Technology and Innovation for Sustainable Development Seminar

On November 2^nd 2016, the Development Strategy and Policy Analysis Unit of the Development Policy and Analysis Division (DESA/DPAD/DSP) hosted a Development Policy Seminar on "Technology and Innovation for Sustainable Development", presented by Diana Alarcon (Chief of DESA/DPAD/DSP and co-editor of "Technology and Innovation for Sustainable Development"), Marco V. Sanchez-Cantillo (Senior Economic Affairs Officer in DESA/DPAD/DSP) and Richard A. Roehrl (Senior Economic Affairs Officer in DESA/DSD). The panelists provided insights about the behavioral and policy changes that would need to accompany the technical transformation needed for sustainable development and underlined the challenge of improving and adapting existent technology to the specific local needs of countries. After the presentation, the audience, mostly comprised of DESA colleagues, engaged with the speakers through questions and comments, from more technical to general.