Tech4Impact: Driving change for SDGs

UNDP ImpactAim jointly with Innovative Solutions and Technologies Center and Climate-KIC is throwing a tech night out for all those who are thinking of merging impact and tech. The "tech4impact: driving change for SDGs" event is a great chance to come together, discuss the new challenges we have for achieving Sustainable Development Goals, and how technology can help us tackle them.

Agenda

We will start with a keynote speech by our amazing guest experts, which will be followed by a panel discussion and the Demo Day of Climate Change Tech Accelerator startups.

This event is organized for:

-Startups interested in the key concepts and practices of this exciting and ever-changing field. -Technology specialists who want to understand more about how ICT is being used to improve people’s lives around the world. -Sustainable development practitioners who need to understand the opportunities and limitations of technology in the development context.

Climate-KIC experts

KEYNOTE SPEAKER: MarLa Burgener

Burgener founded GreenGoWeb in 2012, a pioneer company in gamification for bottom-up data collection and for the Common Good. Since 2015, her work focuses on the SDGs and she is part of the UN Innovation Lab for the 2030 Agenda.

PANEL MEMBERS:

Gil María Campos Alabau: Gil María is a Project Manager and Business Coach and Consultant in innovation, leadership, entrepreneurship and development, with working experience in Africa, America, Asia, and Europe.

Patrick Bottermann: Patrick is chiefly working for the non-profit think and do tank Collaborating Centre on Sustainable Consumption and Production (CSCP) in Germany. His focus is on innovation for sustainability, CSR, multi-stakeholder management, and sustainable business model innovation.

Please make sure to register in advance, as seats are limited: https://bit.ly/2Edqkm9

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The Climate Change Technology Accelerator - One of the key components of “Addressing Climate Change Impact Through the Enhanced Capacity for Wildfires Management in Armenia” UNDP-Russia Trust Fund for Development Project and is implemented by UNDP in Armenia in cooperation with ISTC - Innovative Solutions and Technologies Center, Founder Institute Yerevan and Enterprise Incubator Foundation (EIF).