It took place during the Forum on Science and Technology and Innovation for Sustainable Development in Rio de Janeiro on 13 June 2012.
Through this Board, the Secretary-General and UN agencies will obtain comprehensive advice on all dimensions of science, technology and innovation for sustainable development.
The Forum on Science, Technology and Innovation for Sustainable Development will also provide an opportunity to launch the Future Earth initiative on 14 June.
The Forum on Science, Technology and Innovation for Sustainable Development provided a platform to strengthen dialogue between researchers, governments, policy-makers and civil society to produce the knowledge and technology needed to build sustainable, green societies.
The very first entry point to discuss ocean governance at Rio was a side event of the Forum on Science, Technology and Innovation for Sustainable Development on 12 June, focusing on Science and Governance for Global Sustainability.
This publication was launched during the Plenary Thematic Session ' Indigenous Knowledge and Science: From Recognition to Knowledge Co-production' on 13 June 2012 during the five-day Forum on Science, Technology and Innovation for Sustainable Development, in Rio de Janeiro.
Leading international scientists and policy-makers then came together during the Forum on Science Technology and Innovation for Sustainable Development in Rio de Janeiro in July 2012 and put forward a set of recommendation to help establish such co-designed research, technology and policy agendas.
Through this mechanism, the Secretary-General and UN agencies will be provided with comprehensive advice on all of the dimensions of science, technology and innovation for sustainable development, as well as on how to promote cooperation among various UN agencies and with the international scientific community.
The Forum on Science, Technology and Innovation for Sustainable Development is organized by the International Council for Science (ICSU) in partnership with UNESCO, the World Federation of Engineering Organizations (WFEO), the International Council of Social Sciences, the Brazilian Department of Science, Technology and Innovation and the Academy Brazilian Science.
Our innovation focus, however, is not technology development, rather a marriage of proven technologies and end-user focused product management as a driver for product development innovation for underserved individuals and communities.
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All of this will craft new skills for innovation that are essential for sustainable development.
At a moment when the City of Detroit has been declared insolvent and foundations are looking for innovation, the approach carries two critical lessons for community development.
Additionally, the cable companies and Verizon Wireless have formed an innovation technology joint venture for the development of technology to better integrate wireline and wireless products and services.
Seagate, a worldwide leader of innovative storage solutions, is a participant in the Verizon LTE Innovation Center and has been engaged with Verizon Wireless and its 4G LTE Innovation Center for two years of development for this product concept.
And it rolls back expensive handouts for uncompetitive sources of energy, calling instead for a free and open marketplace for energy development, innovation and exploration.
However, this presents a worrisome development for energy innovation investments, as the opening positions of both chambers of Congress now embrace across-the-board cuts in energy innovation investments.
Altman, executive vice president of research, innovation and product development at the Center for Creative Leadership ( www.ccl.org), and Sara N.
Efforts focus on accelerating adoption of smart devices, empowering small and medium-sized businesses, and raising skills development to ignite African innovation for the continent and for the world.
Since 2002, the UNESCO Venice Office has been active in providing financial support and elaborating initiatives to generate regional networking as a means of mobilizing science, technology and innovation (STI) for peace and sustainable development.
In bringing together pharmacy schools and faculties from all regions of the world with UNESCO and FIP, the UNITWIN Network in Global Pharmacy Education Development (G-PhED) enables synchronised and powerful development in pharmacy and pharmaceutical sciences education and improves communication for scientific innovation, healthcare outcomes, and ultimately, the attainment of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).
Second, SAP is expanding its program for co-development and co-innovation.
The recommendations and assistance occur for the continuance of a desired level of quality on the one hand and on the other hand for the promotion of educational development and innovation.
From where I sit in the technology-based economic development community, federal support for regional innovation programs is also vital for our economic recovery.
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Irving John Good famously described the development of an ultraintelligent machine as the "last invention that man need ever make, " for after that, humanity would cede innovation and technological development to its smarter progeny.
But now the commission says the money should be spent on much hazier causes such as improving competitiveness, stimulating industrial innovation, creating sustainable economic development and equalising economic opportunities for men and women.
Ms Irene Pritzker, president of the Innovation, Development Progress Foundation (IDP), called for stronger support for market-driven solutions in deprived and unreached areas where parents and communities are taking education into their own hands.
The Forum provides a platform for the science, technology and innovation community to discuss sustainable development challenges and solutions with policy-makers and other stakeholders.
Business development manager Helen Taylor from Boots Centre for Innovation was at the event hoping to spot something to develop and sell in the high street store.
At the same time, this forces Americans to foot the bill for medical innovation, shouldering most of the costs of drug development in the pills they buy.
Duffaut said that the process for working with partners on solution development and co-innovation projects has been streamlined.
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