This session is being held by the University of Delaware’s Island Policy Lab in conjunction with the UN Universities Consortium of Small Island States and funded through a grant by the Oak Ridge Associated Universities. We will discuss speeding up and scaling up technology driven interventions that promote sustainable development. The session will update participants on the current and future state of technology transfer, adoption and implementation policies between islands and global technology hubs with particular focus on universities and academic research institutions. We will also showcase examples of such early phase technologies by researchers and their partners/investors in government and the private sector. Small island states have been highlighted as among the most vulnerable to extreme weather events, often economically limited and less diversified, have fragile ecologies, are highly indebted and often energy insecure. The imperative is to leverage technology for economic strengthening and value added, clean economic activities that are magnified and impactful. Participants will her about how island contexts provide unique opportunities for university-government-private sector partnerships to pilot and test prototypes and models where they can make a real difference; and the policies and strategies for progress.
Arthur Trembanis
Professor, School of Marine Science and Policy University of Delaware, U.s
