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What the Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST) envisions for the future of the STI basic plan?
By Kazuyoshi Shimada, Ph.D, Director of Washington, D.C. Office, JST The 6th STI Basic plan in Japan The Japanese Cabinet approved the...

The GFCC
May 18, 20215 min read


Building back better relies upon Africa's energy transition- Interview with Dr. Kandeh Yumkella
By Simone Melo More than 770 million people do not have access to electricity today; 75% of this population lives in sub-Saharan Africa....

The GFCC
Apr 15, 20217 min read


Access to equitable vaccines distribution depends on renewable energy
Solar panels for energy production in South Sudan. Photo: Sebastian Noethlichs/Shutterstock By Dr. Kandeh K. Yumkella President Biden has...

The GFCC
Apr 6, 20215 min read


Decoding the Now: Research
By Simone Melo The COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated trends in the higher education sector with unfolding impacts on universities’ ways...

The GFCC
Mar 29, 20214 min read
Covid-19 is highlighting the Promise and Pitfalls of the Digital Transformation
Deborah Wince-Smith Prior to the Covid-19 pandemic, manufacturing enterprises, service firms, laboratories, schools and households across...

The GFCC
Mar 16, 20214 min read


Will hydrogen power a net-zero future?
*Hydrogen’s economic potential will impact competitiveness strategies across the globe. The GFCC interviewed Distinguished Fellow Prof....

The GFCC
Mar 11, 20216 min read


Sustainability is the new imperative of innovation
An interview with GFCC President Deborah L. Wince-Smith. Interview first published in Portuguese on InforMEI , Brazil. As one of the most...

The GFCC
Jan 29, 20218 min read


Quantum computers: a turning point for science, business, and privacy
Simone Melo Quantum computers have a lot of power. They can revolutionize science, transform medicine, help to find a cure for diseases...

The GFCC
Jan 15, 20214 min read


Artificial Intelligence, ethics, and COVID-19- Interview with Dr. Ian Walden
Simone Melo Connected home gadgets predicting human behavior, driverless cars, and robots cleaning the house might seem a futurist...

The GFCC
Dec 1, 20206 min read


Economic diversification is vital to Greece COVID-19 recovery
Greece emerged as an outlier in the European fight against the coronavirus pandemic. The government responded swiftly and managed the...

The GFCC
Sep 4, 20204 min read


How COVID-19 Disrupted the World and Challenged Society
by Deborah Wince-Smith (*) Photo by Nathaniel Yeo on Unsplash Nations around the world are grappling with a challenge unprecedented in...

The GFCC
Jun 18, 20203 min read


Sustainability, Innovation, Competitiveness — An Interview with Bill Bohnett
Bill Bohnett at the 2019 GFCC Global Innovation Summit in Nur-Sultan, KZ GFCC sat down with Bill Bohnett, a leader in sustainability and...

The GFCC
Dec 12, 20193 min read


Financial Innovation from the Favelas — The Transformative Power of Bottom-Up Innovation
By Marcelo de Felippes It is impossible to discuss technological innovations without adopting a forward looking mindset; the term...

The GFCC
Oct 30, 20193 min read
Readiness for Innovation:A Reflection on the GFCC University and Research Leadership Forum Reports, Optimizing Innovation Alliances and Leveraging Extreme Innovation.
By Ken Sloan The two recent GFCC reports, Optimizing Innovation Alliances and Leveraging Extreme Innovation, make important contributions...

The GFCC
Sep 26, 20195 min read


A New Era of Manufacturing
By Roberto Alvarez The globalization of manufacturing that took place from the ’90s to the early 2000’s saw the manufacturing industry...

The GFCC
May 1, 20198 min read


A Guide to Accelerating Innovation
By Dr. Sethuraman (Panch) Panchanathan This article is a reproduction of an article originally posted here . At #GIS2018 , speaking on a...

The GFCC
Mar 11, 20193 min read


The New Age of Illumination
Disruption Comes to the Innovation Landscape Humanity stands in the midst of the greatest revolutions in science and technology. A new...

The GFCC
Nov 19, 20186 min read


Brazil's National Confederation of Industry Hosts Inova Global Program
Brazil’s National Confederation of Industry (CNI) continues to promote, deepen and enhance its “Inova Global” program, aimed at boosting...

The GFCC
Aug 3, 20181 min read


In Looking to the Future, EXC Pursues a Model of Innovation and Shared Leadership
This blog post is a Q&A with Santiago Murtagh, who serves as President of several organizations operating under the EXC umbrella that are...

The GFCC
Oct 27, 20175 min read


Four Technologies that Can Sharpen U.S. Competitiveness
By Keoki Jackson, CTO, Lockheed Martin — As an undergraduate at MIT studying aeronautics and astronautics, I little expected that I would...

The GFCC
Oct 2, 20175 min read
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