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Fostering Sustainable and Resilient Supply Chains with Emerging Technologies: A Workshop

Completed

A series of four virtual public workshops was held in February 2021 to discuss sustainable and resilient supply chains with emerging technologies. Videos of all the sessions and selected powerpoint presentations are available at each workshop website below. The publication below summarizes the presentations and discussion of the workshops.

Description

An ad hoc committee of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine will organize and conduct a one-day public workshop on fostering sustainable and resilient supply chains with emerging technologies. The workshop will convene experts from local government, the private sector, the philanthropic community, academia, and nongovernmental organizations to address the advantages, disadvantages, and environmental implications of moving toward localized production, which may be less vulnerable to some types of natural disasters and disease outbreaks. Workshop participants will also discuss and share their perspectives on the feasibility of and need for underlying supply chain elements required to implement a scalable model for additive and advanced manufacturing taking into consideration various scenarios. Discussions will include those relevant to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) related to creating greater resilience for communities and far more environmentally and economically sustainable consumption and production approaches. A Proceedings of a Workshop--in Brief will be prepared by a designated rapporteur in accordance with institutional guidelines.

Contributors

Committee

Chair

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Sponsors

National Academy of Sciences George and Cynthia Mitchell Endowment for Sustainability Science

Staff

Franklin Carrero-Martinez

Lead

Emi Kameyama

William B Anderson

Steven Stichter

Laurie Geller

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