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[Registration and Save date] BRICS Forum on Big Data for Sustainable Development

21 March 2022

BRICS Forum on Big Data for Sustainable Development will be held on April 26th -27th, 2022 in a hybrid format with the main physical venue located in Beijing China.

The Forum will be hosted by the five Academy of Sciences of BRICS countries (China, Brazil, India, Russia and South Africa), and is co-organized by the International Research Center of Big Data for Sustainable Development Goals and the Aerospace Information Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences.

The subject of the Forum is "Big Data for Sustainable Development", with five themes: Food Security and Poverty Alleviation, Digital Economy, Sustainable Urban Development, Climate Actions and Disaster Reduction, and Biodiversity Conservation.

The hosts and organizers warmly welcome you to attend the forum online. The registration is free of charge. The registration and more updated information of the Forum are at: http://bricsbd4sd.en.cbas.ac.cn

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