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Science Summit at United Nations General Assembly (UNGA78)

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ISC and its partners organised 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.

Abraham Munyankumburwa

Universal Consultant. Ltd
Managing Director
Kigali, Rwanda

universalconsultant.rw

Im entrepreneur who work in Real estate, Agribusiness, consultant, i would like to share with experienced people in ICT,agro- food systems, digital life, women and girl science.

3:00pm EDT

[IN-PERSON] Inclusive Science for Global Sustainable Development in a Climate-changing World (121501)FULL Cure by DeerfieldVictory Opeolu • Femi Adekoya • Professor Chioma Blaise Chikere • Bamidele Ademola Olateju • Beatrice Opeolu • Eric Van Genderen • Oluwaseun Oyekola • Sabine E. Apitz • Laurel A. Royer • Palesa Natasha Mothapo • Beatrice Opeolu

8:45am EDT

[IN-PERSON] One Health Research: addressing the complex health challenges facing our society, such as ecosystem degradation, food system failures, infectious diseases and antimicrobial resistance (130801)FULL Cure by DeerfieldMichael Makanga • declan kirrane • Seema Kumar • Prof Dr. Damalie Nakanjako • Ghada Trotabas • Prof Dr. Uwe Truyen • Irene Norstedt • Kurt Zatloukal • Fulufhelo Nelwamondo • Brian O'Connor • Marleen Temmerman • Magdalena Skipper • Natasha’s Sunderjee • Sharif Muhammad • Prof. Dr. Salome Charalambous • Dr. Sanjeev Khosla • Mosoka Fallah • Marcel Tanner • Litha Magingxa • Carlos Américo Pacheco • declan kirrane

5:00pm EDT

[IN-PERSON] Science storytelling for the SDGs with Springer Nature and the UN Sustainable Developments Solutions Networks (SDSN) (131701)FULL Cure by DeerfieldLaura Helmuth • Alice Wu • Jennifer Russell • Kathleen J. Hancock • Jennifer Stotts • Amy Myers Jaffe • Naaborle Sackeyfio • Maeve Dunne • Jennifer Stotts

9:00am EDT

[IN-PERSON] Investing in Research and Development of Innovative Digital Health Solutions for Africa with the European and Developing Countries Clinical Trials Partnership (EDCTP) (140902)FULL 452 Fifth Avenue 12th Floor, New YorkSantiago Martinez • Michael Makanga • Rosanne Rotondo • Marcel Tanner • John Gyapong • Harleen Grewal • Jakob Zinsstag • Kwame Shanaube • Gadi Lachman • Irene Norstedt • Jean Philbert Nsengimana • Lindiwe Makubalo • Nderu, Michelle • Co-convenor: Daniela Pereira

12:00pm EDT

[IN-PERSON] Science diplomacy in uncertain times – are we on the right track? (141201)FULL Rockefeller PlazaChristian Edmond Bepi Pout • Encieh Erfani • Rémi Quirion • Pierre-Bruno Ruffini • Charlotte Watts • Rémi Quirion

8:30am EDT

[IN-PERSON] Sustainable Development: Back to the Future: A view from Mongolia (150803) ROPES & GRAY LLPMunkhtsetseg Baasandorj • Oyunbayar, Gombojav • Otgontsetseg, Luvsandash • Oyun, Ravsal • Damdin Dagvadorj • Gomboluudev, Purevjav • Tuya, Sanjaa • ANAND Tsog • Chuluun, Togtokh • Munkhzul, Chimid-Ochir • Undarmaa, Jamsran • Batjargal Zamba

1:15pm EDT

[IN-PERSON] From Global Goals to Greener Plates: Empowering Nature with Sustainable Diets with Wageningen University & Research (WUR) and the Worldwide Fund for Nature (WWF) (151301)FULL SCANDINAVIA HOUSEBrent Loken • Edith Feskens • Nelly Isigi Kadagi • Ravic Nijbroek • Jelle Maas • Jeanne Nel • Sjoukje Heimovaara • Kirsten Schuijt • Convenor: Jeanne Nel

3:30pm EDT

[IN-PERSON] Amazon Day - Panel 4: Funding for Mission-Oriented Innovation in the Amazon (150901)FULL ROPES & GRAY LLPAna Euler • Carlos Américo Pacheco • Frineia Rezende • Vanderleia Radaelli • Renata Piazzon • Rafael Andery • João Arthur da Silva Reis

10:00am EDT

[VIRTUAL] Transforming Innovation Systems and Restructuring Value Chains in Asia: The Way Forward (161001) ONLINENagesh Kumar • KJ Joseph • Sanika Sulochini Ramanayske • Nirvikar Singh • Lakhwinder Singh • Mammo Muchie • Rajesh GK • declan kirrane • Swati Mehta • Mammo Muchie

2:00pm EDT

[IN-PERSON] Creating a Roadmap Toward Global Quantum Education (161401)FULL Columbia University, Pupin HallStefan Seegerer • Vincent Anandraj • Kate Timmerman • Kiera Peltz • Kasper Nørgaard • William Zeng • Alexander Ling • Angela Kelly • Lorraine Tsitsi Majiri • Judith Gabel • Mark Jackson

8:00am EDT

[IN-PERSON] Advanced Tools for Analyzing Poverty, Climate and Environmental Changes (180802)FULL United NationsAdel Daoud • Enrique Delamónica • Hans Ekbrand • Joanna Mack • Hector Najera • Morteza Nazari • Jeffrey Charles Neal • Nkechi Owoo • Andrew Smith • Ollie Wing • Dr Mary Zhang • Co-convenor Dave Gordon • Bjorn Hallerod

3:00pm EDT

[IN PERSON] Circular City Snapshots: A Decarbonized & Equitable Transition at Scale (190901) Ethic Investment ServiceIan Rosenberger • Eva Gladek • Deirdre White • Hunter Lovins • Kirsten Dunlop

11:00am EDT

[VIRTUAL] Holding Out for a Better World: Web3's Potential for Global Development (and GET A SPECIAL POAP FOR ATTENDING!) (191102) ONLINECharlie Isaacs • Daria Rzhavtseva • Mina Salib • Jon Thompson • Douglas Messer

9:00am EDT

[VIRTUAL] Innovation and sustainability in agriculture - do we need a new discourse? (200909) ONLINEPetronella Chaminuka • Mildred Nabah Pita • Vincent Martin • Professor Urs Niggli • V. Ravichandran • Erika Staël von Holstein • Sebastien Nolens

5:30pm EDT

[IN PERSON] Co-ops as a pathway to lead an equitable and regenerative transition (211701)FULL Futerra Solutions HouseDeirdre White • Chantal Line Carpentier • Dr. Jayne Engle • Alex van der Ploeg • Yash Ranga

6:00am EDT

[VIRTUAL] Innovation Systems and Global Value Chains: Balancing the two for Growth, Human Welfare and Environmental Sustainability (220601) ONLINERaphael Kaplinsky • Roberta Rabellotti • Keun Lee • Rasmus Lema • Swati Mehta • Rajesh GK • declan kirrane • Swati Mehta • Mammo Muchie

10:00am EDT

[IN-PERSON] European funded research & innovation projects with partners from the Americas and the Global South: support of SDGs and creation of sustainable partnerships (221001)FULL Bayerische Landesbank New YorkSander Dolder • Bernhard Kowatsch • Thomas Ammerl • Florent Bernard • Chrysi Laspidou • Janet Sutherland • Jackson Howard • Emmanuel Benjamin • Jingshui Huang • Ralf Ludwig • Janina Hanswillemenke • Brian Jonathan Young • Joule Bergerson • Thomas Ammerl

10:15am EDT

[VIRTUAL] 50th Anniversary of the Internet: People Centered Science and Digital Regulation leading to a People Centered Future (210913) ONLINEdeclan kirrane • Mei Lin Fung • Robert Kahn • Anir Chowdhury • Gael van Weyenbergh • Anastasia Kalinina • Doreen Bogdan Martin • Vint Cerf • Amandeep Gill Singh • Secretary General • Suzanne Dumouchel • Don Graves • Amir Banifatemi • Ndemo Bitange • Dima Al-Khatib • Hassan Nasser • Claude Dyer • Maria Dayton • Jascha Stein • Christine Asjoma

3:00pm EDT

[IN-PERSON] Supporting Bioeconomies of a Healthy Standing Forest and Flowing Rivers in the Amazon (221501)FULL Cure by DeerfieldRoberto Waack • José Gregorio Díaz Mirabal • Marco van der Ree • Carlos A. Nobre • Ana Euler • Emma Torres • Rachael Garrett • Yves Lesenfants • Ana Maria Gonzalez Velosa • Lauren Barredo • Isabella Leite

9:00am EDT

[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

2:00pm EDT

[VIRTUAL] Science capacity building for the future: defining the Skills Agenda (251402) ONLINEPetter Næss • Larisa Schelkin • Laila Sandroni • Tshiamiso Makwela • Charles Takalana • Rebecca Barnes • Ismahan Soukeyna DIOP • Andres Villalba • Imac Zambrana

9:00am EDT

[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

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 Martins Figueiredo • Kayode Jegede • Nelson Abrantes • Maaike Gerritse • Dirk Goossens • Celia Bento • Freya Debler • Hans Mol • Violette Geissen • Kayode Jegede

9:00am EDT

[IN-PERSON] Science in and with the Middle-East (290902) with International Agency for Research on Cancer, World Health Organization (IARC/WHO) 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