2020 Green Development Innovation Conference

On 6th November, the annual edition of the Green Development Innovation Conference on innovation in the field of sustainable development was held in Anji, China.

The programme was supported by the China Association for Science and Technology (CAST), the Chinese Ministry of Environment and Ecology, the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development, the Municipality of Huzhou, the China Centre for International Science and Technology Exchange, Zhejiang Association For Science and Technology and coordinated by the International Technology Transfer Network (ITTN) and for the European side by SPICI.

Various experts from China, Russia, Korea, Italy and the United States presented examples of sustainable technologies and shared best practices for promoting the green economy. Among the speakers:

• Mario Malinconico, Research Director at the Institute for Polymers, Composites and Biomaterials of the National Research Council and President of Atia-Iswa Italia;

• Fu Xiaolan, Professor of Technology and International Development, Founding Director, Technology and Management for Development Centre, Oxford University;

• Soogil Young, Professor at the Department of Science, Technology and Society, State University of New York Korea, Director at the Institute of Sustainable Development, Director at the United Nations Sustainable Development Solutions Network Korea;

• Patrick Paul Walsh, Professor of International Development Studies, National University of Dublin, Ireland, Director of the Sustainable Development Research Center, Consultant to the United Nations Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN);

• Zhong Ping, Chairman, Advisory Committee of the United Nations Climate Technology Center and Network (CTCN), Researcher, The Administrative Center for China’s Agenda 21.