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Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) has won two awards at the ‘Idea of the Year’ competition held at the 8th Ideas.Arabia International Conference 2013. The event was held at Grand Hyatt Dubai under the patronage of HH Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum, President of Dubai Civil Aviation and Chairman and Chief Executive of Emirates Airline and Group. Organised by the Dubai Quality Group, under the theme ‘Innovation, Key to Sustainability,’ the conference hosted eminent speakers, decision-makers, and senior managers from government and private organisations across the world to discuss the latest developments and trends in the field of rewarding schemes, motivation, and productivity. DEWA’s suggestions were selected among many others submitted during the conference, with DEWA winning two awards in the Productivity and Finance categories. Sheikh Suhail bin Maktoum bin Juma Al Maktoum, presented the award for the Finance category to Mathew V. Chittooran, from Distribution Power Division at DEWA, for his suggestion for ‘Utilising the existing pilot cables for digital differential protection relays in 33kV networks,’ and Jahanzeb Khan, from Water and Civil Division, for his suggestion for ‘Splitting of repairing clamp used to repair leakage in water networks’ in the Productivity category. “DEWA adopts an integrated strategy to encourage employees to submit their creative suggestions. We implement the highest international standards and best practices to promote a culture of innovation across all our divisions. Adapting strategic ideas that promote excellence is important to achieve our vision to become a sustainable world-class utility, and further improve the services provided to our customers,” said HE Saeed Mohammed Al Tayer, MD and CEO of DEWA. “Winning such awards reflect the dedicated work and loyalty of our employees, and assures the success of the events, conferences, and training courses that we organise throughout the year with the aim of encouraging our employees to adopt a culture of innovation and creativity in various aspects, including administration, operations, and services,” concluded Al Tayer. Sheikh Suhail bin Maktoum bin Juma Al Maktoum, honoured DEWA for supporting the conference as a platinum sponsor, and handed over the award to Mariam Al Mutaiwei, VP of Human Resources at DEWA.