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Digital Innovation. Green Future.
Digital Innovation. Green Future.
Digital Innovation. Green Future.
Digital Innovation. Green Future.
Featured Keynotes & Speakers
Who may attend the Summit?
Public institutions can showcase national initiatives, share development priorities, and connect with innovators, investors, and international partners to advance digital transformation, climate action, and sustainable development.
Policymakers can exchange ideas on regulatory frameworks, public-private partnerships, and strategies to accelerate digital transformation and environmental sustainability. The Summit encourages collaboration to turn policy priorities into practical solutions.
Innovators, inventors, and research-driven ventures can showcase solutions combining digital technology and environmental sustainability. The Summit offers opportunities to connect with investors, explore partnerships, and scale innovations. Through the Twin Transition Summit – Innovation Challenge, innovators can gain visibility and access new opportunities.
Entrepreneurs can explore new markets, showcase their ventures, and connect with investors, corporate leaders, and strategic partners. The Summit provides opportunities to develop partnerships, discover business opportunities, and grow sustainable businesses.
Researchers, universities, and academic institutions can share knowledge, present innovations, and build partnerships that translate scientific research into practical solutions for a more sustainable future.
Investors can discover promising ventures and investment opportunities at the intersection of digital innovation and the green transition. The Summit facilitates connections with founders, businesses, and ecosystem leaders to explore partnerships and emerging markets.
Programme
Welcome coffee and badge collection
Format : Welcome / networkingPlenary
Official opening ceremony
Open the conference, affirm the political commitment of Senegal and its partners to the Twin Transition, and forge a shared vision of a green digital economy that creates opportunities.
Format : Four short addresses (about 7 minutes)
Plenary
Keynotes: AI for the Twin Transition
Show, through three leading voices, two of them Senegalese, how AI science and entrepreneurship can serve the Twin Transition in Africa without adding to its footprint.
Format : Three 15-minute addressesPlenary
Francophone Africa and the Twin Transition, on the road to COP32
Place the Twin Transition on the African and international agendas, and set out what a francophone African approach can contribute ahead of COP32.
Format : Moderated panel (five speakers)Coffee break and media interviews
Format : NetworkingA. Green Digital
Track A, framing: how do we build a green and sovereign digital transformation?
Set out the footprint of digital technology (energy, emissions, equipment, waste) and the levers for green and sovereign digital infrastructure and services, then launch the four Green Digital workshops.
Format : Plenary framing (15 min)A. Green Digital
A1. Telecom networks
Share good practices and identify priorities for cutting the energy use and emissions of mobile and fixed networks.
Format : Parallel workshopA. Green Digital
A2. Data centres
Share good practices and identify priorities for data centres that use less energy and water and run on renewables.
Format : Parallel workshopA. Green Digital
A3. Software and digital sobriety (green coding)
Share good practices and identify priorities for leaner software, online services and uses of AI (green coding, responsible procurement).
Format : Parallel workshopA. Green Digital
A4. Devices and circular economy
Share good practices and identify priorities for extending the life of equipment and organising collection, refurbishment and recycling.
Format : Parallel workshopLunch and networking
Format : LunchB. Digital for Green
Track B, framing: is digital a lever for climate mitigation and adaptation?
Present how digital technology can cut emissions and help adapt to climate change (desertification, droughts, floods, early warning), and launch the four sector workshops.
Format : Plenary framing (15 min)B. Digital for Green
B1. Agriculture, forests and fisheries
Share good practices and identify how digital technology makes agriculture, forest management and fisheries more productive and more resilient, and helps them adapt to climate change (desertification, droughts).
Format : Parallel sector workshopB. Digital for Green
B2. Energy and industry
Share good practices and identify how digital technology improves electricity access, energy efficiency and the integration of renewables, in grids and in industry.
Format : Parallel sector workshopB. Digital for Green
B3. Sustainable cities: mobility and buildings
Share good practices and identify how digital technology cuts emissions from transport and buildings, particularly in Dakar.
Format : Parallel sector workshopB. Digital for Green
B4. Public administration and climate services
Share good practices and identify how digital technology strengthens early warning, environmental monitoring and public climate action.
Format : Parallel sector workshopCoffee break and interviews
Format : NetworkingPlenary
“Made in Senegal”: solutions and innovations for the Twin Transition
Showcase Senegalese solutions that already work, across both faces of the Twin Transition, in connection with the exhibition.
Format : Testimonies and demonstrationsPlenary
Opening of the Green Tech exhibition
Open the Green Tech exhibition, set up in the main hall and corridors of the venue on both days: a showcase of Senegalese, African and European start-ups and companies presenting their green digital products and services (energy, agriculture, mobility, recycling, climate data).
Format : DemonstrationsWelcome cocktail
Format : Networking / bilateral meetingsWelcome coffee and badge collection
Format : Welcome / networkingPlenary
Towards a Twin Transition roadmap for Senegal and the region
Outline a Twin Transition roadmap for Senegal and the region, building on the draft prepared by the steering committee (COPIL), with a continental voice.
Format : High-level panel (30 min)
Plenary
Keynote: investing in African green tech
Bring an investor’s view: what it takes for Twin Transition pilot projects to attract private capital.
Format : Keynote (15 min)Plenary
Synthesis of Tracks A and B
Present the national priorities and pilot projects from the eight Day 1 workshops, then launch Tracks C and D.
Format : Report-back (15 min)C. Enabling conditions
Track C, framing: what do pilot projects need in order to scale up?
Present the four enabling conditions (finance and private sector collaboration, data and AI, digital public infrastructure, capacity) and launch workshops C1 to C4.
Format : Plenary framing (15 min)C. Enabling conditions
C1. Finance and private sector collaboration
Identify which public and private partners are ready to finance the pilot projects from Tracks A and B, in Senegal and then for their replication in other francophone African countries, and on what terms.
Format : Parallel workshopC. Enabling conditions
C2. Data and artificial intelligence
Building on the needs raised in the B workshops, define the data, the principles of responsible AI and a set of shared indicators to measure impact.
Format : Parallel workshopC. Enabling conditions
C3. Digital public infrastructure
Identify the digital public infrastructure (digital identity, payments, sovereign cloud, data platforms) the pilot projects need, and how to keep it sober.
Format : Parallel workshopC. Enabling conditions
C4. Capacity building
Identify the skills to develop in government, business and among young people to deliver the Twin Transition.
Format : Parallel workshopBreak
Format : NetworkingD. Roadmaps
Track D, framing: who commits to what?
Explain how Senegal’s national roadmap and support for other African countries will feed the Dakar Declaration, and launch workshops D1 and D2.
Format : Plenary framing (15 min)D. Roadmaps
D1. Senegal’s national roadmap: shared perspectives
Present the draft national roadmap prepared by the steering committee (COPIL) and complete it with the views of the private sector, research, civil society and the media from the October workshops: flagship projects, leads, commitments, monitoring.
Format : Parallel workshopD. Roadmaps
D2. Twin Transition roadmaps across Africa: supporting other African countries
Building on Senegal’s experience, define how other francophone African countries can build their own Twin Transition roadmaps, and with what support (Dakar method).
Format : Parallel workshopPlenary
Lunch and youth innovation competition pitches
Give the young finalists the floor in front of decision-makers, partners and investors.
Format : Pitches / networkingPlenary
Commitments and partnerships
Report back on Tracks C and D, present the three to five flagship projects of the national roadmap ahead of its adoption at the closing, then commitments and partnerships, including the Private Commitments Charter.
Format : High-level forumCoffee break and interviews
Format : NetworkingPlenary
Youth innovation competition: winners announced
Reward the best eco-responsible digital solutions developed by young people.
Format : Award ceremonyPlenary
Closing: signing of the Dakar Declaration and adoption of Senegal’s Twin Transition roadmap
Sign the Dakar Declaration, which brings together the results of the four tracks, adopt Senegal’s Twin Transition roadmap, present the Dakar method and launch the regional dynamic.
Format : Signing and adoptionClosing cocktail and launch of the regional dynamic
Format : NetworkingTHE SUMMIT EXPERIENCE
Innovation is a journey. The Twin Transition Summit connects digital transformation and the green transition to accelerate innovation, mobilize investment, and build strategic partnerships for a sustainable future.