This event has ended. Visit the official site or create your own event on Sched.

Science Summit at United Nations General Assembly (UNGA78)

THIS EVENT IS OVER NOW

Recordings of the sessions are available NOW by clicking on the session you are interested in.

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.

Alisha N. Dua

Weill Cornell Medicine
MD-PhD Candidate

9:00am EDT

[VIRTUAL] Developing Equitable Partnership for Open Science and Innovation in the Era of AI (120902) ONLINEAnna Stewart-Ibarra • Alice Pannier • Max Henderson • Thato Morokong • Miho Kamei • Monika Bauer • Brian Leung

9:00am EDT

[VIRTUAL] AI for Impact: Reaching the SDGs Through Bottom-Up Driven Collaboration (140904) ONLINEKathryn M. Clifton • Branka Panic • Guneet Singh Kohli • Michael Burkhardt

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

8:00am EDT

[VIRTUAL] Global Impact of Frugal Innovation on Healthcare Systems (150801) ONLINESohail Aslam • Ayesha Ishtiaq • Prof. Dr. Iram Murtaza • Dr. Asif Iqbal • Dr. Hussain Mustatab Wahedi • Dr. Tanveer Tabish • Dr. Benish Fida • Ayesha Ishtiaq

10:00am EDT

[IN-PERSON ONLY] Science Diplomacy in Times of Global Crises with EU Science Diplomacy Alliance (151002)FILLING Austrian Cultural Forum New YorkRumman Chowdhury, PhD: • Dr. Derya Buyuktanir Karacan • Peter Kaufman • Martina Hartl • Isabella Tomas • Dr. Katja Mayer • Yacine Jernite • Judith Simon • Klaus Schuch (Moderator) • Charlotte Rungius

3:00pm EDT

[VIRTUAL] Impact of Data Protection and AI on Health Research (151501) ONLINEKailash Swarma • declan kirrane • Rita Lawlor • Michael Makanga • Rose Mosero • Thomas John • Julie Makani • George Owusu Essegbey • declan kirrane • Rita Lawlor

5:30pm EDT

[IN-PERSON] Mobilizing Grassroots Youth Advocacy for Mental Health with Education Institutions: the Future of Global Social Justice, Community Building, and Youth Flourishing (151701)FILLING Bohemian National HallKiko Yangzi Kan Xu • Marx Wang • Maleha Asmi • Connor Farrell • Ziming Fang • Tamaki Hoshi • Ruhani Sanghavi • Maddie Freeman • Yoelle Gulko • Sahith Kancharla • Bruny Kenou • Mariama Bah • Brandon Bond • Maksim Batuyev • Adele Du • Joanna Fang • Ruhani Sanghavi • Marx Wang

6:30am EDT

[VIRTUAL] Citizen Science for Digital Health and AI Research (180601) ONLINETariro Kutadza • Serge Stinckwich • Peiling Yap • Haidee Bell • Ricardo Baptistia Leite • Dilek Fraisl • Dinesh Kumar • Sylvia Muyingo • Oleksandr Zaitsev • Sameer Pujari • Mamello Thinyane • Lidia Arthur Brito • Yi-Roe Tan • Co-convenor Anna Volbrecht

8:00am EDT

[IN-PERSON] Brain Health and Research Day - European Brain Council, The Baker Institute for Public Policy and Brain Capital Alliance (181003)FULL Harvard Club of New York CityKacie Kelly • Cara Altimus • Danish Munir • Kana Enomoto • Tracey Dawson • Josh Cohen • Justin Klee • Angela Genge • Jo-An Occhipinti • Harris Eyre • Hervé Chneiweiss • Frédéric Destrebecq • Inez Jabalpurwala, • Magali Haas • Stephanie Kramer • Claudio Bassetti • David M. Satterfield • Ramamoorthy Ramesh • Dévora Kestel • Gregory Roth • Simona Skerjanec • Mahmoud Bukar Maina • Paul Boon • Kevin Rostasy • Yifeng Xu • Julie Lefelar • Walter Koroshetz • . Facundo Manes • Jafri Malin Bin Abdullah • Caroline Montojo • Alyssa Picchini Schaffer • Mie Rizig • Andy Keller • Stephanie Kramer

9:00am EDT

[IN-PERSON] Brain Capital Buildling: Brain Deals to Meet SDGs by 2030 (250909)FULL Steelcase WorkLife CenterJennifer M Kolstad • William Reichman • Thomas Osha • Toby Ewing • Pawel Swieboda • Maroš Šefčovič • Josh Shapiro • Rushil Desai • Miranda Wolpert • Alan Boldon • Erin Smith • Jean Twenge • Shiva Dustdar • Jo-An Occhipinti • Alessio Terzi • Upali Nanda • Mohamed Salama • Rym Ayadi • Gary Belkin, • Rachel Meidl • María Castelló • Pedro Conceição • Harris Eyre MD PhD • Dr. Brian E. Wallace • Marietje Schaake • Marilu Gorno-Tempini • William Hynes • Clayton Mitchell • David Faigman • Mohamed Salama • Elizabeth Johnson • Facundo Manes • Michael Platt • Julie Hiromoto • Pawel Swieboda

9:00am EDT

[IN-PERSON] Building Sustainable Food and Health future using Artificial Intelligence Technologies and Methodologies (200907)FULL Prewar Cooperative BuildingOlanrewaju Adewole • Olasimbo Yeside Aminat • Ayumi Moore Aoki • Esther Atosha • Gedeon Baleke • Rana Dajani • Soufyane Fares • Edosa Odaro • Elisabeth Moreno • Deodata Munguahana • Elizabeth Agatha Musah • Hadijjah Uzeiye Namyalo • Careen Joel Nwakitalu • Esohe Denise Odaro • Njideka Okonjo-Udochi • Mutesi Oliver • Adepeju Olukokun • Samson Raphael Osagie • Alamelu Sundaresan, PhD • Prof Li Wei • Convener: Osaretin Agbonavbare

9:00am EDT

[VIRTUAL] The GLOBE Program – an international science and education program that cultivates the next generation of STEM professionals and science (210907) ONLINELarisa Schelkin • Mike Jabot • Andrea Ventoso • Elena Sparrow • Lyn Wigbels • Charles Mwangi • Yogendra Chitrakar • Ramona Mercieca • Siham Salman • Tony Murphy

9:00am EDT

[VIRTUAL] Medical Advances Towards the SDGs: Achievements from Human Space Exploration (220902) ONLINEDr. Thais Russomano • Kim E Degnan • Dr. Juliana Herbert • Urb. Silviu Pirvu FRSA • Dr. Kris Lehnhardt • Dr. Yossi Yamin • Dr. Marco Romero • Professor Nandu Goswami • Krishnan Ganapathy • Kim E Degnan • Dr. Juliana Herbert

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 • declan kirrane • Maria Parysz • Maria Parysz

2:00pm EDT

[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

10:00am EDT

[VIRTUAL] Women Leadership in Science Diplomacy and Research Ecosystem (271004) ONLINEOna Ambrozaite • Mireille Guyader • Kerstin Hildebrandt-Abdikarim • Kathleen Larmett • Evelina Santa-Kahle • Giusi Condorelli • Claire Chen

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 Chanar • Salima Moosa • Munir Sewani

10:00am EDT

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