Join us in person or via livecast on Thursday October 18th to celebrate and recognize the efforts of California Safe Drinking Water Data Challenge participants. Throughout the summer, teams and individuals have worked to develop resources and tools to help ensure every Californian has access to safe and sufficient clean drinking water. Engage in discussion, share insights, announce commitments, and be part of the awards voting in LA!

Have a commitment to share about next steps? Fill out the form at https://bit.ly/Water18Commitment by Oct 10! Select commitments will be highlighted at the Oct. 18 event.

NEW Livecast link: http://bit.ly/water18live

AGENDA

9:30am Registration

10:00am Welcome

Reflections and New Commitments

10:45am Keynote: The Honorable Mike Eng, Former California State Assembly Member and Author of the Human Right to Water Bill

11:15am Lightning Project Previews

12:00pm Outdoor Lunch + Project Viewing + Voting

*note: lunch will not be livestreamed

1:30pm Award Announcements

2:30pm Closing + Next Steps

2:45pm Outdoor Reception

Special Thanks to Water Foundation & Leonardo DiCaprio Foundation for sponsoring this event

and our venue hosts, the Mountains Recreation & Conservation Authority

About #CAWaterDataChallenge

Annually, up to 1 million Californians lack access to clean, safe drinking water. The Governor's Office of Planning and Research and the West Big Data Innovation Hub along with many other partners launched this Data Challenge to demonstrate the power of open data to address one of California’s most pressing issues. This summit and award ceremony will showcase contributions from innovators from multiple sectors.

Each of the 7 General Awards above will now also include a $1,500 cash prize thanks to Cal Water. The new Cal Water contributions raise the total prizes available to $12,000 that will be awarded directly to the California Safe Drinking Water Data Challenge teams.

• Rising Innovator Award
• Ready-to-Go
• Most Engaging by Design
• Moonshot Award
• Most Data-licious
• Team Spirit and Collaboration
• People's Choice (voting on site)

Imagine H2O will award $1,500 and select accelerator services to a team that best demonstrates Impact, Scalability, Innovation in their solution. More information and terms and conditions available on the Imagine H2O website.

Join the conversation on social media with #CAWaterDataChallenge and find details at waterchallenge.data.ca.gov