Green Growth and Sustainable Development Forum 2015 - Enabling the Next Industrial Revolution: Systems innovation for green growth

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Location :
OECD Conference Centre on 14-15 December 2015, Paris, France

The Forum will examine how to foster the "next industrial revolution" by harnessing the potential of systems innovation policies that support green growth.

Day 1                                                                                                                                                                                           

An opening speech from the OECD's Secretary-General, Mr. Angel Gurría and invited Key Note speaker(s) will set the tone of the 2015 GGSD Forum.

The scene-setting session will look at the importance of innovation and green growth, with a presentation from the Korean Ambassador to the OECD. 
 
Session 1 will focus on capturing innovation complementarities for green growth and will be a joint session with the OECD’s Working Party on Innovation and Technology Policy (TIP). This session will examine options for developing a more systematic approach that breaks down path dependencies and effectively combines the objectives of green growth and innovation policies.

Day 2    

Session 2 will look at the implications of green growth in emerging technologies and firm dynamics in order to respond to global challenges such as those associated with addressing climate change, preserving biodiversity, and increasing water scarcity. 
Session 3 will focus on the role of new data sources in greening growth. The new sources of data that are becoming increasingly available can be used to optimize resource use and reduce environmental externalities. Consideration needs to be given to the technical, regulatory and policy implications of these new approaches.
Cross-cutting parallel sessions will be carried out in three groups, each with a moderator and panel speakers.
  • First Session: "Emerging technologies – risk, trust and social acceptance" There are a growing number of technologies that have the capacity to create more sustainable transport, water, energy and agricultural systems. At the same time, these promising technologies create risks and unknowns for health, environmental safety, and livelihoods. This session will examine how governments and other actors might best manage the ethical, regulatory, and social questions surrounding these emerging technologies.
  • Second Session: "International cooperation in research and technologies"  Just as the costs of many environmental damages cross borders, the benefits of innovation which mitigate such impacts are also shared. This session will look at the mechanisms and the incentives for international research, cost and knowledge-sharing.
  • Third Session: "Innovation measurement and learning" Assessing the benefits associated with the development and adoption of existing technologies is far from straight forward. Looking forward, the measurement issues become even more difficult. This session will discuss how green innovation can be effectively measured.
Closing remarks from all the sessions will be provided by parallel session moderators in order to highlight key knowledge gaps and identify potential priorities for further work.
 

 

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