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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.

Alejandra Rios Peters

Ministry of Science, Techonology and Innovation of Colombia - EAFIT University
Young Fellow Research
Colombia

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Young Fellow Researcher for the Ministry of Science, Tecnology and Innovation of Colombia and EAFIT University.
My experience has been on Sustainable Development, Public Administration, Urban Planning, Macroeconomics Analysis, Risk Management, Environmental Sciences, Bioeconomy and Society.
Actually I'm realizing a reasearch in Geodiversity as a tool for environmental planning and sustainable development in the Risaralda River Basin in Colombia, focus on the triethnicity and bioeconomy processes derived from the relationship of the human being with the abiotic environment.

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

12:00pm EDT

[IN-PERSON] The Future of Cleantech Panel (121301) Cure by DeerfieldLissa Matyas • Fabian de la Fuente • Nastasha Kostenuk • Geoff Clark • Alejandro Adem • Dana Bowman

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

6:30pm EDT

[SOCIAL EVENT by invitation only] Science Summit Welcome SupperFULL TBA

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

9:00am EDT

[IN-PERSON] Gender Equality in Science Education (130901)FULL Turkish Mission in New YorkYakut Gazi • Mehlika Inanici • Güler Öztürk • Faruk Soydugan • Fatma Caner • Ayça Öner • Arzu Çalık Seydim • Elena Matroana Hreciuc • Hatice Kirmaci

10:00am EDT

[VIRTUAL] Experiences of Landslides Early Warning Systems in Latin America: Landaware network / Experiencias de Sistemas de Alerta Temprana ante Deslizamientos en Latinoamérica: red Landaware (131002) ONLINEIvo Fustos-Toribio • Felipe Mandarino • Stefano Gariano • Mario Reyes • Carolina Garcia-Londoño • Graziella Devoli • Carolina Garcia

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

6:00pm EDT

[SOCIAL EVENT by invitation only] European Cooperation in Science and Technology (COST) ReceptionFULL TBAKata Alfoldi

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

10:00am EDT

[IN-PERSON] Agroecology Theme Day under the framework of the Science Summit at the 78 United Nations General Assembly (141002) Millennium HotelLany Rebagay • Fergus Sinclair • Oliver Oliveros • Jemimah Njuki • H.E. Prof. Bitange Ndemo • H.E. Ambassador Nicolas de Rivière • Ambassador Gabriel Ferrero y de Loma-Osorio • Rachel Bezner Kerr • Alex Awiti • Mary Crossland • Matthias Geck

2:00pm EDT

[VIRTUAL] Towards inclusivity in international method development for biodiversity assessment (141401) ONLINEPedro Beja • Margaret Hunter • Antti Rautavaara • Kristian Meissner • Nicole Arbour • George Owusu Essegbey • John Simaika • Mehrdad Hajibabaei • Jennifer Lento • Co-convenor Tiina Laamanen • Kristian Meissner • Co-convenor Veera Norros • John Simaika

5:30pm EDT

[SOCIAL EVENT] Réception de réseautage pour la communauté scientifique francophone (141701)FULL TBARémi Quirion

8:45am EDT

[IN-PERSON] Expanding scientific frontiers via international cooperation and networking, with COST and NSF, USA (150904) CUNY Graduate Center Rooms (C201-203)Laura Schmitt Olabisi • Abdullah Konak • Esther Obonyo • Ronald de Bruin • Raphael Hirschi • Chrysi Laspidou • Michael Jacobson • Hendrik Schatz • Thanassis Psaltis • Luciano Rezzolla • Kata Alfoldi • Kara C. Hoover

9:00am EDT

[IN-PERSON] Amazon Day - Panel 1: Satellite Data and Geospatial Analysis in the Amazon (150905)LIMITED ROPES & GRAY LLPGilberto Camara • Ima Vieira • Thelma Krug • Ane Alencar • Rafael Andery • Rafael Andery [IN-PERSON] Local challenges, Global solutions: achieving Open Science goals through international collaboration and cooperation (150906)FULL ONLINEHilary Hanahoe

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

11:00am EDT

[IN-PERSON] Amazon Day - Panel 2: Sociobiodiversity and Climate Change (151102) ROPES & GRAY LLPRaquel Tupinambá • Mercedes Bustamante • Adalberto Luis Val • Beto Quesada • Eduardo Neves • Rafael Andery

2:00pm EDT

[IN-PERSON] Amazon Day - Panel 3: Bioeconomy as a Policy for Economic Development (151401) ROPES & GRAY LLPFrancisco de Assis • André Baniwa • Salo Coslovsky • Márcio de Castro Silva Filho • Carina Pimenta • Rafael Andery • João Arthur da Silva Reis

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

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

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

6:00pm EDT

[SOCIAL EVENT by invitation only] Obama Foundation and BMW Foundation Reception (171801)FULL Cure by Deerfield

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

9:00am EDT

[IN-PERSON] Digital Democracy for Climate Action: Everyone, Everywhere All At Once (180905)LIMITED Harvard Club of New York CityHlupheka Chabalala • Morshed Mannan • Wesley Powell • Kelly Achenbach • Eric Montgomery #E • Susi Mai • Alice Forrest #B • Tai-Heng Cheng #C • Kamila Camilo #A • Hossein Rahnama • Mei Lin Fung • Co-convenor: Indrani Pal-Chaudhuri • Carlos A. Nobre • Co-convenor: Gael Van Weyenbergh • Txukukaytxi Rosa’ne Puyanawa • Puwe Puyanawa • Wangari Kuria • Eugene Brave Rock • Michael K. Dorsey • Bill Weihl • Ricky Kej • Kevin Chand • Inder Monga • Jeremy McKane • Chante Harris • Sinan Aral • Henk Rogers • Tom De Santo • John K. Balbach • Diana Ayton-Shenker • Craig Hatkoff • Tracy Rector • GK Reid • Kelvin Kong (virtual) • Dror Benshetrit • Gurvinder Ahluwalia • Ian Monroe • Navroop Sahdev • Convenor: Rob Eisenberg • Convenor: Andrea Soccorso

12:00pm EDT

[IN PERSON/ VIRTUAL] Role of ICT towards empowerment of women and girls , achieving gender equality and the SDGs (181201) ONLINELinda- Felix Johnson • Noahleen Kebbay • Gloria Betts • Ashikeni Matthew Abu • Mohammad Bashir • Sanni Ladan • Chioma Uzo-Udegbunam • Chioma Uzo-Udegbunam

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

8:45am EDT

[HYBRID] The role of education, science and technology on the survival of the Amazon (190802) ONLINEMarielos Peña-Claros • Emma Torres • Carlos A. Nobre • Adalberto Luis Val • María Luiza Paiva • Lauro Barata • João Meirelles • Marco Ehrlich • Francisco Apurinã • Carlos A. Nobre • Co-convenor: Federico Ernesto Viscarra

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

1:00pm EDT

[VIRTUAL]Biodiversity and multifunctional landscapes - Hábitats nativos en paisajes productivos (191001) ONLINELucas Garibaldi • Erik Ruuth

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 [IN-PERSON] Earth for all - Earth for all? Turnarounds to reach SDGs Implementation: transdisciplinary SDG-modeling approaches for action in Kenya & Austria! (200904) TBANathalie Spittler • Franz Fehr • Sandrine Dixson-Declève • Dr Meike Bukowski • David Collste • Ulrike Payerhofer • Dr. Robert Vogler • Jane Kabubo-Mariara • Dr Meike Bukowski • Hinterberger Friedrich [VIRTUAL] The NASA GLOBE International STEM Network (GISN): Advancing Earth Science Education and Contributing to the UN SDGs through Open Science (200902)FULL ONLINEMike Jabot • Katherine Boggs • Tony Murphy • Claudia Cecilia Caro Vera • Lala Sahondra Rafarasoa • Joan Bilasano Callope • Pegi Pavletic • Hameed Sulaiman • Grace Crain-Wright • Larisa Schelkin

10:00am EDT

[IN-PERSON] Nuclear Power and a Just Transition from Fossil Fuels (211003)LIMITED TBAEmily Nichols • Co-convenor: Eric Meyer • Veeshesh Sunassy • Dinara Ermakova, PhD • Osama Baig • Co-convenor: Eric Meyer • Matthew Meyer

4:00pm EDT

[VIRTUAL] Education, Climate, Environment and Health: A holistic approach that raises awareness and promotes the achievement of SDGs in Mexico (211601) ONLINEAdriana Igsabel Mora Santos • Edgar Armando Morales Flores • Jorge Téllez López • Juan Agustín Torres Vázquez • Reyna Guadalupe Torres Ledezma • Adriana Igsabel Mora Santos

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

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

3:00pm EDT

[VIRTUAL] Geodiversity as a tool for peace-building, territorial planning and sustainable development in Colombia . (221502) ONLINEMario Hernan Lopez Becerra • Alejandra Rios Peters • Maria Isabel Marin Cerón • Alejandra Rios Peters

6:00pm EDT

[SOCIAL EVENT] Reception: Generating strategic alliances for Colombia and Latin America (for investors or foundations) 45 Rockefeller Plaza floor: 20 ProcolombiaAlejandra Rios Peters

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

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

9:00am EDT

[IN PERSON] Sedentarism & Obesity Health Impact and costs in developing countries Sedentarismo y Obesidad (260902)FULL 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 [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

1:45pm EDT

[IN-PERSON] The ECHAlliance Global Health Connector Event - HEALTHY AGEING (261301)FILLING Cure by DeerfieldJon Warner • Brian O'Connor • Scott Collins • Bradley Schurman • Charlotte Yeh • Michael Philips • Lisa Edgar • Ravi Bala • 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

1:10pm EDT

[IN-PERSON] The ECHAlliance Global Health Connector Event - WOMEN'S HEALTH DATA & DIGITAL (271301)FILLING 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

9:00am EDT

[IN-PERSON] Frontier Synchrotron technologies contribution to the implementation of the UN Agenda 2030 (280905) 41 Madison Avenue, ManhatannBrenda 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

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