Investments in infrastructure – transport, irrigation, energy and information and communication technology – are crucial to achieving sustainable development and empowering communities in many countries. It has long been recognized that growth in productivity and incomes, and improvements in health and education outcomes require investment in infrastructure.

Manufacturing is an important driver of economic development and employment. At the current time, however, manufacturing value added per capita is only US$100 in the least developed countries compared to over US$4,500 in Europe and Northern America. Another important factor to consider is the emission of Carbon Dioxide during manufacturing processes. Emissions have decreased over the past decade in many countries but the pace of decline has not been even around the world.

Technological progress is the foundation of efforts to achieve environmental objectives, such as increased resource and energy-efficiency. Without technology and innovation, industrialization will not happen, and without industrialization, development will not happen. There needs to be more investments in high-tech products that dominate the manufacturing productions to increase efficiency and a focus on mobile cellular services that increase connections between people.
UN Sustainable Development Goals

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Schedule
2020
Wednesday, April 29th
10:15 AM

Emergency Economic Stabilization Act

Abhiram Pasupula '22, Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy
Liam Nelson '22, Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy
Ethan Brazelton '22, Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy

10:15 AM - 10:30 AM

10:15 AM

IMSA Apps Consolidated

Damien Santiago '22, Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy
Jack Pinto '22, Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy
Temi Ijisesan '22, Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy

10:15 AM - 10:30 AM

10:15 AM

Worldwide Educational Inequalities

Grayson Pacourek '22, Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy
James Tan '22, Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy

10:15 AM - 10:30 AM

10:45 AM

On the Sustainability of the Open Web

Christian Grey '22, Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy
Preston Lambert '22, Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy

10:45 AM - 11:00 AM

11:15 AM

Brexit

Jacob Malone '22, Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy
Tyler Smith '22, Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy
Nate Graf '22, Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy

11:15 AM - 11:30 AM