+ADD has entered into a formal innovation partnership with SWAN, the international smart water forum.

The forum is the leading hub for the smart water sector across the globe bringing together leading international water utilities, solution providers, academics, investors, regulators, and other industry experts to accelerate the awareness and adoption of “smart,” data-driven solutions in water and wastewater networks worldwide.

SWAN membership represents 32 countries, and the Forum operates a major conference with over 400 participants annually and regional alliances in Europe, The Americas and APAC.

In its new role, +ADD is supporting design-led and collaborative thinking on the Strategic Framework supported by SWAN. The initiative aims to engage members in redefining the digital water framework for current and future application in awareness, education, strategic, and solutions development.

Beyond this, the teams are working together to develop new membership value and service propositions in training and advisory.

Shirley Ben Dak, VP Strategy & Innovation at SWAN Forum said:

‘To me, open innovation is collaborative, practical and engaging.

It's been a pleasure working with the talented team at +ADD Strategy through a number of exciting smart water initiatives, from helping us creatively re-examine some of our frameworks and testing our assumptions, to challenging us to provide increased value for our membership’

+ADD Strategy is the only organisation in the UK to offer ILM accredited and assured innovation training. ILM (The Institute of Leadership and Management), part of the City & Guilds Group, and operates certification internationally in over 40 countries. Learning offerings range from topical workshops to fully certified programmes.

Paul Sutherland, Managing Director of +ADD Strategy said:

‘We are very pleased to collaborate with the SWAN community and are keen to learn more about how we can best enable their innovation works and capacity through our collaboration with SWAN.

We look forward to an exciting year of discovery and co-creation!’

Garry Stanton, Enterprise Partnerships Lead said:

‘Our first initiative with the membership got us off to a great start with over 50 members from across the globe engaging in workshops to explore and revamp the SWAN strategic framework’ a proven tool used in utilities and supply chain for considering Smart Water developments.’

For more information and to discuss partnering with +ADD on innovation projects and initiatives, please contact garry@addstrategy.co.uk or call us on 0203 868 6356