Conference on Technology Scouting and Deployment for Sustainable Development
The WIPO Regional Bureau for Asia and Pacific (RBAP), in cooperation with the Global Solutions Summit (GSS), and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Committee on Science, Technology and Innovation, are organizing two 90-minute panel discussions. It is free of charge and will be held in English. Panel Discussion on Technology Scouting will be held for 2 days (10 and 12 November 2020)
Tuesday November 10, 2020, 11:00 AM (Thailand time)
The panel will focus on the quest for appropriate solutions to concrete problems geared to the concerns of policy-makers and related stakeholders. Speakers will share their experience, their success, and less successful endeavors, and explain how Asian countries can incorporate those experience lessons into their own national innovation programs.
Register for the 10 November Panel Discussion here:
Moderator: Alfred Watkins, Chairman, Global Solutions Summit
Panelists:
- Theresa Kotanchek, CEO, Evolved Analytics and current Chair of the National Materials, and Manufacturing Board (NMMB) of the US National Academies of Science, Engineering and Medicine. She is an expert in sustainable technologies and innovation sourcing.
- Leena Thomas, CEO, Global Business Inroads (GBI). Based in India, GBI is helping European Union companies market their technology in India and South Asia. Ms. Thomas has two decades of experience in the field of International Business, Climate Change Mitigation, Energy, Environment, Transport, Biotech and ICT sectors.
- Cung Vu, Independent Consultant, formerly with the United States Office of Naval Research Global in Singapore, is an expert of technology scouting in the Asia-Pacific region.
Thursday November 12, 2020, 11:00 AM (Thailand time)
The panel will discuss some of the issues involved in repairing those broken circuits, and creating an effective, efficient deployment ecosystem. The conversation will be practical and focus on the quest for appropriate solutions to concrete problems geared to the concerns of policy-makers and related stakeholders. Speakers will share their experience, their success, and less successful endeavors, and explain how Asian countries can incorporate those experience lessons into their own national technology deployment program.
Register for the 12 November Panel Discussion here:
Moderator: Alfred Watkins, Chairman, Global Solutions Summit
Panelists:
- Alfred Watkins is currently Chairman of the Global Solutions Summit and a member of the Governing Council of the UN Technology Bank for the Least Developed Countries.
- Christopher Tan has extensive experience helping governments in Malaysia, Tanzania, India, South Africa, Saudi Arabia, Oman, Russia, and Nepal strengthen their implementation capacity.
- Randy Welsch, former CEO, Founder and Advisory Board Member, Jibu. Welsch has led several impactful organizations spanning multiple industries.