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The Financial Times and the International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the World Bank Group, are organising another major gathering of thought leaders in London ahead of the annual dinner honoring the winners of the FT/IFC Transformational Business Awards.

In line with the focus of the 2017 Awards, this year’s FT/IFC Transformational Business Conference will discuss the ground-breaking use of new technologies in the delivery of infrastructure in the developing world, the impact on renewable energy and the leadership role that cities are taking in global efforts to address climate change. The shortlisted project have now been announced, please see below for the full list.

Chaired by senior FT journalists, the conference will also delve deeper into the role the private sector can play in helping to achieve the UN Sustainable Development Goals in particular the targets around health and education and the steps that need to be taken to assure financing at scale.

Top innovators, investors, business leaders and policy-makers will share their insights on these issues with a view to formulating specific action steps. This event will be a significant lead-up to the Transformational Business Awards dinner, which will bring together innovators from around the world whose capital technology and ideas are contributing to substantive progress.