Sustainability Research & Innovation Congress 2021
June 12-15, 2021
Virtual and onsite
in Brisbane, Australia
The Sustainability Research & Innovation Congress 2021 (SRI2021) is the world’s first transdisciplinary gathering in sustainability – it will be a space of fierce advocacy for sustainability scholarship, innovation, collaboration and action.
This annual event unites global sustainability leaders, experts, industry and innovators to inspire action and promote a sustainability transformation. For the first time, the Congress will launch as a hybrid event with a diverse and innovative online program alongside onsite participation. In addition to the 100+ sessions available throughout the day and night, thanks to the global reach of SRI and partners, the SRI2021 Online Package includes exclusive events and services, starting as soon as February 2021.
SRI is a joint initiative of Future Earth and the Belmont Forum. Australia, who hosts the Congress in 2021, has a unique role to play in the global community as a conduit between the Global North and the Global South, indigenous peoples and traditional sustainability practices. The local hosting consortium, led by Future Earth Australia and CSIRO, features academia and government partners from Brisbane and the State of Queensland to meet the breadth of the SRI2021 agenda.
SRI Talks: Dialogues on the Future of Sustainability
SRI Talk: Advocating Knowledge-to-Action
March 21, 1:00 pm New York time
Sign up for the next free live virtual event in the popular SRI Talks series as our high-level expert panel will discuss advancing sustainability science through knowledge co-design
SRI Talks is a series of live streamed events created to provide participants with engaging interactions with experts, policy makers, actors and innovators shaping the future of sustainability.
These high-level conversations are based on the SRI2021 Congress Pillars and bring together foremost thinkers and leaders across various fields and sectors critical for sustainability transitions.
Panellists will engage in forward-looking discussions about the major strategic issues, opportunities, threats, trends and actions that the system of people and institutions must address to enable sustainable development.
These 60-minute SRI Talks will be broadcast live through the SRI2021 virtual platform and will include a moderated discussion and live audience Q&A.This series is free to attend for all registered particpants of SRI2021.
Latest
Apply now for the Sustainable Urban Global Initiative Knowledge Fund
SRI2021 has created a dedicated fund which will support professionals who work on sustainable urbanization and food-water-energy nexus topics to participate in the event online.
Early Career Fund now available for young professionals to participate virtually or in-person
SRI2021 has created a dedicated Early Career Fund which will support young professionals to participate in the event virtually or in-person.
Scholarships now available for low- and middle-income countries to attend SRI2021
IRD SRI2021 Scholarships are now available for sustainability professionals from select low- and middle- income countries.
Advancing sustainability research and innovation
NETWORKING
Connecting diverse knowledge systems, academia with a range of stakeholders, policy makers with informed constituencies, funders across sectors, and innovators with clientele.
PARTNERSHIP BUILDING
Creating robust communities of practice, supporting cross-sectoral funder dialogue and action, and connecting local implementation with global frameworks.
TRAINING
Building capacity in understanding, co-developing and co-implementing sustainable solutions, supporting legacy learning, exploring novel communications approaches and enhancing transparency through open data and open access.
KNOWLEDGE EXCHANGE OPPORTUNITIES
Sharing lessons learned and best practices, building understanding and synthesizing knowledge of sustainability, co-developing metrics for evaluation of sustainable development and investment, demonstrating innovative solutions to achieve the SDGs, publishing in diverse accessible media outlets for maximum uptake and dissemination.
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HOSTING CONSORTIUM
The Transformations Conference 2021: Enabling Positive Tipping Points, is a satellie event of SRI2021, and will be organized as an online conference from June 17-18, 2021. Transformations 2021 is the fifth edition of an international conference series bringing together a broad community of researchers and change-makers working on societal transformations. The online conference will showcase the latest developments in research and practice of transformations towards sustainability, as well as support and celebrate transdisciplinary learning networks for new collective international initiatives. Live co-creative sessions and keynotes will occur at different timezones providing the opportunity to participants worldwide to join the sessions live. The focus is to work collaboratively on a synthesis on action-oriented knowledge in the light of the global pandemic.