The organisers of this event on "Serving base-of-the-pyramid markets & customers: From pilot to scale-up" have made the presentations available on their website (thank you!):
www.swisswaterpartnership.ch/events/bop/

They are (for the links click on the URL given above):

• Chlorine dispensers: a low-cost approach to safe drinking water (Naomi Rosenthal, South Pole Carbon AG)
• Taking a water kiosk business in Senegal from pilot to scale (Renaud de Watteville, Swiss Fresh Water)
• Meeting the basic needs of the urban BoP customers (Jessica Altenburger, x-runner ventures GmbH): this link opens a new webiste with a video about the project in Lima
• Testing and scaling up business models for safe water (Urs Heierli, Antenna Technologies Foundation)

I was interested to see that the X-runner projects from Peru was presented (see also here on the forum: forum.susana.org/forum/categories/52-mob...iloting-in-lima-peru)

I very much like the concept of container-based sanitation but so far we have no real evidence yet that it could actually work "at scale". The video by x-runner says they are reaching (only) 37 households, or 1000 people so far:

vimeo.com/129846361

Regards,
Elisabeth

A one-day workshop on base-of-the-pyramid markets and customers will take place at Eawag on July 2nd. The keynote speaker is Paul Polak, Founder and CEO of Windhorse International. The workshop is being offered by Swiss Water Partnership, Swiss Bluetec Bridge and Eawag. To learn more and to register, please go to: www.swisswaterpartnership.ch/events/bop/.