The selected initiatives fall within five areas: Energy, Water, Land, Cities and People. The focus on concrete efforts gives an essential bottom-up dimension to the structure of the summit. However, a plenary programme and a large number of discussions at a strategic level complement this, providing a deeply immersive and informative environment. The ventures on display will be at different levels of maturity. Some will be looking for small funds of philanthropic or aid capital; others will be in search of substantial injections of commercial funding. Yet others will be coming to get input on their business plans, or are in search of strategic contacts.