The Science and Technology Policy Research Institute of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR-STEPRI) in collaboration with AFRICALICS, GLOBELICS and its partners are organising an Innovation Conference with the aim of creating a network of innovation practitioners, including scholars in order to drive innovation research and practice in Ghana and West Africa as a whole. It is aimed at mobilising champions for innovation from policy institutions, the private sector, academia (research institutions, universities and polytechnics), international organisations and civil society organisations.