(REF SY15) A Systems approach to Innovation for Agrifood and Life Sciences Matthias Berninger

The session will examine how a systems approach will be necessary to ensure the transition and translation of research into tangible innovation outcomes to address grand challenges. Innovation has many dimensions and has many different policy expressions. The session will look at a more robust integration between SDG objectives and how to realize change efficiently, particularly between developing nations and developed nation actors and stakeholders willing to be part of the transition. Policies and regulations need to enable the political narratives that are the SDGs., To ensure people’s lives are improved wherever possible.