Event Description

Grand Challenges and Big Business, Impact Financing, Partnership Driven Innovation and Networking make out the core of the access2innovation conference PEOPLE PROFIT PLANET. Join the two day conference on innovation opportunities in developing countries, including:

• Inside information about market opportunities within Renewable Energy, ICT, Health and Agrobusiness.
• Learn how ethical trade can be a driver for innovation and get up to date with the latest developments in blockchain and key requirements for bankable SDG projects.
• Discuss the drivers of partnership innovation and impact financing with the World's leading experts.
• Engage in new commercial partnership driven SDG initiatives.

PEOPLE PROFIT PLANET is two days of state-of-the-art knowledge, valuable insights into business opportunities on emerging markets, financing, hardcore networking, SDG solution exhibition with plenty of great coffee on the side. This is where we develop the blueprints for a sustainable future.

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As the SDG conference PEOPLE PROFIT PLANET approaches, you should start considering which sessions you would like to attend. 
It's not an easy choice - there are six sessions altogether and you can choose only two, so it's important to know exactly what to choose from. 
You don't have to decide yet - but below you can browse through the different session outlines.

Monday morning
* SUSTAINABLE ENERGY (.pdf)
* ICT, BIG DATA, IoT FOR IMPROVED HUMANITARIAN RESPONSE (.pdf)
* SUSTAINABLE FOOD PRODUCTION (.pdf)

Monday afternoon
* CIRCULAR ECONOMY IN AFRICA (.pdf)
* TECHVELOPMENT - TECHNOLOGY AS A DRIVER FOR SUSTAINABLE GROWTH (.pdf)
* SUSTAINABILITY AND RESPONSIBLE BUSINESS CONDUCT - TIPS TO DRIVE INNOVATION AND FUTURE-PROOF YOUR BUSINESS (.pdf)

We round up in spectacular way on September 11th with the event Last Exit Before the Abyss (Sidste afkørsel før afgrunden) featuring neuroscientist Peter Lund Madsen, sociologist Rasmus Willig and philosopher Tor Nørretranders.

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Right now, you can purchase one-day tickets and access2innovation membership tickets for the SDG-conference taking place at the impressive venue Musikkens Hus by the waterfront in Aalborg.

access2innovation is a membership-based association. In order to gain access to the reduced membership price please visit our website for further information on who we are, what we can offer and how to become a member.

We look forward to seeing you in Aalborg in September.

SAVE THE WORLD. MAKE MONEY. REPEAT.

Jacob Ravn
Head of secretariat, access2innovation