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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.
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Achim Hoerauf

UNiversity Bonn Medical Center
Director, Institute of Medical Microbiology
Bonn, Germany
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My team has been active for 20 years dveeloping new drugs and treatments for two NTDs, onchocerciasis (river blindness) and lymphatic filariasis (often know as elefantiasis), together with our endemic country partners. New drugs are essential do really achieve "the last mile" and eliminate these diseases. Funded by Gates Foundation and German funders such as the German Ministry of Research (BMBF), we have detected new promising compounds and developed them through preclinics into first-in man-use. Such a process usually takes well more than 10 yars, and we are happy now to see several of these candidates now in phase 2 efficacy studies in Africa.
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Tuesday, September 12
 

9:00am EDT

[IN-PERSON] Science Summit Opening Plenary - SDGs and the UN Summit of the Future (120901) Cure by DeerfieldMarc Carrel-Billiard • declan kirrane • Triona McCormack • Pilar • Litha Magingxa • Seema Kumar • Magdalena Skipper • Fulufhelo Nelwamondo • Iqbal Choudhary • Irene Norstedt • Pamela Ruiz • Denis Naughton • Lidia Borrell-Damián • Brian O'Connor • Intisar Soghayroun • Michael Makanga • Anna Stewart-Ibarra • Thomas John • Bernardo Mariano Junior • Nishka Sharma • Suzanne Dickson • Alejandro Adem • declan kirrane

2:00pm EDT

[IN-PERSON] Research Networks for Health Innovations in Sub-Saharan Africa (RHISSA) with DLR-PT, Germany (121402)FULL ROPES & GRAY LLPProf. Dr. Adamu Addissie • Prof Dr. Damalie Nakanjako • Dr. Mary Mwanyika Sando • Prof. Dr. Dr. Till Bärnighausen • Brian O'Connor • Prof. Dr. Eva J. Kantelhardt • Dr. Shevin Jacob • Prof. Dr. Achim M. Hörauf • Prof. Dr. Alexander Yaw Debrah • Prof. Dr. Salome Charalambous • Dr. Andrea Rachow • Prof Dr. Uwe Truyen • Prof. Dr. Torsten Feldt • Co-Convenor: Dr. Theresa Köbe • Convenor: Dr. Manuela Rehtanz
 
Thursday, September 14
 

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
 
Friday, September 15
 

12:00pm EDT

[SOCIAL EVENT by invitation only] Changemakers Lunch: Fostering Transformative Change: Strategic Investment in Health Research Across AfricaFULL Cure by Deerfielddeclan kirrane • Nicola Mulder