Innovation Mess Up Night: Failing Fast 

19 May 2026
Innovation Lounge
There's one ingredient that's critical for innovation: failure. Time and again, we're told that if you're going to be successful at innovation, you must be prepared to fail and must create a culture where failure is acceptable. UWL26 is going to do just that, with speakers at our innovation mess up night sharing stories of their own failures, and what they learned from them.
Chairperson
Piers Clark
Piers Clark, Founder - Isle Utilities
Speakers
Dr Natalie Lamb
Dr Natalie Lamb, Senior Manager, Sector Intelligence - Spring
Tony Conway
Tony Conway, Director - Conway Water Consulting
Avi Aithal
Avi Aithal, Strategic Programme Director - ENA
Lauren Briggs
Lauren Briggs, Innovation Facilitator - Northumbrian Water