Sustainability for Africa
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Sustainability for Africa: The role of forefront scientific and technological innovation in achieving sustainable development on the African continent
Distinguished Visitor - Dr. Mohamed Hassan – President, The World Academy of Sciences
Dr. Hassan will highlight the sustainability challenges that African countries
face in their efforts to achieve the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
These goals are complex, multidisciplinary and interconnected and achieving
them will require building, sustaining and applying innovation capacities in
frontier science, technology and innovation (STI), especially in low-income
African countries. Dr. Hassan will illustrate how cutting-edge scientific and
technological innovations in digital technology, biotechnology, nanotechnology
and renewable energy technology can be instrumental in accelerating the
achievement of SDGs in Africa. He will also examine the role of science
diplomacy in promoting global partnerships to address global challenges and
how such partnerships can help Africa to build and sustain its homegrown
capacities in quality education and research.
The Office of the Associate Provost for International Activities and the MIT Africa Faculty Steering Committee have announced the launch of the MIT-Africa Distinguished Visitors Program. Starting in spring 2022, MIT will host leading African visitors on the MIT campus to forge new connections between the MIT research community and its counterparts across the African continent. These visits will feature keynote lectures delivered to the MIT community. They will also provide other opportunities for engagement with faculty, staff, and students across the Institute’s departments, laboratories, and centers. The program’s goal is to spark new collaborations and to help lay the foundations for new research initiatives between MIT and African collaborators. In addition, the program seeks to strengthen the MIT-wide community of faculty, staff, and students whose work is motivated and informed by challenges, problems, and opportunities of particular significance to African societies. The Distinguished Visitors Program reflects the interest of MIT’s faculty, students, and administration to invigorate our intellectual engagement with leading scholars, practitioners, public figures, artists, and innovators from across the African continent.
ORGANIZER: Global MIT