Speakers

G-STIC Brussels

8 June 2026

Confirmed Keynote Speakers

Manuel Heitor

Director of Technology Policy Lab

IN+ Center for Innovation, Technology and Policy Research, University of Lisbon – Instituto Superior Técnico

Dr Heide Hackmann

Chair in Science Futures

Centre for Research in Evaluation, Science and Technology, University of Stellenbosch

Inge Neven

CEO

VITO

Paulo Gadelha

Coordinator of the Fiocruz Strategy for 2030 Agenda

Fiocruz

Vibha Dhawan

Director General

TERI

Carlos Henrique de Brito Cruz

Senior Vice-President, Research Networks

Elsevier

Kurt Vandenberghe

Director General

European Commission - Directorate-General Climate Action

Thulani Dlamini

CEO

CSIR

Prof Tom Ogada

Executive Director

ACTS

Alexandra Bech Gjørv

CEO

SINTEF

Erik Solheim

President & former UN Undersecretary General, former Minister of Environment & International Development, Norway

Europe - Asia Center

Confirmed Top experts

Dr Adedoyin Adeleke

Executive Director

Green Growth Africa

Prof Luiz Paulo Assad

Professor and Climate Scientist

Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ)

Kaven Naidoo

Group Executive for Business Excellence and Integration

CSIR

Jose Luiz Moutinho

Consortia and Network Development Advisor

National Transformation Institute (NTI), King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST)

Henk Jan Vink

Managing Director

TNO

Dr Paubert Mahatante

Associate Professor, Toliara University - Madagascar / Former Minister of Fisheries and Blue Economy for Madagascar (2021 - 2025)

University of Toliara & University of Androy, Madagascar

Alexander D'Hooghe

Founder & Chief Strategy Officer

ORG Permanent Modernity

Dr Wim Degrave

Senior researcher and programme manager, Program for Technological Development of Health Products

Fiocruz

Stephen Su

Senior Vice President & Advisor, Office of AI Applications Strategy

ITRI

Julia Kinet

PhD researcher

Ghent University and Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ)

Ruchi Gupta

Senior R&D Energy and Climate Strategy

VITO

Joris Valée

Researcher Sustainable Energy Systems Assessment Modeling & Climate

VITO

Dr Bartel Van de Walle

Founder & CEO

CASi Labs

Yves Plees

VITO

Dirk Fransaer

Senior consultant

Facing BV

Tim Op't Eyndt

VITO

Prof Dr Elisabetta Tedeschi

Full Professor

Norwegian University of Science and Technology (Norway) & University of Trento (Italy)

Danielly Magalhães

Fiocruz

Josep Lloret

Senior Researcher

Institute of Marine Sciences (ICM-CSIC)

Yiran Lyu

Officer of International Cooperation

GIEC

Dr Angela Sarcina

Economic and Policy Analyst

European Commission – Joint Research Centre

Chisala C. Bwalya

Director for Research and Development

ZRDC

Dr Yong Woon Chung

Senior Researcher

National Institute of Green Technology (NIGT) of the Republic of Korea

Paul Campling

International Business Development Manager

VITO

Richard A. Roehrl

Senior Economic Affairs Officer

United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs

Anshuman

Director Water Resources

TERI

Dr Ousmane Ndiaye

Director General

ACMAD

Jean Van Wetter

CEO

ENABEL

Oleksiy Tatarenko

Senior Principal/Senior Director in the Climate-Aligned Industries Program

Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI)

Vincent Flon

Head of Business Development Global

Fluxys

Dr Melody Musoni

Digital Policy & AI Governance Specialist

ECDPM, Maastricht, Netherlands

Stefan Van Laer

Senior Climate Transition Developer

Port of Antwerp Bruges

Frederik Ragé

Chief Operational Officer

Turbulent Hydro

Timo Bollerhey

Co-Founder H2Global / CEO H2Global Holding and Hintco GmbH

HINT.CO GmbH

Prof Anne Gobin

Professor in Soil and Water Management

KU Leuven (Faculty of Bioscience Engineering)

Prof Dr Phoebe Koundouri

Professor

Athens University of Economics & University of Cambridge

Jacob Bossaer

CEO

BOSAQ

Jesus Alquezar

Policy Officer

European Commission (DG Environment)

Katrien van Hooydonk

Programme Manager Digital Water and Soil Solutions

VITO

Prof Dr Benteng Wu

Professor

Guangzhou Energy Institute of Energy Conversion

Prof Songwei Sheng

Director of the Offshore Energy Research Center

Guangzhou Institute of Energy Conversion, Chinese Academy of Sciences

Dr Hyungju Kim

Principal Researcher

National Institute of Green Technology

Weiwei Ding

Dr Nils Wuytens

Programme Director, VITO Accelerator Programme VITO4STARTERS

VITO

Dietrich Van der Weken

General Manager

G-STIC

Dr Torsten Brand

Head of the European Investment Bank Group Office in Belgium

Johan Moyersoen

Founder

The Impact Licensing Initiative

Lieve Fransen

Senior Policy Advisor

European Policy Centre

Ruta Baltause

Policy Officer

European Commission, Directorate-General for Energy, Unit C.2: Decarbonisation and Sustainability of Energy Sources

Hans Boumans

Director TNO Ventures

TNO - The Netherlands

Dr Carl Palmer

Manager of the Alliance for Collaboration  on Climate and Earth Systems Science (ACCESS)

CSIR

João Claro

Chairman and CEO

INESC TEC - Portugal

Lotta Partanen

Head of Incubation and Acceleration #VTT LaunchPad

VTT - Finland

Michiel Scheffer

President of the Board of the European Innovation Council

EIC – European Commission

Medina Andresel

Research Engineer in AI

AIT Austrian Institute of Technology

Carlos Guerrero Lucendo

Researcher

VITO (Water and Energy Transition)

Dr.-Ing. Kim Hyung Ju

Green Technology Policy Expert

National Institute of Green Technology Korea

Prof Lyu Jiancheng

Director General

Guangzhou Institute of Energy Conversion, Chinese Academy of Sciences

Francesca Vanthielen

Journalist

Trends Z

Dr Carl Palmer

Manager of the Alliance for Collaboration  on Climate and Earth Systems Science (ACCESS)

CSIR

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G-STIC and the Climate – Health nexus: Driving Solutions in a Changing Geopolitical Landscape

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Dr Torsten Brand

Head of the European Investment Bank Group Office in Belgium

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Artificial Intelligence, Real Consequences: RTOs and the Sustainability Challenge

June 8, 2026 -

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Dr Nils Wuytens

Programme Director, VITO Accelerator Programme VITO4STARTERS

VITO

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From Lab to Market: Accelerating the Uptake of Breakthrough Innovations

June 8, 2026 -

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Dr Hyungju Kim

Principal Researcher

National Institute of Green Technology

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From Lab to Market: Accelerating the Uptake of Breakthrough Innovations

June 8, 2026 -

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Prof Dr Benteng Wu

Professor

Guangzhou Energy Institute of Energy Conversion

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From Lab to Market: Accelerating the Uptake of Breakthrough Innovations

June 8, 2026 -

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Katrien van Hooydonk

Programme Manager Digital Water and Soil Solutions

VITO

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Water – Energy – Food – Environment Nexus: Securing resources for a resilient future

June 8, 2026 -

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Jesus Alquezar

Policy Officer

European Commission (DG Environment)

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Water – Energy – Food – Environment Nexus: Securing resources for a resilient future

June 8, 2026 -

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Prof Dr Phoebe Koundouri

Professor

Athens University of Economics & University of Cambridge

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Plenary Closing Session - Integrating insights – Pathways to G-STIC 3.0

June 8, 2026 -

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Timo Bollerhey

Co-Founder H2Global / CEO H2Global Holding and Hintco GmbH

HINT.CO GmbH

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From Ambition to Execution: Building Global Hydrogen Trade Corridors

June 8, 2026 -

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Stefan Van Laer

Senior Climate Transition Developer

Port of Antwerp Bruges

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From Ambition to Execution: Building Global Hydrogen Trade Corridors

June 8, 2026 -

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Vincent Flon

Head of Business Development Global

Fluxys

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From Ambition to Execution: Building Global Hydrogen Trade Corridors

June 8, 2026 -

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Oleksiy Tatarenko

Senior Principal/Senior Director in the Climate-Aligned Industries Program

Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI)

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From Ambition to Execution: Building Global Hydrogen Trade Corridors

June 8, 2026 -

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Dr Ousmane Ndiaye

Director General

ACMAD

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G-STIC and the Climate – Health nexus: Driving Solutions in a Changing Geopolitical Landscape

June 8, 2026 -

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Plenary Closing Session - Integrating insights – Pathways to G-STIC 3.0

June 8, 2026 -

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Richard A. Roehrl

Senior Economic Affairs Officer

United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs

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Policy & Partnerships Lab – Co-creating STI Roadmaps

June 8, 2026 -

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A Multilateral Perspective: Strengthening the Global Innovation Ecosystem for the SDGs

June 8, 2026 -

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A Multilateral Perspective: Strengthening the Global Innovation Ecosystem for the SDGs

June 8, 2026 -

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Dr Yong Woon Chung

Senior Researcher

National Institute of Green Technology (NIGT) of the Republic of Korea

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Policy & Partnerships Lab – Co-creating STI Roadmaps

June 8, 2026 -

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Dr Angela Sarcina

Economic and Policy Analyst

European Commission – Joint Research Centre

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Policy & Partnerships Lab – Co-creating STI Roadmaps

June 8, 2026 -

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Prof Dr Elisabetta Tedeschi

Full Professor

Norwegian University of Science and Technology (Norway) & University of Trento (Italy)

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Harnessing the Blue Economy: Pathways to Climate Resilience and Sustainable Growth

June 8, 2026 -

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Dirk Fransaer

Senior consultant

Facing BV

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Harnessing the Blue Economy: Pathways to Climate Resilience and Sustainable Growth

June 8, 2026 -

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Harnessing the Blue Economy: Pathways to Climate Resilience and Sustainable Growth

June 8, 2026 -

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Harnessing the Blue Economy: Pathways to Climate Resilience and Sustainable Growth

June 8, 2026 -

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Dr Bartel Van de Walle

Founder & CEO

CASi Labs

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Artificial Intelligence, Real Consequences: RTOs and the Sustainability Challenge

June 8, 2026 -

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Artificial Intelligence, Real Consequences: RTOs and the Sustainability Challenge

June 8, 2026 -

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Julia Kinet

PhD researcher

Ghent University and Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ)

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Ocean and Health for a Resilient and Sustainable Future

June 8, 2026 -

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Dr Wim Degrave

Senior researcher and programme manager, Program for Technological Development of Health Products

Fiocruz

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Ocean and Health for a Resilient and Sustainable Future

June 8, 2026 -

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Dr Paubert Mahatante

Associate Professor, Toliara University - Madagascar / Former Minister of Fisheries and Blue Economy for Madagascar (2021 - 2025)

University of Toliara & University of Androy, Madagascar

Meet Paubert Mahatante during this session

Ocean and Health for a Resilient and Sustainable Future

June 8, 2026 -

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Jose Luiz Moutinho

Consortia and Network Development Advisor

National Transformation Institute (NTI), King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST)

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Ocean and Health for a Resilient and Sustainable Future

June 8, 2026 -

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Prof Luiz Paulo Assad

Professor and Climate Scientist

Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ)

Meet Luiz Paulo Assad during this session

G-STIC and the Climate – Health nexus: Driving Solutions in a Changing Geopolitical Landscape

June 8, 2026 -

See session details

Dr Adedoyin Adeleke

Executive Director

Green Growth Africa

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A Multilateral Perspective: Strengthening the Global Innovation Ecosystem for the SDGs

June 8, 2026 -

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Medina Andresel

Research Engineer in AI

AIT Austrian Institute of Technology

Meet Medina Andresel during this session

Artificial Intelligence, Real Consequences: RTOs and the Sustainability Challenge

June 8, 2026 -

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Michiel Scheffer

President of the Board of the European Innovation Council

EIC – European Commission

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From research to venture: Strengthening venture development within RTOs

June 8, 2026 -

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Lotta Partanen

Head of Incubation and Acceleration #VTT LaunchPad

VTT - Finland

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From research to venture: Strengthening venture development within RTOs

June 8, 2026 -

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João Claro

Chairman and CEO

INESC TEC - Portugal

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From research to venture: Strengthening venture development within RTOs

June 8, 2026 -

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Hans Boumans

Director TNO Ventures

TNO - The Netherlands

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From research to venture: Strengthening venture development within RTOs

June 8, 2026 -

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Lieve Fransen

Senior Policy Advisor

European Policy Centre

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Plenary Closing Session - Integrating insights – Pathways to G-STIC 3.0

June 8, 2026 -

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Johan Moyersoen

Founder

The Impact Licensing Initiative

Meet Johan Moyersoen during this session

From Lab to Market: Accelerating the Uptake of Breakthrough Innovations

June 8, 2026 -

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Dietrich Van der Weken

General Manager

G-STIC

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Cooperation Under Pressure: Governing Innovation in a Fragmented World

June 8, 2026 -

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Prof Songwei Sheng

Director of the Offshore Energy Research Center

Guangzhou Institute of Energy Conversion, Chinese Academy of Sciences

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Harnessing the Blue Economy: Pathways to Climate Resilience and Sustainable Growth

June 8, 2026 -

See session details

Carlos Guerrero Lucendo

Researcher

VITO (Water and Energy Transition)

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Water – Energy – Food – Environment Nexus: Securing resources for a resilient future

June 8, 2026 -

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Francesca Vanthielen

Journalist

Trends Z

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Plenary Closing Session - Integrating insights – Pathways to G-STIC 3.0

June 8, 2026 -

See session details

From Policy to Practice: Fostering the Free Flow of Innovation - Accelerating Investment Readiness through Cross-Border RTO Collaboration

June 8, 2026 -

See session details

Welcome and Keynote - G-STIC 3.0: Aligning Innovation, Policy and Finance for SDG Impact

June 8, 2026 -

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Jacob Bossaer

CEO

BOSAQ

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Water – Energy – Food – Environment Nexus: Securing resources for a resilient future

June 8, 2026 -

See session details

Prof Anne Gobin

Professor in Soil and Water Management

KU Leuven (Faculty of Bioscience Engineering)

Meet Anne Gobin during this session

Water – Energy – Food – Environment Nexus: Securing resources for a resilient future

June 8, 2026 -

See session details

Frederik Ragé

Chief Operational Officer

Turbulent Hydro

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Water – Energy – Food – Environment Nexus: Securing resources for a resilient future

June 8, 2026 -

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Dr Melody Musoni

Digital Policy & AI Governance Specialist

ECDPM, Maastricht, Netherlands

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Artificial Intelligence, Real Consequences: RTOs and the Sustainability Challenge

June 8, 2026 -

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Dr.-Ing. Kim Hyung Ju

Green Technology Policy Expert

National Institute of Green Technology Korea

Meet Dr.-Ing. Kim Hyung Ju during this session

Plenary Closing Session - Integrating insights – Pathways to G-STIC 3.0

June 8, 2026 -

See session details

Anshuman

Director Water Resources

TERI

Meet Anshuman during these sessions

Water – Energy – Food – Environment Nexus: Securing resources for a resilient future

June 8, 2026 -

See session details

G-STIC and the Climate – Health nexus: Driving Solutions in a Changing Geopolitical Landscape

June 8, 2026 -

See session details

Paul Campling

International Business Development Manager

VITO

Meet Paul Campling during these sessions

Water – Energy – Food – Environment Nexus: Securing resources for a resilient future

June 8, 2026 -

See session details

Water – Energy – Food – Environment Nexus: Securing resources for a resilient future

June 8, 2026 -

See session details

Chisala C. Bwalya

Director for Research and Development

ZRDC

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Policy & Partnerships Lab – Co-creating STI Roadmaps

June 8, 2026 -

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Policy & Partnerships Lab – Co-creating STI Roadmaps

June 8, 2026 -

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Tim Op't Eyndt

VITO

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From research to venture: Strengthening venture development within RTOs

June 8, 2026 -

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From research to venture: Strengthening venture development within RTOs

June 8, 2026 -

See session details

Ruchi Gupta

Senior R&D Energy and Climate Strategy

VITO

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From Ambition to Execution: Building Global Hydrogen Trade Corridors

June 8, 2026 -

See session details

From Ambition to Execution: Building Global Hydrogen Trade Corridors

June 8, 2026 -

See session details

Manuel Heitor

Director of Technology Policy Lab

IN+ Center for Innovation, Technology and Policy Research, University of Lisbon – Instituto Superior Técnico

Meet Manuel Heitor during this session

Welcome and Keynote - G-STIC 3.0: Aligning Innovation, Policy and Finance for SDG Impact

June 8, 2026 -

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Erik Solheim

President & former UN Undersecretary General, former Minister of Environment & International Development, Norway

Europe - Asia Center

Meet Erik Solheim during this session

Welcome and Keynote - G-STIC 3.0: Aligning Innovation, Policy and Finance for SDG Impact

June 8, 2026 -

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Kurt Vandenberghe

Director General

European Commission - Directorate-General Climate Action

Meet Kurt Vandenberghe during this session

Welcome and Keynote - G-STIC 3.0: Aligning Innovation, Policy and Finance for SDG Impact

June 8, 2026 -

See session details

Carlos Henrique de Brito Cruz

Senior Vice-President, Research Networks

Elsevier

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A Multilateral Perspective: Strengthening the Global Innovation Ecosystem for the SDGs

June 8, 2026 -

See session details

Vibha Dhawan

Director General

TERI

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Policy & Partnerships Lab – Co-creating STI Roadmaps

June 8, 2026 -

See session details

From Policy to Practice: Fostering the Free Flow of Innovation - Accelerating Investment Readiness through Cross-Border RTO Collaboration

June 8, 2026 -

See session details

Paulo Gadelha

Coordinator of the Fiocruz Strategy for 2030 Agenda

Fiocruz

Meet Paulo Gadelha during these sessions

Ocean and Health for a Resilient and Sustainable Future

June 8, 2026 -

See session details

Ocean and Health for a Resilient and Sustainable Future

June 8, 2026 -

See session details

G-STIC and the Climate – Health nexus: Driving Solutions in a Changing Geopolitical Landscape

June 8, 2026 -

See session details

G-STIC and the Climate – Health nexus: Driving Solutions in a Changing Geopolitical Landscape

June 8, 2026 -

See session details

Plenary Closing Session - Integrating insights – Pathways to G-STIC 3.0

June 8, 2026 -

See session details

Plenary Closing Session - Integrating insights – Pathways to G-STIC 3.0

June 8, 2026 -

See session details

A Multilateral Perspective: Strengthening the Global Innovation Ecosystem for the SDGs

June 8, 2026 -

See session details

Kaven Naidoo

Group Executive for Business Excellence and Integration

CSIR

Meet Kaven Naidoo during these sessions

From Lab to Market: Accelerating the Uptake of Breakthrough Innovations

June 8, 2026 -

See session details

From Lab to Market: Accelerating the Uptake of Breakthrough Innovations

June 8, 2026 -

See session details