Pilar Alvarez-Laso, UNESCO Assistant Director-General for Social and Human Sciences, stressed in her opening words that the idea of sustainable development depends on the availability of a knowledge base and the capacity to make use of it.

UNESCO: Public policies need social sciences to build a green sustainable society | United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization

He called for government attention to a proposal from the islands' council for "an affordable lifeline service every day of the year" and said the council should be allowed to make use of money from the EU's regional development fund.

BBC: Peer appeals for 'lifeline' ferry service

"An integrated, global product development team supporting our automotive business units will enable us to make the best use of our global assets and capabilities and accelerate development of the new vehicles our customers prefer, and do so more efficiently, " Mulally said in a statement.

FORBES: Mulally's First Move

While each partner brings high quality relationships with equipment suppliers, the joint venture will not be bound to any single vendor for new nuclear development, and will be able to make use of the best available technology for each element of the nuclear new-build programme.

BBC: Energy giants join up on nuclear

However, Haynie believes that the entire ecosystem is optimized to make the best use of the talent and technology in start-ups at different stages of development.

FORBES: How Jeff Haynie Built It -- With Help From The Silicon Valley Start-up Common

The Greater London Authority, which is being advised by Deloitte Real Estate, said on its website the regeneration project will "make use of the docks' main feature - the water - in a floating commercial and leisure development".

BBC: Canary Wharf

The development of artificial intelligence-based approaches to junction control is one of many new and promising technologies that can make better use of existing urban and road capacity, while reducing the environmental impacts of road traffic.

ENGADGET: Scientists investigating AI-based traffic control, so we can only blame the jams on ourselves