Collaborative Innovation between Shenzhen City Government and Tsinghua University

Global megatrends create a continuous need for transition. The increasing complexity this phenomenon brings calls the need for ecosystem orchestration that require collaboration.

Jointly founded by Tsinghua University and the Shenzhen Municipal Government, the Graduate School at Shenzhen in the People’s Republic of China plays an important role in Tsinghua's commitment to achieve international prominence in its aim to cultivate top level professionals and carry out scientific and technological innovations.

Paul Kent

Paul is an economist with over 18 years of experience in Australia, the Pacific, Europe, the Middle East, and Asia. He has previously worked as an economist with the Australian Government and also been based in Beijing between 2000 and 2004 and Hong Kong, China from 2008 to 2012. He is currently based in Singapore since 2013 where he leads KPMG Singapore’s Economic and Regulation practice, a team of economic, policy, and regulatory professionals.

Communication Strategies for Innovative Sustainable Development and Climate Change Initiatives

Climate change and unsustainable development are two key hindrances to poverty reduction. As countless innovations are born to solve these twin problems, some innovative solutions fail to achieve their transformative power because of our failure to communicate.

This session of the Knowledge Sharing Webinar Series aimed to equip participants with useful and effective communication strategies on persuading key stakeholders to support action plans for sustainable development and climate change.

Video - Session 5 - Innovative and Disruptive Technologies and Processes

This video covers Session 5 of the conference entitled “Innovative and Disruptive Technologies and Processes.” It examines the current technological innovations taking place at the international level, and shares concrete examples of engineering solutions implemented on the ground. It also discusses the notion of disruptive technologies and its potential to positively impact social and gender relations in societies.