Conference themes focused on breakthrough innovations
7 societal challenges and 5 cross-cutting themes

Climate

Education

Energy

Food

Health

Oceans

Water

Circular Economy

Gender

Space

ICT

Youth

Entrepreneurship
The G-STIC 2019 conference welcomed 2000 participants from 80 countries
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Meet with entrepreneurs, researchers, innovation experts, technology suppliers, investors, captains of industry and policymakers
Organised by 8 international co-hosts
Meet our partners from Brazil, China, India, Kenia, 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).