UNESCO Chair Conference on Technologies for Development: From Innovation to Social Impact (Tech4Dev) – EPFL

COMPLETED May 02-04, 2016 (Lausanne, Switzerland)

Both WIPO GREEN and  WIPO Re:Search will be highlighted in a breakout session at the UNESCO Tech4Dev Conference. The session is entitled “Efficient Public-Private Partnerships: Lessons learned from two WIPO multistakeholder consortia”.

The Tech4Dev Conference is the biennial flagship event of the UNESCO Chair in Technologies for Development hosted by the Cooperation & Development Center (CODEV) at the Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) in Switzerland. The focus of the Conference is the application of technology solutions to advance inclusive social and economic development in the Global South.

Core thematic areas include technologies for sustainable access to energy, technologies for sustainable habitat and cities, science and technology for disaster risk reduction, and medical technologies, among others.

 Further details, including the date and time of the session as well as final program, coming soon.