Science Summit at United Nations General Assembly (UNGA78)

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ISC and its partners will organise the 9th edition of the Science Summit around the 78th United Nations General Assembly (UNGA78) on 12-29 September 2023.
The role and contribution of science to attaining the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) will be the central theme of the Summit. The objective is to develop and launch science collaborations to demonstrate global science mechanisms and activities to support the attainment of the UN SDGs, Agenda 2030 and Local2030. The meeting will also prepare input for the United Nations Summit of the Future, which will take place during UNGA79 beginning on 12 September 2024.

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Schedule

The programme contains around 300 science sessions on how to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals. It is advised to filter them by Type, Date, Venue and Virtual/In-Person to help identifying the sessions you want to attend.

The session capacity is unlimited for Virtual sessions. For In-Person sessions the limit is set up individually in each session.

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8:30am EDT

[VIRTUAL] Spirituality and Health: State of the Science and Applications for the Improvement of Human Functioning (240801) ONLINEMark McCrindle • David B. Yaden • Harold G. Koenig • Kamlesh D. Patel • Edward (Ward) B . Davis • Douglas A. MacDonald, Ph.D. • Ellen Idler • Kiran Kumar Salagame • Andrew Newberg • Everett L Worthington Jr. • Shivani Arasu

3:00am EDT

[VIRTUAL] How Purpose, Value, and Impact Will Drive a Sustainable Post-SDG Future (250301)Mario Abela • Philip Sugai • Haruko Satoh • Toshiya Hoshino • Victoria Hurth

9:00am EDT

[VIRTUAL] Advancing diagnostics in developing regions/bridging the diagnostic divide (250902) ONLINEBelinda Shaw • Kamal Salasa • Essa Suleman • Lusisizwe Kwezi • Manfred Scriba • Andrew De Pao • Carla Urbani • Co-convenors: Maabo Moralo • Priyen Pillay [VIRTUAL] Realization of the Baltic Space Manifesto to advance global sustainable development, technology and innovation for sustainable development (250903) ONLINEVidvuds Zigismunds Beldavs • Dr. Bernard Foing • Arnolds Ubelis • Paul Irbins • Vidvuds Zigismunds Beldavs [IN-PERSON] Digital Transformation and Digital Innovation – Balancing the world/inclusive approach to innovation (250904)FULL ROPES & GRAY LLPCristina Vamvore • Olayinka Fagbemiro • Rahel Belete • Prof. Dr. Alexandrina Maria Pauceanu • Saltuk Karayalcin • Mohamad Abou El Hassan • Prof. Dr. Alexandrina Maria Pauceanu [VIRTUAL] DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION AND DIGITAL INNOVATION – Balancing the world/inclusive approach to innovation (250904) ONLINECristina Vamvore • Olayinka Fagbemiro • Rahel Belete • Prof. Dr. Alexandrina Maria Pauceanu • Saltuk Karayalcin • Mohamad Abou El Hassan • Prof. Dr. Alexandrina Maria Pauceanu [VIRTUAL] Do you have the guts? Relation between food and mental health (250905) ONLINEPilar Gomez [VIRTUAL] Tackling Health Inequalities in the developing countries (250906) ONLINEAbubakar Yaro • Dlamini Zodwa • Haroun Omeiza • Ashok Rattan • Abubakar Yaro [VIRTUAL] Space Systems, Artificial Intelligence, and Quantum Computing: Achieving the SDGs (250907) ONLINEDr. Scott Madry • Corey Jaskolski • Dr. Joseph Pelton • Dr. Seven Freeland • Kim E Degnan • Dr. Scott Madry, Professor • Dr. Stella Tkatchova • Dr. Olga Sokolova • Dr. Upasana Dasgupta • Kim E Degnan [VIRTUAL] SPACE for Africa with the Nigeria Space Agency NASRDA (250910) ONLINEOlayinka Fagbemiro

11:00am EDT

[IN-PERSON] Towards closing the AI talent gap - reimagining technology education through global digital cooperation (251101)FULL Permanent Mission of the Republic of Poland to the UNEng. Dr. Julius Butime, PhD • Daniel Aranki, PhD • Dr. Tomer Simon • Dr Peter Tiernan, PhD • Maria Parysz • Maria Parysz [VIRTUAL] Towards closing the AI talent gap - reimagining technology education through global digital cooperation (251101) ONLINEEng. Dr. Julius Butime, PhD • Daniel Aranki, PhD • Dr. Tomer Simon • Dr Peter Tiernan, PhD • Maria Parysz • Maria Parysz

12:00pm EDT

[VIRTUAL] Responsible AI = AI of the future (251201) ONLINEGemma Galdon Clavell • Gemma Galdon Clavell

2:00pm EDT

[VIRTUAL] Quantum for Climate Change (251401) ONLINEDeborah Berebichez • Deborah Berebichez [IN-PERSON] Science capacity building for the future: defining the Skills Agenda (251402)FULL The Permanent Mission of Norway to the United NationsLaila Sandroni • Petter Næss • Tshiamiso Makwela • Larisa Schelkin • Charles Takalana • Rebecca Barnes • Ismahan Soukeyna DIOP • Andres Villalba • Imac Zambrana [VIRTUAL] Science capacity building for the future: defining the Skills Agenda (251402) ONLINELaila Sandroni • Petter Næss • Tshiamiso Makwela • Larisa Schelkin • Charles Takalana • Rebecca Barnes • Ismahan Soukeyna DIOP • Andres Villalba • Imac Zambrana

3:00pm EDT

[VIRTUAL] Introduction of the Americas Competitiveness Exchange (ACE) - The Premier Economic, Innovation, and Entrepreneurial network of the Americas as a powerful vehicle to create and accelerate trade, investment... ONLINEDr. Barrett Haga • Ms. Adriana Bonilla • Sowmya Krishnamoorthy

8:00am EDT

[VIRTUAL] COVID in Okinawa: How a Remote Island Embraced Science, Technology, and Pandemic Preparedness (260908) [VIRTUAL] One Health: A feasible approach to control of many emerging and re-emerging diseases (260801) ONLINEIrene Naigaga • Misheck Mulumba • Wanda Markotter • Jacqueline Weyer • Wayne Ramkrishna • Alicia Cloete • Abednego Baker • William Kiprotich Tonui • Prof Serge T. Nnzietchueng • Mirinda van Kleef

9:00am EDT

[VIRTUAL] Reverse the Red: Collaborative species conservation efforts in South America. Centers for Species Survival and their role as catalysts for intersectoral alliances mobilizing national networks. (260901... ONLINEJerónimo Torresin • Luciana Ines Oklander • María Constanza Ledesma • Estuardo Ortiz • Alan Benítez Vortisch • Paula Gonzalez Ciccia • Eugenia Cordero Schmidt • Pablo Dovico • Victor Kreimer • Jerónimo Torresin • Luciana Ines Oklander • María Constanza Ledesma • Nahomy De Andrade [IN PERSON] Sedentarism & Obesity Health Impact and costs in developing countries Sedentarismo y Obesidad (260902)LIMITED Fitzpatrick Grand Central Hotel in the Boardroom at Ground Floor; 141 East 44th Street, Manhattan, N...Zulma Benitez • Adriana Chapperon • Prof. Lucio Criado • Luis Alberto Cámera • María Eugenia Fandiño • Maria Natalia Nachon • Andrea Odzak • Maria Belen Perichon • Rodrigo Sabio • Mara López Wortzman • Prof. Lucio Criado [VIRTUAL] Sedentarism & Obesity Health Impact and costs in developing countries Sedentarismo y Obesidad (260902) ONLINEAndrea Odzak • Prof. Lucio Criado • María Eugenia Fandiño • Mara López Wortzman • Luis Alberto Cámera • Maria Natalia Nachon • Zulma Benitez • Rodrigo Sabio • Maria Belen Perichon • Adriana Chapperon • Prof. Lucio Criado [VIRTUAL] Advancing Universal Healthcare Through Better Diagnostics (260903) ONLINEDeclan Kiranne [VIRTUAL] Open Science comprehensive overview (260904) ONLINEMr. Wilfried Biao Mongazi • Mr. François Tobalache • Dr. Amou Martial • Babatounde Moctard Oloulade • Dr. Amoudath A. O. Mazu • Dr. Adikath Abiola • Mme. Fifame Aurace Epiphanie Ahounou • Dr Georges Martial Ndzana • Aristide Akpa • Mr. Tayon Ulrich Lavinon • Mr Zoulikifourou Moussa Adamou • Dr. Ir. Odountan Ambaliou Olounlade [VIRTUAL] Post 2030 Agenda and the Role of Education (260907) ONLINERusni Bt Hassan • Odeh Al Jayyousi • Melodena Stephens • Bilal EID • Mohamad Qatu • Omar Darwish • Ma’an Fahmi Al Khatib [IN-PERSON] Making well-informed decisions about solar radiation modification (260906)FULL Madison Hub at ConveneSaleemul Huq • Vibha Dhawan • Janos Pasztor • Manish Kumar Shrivastava • Andy Parker • Inés Camilloni • Shuchi Talati • Dr. Benjamin K. Sovacool • Clara Botto • Dr. Aarti Gupta • M Ravichandran • Gabriela Ramos • Qi Zheng [VIRTUAL] Making well-informed decisions about solar radiation modification (260906) ONLINESaleemul Huq • Vibha Dhawan • M Ravichandran • Gabriela Ramos • Janos Pasztor • Manish Kumar Shrivastava • Andy Parker • Inés Camilloni • Shuchi Talati • Dr. Benjamin K. Sovacool • Clara Botto • Dr. Aarti Gupta • Qi Zheng [IN-PERSON] The ECHAlliance Global Health Connector Event - DATA & DIGITAL (260905)LIMITED Cure by DeerfieldTobias Silberzahn • Seema Kumar • Jean Philbert Nsengimana • Dr. Nicaise Ndembi • Brian O'Connor • Bleddyn Rees • Dr Santiago Miriuka • Joe Kvedar • Dr Marius Geantă • Rear Admiral Aisha Mix • Oleksii Iaremenko • Dr. Amit Thakker • Ya-Ting Chen • Heather Smith [VIRTUAL] The ECHAlliance Global Health Connector Event - DATA & DIGITAL (260905) ONLINETobias Silberzahn • Seema Kumar • Dr. Amit Thakker • Oleksii Iaremenko • Jon Warner • Brian O'Connor • Bleddyn Rees • Dr Santiago Miriuka • Joe Kvedar • Dr Marius Geantă • Rear Admiral Aisha Mix • Ya-Ting Chen • Heather Smith

10:30am EDT

[IN-PERSON] The Digital Health Innovation Divide: A role-play discussion between public and private sector leaders (261001) Fordham University at Lincoln CenterChinmayi Sharma • Falguni Sen • Janet Freilich • Alejandro Lopez Osornio • Jenny Colgate • Falguni Sen

12:00pm EDT

[VIRTUAL] Assessing the Vulnerability of Central American Cities and Towns to Climate Change (261202) ONLINEJessie Abrego-Bonilla [VIRTUAL] Research, Conservation & Education in a Natural Heritage Site: COIBA SCIENTIFIC STATION, PANAMA (COIBA AIP) (261201) ONLINEEdgardo Diaz • Gaspar Bruner • Eric Flores • Edgardo Garrido • Candelario Rodriguez • Hilario Espinosa

1:45pm EDT

[IN-PERSON] The ECHAlliance Global Health Connector Event - HEALTHY AGEING (261301)LIMITED Cure by DeerfieldJon Warner • Brian O'Connor • Scott Collins • Bradley Schurman • Charlotte Yeh • Michael Philips • Lisa Edgar • Ravi Bala • Heather Smith [VIRTUAL] The ECHAlliance Global Health Connector Event - HEALTHY AGEING (261301) ONLINELisa Edgar • Jon Warner • Brian O'Connor • Dr. George Margelis • Scott Collins • Bradley Schurman • Charlotte Yeh • Michael Philips • Ravi Bala • Heather Smith

2:00pm EDT

[VIRTUAL] Diaspora Scientists: How the Scientific Community Can Help (261401) ONLINEMehrdad Hariri [VIRTUAL] Anticipatory Science: Thinking Multilateral Solutions for the Future (261402) ONLINEClaudia Alarcón Lopez

3:00pm EDT

[VIRTUAL] Safeguarding Ancestry technologies - The Silver Passport case study (261501) ONLINERosakebia Liliana Estela Mendoza • Rosakebia Liliana Estela Mendoza

4:00pm EDT

[IN-PERSON] The ECHAlliance Global Health Connector Event - GREEN HEALTH (261601)LIMITED Cure by DeerfieldDavid Ewing Duncan • Karolina Mackiewicz • Dr. Prasun Mishra • Dr. Toseef Din • Shane Dunne • Cassandra Thiel • Philip Webb • Chethan Sarabu • Heather Smith [VIRTUAL] The ECHAlliance Global Health Connector Event - GREEN HEALTH (261601) ONLINEDavid Ewing Duncan • Chethan Sarabu • Cassandra Thiel • Philip Webb • Shane Dunne • Karolina Mackiewicz • Dr. Prasun Mishra • Dr. Toseef Din • Heather Smith

7:00am EDT

[VIRTUAL] The Space Renaissance in Nigeria: delivering the SDGs. (270702) ONLINEMatthew O. ADEPOJU • Declan Kiranne

8:00am EDT

[VIRTUAL] Reverse the Red: mobilizing national networks to contribute to CBD targets (270801) ONLINETim Lyons • Cristina Lopez-Gallego • Domitilla Raimondo • Kira Mileham • Nahomy De Andrade

8:45am EDT

[IN PERSON] The ECHAlliance Global Health Connector Event - Addressing the Climate Crisis: A View from the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of ScienceLIMITED Cure by DeerfieldDr. Asmeret Asefaw Berhe • Heather Smith [VIRTUAL] The ECHAlliance Global Health Connector Event - Addressing the Climate Crisis: A View from the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of ScienceDr. Asmeret Asefaw Berhe • Heather Smith

9:00am EDT

[VIRTUAL] Co-developing and Co-implementing Heat and Health Data Resources: Identifying Best Practices and Ensuring Equitable Partnerships through Urban Heat Mapping (270909) ONLINEBrian Leung • Eugenia Kargbo • Nubia Beray Armond • Raquel Jimenez • Abhiyant Tiwari • Morgan Zabow [VIRTUAL] Simplifying scientific language to accommodate people whose primary language is not English (270901) ONLINEAbongile Mgangana • Abongile Mgangana [VIRTUAL] Shifting Power Paradigms: Towards an Equitable Global Health Stewardship (270902) ONLINEMitra Sadigh • Prof Chiratidzo E Ndhlovu • Vincent Setlhare • Nelson Sewankambo • Hossein Akbarialiabad • Dr.Sabrina Bakeera-Kitaka • Co-convenor: Swapnil Parve • Majid Sadigh [VIRTUAL] Science for a sustainable future (270903) ONLINEAbukari Shaibu Niendow • Cynthia Obeng • Nana Yaw Asare Darko • Abubakari Mohammed Suadik • Abukari Shaibu Niendow [VIRTUAL] Institut Pasteur and UCSF's Quantitative Biosciences Institute: Highlighting women leaders building a future of global data connection for research and response (270904) ONLINEMichelle Holko [VIRTUAL] Turning the thermostat down - but how? Towards a Research Agenda for the Politics of Geoengineering (270906) ONLINENtorina Antoni • Rick Wylie • Joshua Horton • Perses Bilimoria • Anna Maddrick • Alla Pozdnakova • Convenors: Ademola Oluborode Jegede • Kai-Uwe Schrogl [VIRTUAL] Research Management Initiatives in Supporting Research Cooperation- Case Studies from MENA, South Caucasus Region, and Finland (270905) ONLINEFadia Homeidan • Ara Tahmassian • Jan Bruegmann • Natia Sirdadze • Mariam Keburia • Claire Chen [IN-PERSON] The ECHAlliance Global Health Connector Event - HEALTHY AGEING II (270908)LIMITED Cure by DeerfieldDr. Asmeret Asefaw Berhe • Gillian Monaghan • Michael Philips • Andrew T. Barnhill, J.D. • Jon Warner • Dr. George Margelis • Scott Collins • Bradley Schurman • Charlotte Yeh • Lisa Edgar • Dr Rajendra Pratap Gupta • Heather Smith

9:15am EDT

[VIRTUAL] The ECHAlliance Global Health Connector Event - HEALTHY AGEING II (270908) ONLINEDr. Asmeret Asefaw Berhe • Gillian Monaghan • Michael Philips • Dr Rajendra Pratap Gupta • Lisa Edgar • Jon Warner • Dr. George Margelis • Scott Collins • Bradley Schurman • Charlotte Yeh • Andrew T. Barnhill, J.D. • Heather Smith

9:30am EDT

[IN-PERSON] Pesticide residues in the ecosystem and humans across Europe: linking SPRINT field data to health risks (270907) The German Ev.-Luth. Church of St. Paul in the City of NYPeter Fantke • Violette Geissen • Abdallah Alaoui • Daniel Figueiredo • Kayode Jegede • Nelson Abrantes • Maaike Gerritse • Dirk Goossens • Celia Bento • Freya Debler • Hans Mol • Violette Geissen • Kayode Jegede [VIRTUAL] Pesticide residues in the ecosystem and humans across Europe: linking SPRINT field data to health risks (270907) ONLINEPeter Fantke • Kayode Jegede • Violette Geissen • Abdallah Alaoui • Daniel Figueiredo • Nelson Abrantes • Maaike Gerritse • Dirk Goossens • Celia Bento • Freya Debler • Hans Mol • Violette Geissen • Kayode Jegede

10:00am EDT

[VIRTUAL]Impact of in transit migration on the natural and social ecosystems of the Darién Biogeographic Region (271001) ONLINEWilliam Klinger Brahan • Indra Candanedo • Jean-Paul Carrera • Diana Laguna • Noris Martínez • Marilou Sarrut • Noris Martínez • Maytee Zambrano [VIRTUAL] Women Leadership in Science Diplomacy and Research Ecosystem (271001) ONLINEMireille Guyader • Kerstin Hildebrandt • Kathleen Larmett • Evelina Santa-Kahle • Giusi Condorelli • Bryony Wakefield • Claire Chen [VIRTUAL] Biobanking in low-middle income countries: Bangladesh-a case study for public health imperative (281001) ONLINEDr. Sonam Chhoden R • Sailesh Prdhan • Jae Youl Cho • Sajal Krishna Banerjee • Declan Kiranne • Arman Rahman • Sharfuddin Ahmed • Laila Anjuman Banu • Sayedur Rahman • Laila Anjuman Banu • Arman Rahman [VIRTUAL] Advances in sciences in the coastal marine zones in the Gulf of Mexico (271002) ONLINEBeatriz E. Vega Serratos • Angelina del Carmen Peña Puch • Gregorio Posada Vanegas • Rodolfo E. del Río Rodríguez • Yassir E Torres Rojas • Evelia Rivera-Arriaga

11:00am EDT

[VIRTUAL] Safeguarding Science and Innovation in Post-Conflict Region (271101) ONLINEFadia Homeidan • Kerstin Hildebrandt • Jan Bruegmann • Stefano Lami • Claire Chen

12:00pm EDT

[VIRTUAL] Optimizing Global Health Exchange Programs for Participants from Low-to-Middle-Income Countries (LMIC) in High-Income Countries (HIC) (271201) ONLINEMitra Sadigh • DUY KHOA DUONG • Tendai Machingaidze • Shalote Chipamaunga • Co-convenor: Swapnil Parve • Majid Sadigh [VIRTUAL] Innovative solutions for decarbonization of the logistics operations (271204) ONLINEMaria Alejandra Palacio • Sebastian Talero • Daniel Prato [VIRTUAL] Web 2.75 or 3.0 transformation? What does that mean? (271202) ONLINEDale Cyr • Alex Cahana • Pamela Norton • Michael Dersham • Shafi Ahmed • Joel Myers • Arsalan Abtahi • Alex Cahana [VIRTUAL] Environmental Science Diplomacy Through Education: The Power of Knowledge and Collaboration in Addressing Global Environmental Challenges & the UN SDGs (271203)FULL ONLINEMike Jabot • Larisa Schelkin • Russanne D. Low • Rebecca Boger • Yashraj Patil • Larisa Schelkin

1:00pm EDT

Human Papiloma Virus Situation in Argentina: state of the art and new technologies for the early diagnostics and prevention of cervix cancer - Virus del Papiloma Humano en Argentina: estado de situación y nuevas... ONLINESilvina Arrossi • Alejandro Castello • Sandra Goñi • Laura Escalante Albertali • Marina Pifano • Lucía Acuña

1:10pm EDT

[IN-PERSON] The ECHAlliance Global Health Connector Event - WOMEN'S HEALTH DATA & DIGITAL (271301)LIMITED Cure by DeerfieldBrian O'Connor • Dr. Michele Y. Griffith • Professor Dipak Kalra • Professor Rachel Dunscombe • Rear Admiral Aisha Mix • Mevish Vaishnav • Irene Aninye • Esther Ruiter • Janna Guinen • Nicole Althaus • Ann Mond Johnson • Heather Smith

1:30pm EDT

[VIRTUAL] The ECHAlliance Global Health Connector Event - WOMEN'S HEALTH DATA & DIGITAL (271301) ONLINEBrian O'Connor • Dr. Michele Y. Griffith • Ann Mond Johnson • Professor Rachel Dunscombe • Professor Dipak Kalra • Rear Admiral Aisha Mix • Mevish Vaishnav • Irene Aninye • Esther Ruiter • Janna Guinen • Nicole Althaus • Heather Smith

2:00pm EDT

[VIRTUAL] Desafíos y propuestas para la conservación de polinizadores en América Latina (271401) ONLINEAlejandro Reyes-González • Leonardo Galetto • Marina Arbetman • Araceli Arce • Guiomar Nates-Parra • Alejandro Saint Esteven

5:00am EDT

[VIRTUAL] Why Decolonize Science? Perspectives from Astronomy (280501)Pedro Russo • Tana Joseph • Thilina Heenatigala

6:00am EDT

[VIRTUAL] Financing Science and research in overlooked communities. Solving inequalities: Current situation and future plans (280601) ONLINEMaria Marenco • Mohamed Ahmed Alaswad • Noshaba Awais • Miguel Martin • Leyla Seyidzade • Semi Hakim • Alassane Diallo • Leyla Taghizade

7:00am EDT

[VIRTUAL] CSIR, India: An Innovation Hub for Global Sustainable Development (280701) ONLINERam Vishwakarma • Vinay K. Nandicoori • Giriraj Ratan Chandak • Shantanu Chowdhury • Sanjeev Soni • Ranjana Aggarwal • Sudesh Kumar Yadav • Prabodh Kumar Trivedi • Radha Rangarajan • Sujit Bhattacharya • Abhay A Pashilkar • KJ Sreeram • Ashish Lele • Pradeep K Ramancharla • Atul Narayan Vaidya • Declan Kiranne • Rama Swami Bansal • Rama Swami Bansal • Co-convenor: Anand Mohit • Co-convenor: Yatendra Satija

8:00am EDT

[VIRTUAL] Supporting implementation of the Global Biodiversity Framework – discussion panel (280802) ONLINESonia Peña • Jon Paul Rodríguez • Ángela Andrade • Madhu Rao • Nahomy De Andrade [VIRTUAL] Continuing Education in Formal Environmental Education (280801) ONLINEJeferson Alberton • Sérgio Pessôa Ribeiro • Arlinda Cézar-Matos • Lucas Fontes • Christian da Silva • SANDOVAL CARNEIRO JUNIOR • Christian da Silva

9:00am EDT

[VIRTUAL] FAIR Biodiversity monitoring and research in Latin America considering the influence of commercial services, global data systems and new technologies (280902) ONLINEJonathan Ready • Angelica Batista-Morales • Patricia Charvet • Martin Nunez • Cristina Rueda Uribe • Alexandre Aleixo • Jonathan Ready [VIRTUAL] Enrolment and retention of girls in Basic Education in Nigeria: The situation analysis (280903) ONLINEDr. Yewande Ademorin Asekun • Wakil Asekun • Dr. Elizabeth Ibukunoluwa Olowookere • Dr. Gbenusola A. Akinwale • Dr. Oluwabukola Bada • Dr. Uche Obasi • Wakil Ajibola Asekun • Wakil Asekun [VIRTUAL] The role of Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities in conserving the Amazon and preventing tipping points (280904) ONLINELilian Painter • Carlos A. Nobre • Marielos Peña-Claros • Luciana Gatti • Gasodá Suruí • Carmen Josse • Dr Ane Alencar • Co-convenor: Julia Arieira • Carlos A. Nobre [VIRTUAL] Can we de-fossilize chemicals and materials: fact or fiction? Sources of non-fossil carbon in a net-zero economy for the chemical and materials sector (280906) ONLINEKevin O’Sullivan • Philippe JACQUES • Ulka Kelkar • Marty Rowland • Lorraine Byrne • Michael Morris [IN-PERSON] Frontier Synchrotron technologies contribution to the implementation of the UN Agenda 2030 (280905) TBABrenda Valderrama • Angel Calderon • Victor Castaño • Simon Connell • Mayra Cuellar Cruz • Thierry d'Almeida • Emilia Giorgetti • Francisco Tovar Lopez • Carolina Santacruz Perez • Qun Shen • Herman Winick • Matias Moreno Yntriago • Victor Federico Del Rio • Co-convenor: Galileo Violini [VIRTUAL] Frontier Synchrotron technologies contribution to the implementation of the UN Agenda 2030 (280905) ONLINEBrenda Valderrama • Herman Winick • Simon Connell • Angel Calderon • Carolina Santacruz Perez • Francisco Tovar Lopez • Matias Moreno Yntriago • Victor Castaño • Emilia Giorgetti • Thierry d'Almeida • Mayra Cuellar Cruz • Qun Shen • Victor Federico Del Rio • Co-convenor: Galileo Violini

10:00am EDT

[VIRTUAL] Advocating for Nuclear Energy as a solution for climate change mitigation (281002) ONLINECollins Omondi • Collins Omondi [VIRTUAL] Achievements of sustainability by global scientific collaboration and scaling innovations in the field of science and education (281003) ONLINEMustafa Muradov • Ferah SAYIM • Alakbar Huseynzada • Ilaha Hasanova • Eldar Qasimov • Sarvinaz Hajiyeva • Koray Sayin • Mais Suleymanov • Ulviyya Hasanova [VIRTUAL] Navigating the Future of Finance: Harnessing AI and Data Science for Transformation (281004) ONLINEHasan Ali Khattak • Seemab Latif • Muhammad Shahzad • Rasheed Hussain • Arsalan Ahmad • Waris Ahmed • Muhammad Moazam Fraz • Nabeel Anwar • Fahad Ahmad • Nabeel Anwar • Muhammad Moazam Fraz [VIRTUAL] Advocating for Nuclear Energy as a solution for climate change mitigation with Eastern Africa Association of Radiation Protection (281003) ONLINECollins Omondi • David Otwoma • Princess Mthombeni • Hubert Foy • Collins Omondi

12:00pm EDT

[VIRTUAL] Inclusive Sustainable Smart Cities (ISSC) (281201) ONLINEScarlett Lanza • Mei Lin Fung • Alex Cahana • Arsalan Abtahi • Gaelle Mogli • Dan Mapes • Shannon Kalayanamitr • Arsalan Abtahi • Alex Cahana

3:00pm EDT

[VIRTUAL] Advanced technologies to enable the research administrator of the future to support research ecosystems in attaining UN SDGs (281501) ONLINEAnnika Glauner • Ara Tahmassian • Kathleen Larmett • Jan Bruegmann • Stefano Lami • Dave Richardson • Claire Chen

4:00pm EDT

[VIRTUAL] Mexican health sciences students help improve quality of life in their communities: from the SDGs (281601) ONLINEAdriana Igsabel Mora Santos • Edgar Armando Morales Flores • Juan Agustín Torres Vázquez • Reyna Guadalupe Torres Ledezma • Adriana Igsabel Mora Santos

7:30am EDT

[VIRTUAL] Unleashing the Power: Empowering Persons with Disabilities as Catalysts of Open Science (290701) ONLINEMunir Sewani • Anjum Bano Kazimi • Josann Cutajar • Judita TOMAŠKINOVÁ • Zahid Ali Channar • Salima Moosa • Munir Sewani

9:00am EDT

[VIRTUAL] The Role of ICT, e-Science, and Scientific Multistakeholder Cooperation in Advancing Sustainable Development (271402) ONLINEVladimir Stankovic • Vladimir Stankovic [IN-PERSON] Science in and with the Middle-East (290902) Permanent Mission of QatarEleni Fthenou • Fatima Qafoud • Geoffrey Ginsburg • Jassim Al Swuaidi • Nahla Afifi • Zisis Kozlakidis • Wadha Al-Muftah • Hamdi Mbarek • Yosr Hamdi • Zisis Kozlakidis [VIRTUAL] Science in and with the Middle-East (290902) ONLINEEleni Fthenou • Fatima Qafoud • Geoffrey Ginsburg • Jassim Al Swuaidi • Nahla Afifi • Wadha Al-Muftah • Yosr Hamdi • Zisis Kozlakidis • Hamdi Mbarek • Zisis Kozlakidis

10:00am EDT

[VIRTUAL] Advisory Group of the Science Summit at UNGA (291001)FULL ONLINE