International Conference on Technologies for Sustainable Development: A Way to Reduce Poverty? 29-31 May 2012 - EPFL, Lausanne

As a UNESCO Chair in Technologies for Development, the Cooperation & Development Center (CODEV) is organising an international conference on the topic of Technologies for Sustainable Development: A Way to Reduce Poverty? (Tech4Dev 2012). The three-day event will take place at Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne in Switzerland on 29-31 May 2012.

Overview

Whilst scientific research can be crucial in guiding innovation and development throughout the world it remains often too detached from reality, particularly in developing and emerging countries. Thus, the challenge is to link scientific research and development practices in order to develop a win-win situation in which science and technologies can assist practitioners as well as reply to social needs.

The conference will look at how science and technologies can support both sustainable development and the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) in developing and emerging countries. It aims to bring researchers and practitioners together to bridge the gap between the two communities, focusing on collaboration, methodologies, instruments and policies that could be used and/or encouraged. The possibility of a universal tool and policies for science, technology and innovation that could be of assistance in future collaborations will also be introduced.

View further information and detailed programme: http://cooperation.epfl.ch/2012Tech4Dev#Overview