress Centre, 28 Great Russell Street, London WC1B 3LS
t +44 (0)20 7467 1318 f +44 (0)207 467 1313
For further details, visit www.congresscentre.co.uk/location
Dress code: Business suit or smart casual
Accommodation
For delegates looking to book accommodation close by, an allocation of rooms is available at the nearby Bedford Corner Hotel (formerly My Bloomsbury Hotel) at a 15% discounted rate.
Please book online at https://booking.bedfordcornerhotel.com, entering the promo code ZENITH.
Address: 11-13 Bayley Street, London WC1B 3HD
