09:30

Session 1: Exploring the Nexus of Water, Energy, and Food Security and Supply in the West Midlands

Gaining insight into our focus for the Sandpit and the opportunities offered by the water, energy, and food NEXUS and discovering more about different research interests in the room.

10:00

Session 2: The Unintended Consequences of Systems

Investigating the wider system issues in making Nexus-focused choices.

10:25

Session 3: First Sweep of Nexus Challenges

Exploring and prioritising creative responses to the Nexus Challenges in the West Midlands

11:05

Coffee Break and Networking

11:25

Session 4: Innovation Activity

Encourage divergent thinking about the challenges.

12:30

Session 5: Forming Teams

Formation of interest groups to explore and develop different potential research initiatives that could be open for pump priming via the funding pot. You will get the chance to nominate ideas and join with others.

13:00

Lunch and Networking

14:00

Session 6: Developing Ideas

Development of research initiatives from session 5 exploring the potential impact and the stakeholder engagement that might be needed. You will be working in teams of between 3 and 6 people to develop ideas that you might want to take further forward.

14:50

Session 7: Peer Feedback

Peer questioning/feedback session to give insight into the ideas that have started to emerge and encourage more sharing and development of ideas.

15:15

Session 8: Wrap Up

An opportunity to explore how the ideas and connections from the day can be further developed and how to access the resources generated today

15:30

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