Theme

 “Harnessing Research for Resilience and Sustainability of Communities"

Sub-themes

I. Science, Technology and Innovation in Industry for Sustainable Socio-Economic Transformation:

• Start-Ups, SMEs; MSMEs and Spin-offs

• Science, technology and innovation for value addition and job creation

• Natural and artificial raw materials in industry

• Biotechnology and nanotechnology

• Statistical Quality control and acceptance sampling in industry

•  Automation for improved industry

• Alternative sources of energy for development

• Science- Investment Partnerships for Training and Technology Transfer

• Climate Change Mitigation and Environmental Conservation

II. Accelerating Sustainable Universal Health Care through Advances in Scientific Research, Technology and Innovation:

•   Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) technologies.

• Emerging viral, bacterial and societal diseases

• Improved diagnostic techniques

• Actuarial models for health insurance

• Models for disease prediction

• Geo-environment and health

• Advances in management and disposal of hazardous wastes

 III. Promoting Collaborative Scientific Research, Technology and Innovation for Sustainable Utilization of Natural Products:

• Advances in bio-materials for construction, fuel and biochemical production

• Green-housing technologies

• Indigenous knowledge, Traditional Health systems and natural products

• Pharmacology and bio-prospecting

• Sustainable environmental resource utilization

• Biofuels and alternative energy sources versus food security

• Renewable energy sources

• Natural products in drug discovery

• Natural Products Chemistry  and Biology

• Patenting

• Climate change and natural product

IV.  Scientific Research, Technology and Innovations for Sustainable Food Production

• Insects for food and feed

•  Microorganisms in food production enhancement

• Advances in crop protection

• Monitoring, Early Warning Systems for Agriculture and Livestock

• Genetically Modified Foods and Crops

• Water for Food Security

• Rocks for Crops

• Smart farming

• Alternative food sources for enhanced food security

• Climate Change and Smart Agriculture

V.  Management of Emerging Calamities, Diseases and Pests

• Pest control - Locust, army worm, maize virus etc.

• Predicting and managing emerging and chronic calamities such as flooding and drought.

• Models for prediction of agricultural pest invasions.

• Control /management of emerging human diseases.

VI.  Research Outputs and Applications from the Basic Sciences and Practices:

• Mathematics (Biostatistics, Algebraic Geometry, Actuarial Sciences, among others)

• Meteorology

• Geology

• Climate Change

• Chemistry

• Biology

• Computer Science

• Physics