ICLEI World Congress 2024: Agenda-Setting and Human-Need-Centered Innovation
Agenda-Setting and Human-Need-Centered Innovation
With a step into the future, this ICLEI World Congress session included a panel of innovation experts exploring disruptive technologies and pioneering solutions that move beyond optimization toward redefining systems. As a catalyst for change, the session explored how a human needs-based approach can address global challenges, including the climate emergency, while providing flourishing lives for current and future populations. From exploring a full climate risk approach to action, the role of incubators, and thought leaders’ identified ways forward, the session immersed the audience in how cities can leverage a demand-driven approach to become solution leaders turning global challenges into impactful opportunities for systemic change.
Speakers:
Dennis Pamlin, Chief Executive Officer, The Net-Zero Compatibility Initiative, Mission Innovation
Smita Rakesh, Partner, Social Alpha/Clean Energy International Incubation Centre (CEIIC)
Gabriella Santanna, Head of Startups, CUBO
Heiko Buch-Illing, CEO, Outdoor Institute/Silkeborg
David Ekelund, CEO, Icebug