03/02/2010: Event on Innovation for inclusive growth: addressing social and economic development issues in Energy and Environment
The goal of this event is to encourage and showcase innovation for inclusive growth and provide a forum to share opportunities and challenges in energy and environment. The explicit aim is to build on technological and managerial strengths in the UK to address social and economic challenges in less developed parts of the world.
The Innovation for inclusive Growth conference aims to highlight innovation in organisations to foster ‘inclusive growth'. More than one billion people live in extreme poverty and more than 1.5 billion people have no access to electricity. The effects of climate change are felt more painfully in less developed and emerging economies. Businesses are constrained in finding solutions to help address these problems through partnerships with local, national, and international organisations. New technological insights, new business models, and new forms of organising are essential to succeed.
Date and time
Thursday 15 April 2010
08.30 to 17.30
Sir Alexander Fleming, Lecture Theatre G16
(Followed by an evening reception at 17.30)
How you can benefit from the conference
We focus on ‘energy and environment' as a specific area where businesses and academics can engage to shape policy and practice. Our goal is to share leading technological and managerial practices in the following as they apply to the social and economic development:
- Renewable energy technologies and managerial challenges
- Alternative models to energy generation and consumption
- Rural electrification, technologies, and business models
- Urban infrastructure, design, and development
- Cities of the future
Who should attend
Industry practitioners and academics who are engaged in innovation at low cost, innovation that serves underdeveloped or developing economies in the following specific areas:
Energy and environment
Urban design
This event is co-sponsored by:
The Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC); The Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council(EPSRC); Ecocit; Design London; Rajiv Gandhi Centre at Imperial College Business School; BP.
Register for this event by emailing icbs.events@imperial.ac.uk
There will be a £50 charge per person for the conference. All payments should be made by cheque, payable to Imperial College Business School. Please send to:
Rachael Barham
Imperial College Business School
Tanaka Building
South Kensington Campus
London
SW7 2AZ
For further information please contact Imperial College Business School Events Team on 0207 594 9169 or email icbs.events@imperial.ac.uk
