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Water
The first imperative chosen for the Gii program on water was launched in New Orleans in April 2008 (read more). The decision to focus on water needs little explanation. Drinkable water, for many, is a scarce resource. Water in the quantities needed to sustain industry is becoming a challenge. Ensuring a reliable supply of water is a global issue.
Already the Gii program has considerable commitment from business and leading innovators which will ensure that we quickly start to encourage real action. Click here to view details of some of the events where we will be representing Gii – Water. on our website. Please register your interest in becoming involved.
Both SCI and ACS recognise the enormous benefit of sharing knowledge and already have significant experience in producing conferences, events, publications and other activities designed to share knowledge and stimulate innovation.
But the Gii goal is to go further still, by focusing for a significant timescale (around three years) on just a small number of carefully chosen globally significant imperatives, with the aim of stimulating real and significant action. This will require engagement from a wide range of stakeholders which will include:
- Innovation leaders
- Business leaders
- Academia and education
- Multinational businesses
- Non-government organizations
- Governments
The size and scale of the imperatives chosen as a focus for Global Innovation Imperatives mean that it is unlikely that the issues tackled will be resolved within the timescales of each program - this is certainly the case for this first imperative, water. But the aim will be for sufficient momentum to have been created for activity and change to become self-sustaining by those that become involved.
We are very excited about the prospect of creating opportunities that will make a real difference on societal imperatives. We hope that you will want to contribute to these challenges by bringing your expertise and influence. Over the coming months we will be developing activities to support the program which will include conferences, web-based communities, action-oriented meetings and awards - all on a global scale.
The program is in its infancy and more details of how you can engage will follow via this website. Please register here.
