Sustainability Research & Innovation Congress 2021 | Sustainability Research & Innovation Congress | 11 June 2021 | TBA, Brisbane, Australia or Virtual

This annual event unites global sustainability leaders, experts, industry and innovators to inspire action and promote a sustainability transformation. For the first time, the Congress will launch as a hybrid event with a diverse and innovative online program alongside onsite participation.

Advancing sustainability research and innovation

• Networking
Connecting diverse knowledge systems, academia with a range of stakeholders, policy makers with informed constituencies, funders across sectors, and innovators with clientele.

• Partnership Building
Creating robust communities of practice, supporting cross-sectoral funder dialogue and action, and connecting local implementation with global frameworks.

• Training
Building capacity in understanding, co-developing and co-implementing sustainable solutions, supporting legacy learning, exploring novel communications approaches and enhancing transparency through open data and open access.

• Knowledge Exchange Opportunities
Sharing lessons learned and best practices, building understanding and synthesizing knowledge of sustainability, co-developing metrics for evaluation of sustainable development and investment, demonstrating innovative solutions to achieve the SDGs, publishing in diverse accessible media outlets for maximum uptake and dissemination.

2021 Speakers

PLENARY SPEAKERS:

Stan Grant
Vice Chancellor's Chair, Australian / Indigenous Belonging, Charles Sturt University

Lidia Arthur Brito
Regional Director for Sciences, Latin-America and Caribbean, UNESCO

Leena Srivastava
Deputy Director General for Science, International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA), Austria

Sharan Burrow
General Secretary, International Trade Union Confederation

Sir Peter Gluckman ONZ KNZ FRS
Heads Koi Tū: The Centre for Informed Futures, University of Auckland, Chair, International Network of Government Science Advice (INGSA) and President-elect, International Science Council (ISC)

Imme Scholz
Deputy Director, German Development Institute

John Agard
Director, University of the West Indies, St. Augustine Centre for Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Trinidad and Tobago

Rebecca Matsie
Senior Researcher, South African Local Government Association

Joshua Gilbert
Indigenous consultant, agriculturalist and innovator

Meg Parsons
Senior Lecturer, School of Environment, The University of Auckland

2021 Sponsors

• IRD
• International Science Council
• UNESCO
• Queensland Government
• One Earth: Cell Press
• Research Institute for Humanity and Nature
• Trust for Sustainable Living
• University of Colorado Bounder
• World Climate Research Programme