The Department of the Environment and Energy has thrown its weight behind an international program to identify and celebrate people accelerating the clean energy revolution.
The Mission Innovation Champions program will recognise exceptional researchers and innovators who are developing novel ways of making energy cleaner, cheaper, and more reliable.
The Department said the champions the program was seeking could be working in a Government laboratory, a local university, a research firm, or even have recently launched a clean technology start-up company.
“One of the main advantages of being a champion will be the recognition received by the Mission Innovation community, as well as the visibility received through the outreach communication efforts of the Mission Innovation Secretariat,” the statement said.
“Mission Innovation will highlight the champions’ stories and ideas at international meetings, as well as on the Mission Innovation website and social media channels.”
The Department said selected champions would be flown to the fourth Mission Innovation Ministerial meeting in Vancouver, Canada in May 2019 where there could be opportunities to interact directly with Ministers, research and business leaders and other champions from around the world.
Australia is a member of Mission Innovation, a global initiative of 23 countries and the European Union that aims to dramatically accelerate global clean energy innovation through a combination of increased public investment, concerted international research collaboration, and improved engagement with the private sector.
Interested people should register by 10 September.
Further information is available at this PS News link.
