SSC2025 Programme Booklet

Day 1: Lunchtime Dialogue

Lunchtime Industry Dialogue Session: From Science to Solutions Roselle-Simpor Main Ballroom 8 December 12:40pm

This session spotlights how businesses translate research and innovation into tangible growth and sustainability outcomes. Industry leaders share how science-driven partnerships have accelerated technology adoption, improved efficiency, and strengthened competitiveness. Through practical examples and open dialogue, participants will gain insights into how enterprises are leveraging R&D collaboration, digitalisation, and sustainability innovation to stay resilient in a rapidly changing global landscape. The session highlights the vital bridge between scientific discovery and industry application where research meets real-world impact.

Jeremy Koh ST Engineering

Weiguang Lan Suntar International Group

Vincent Gill Rolls Royce

Day 1: Keynote Lecture (Parallel Session 2)

Publishing Planet-saving Science – The Role of Journals in Advancing the Sustainability Agenda

Roselle-Simpor 4601 8 December 2:10pm

Karl Ziemelis Springer Nature

As an integral part of the scientific ecosystem, scientific journals play a critical role in nurturing and supporting the broader sustainability agenda. The more selective and/or higher impact the journal, arguably the bigger the role that it has to play – and the greater the responsibility for doing so. The output of such journals should not be simply a passive reflection of the current research landscape. Rather, they can control the direction and scope of their publication activities, choosing which research activities to actively encourage and promote. And, by lending their own authoritative editorial voice to the issues and research themes that potentially matter most for achieving a sustainable future, they can give greater visibility to – and hence wider awareness and appreciation of – such efforts at all levels of society. In my talk I will give an overview of some of the specific initiatives being undertaken at Nature (and in the wider Nature Portfolio of journals) to advance the sustainability agenda, with examples of the tangible impacts these are already having.

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