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Panel discussion
Thursday
05
December
Can Technology Save Us and the Planet?

Can Technology Save Us and the Planet?

Bertrand Klaiber, Minna Epps, Jérôme Duberry, Gilles Carbonnier
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Auditorium Jacques Freymond, Parc Barton, Geneva

Can technology and innovation provide the solutions we need in a world facing unprecedented environmental challenges? Join us for a compelling conversation with Bertrand Klaiber, Director of Tech4Regeneration at EPFL, and Minna Epps, Global Ocean Team Director at the IUCN's Centre for Conservation Action.

The panel will explore the critical role of technological and institutional innovation in addressing urgent challenges like ocean preservation, biodiversity loss, moving toward a circular economy and ecosystem regeneration. While technology offers transformative tools, from AI-driven conservation monitoring to renewable energy innovations, it also brings questions about accessibility, scalability, and unintended ecological impacts.

Our speakers will share insights on harnessing technology to create nature-positive outcomes, drive ecosystemic regeneration, and overcome barriers such as limited resources, policy gaps and the drivers of sustainable social innovation.

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Panelists

 

Bertrand Klaiber

 

 

 

 


 

Bertrand Klaiber
Director of Tech4Regen from EPFL Innovation Park
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Minna Epps

 

 

 

 

 


Minna Epps
Global Ocean Team Director at the IUCN's Centre for Conservation Action
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Moderators

 

Jérôme Duberry

 

 

 

 


 

Dr Jérôme Duberry
Managing Director of the Tech Hub
Co-Director of Executive Education
Senior Researcher at the Albert Hirschman Center on Democracy (AHCD)
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 Gilles Carbonnier

 

Prof. Gilles Carbonnier
Professor of Development Economics at the Geneva Graduate Institute and Academic Advisor of our Executive CAS in Nature-Positive Economy
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This public event is organised by the Executive Certificate in Nature-Positive Economy, Executive Education, Geneva Graduate Institute.

 

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Aurélia Gomila
Marketing and Customer Relationship Manager
aurelia.gomila@graduateinstitute.ch

Cocktail reception

The event will be followed by a cocktail reception in the lobby of Villa Barton

 

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