After working on the LAUNCH:Water concept for the past year, we finally kicked it off yesterday — along with our cool new Nike-designed website.
We started the day with Lori Garver, NASA’s Deputy Administrator and LAUNCH Water Host.

NASA's Deputy Lori Garver
Majora Carter: Welcome
Peter Gleick, President and Co-Founder Pacific Institute, “21st Century Water: The Role of Technology and Innovation”
Innovator Mark Tonkin, DTI-r: “Subsurface Vapor Transfer Irrigation”
Innovator Andrew Tinka, UC Berkeley: “Floating Sensor Network”
Innovator Ashok Gadgil, Lawrence Berkeley National Lab: “ElectroChemical Arsenic Remediation”
Innovator Mark Sobsey, University of North Carolina Chapel Hill: “Low Cost Bacterial Water Test”
Lili Anna Peresa, “The Comprehensive Approach of ONE DROP: Water for All, All for Water”
Each of the innovators rotated through focused discussion sessions to help shape their success strategy. I like to call it: Innovator Speed Dating.

Innovator "Speed Dating"

Impact rotations

Launch Water Impact Rotations

Launch Impact Rotations
So many incredible stories to share. Stay tuned.
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