Cleantech Symposium

Humanity’s annual consumption of resources currently far exceeds the planet’s capacity to regenerate itself sustainably. To preserve the environment for generations to come and to address the challenge of global food security, it is vital that we shift to cleaner technologies. While efforts in various countries are underway, global collaboration on cleantech innovation is critical to achieving environmental objectives such as water conservation, sustainable agricultural practices, and the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. The ever-growing environmental protection challenges can only be met if the international community works together and coordinates its efforts.

With the aim of creating a dialogue and accelerating the sharing of solutions around major environmental challenges across the Atlantic, the Consulate General of Switzerland in Atlanta, the Swiss Business Hub USA in Atlanta, and the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences at the University of Georgia (UGA) are partnering to host the 2nd annual Cleantech Symposium. Focused on technologies related to controlled environment agriculture, urban agriculture and sustainable water management, the symposium will showcase innovative cleantech solutions from Switzerland and Georgia to make our societies resolutely more sustainable. For Switzerland, the symposium presents a unique opportunity to demonstrate the vibrancy of its sustainability industry. UGA looks forward to hosting this event as a way to engage with a bustling, international sustainability industry, displaying its own research and outreach activities in the area of clean technologies through a poster competition, and exposing faculty and students to fresh ideas and new possibilities. The Cleantech Symposium is organized with support from the Georgia Center of Innovation.

On April 19, join entrepreneurs and scientists from both Switzerland and the state of Georgia to gain exclusive insights on clean technologies that can effectively address today’s challenges!