Program

The SRI2022 program takes place from June 20-24, 2022 in Pretoria, South Africa and online, and features a variety of interactive sessions, workshops, networking opportunities and special events. Visit the full agenda on the Congress Platform where all session recordings will also be exclusively available for the registered participants.

Times listed below for Tokyo with an asterisk* are Tuesday June 21, local time.

8:30 am Pretoria 3:30 pm Tokyo 2:30 am New York	SRI Opening
9:00 am Pretoria 4:00 pm Tokyo 3:00 am New York	African Science and Innovation – Inspiring Continental Transformation PLENARY ONSITE
11:00 am Pretoria 6:00 pm Tokyo 5:00 am New York	Co-creating Future Sanitation with Local Communities SESSION ONLINE IRD’s Collective Scientific Assessment (ICSA): a Tool for Promoting Sustainability Science SESSION HYBRID ITD Alliance Information and Exchange Event SESSION ONLINE Increasing the Visibility of African Sustainability Research: The Potential of Open Science SESSION HYBRID Re-Energize DR3 for Change SESSION ONLINE ARUA-SFS Session 1: Introduction to Big Data Science through the Lens of Agriculture and Food Systems SESSION OPEN ACCESS Strengthening One Health Systems for Practical Solutions SESSION ONLINE Sustainable Networks for Marine Sustainability Research in Africa SESSION ONLINE Transdisciplinary Research and Capacity Building Towards Malaria Elimination in Africa SESSION HYBRID What Did We Find through Dialogues between Finance Business Professionals and Academia? SESSION ONLINE
1:30 pm Pretoria 8:30 pm Tokyo 7:30 am New York	A Systems Approach to Strengthening Science, Technology and Innovation in Africa: from Science Policy to ‘Right to Science’ SESSION HYBRID African Perspectives in Inter- and Transdisciplinarity SESSION ONLINE Early-career Pathways and Resources: Communication, Cross-disciplinary Collaboration, and FE’s Mission SESSION ONLINE The Space Between: The Relationship Between Theory, Research, Practice and Policy for Transformations to Sustainability. Learning from the Transformations to Sustainability Programme SESSION OPEN ACCESS Nature-Based Solutions: Exploring the Challenges and Potential SESSION ONLINE Shaping Responsible Sustainability Leaders and Practitioners in South Africa: Multidisciplinary and Transformational Learning Approaches SESSION HYBRID Sustainable Finance: How Can We Manage the Nexus between Climate Change and SDGs Financially Soundly and Responsibly? SESSION ONLINE
3:00 pm Pretoria 10:00 pm Tokyo 9:00 am New York	Africa Networking Session SESSION HYBRID Transdisciplinary 101 Part 1 BELMONT FORUM Addressing Core Topics in Inter- and Transdisciplinarity with Working Groups of the ITD Alliance SESSION ONLINE Citizen Science and the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) SESSION ONLINE Data Collection at Scale: A Collaborative of Researchers, Volunteers and a Nonprofit to Develop Sustainable Solutions SESSION ONLINE Exploring a Just Energy Transition in Africa through the Lens of the Climate, Health, Air Quality Nexus SESSION HYBRID How to Deal with Injustices in Climate Adaptation? SESSION ONLINE Capturing Diverse Voices to Shape Sustainable Pathways for African Near and Far Futures SESSION HYBRID How to Make the African Blue Economy Sustainable and Inclusive? Part I: Science, Technology & Policy SESSION ONLINE Women’s Leadership will Drive Inclusive Climate Action SESSION ONLINE
5:00 pm Pretoria 12:00 am Tokyo* 11:00 am New York	17 Rooms-U: From Concept to Action SESSION ONLINE Transdisciplinary Research for Climate and Health: Lessons Learned on Co-Design in the Belmont Forum CEH Projects BELMONT FORUM Belmont Forum Members Meeting BELMONT FORUM Can Indigenous Knowledge and Systems Thinking Reconnect Industrial People with Nature as a Transformational Strategy? SESSION ONLINE ITD Alliance Information and Exchange Event SESSION HYBRID Sin territorio, No Hay Presente ni Futuro para las Nuevas Generaciones: Desarrollo Sostenible Desde la Vivenvia y Conocimientos de los Jovenes Profesionales y Lideres Indígenas de la Amazonia Peruana SESSION ONLINE Socio Ecological Resilience: Communitarian Responses to Covid 19 in Ecuador SESSION ONLINE Speed Networking: Meet with Networking Experts SESSION HYBRID Transdisciplinary Research for Climate and Health: Lessons Learned on Co-design in the Belmont Forum CEH Projects SESSION ONLINE
6:30 pm Pretoria 1:30 am Tokyo* 12:30 pm New York	SRI 2022 Opening Reception EVENT

Times listed below for Tokyo with an asterisk* are Wednesday June 22, local time. Times listed below for New York with an asterisk* are Monday June 20, local time.

5:00 am Pretoria 12:00 pm Tokyo 11:00 pm New York*	Asia Spotlight Event Opening Plenary – Asian Regional Climate Modeling, Impact Assessment and Action PLENARY
7:00 am Pretoria 2:00 pm Tokyo 1:00 am New York	Networking Event – Asia Community EVENT ONLINE
8:00 am Pretoria 3:00 pm Tokyo 2:00 am New York	Adapting the Impacts of Typhoons on Coastal Livelihoods and Socio-ecosystems under Climate Changes SESSION ONLINE Cryosphere Science for Sustainability SESSION ONLINE
9:00 am Pretoria 4:00 pm Tokyo 3:00 am New York	Agroecology the Game Changer Lever for SGDs: Case Studies from African Drylands SESSION HYBRID Civil Society Organizations and the Global Goal on Adaptation SESSION HYBRID Disaster Risk and Reduction Midterm Workshop BELMONT FORUM Maximising Planetary and Human Success through a Co-benefits Approach to Policy Development SESSION ONLINE Regional Approaches to Systemic Sustainability Analysis, Knowledge Sharing and Capacity Building SESSION ONLINE Strengthening Global Youth Collaboration in the Fight for Climate Justice SESSION ONLINE The Earth Commission – Defining a Safe and Just Planet SESSION ONLINE The Feasibility of Achieving the WHO Air Quality Guidelines (AQG) Globally SESSION HYBRID The Role of Education in Sustainability SESSION ONLINE
11:00 am Pretoria 6:00 pm Tokyo 5:00 am New York	A Just and Sustainable Development in Africa: Lessons from South Korea SESSION HYBRID Action Learning Practicum as a Model to Address Sustainability and Supply Chain Projects in Partnership with Malaysian Oil Palm Industry, Inter-Disciplinary Academia and Independent Small Palm Oil Plantations Owners SESSION ONLINE Climate Change, Culture, and Art SESSION ONLINE Climate Resilience, Adaptation and Policy Innovations in Africa SESSION ONLINE Enacting Biodiversity Education and Transformative Learning within Communities: Lessons and Actions from the Global RCE Network SESSION ONLINE Interventions to Reduce the Impacts of Extreme Heat on Health in Africa: a Set of Case Studies Across the Continent and an Interventional Framework SESSION HYBRID Investigating Novel Ways of Addressing Root Causes of Disasters in Southeast Asia SESSION ONLINE ARUA-SFS Session 2: Unleashing the Potential of Africa’s Crops – Smart Farming with Smart Sensors SESSION OPEN ACCESS When Sustainability Goes Viral: Triaging Misinformation, Disinformation, and Conspiracy Theories to Build Back Better SESSION ONLINE “Making” as Shared Practice in Art Education: Participation, Socially Engaged Art Practice and Social Change SESSION HYBRID
1:00 pm Pretoria 8:00 pm Tokyo 7:00 am New York	Belmont Forum Members Meeting I BELMONT FORUM
1:30 pm Pretoria 8:30 pm Tokyo 7:30 am New York	Application of Digital Technology and Advance Network Technology to Mitigate the Impacts of Global Climate Change SESSION ONLINE Bridging Systems of Knowledge and Modalities of Action: Widening the Circle of Participants to Achieve Social-ecological Resilience in BRIDGES, the Humanities-led Sustainability Science Coalition of UNESCO’s Management of Social Transformations Programme SESSION ONLINE Les Sciences de la Durabilité pour et par les Communautés SESSION HYBRID Rooting Transdisciplinarity in Practice: Candid Conversations between Academics and Practitioners SESSION ONLINE Three Years with the COVID-19 Pandemic – Success Stories and Missed Opportunities. What is the Handprint of the GSDR2019 Framework? SESSION ONLINE Urban Air Pollution and Health Impacts from Open Burning of Waste and Sustainable Management Strategies SESSION ONLINE
2:00 pm Pretoria 9:00 pm Tokyo 8:00 am New York	UNDP Special Event: The Role of Biodiversity Finance in a Changing World Post the Pandemic SESSION HYBRID
3:00 pm Pretoria 10:00 pm Tokyo 9:00 am New York	10%? 30%? 100% en Aires Protégées? De la Protection à la Coviabilité SESSION HYBRID Agriculture, Urbanization, Food Security in Africa SESSION ONLINE Belmont Forum Climate, Environment and Health Collaborative Research Action Mid-term Event Session I BELMONT FORUM Decolonizing Knowledge: A Transformations Community Dialogue SESSION ONLINE Coupling Human and Natural System for Sustainable Development: Evolutions, Mechanisms, and Approaches SESSION ONLINE Disaster Management in Developing Countries SESSION HYBRID From Embodied to Disembodied Knowledge: Understanding the SDGs SESSION ONLINE Learning from Disasters Using the Post-Event Review Capability (PERC) Methodology: Case Studies from Across Contexts SESSION ONLINE Urban Science for Acceleration of Global Urban Sustainability Transformations SESSION ONLINE Transnational Data Interoperability, Open Workflows and Reproducible Science in Sustainability and Environmental Change Research SESSION ONLINE
5:00 pm Pretoria 12:00 am Tokyo* 11:00 am New York	(How) Can We Design Transitions? A Transformations Community Dialogue SESSION Belmont Forum Members Meeting II BELMONT FORUM Breaking the Nexus Silos Using Interactive Virtual Team Simulation WORKSHOP Co-creating with Communities: Introduction to Community Science WORKSHOP Collaboratively Strengthening Innovation and Community Engagement in Urban Developments: Lessons from the Education Partnerships for Innovation in Communities (EPIC) Model SESSION Dialogue workshop on addressing knowledge gaps identified in the IPBES Global Assessment of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services WORKSHOP Diffusion of Sustainable Innovation – Intellectual Property Models for Increasing Technology Transfer WORKSHOP Ocean Pathways in Support of Sustainable Development SESSION Women Voices at the SRI Congress 2022 SESSION HYBRID Right-Sizing Your Monitoring and Evaluation Strategy: Lessons from Environmental Peacebuilding WORKSHOP The Science-based Pathways for Sustainability: A Theory of Change to Support the Development of Pathways on the Ground WORKSHOP

Times listed below for Tokyo with an asterisk* are Thursday June 23, local time.

8:00 am Pretoria 3:00 pm Tokyo 2:00 am New York	Science & Practice: Exploring Ocean Resilience and Blue Carbon Initiatives ASIA SPOTLIGHT The Human Side of Water Research ASIA SPOTLIGHT
9:00 am Pretoria 4:00 pm Tokyo 3:00 am New York	AI and Sustainability PLENARY
11:00 am Pretoria 6:00 pm Tokyo 5:00 am New York	Green Infrastructure for Urban Resilience in Warm and Dense Cities SESSION ONLINE Hi-Tech, Hi-Touch Primary Healthcare: Generating Solutions Where They Matter Most SESSION HYBRID How Multilevel Governance Can Ensure that Health Benefits are Achieved SESSION ONLINE Nexus Issues: Sustainable Design and its Impact on the Wider Community SESSION ONLINE Scientific and Strategic Experience in Leading Sustainability Science in Taiwan – Development and Opportunities for Transdisciplinary Research SESSION ONLINE ARUA-SFS Session 3: Big Data as a Vehicle for Addressing the Challenges for Improvement of the African Herd SESSION OPEN ACCESS Sustainable Pathways to Climate Change Adaptation in Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH): Assessing Risks and Appraising Options for Africa SESSION ONLINE Towards Sustainable and Inclusive Carbon Storage in Africa SESSION ONLINE Transformative Innovation Policy as a Model to Drive Sustainable Development: Perspectives from South Africa SESSION HYBRID
12:30 pm Pretoria 7:30 pm Tokyo 6:30 am New York	Community Science Networking Event SESSION ONLINE
1:00 pm Pretoria 8:00 pm Tokyo 7:00 am New York	Belmont Forum Member Meeting II BELMONT FORUM
1:30 pm Pretoria 8:30 pm Tokyo 7:30 am New York	African Network for Sensory Evaluation Research: Understanding Food Choice in Africa WORKSHOP ONLINE Harnessing the Potential of Indigenous Plant Species towards Food Security as Response to COVID-19 WORKSHOP ONLINE Open Science for Early Career Researchers WORKSHOP HYBRID
3:00 pm Pretoria 10:00 pm Tokyo 9:00 am New York	Opportunities for Research and Training at the Nexus of Climate, Environment and Health in Latin America and the Caribbean SESSION ONLINE Belmont Forum Climate, Environment and Health Collaborative Research Action Mid-term Event Session II BELMONT FORUM
4:30 pm Pretoria 11:30 pm Tokyo 10:30 am New York	Live Game Session EVENT
5:00 pm Pretoria 12:00 am Tokyo* 11:00 am New York	Action-Oriented Solutions for Adapting to Global Environmental Change in the Americas Region: New Insights and Lessons Learned from Transdisciplinary Research Collaborative Networks SESSION ONLINE Africa Ecological Futures: Making Nature Count for People and the Planet SESSION OPEN ACCESS Anew, Early Career Africanists and the Quest for Sustainability SESSION ONLINE COVID-19 Outbreak & Linkage with Air Quality, Health and Policy SESSION HYBRID COVID-19 Diagnostics and Vaccination as Indigence in Africa SESSION ONLINE Support Structure For Transformative Innovation: Lessons from the Pathways Network: A Transformations Community Dialogue SESSION ONLINE Science Policy training: How is Public Policy Designed and How Can I Become a Better Advocate? BELMONT FORUM The Contribution of Evolutionary Thinking to Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals SESSION HYBRID Transdisciplinary Research for Global Environmental Change in the Americas SESSION ONLINE
6:30pm Pretoria 1:30 am Tokyo* 12:30 pm New York	Idea Market 1 SESSION
7:00 pm Pretoria 2:00 am Tokyo* 1:00 pm New York	Live Game Session EVENT

Times listed below for Tokyo with an asterisk* are Friday June 24, local time.

6:00 am Pretoria 1:00 pm Tokyo 12:00 am New York	Innovativeness in Industrialization Cost of Trust ASIA SPOTLIGHT
7:00 am Pretoria 2:00 pm Tokyo 1:00 am New York	Harnessing Transdiscplinarity in Sustainability Research and Education: Open Thermodynamic Systems Framework ASIA SPOTLIGHT
8:00 am Pretoria 3:00 pm Tokyo 2:00 am New York	An Innovative Future for GHG Mitigation and Sustainable Development ASIA SPOTLIGHT
9:00 am Pretoria 4:00 pm Tokyo 3:00 am New York	Challenges and Solutions to the Climate Crisis in Africa with a Focus on Water Resources SESSION HYBRID Co-designing Climate Services: How Local Knowledge and Co-production Approaches Support Local Climate Change Adaptation SESSION ONLINE Disaster Waste Management Capacity Development in the Global South SESSION ONLINE Emerging Dimensions of Africa’s Environmental Crises: Implications for the UN Agenda 2030 and Beyond SESSION ONLINE Human-Wildlife Conflict Mitigation through Non-Lethal Methods SESSION ONLINE Latin-American Scientists Influencing Global Policy: Lessons Learnt from the Global South SESSION ONLINE Online Synthesis Systems (OSS): A Web-Based Knowledge Integration System for Disaster Risk Reduction, Resilience and, Sustainability ASIA SPOTLIGHT PLENARY The Space Between: The Relationship Between Theory, Research, Practice and Policy for Transformations to Sustainability. Learning from the Transformations to Sustainability Programme SESSION OPEN ACCESS What Knowledge Counts in Support of Change towards Sustainabilities? SESSION ONLINE
11:00 am Pretoria 6:00 pm Tokyo 5:00 am New York	Accelerating 11 SDGs in Practice: Community-oriented Primary Care Implementation across South Africa SESSION HYBRID COVID-19, Governance and Migrant Workers: Hindsight, Insight and Foresight ASIA SPOTLIGHT Climate Change and Extreme Floods: Confronting the Residual Risk SESSION ONLINE Integrated Findings of the CHAMNHA Study: from Basic Sciences, to Qualitative Research, Epidemiological Analyses, and Health Impact Assessments SESSION ONLINE Developing Systems Thinking and Transdisciplinary Science for North Africa and the Broader MENA Region SESSION ONLINE Responsible Governance of the New Water-Energy-Food Nexus Created by the Use of Hydrogen in the Energy Transition SESSION ONLINE Re-shaping the NEXUS Paradigm in Times of COVID-19 SESSION ONLINE ARUA-SFS Session 4: Safe and Nutritious Food: Nutrient Composition Databases in the Age of Big Data SESSION OPEN ACCESS Stimulating Multidisciplinary Approach to Human and Environment nexus SESSION ONLINE Transdisciplinarity and Co-creation Concepts in Asia SESSION ONLINE
1:00 pm Pretoria 8:00 pm Tokyo 7:00 am New York	EPSRC Belmont Forum BELMONT FORUM
1:30 pm Pretoria 8:30 pm Tokyo 7:30 am New York	Community and Action – Climate Change and Health Intersections of Norms, Agency, Remoteness, Power and Scale SESSION ONLINE Past, Present and Future of Climate Security Thinking and Practices in the Sahel Region SESSION ONLINE Research Priorities for Sustainability Science SESSION ONLINE Analyses Tools for SDG Goal and Target Interactions SESSION ONLINE Co-Cultivation of Coral and Seaweed: Impacts and Challenges SESSION ONLINE Restoring the Promise of the World by Embracing Human Diversity SESSION ONLINE UNESCO Biosphere Reserves as Models for Enhancing Biodiversity-Climate-Society Nexus SESSION HYBRID Why Africa Needs Women Entrpreneurs SESSION HYBRID
3:00 pm Pretoria 10:00 pm Tokyo 9:00 am New York	Adapting Low-cost Sensor Platforms to Advance Citizen Air Quality Sensing for Urban Health in Africa SESSION HYBRID AiR Pollution – Climate Change – Health Effects (ARCH) Nexus ASIA SPOTLIGHT New Horizons for Computerised Based Assessment in Africa: Implication on Higher Education and Sustainable Development Goals SESSION ONLINE Transdisciplinary Case Studies Part 2 BELMONT FORUM “Exquisite Corpse” Method for Creativity Engaging Artists and Scientists to Explore New Ways of Knowing SESSION ONLINE
3:30 pm Pretoria 10:30 pm Tokyo 9:30 am New York	Challenges in Urban Climate Data Management : Transformation of Cities for Climate Change Mitigations and Adaptation Targets ASIA SPOTLIGHT
5:00 pm Pretoria 12:00 am Tokyo* 11:00 am New York	Sustainable Cities: Navigating the Urban Nexus PLENARY
7:00 pm Pretoria	SRI Congress Dinner: The Maslow Time Square Menlyn

Times listed below for Tokyo with an asterisk* are Saturday June 25, local time.

8:00 am Pretoria 3:00 pm Tokyo 2:00 am New York	Asia Spotlight Event – Closing Plenary: Spotlights on Sustainability & Innovation from Asia: Towards a Sustainable Future ASIA SPOTLIGHT PLENARY
9:00 am Pretoria 4:00 pm Tokyo 3:00 am New York	Community Based Advocacy Groups: How Do They Survive after the Phaseout of Donor Support? SESSION ONLINE Cultural Heritage and Climate Change: New Challenges and Perspectives for Research SESSION ONLINE Dialoguing and/or Deliberating, and ‘Doing’ Change – Where to for Transdisciplinary Research in Africa? SESSION ONLINE Engaging Policy in Biodiversity Mainstreaming Research SESSION HYBRID Global SCP (Sustainable Consumption and Production) – Knowledge Exchange and Networking between the Global South and North SESSION ONLINE Idea Market 2 SESSION ONLINE Student Volunteers and Transdisciplinary Hospital-based Health Professionals Experiences of the University of Pretoria’s Bags of Hope Community Engagement Intervention SESSION HYBRID Transdisciplinary Research for Fostering Inclusive Knowledge Co-creation in the Context of Governing the Grand Sustainability Challenges SESSION ONLINE Insights on the Early Career Scientists (ECRs) at the Time of the Pandemic SESSION HYBRID West African Aquaculture: Novel Uses and Emerging Threats SESSION ONLINE
11:00 am Pretoria 6:00 pm Tokyo 5:00 am New York	A Case Study on Blended Reporting Phenomenon – a Comparative Analysis on Application of Contemporary Voluntary Reporting Frameworks and Standards: GRI, IR, SASB, and CDP SESSION ONLINE Boundary Spanning: Deepening and Broadening Transdisciplinary Research for Action SESSION HYBRID Circles of Coastal Sustainability Workshop WORKSHOP ONLINE Cities Working towards Urban Resilience and Sustainability: Stories from Africa SESSION HYBRID DIY Collaboration. How to Make the Most of Your [Sustainability Research] Dream Team WORKSHOP ONLINE Green Development and Integrated Risk Governance SESSION ONLINE Inclusive Knowledge in Sustainability SESSION ONLINE Positioning and African University as a Global Hub for Sustainability Sciences – Accomplishments and Future Directions SESSION ONLINE Policy Brief and Discussion: How Can We Manage the Nexus between Carbon Neutrality and Social, Economic, Environmental Agenda under the SDGs? SESSION ONLINE ARUA-SFS Session 5: Informing Food Policies – Bridging the Gap between Science and Policy SESSION OPEN ACCESS
1:30 pm Pretoria 8:30 pm Tokyo 7:30 am New York	African Voices: Transdisciplinary Research for Challenges at the Intersection of Climate, Environment and Health SESSION HYBRID Challenges and Opportunities of Pesticide Use in Africa: Moving into the Solution Space SESSION ONLINE Climate Change, Migration and the Need to Enable Sustainable Development SESSION ONLINE Perspectives of Emerging Leaders: Dialogue with an Inter-American Coalition of Early Career Fellows Working in the Science Policy Interface SESSION ONLINE Research on Solving Regional Issues by Promoting Local SDGs SESSION ONLINE Social Innovation for Planetary Health – Science to Praxis SESSION ONLINE Youth and Sustainability: Harnessing Education for Sustainable Development to Build Back Better and Leave No One Behind SESSION ONLINE Sustainable Strategies for Climate Change Mitigation in Sub-Saharan Africa SESSION ONLINE
3:00 pm Pretoria 10:00 pm Tokyo 9:00 am New York	A Review of Analytical Methods to Develop Composite Drought Resilience Indexes SESSION ONLINE Advancing Global Change Research through Interagency, International, and Transdisciplinary Collaborations: Opportunities, Challenges, and Rewards SESSION HYBRID Can Low-Cost Sensors be Adapted as Novel Approaches for Advancing Policy and Citizen Air Quality Sensing in Africa? SESSION HYBRID Enhnacing the Resilience of Low Income Housing in African Cities through Novel Global Engagement Models SESSION ONLINE How to Make the African Blue Economy Sustainable and Inclusive? Part II: Engaging Society SESSION ONLINE Integrative Perspective of the NEXUS Approach for Climate Change Adaptation Measures in Tropical Systems SESSION ONLINE Localization of the SDGs: What Platform Functionality is Needed to Advance Alignment with the Goals? SESSION ONLINE Plurality and Power Dynamics in Biodiversity Conservation in Latin America: A Critical Transdisciplinary Approach SESSION ONLINE Science Diplomacy for Global Environmental Change in the Americas SESSION ONLINE Urban Science for Acceleration of Global Urban Sustainability Transformations SESSION ONLINE
5:00 pm Pretoria 12:00 am Tokyo* 11:00 am New York	How to Visualize a Sustainable Future? PLENARY
6:30 pm Pretoria 1:30 am Tokyo* 12:30 pm New York	Closing Session PLENARY