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.


Facilitator
Piers Clark, Founder - Isle Uilities

Speaker
Tony Conway, Director - Conway Water Consulting

Panel
Avi Aithal, Strategic Programme Director - ENA
Dr Natalie Lamb, Senior Manager, Sector Intelligence - Spring
Lauren Briggs, Innovation Facilitator - Northumbrian Water

Chairperson
Piers Clark
Piers Clark, Founder - Isle Uilities
Speakers
Tony Conway
Tony Conway, Director - Conway Water Consulting
Avi Aithal
Avi Aithal, Strategic Programme Director - ENA
Dr Natalie Lamb
Dr Natalie Lamb, Senior Manager, Sector Intelligence - Spring
Lauren Briggs
Lauren Briggs, Innovation Facilitator - Northumbrian Water