Looking back at the first G-STIC Conference in 2017
Market-ready, innovative technological solutions needed to achieve the SDGs were identified during the first G-STIC Conference in 2017. 1,000 participants from 80 countries focused on integrated solutions that work across disciplines and sectors, and that are scalable and sustainable both from a societal and economic perspective. They assessed how to promote and accelerate their deployment to help resolve the countless sustainable development challenges that lie ahead.
The G-STIC Conference provided deep insights, in particular paying attention to underserved and marginalized communities. This helped identify holistic solutions that can be applied now and work for small scale farmers and rural households as well as multi-nationals and start-ups.
Catalysing change for sustainable development
The discussions during the conference highlighted the need to break down institutional barriers, rethink established concepts and change laws to drive sustainable development. Above all, it is vital to work across sectors, promote new business models and value chains, demonstrate how the combination of integrated solutions and new business models works, and rethink local, national and global policy making. That requires commercial and political leadership to advocate and make the changes that are good for people, planet and prosperity.
Main messages of the first
G-STIC Conference
The Chairperson Summary reports the major messages emerging from the conference, delivering an excellent starting point to ensure that the messages of the G-STIC conference are heard by policy makers and industry leaders.
Four key findings clearly emerged from the conference, and provide the backbone of the Chairperson Summary: (1) Technologies are already available, (2) Energy and food are the key SDGs for achieving Agenda 2020, (3) A new industry framework is vital and (4) ICT is a key technology enabler for achieving the SDGs.
Photos of the conference
