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A wake-up call for more effective international technology cooperation
Conference
December 14, 2020

A wake-up call for more effective international technology cooperation

Amidst the current COVID-19 pandemic, the intersecting challenges of health and sustainability have never been more apparent. Therefore, the 2020 edition of the G-STIC conference came at the right time to underline the urgency to identify integrated technological solutions and promote multi-stakeholder cooperation. The first major pandemic of our century has heightened awareness that a collaborative effort is needed to fight health emergencies and tackle the many challenges to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals.

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A wake-up call for more effective international technology cooperation
Conference
December 14, 2020

A wake-up call for more effective international technology cooperation

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How to transition to a digital circular economy?
Circular economy
October 28, 2020

How to transition to a digital circular economy?

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How desalination can help address the freshwater challenge
OceansWater
August 24, 2020

How desalination can help address the freshwater challenge

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Realising long-term solutions for marine plastics pollution
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Envisioning progress towards the SDGs

Hindou Ibrahim
Civil society

Advocating indigenous peoples’ knowledge in fighting climate change

Hindou Ibrahim

President, Association for Indigenous Women and Peoples of Chad (AFPAT)

For the pastoralist Mbororo people in Chad to which Hindou Ibrahim belongs, climate change is not merely a series of warnings in a report. They depend entirely on nature and on what nature gives them: food, water, medicine, and fibres for clothing. Her message as an indigenous environmental activist is, therefore, a simple one: we must re-build our relationship with nature for the survival of people and planet, and we must do this in partnership with indigenous peoples.

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Advocating indigenous peoples’ knowledge in fighting climate change

Hindou Ibrahim

President, Association for Indigenous Women and Peoples of Chad (AFPAT)

For the pastoralist Mbororo people in Chad to which Hindou Ibrahim belongs, climate change is not merely a series of warnings in a report. They depend entirely on nature and on what nature gives them: food, water, medicine, and fibres for clothing. Her message as an indigenous environmental activist is, therefore, a simple one: we must re-build our relationship with nature for the survival of people and planet, and we must do this in partnership with indigenous peoples.

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Eva Kaili
Policy making

Making digital transformation work for the benefit of all citizens

Eva Kaili

Chair of the Future of Science and Technology Panel, European Parliament

As we move from one innovation wave to the next one, disruptive digital transformations are increasingly challenging traditional systems – up to the point of destroying the link between employment and income. We have to ensure technological innovation fosters inclusive growth.

That’s why, with the EU, we need to create a unique competitive advantage through innovation-friendly regulation that respect citizens’ social rights and individual rights. And we need to invest in social infrastructure, supporting social entrepreneurship and other areas of the social economy.

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Making digital transformation work for the benefit of all citizens

Eva Kaili

Chair of the Future of Science and Technology Panel, European Parliament

As we move from one innovation wave to the next one, disruptive digital transformations are increasingly challenging traditional systems – up to the point of destroying the link between employment and income. We have to ensure technological innovation fosters inclusive growth.

That’s why, with the EU, we need to create a unique competitive advantage through innovation-friendly regulation that respect citizens’ social rights and individual rights. And we need to invest in social infrastructure, supporting social entrepreneurship and other areas of the social economy.

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Alain Bernard
Industry

Pushing the boundaries of innovation to drive blue growth

Alain Bernard

Director, DEME

DEME continues to explore new horizons, looking for new ways to deploy its knowledge and expertise. Focused on its core strengths, DEME develops innovative solutions addressing global, worldwide challenges that relate to specific SDGs: rising sea levels, a growing population, CO2 emissions, polluted rivers and soils, and the scarcity of mineral resources.

DEME’s policy to develop such innovative solutions for blue growth is to reach out and join forces with partners to work across sectors and disciplines.

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Pushing the boundaries of innovation to drive blue growth

Alain Bernard

Director, DEME

DEME continues to explore new horizons, looking for new ways to deploy its knowledge and expertise. Focused on its core strengths, DEME develops innovative solutions addressing global, worldwide challenges that relate to specific SDGs: rising sea levels, a growing population, CO2 emissions, polluted rivers and soils, and the scarcity of mineral resources.

DEME’s policy to develop such innovative solutions for blue growth is to reach out and join forces with partners to work across sectors and disciplines.

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Karl Vrancken
Research

Building strong foundations for a globally connected circular economy

Karl Vrancken

Research Manager Sustainable Materials, VITO

Circular economy research efforts go far beyond matters of technology. There is no choice, really, as circular economy is indispensable in realising sustainable consumption and production patterns.

Networking and engaging in stakeholder processes have enabled researchers to put circular economy central on the policy agenda. Developing research alliances and learning from local circular economy initiatives help them build a strong basis for implementing smart circular economy practices. By setting up business innovation projects, they encourage entrepreneurs to develop sustainable business models.

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Building strong foundations for a globally connected circular economy

Karl Vrancken

Research Manager Sustainable Materials, VITO

Circular economy research efforts go far beyond matters of technology. There is no choice, really, as circular economy is indispensable in realising sustainable consumption and production patterns.

Networking and engaging in stakeholder processes have enabled researchers to put circular economy central on the policy agenda. Developing research alliances and learning from local circular economy initiatives help them build a strong basis for implementing smart circular economy practices. By setting up business innovation projects, they encourage entrepreneurs to develop sustainable business models.

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3700 participants & 200 speakers from 140 countries joined the 2020 G-STIC Conference

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Organised by 8 international co-hosts

Meet our partners from Brazil, China, India, Kenya, South Korea and Nigeria

The G-STIC conference is hosted jointly by VITO (the prime research and technology organization on cleantech and sustainable development in Belgium) and 7 other not-for-profit independent technology research institutes: ACTS (African Centre for Technology Studies, Kenya), FIOCRUZ (Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Brazil), GIEC (Guangzhou Institute of Energy Conversion, China), GIST (Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology, South Korea), IITD (Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, India), NACETEM (National Centre for Technology Management, Nigeria) and TERI (The Energy and Resources Institute, India).

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