Built for Growth

Water is going to be the most important and most contentious resource for almost every country in the world. Within the next 50 years, water will become a source of conflict between countries, a competitive issue among companies, and will require a whole new way of thinking for everyone on the planet.

Charles Fishman, author of the most influential water book in a generation, The Big Thirst, has circled the globe to find the people tackling and solving water problems—from the sheep farms of Australia, to the slums of Delhi, to the high-tech factories of the United States. Fishman will show how water challenges will touch each of us, and also how tackling those problems can create both a competitive advantage and a critical sense of security.

In a fireside chat with Shaun Haney, RealAgriculture, the conversation will explore how the industries, organizations, and communities that see the tumultuous future of water, and prepare for it, will be the ones that thrive.