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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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9:00am EDT

[VIRTUAL] Science Summit Opening Plenary - Digital Science for the SDGs and the UN Summit of the Future (120901) ONLINEPilar • Thomas John • Fulufhelo Nelwamondo • Irene Norstedt • Tom Arnold • Suzanne Dickson • Triona McCormack • Anna Stewart-Ibarra • Nishka Sharma • Pamela Ruiz • Alejandro Adem • declan kirrane • Michael Makanga • Intisar Soghayroun • Magdalena Skipper • Brian O'Connor • Iqbal Choudhary • Litha Magingxa • Lidia Borrell-Damián • Denis Naughton • Carlos Américo Pacheco • Bernardo Mariano Junior • Seema Kumar • Petra Jantzer • declan kirrane

1:30pm EDT

[IN-PERSON ONLY] Strategic Dialogue on Climate Action, Biodiversity Conservation and Sustainable Investment in Latin America. (121601)FULL Jerome Greene Hall – room 106 (TBC); Columbia Law School; Address: 435W 116th St NY 10027Artur Villela • Caroline Jorge Santos • Michael Gerrard • Lisa Sachs • Julio Meneghini • Paulo Artaxo • Paula Pereda • Camila Valverde • Ediléu Cardoso Jr. • Ana Cristina Limongi França • David Canassa • Martina Muller • Martin Dietrich Brauch • Marcus William Oliveira • Rafael Tello • Christiano Jorge Santos • Gabriel Wedy • Maria Antonia Tigre • Patricia Iglecias • Lisa Sachs

2:00pm EDT

[VIRTUAL] The Role of Affordable and Clean Energy on the Sustainable Development of Africa (121401) ONLINEShaikha AlSanad • Akilu Yunusa-Kaltungo • Qingyao Qiao • Abdulkadir Mukhtar • Okereke Ndubuisi Uchechukwu • Aliyu Aliyu • Abdullahi Mas'ud • Anisa Gumel • Najib Yusuf Galadanci PhD • Prof Bamidele Adebisi • Akilu Yunusa-Kaltungo

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

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

4:00am EDT

[VIRTUAL] Climate-smart Approaches to enhance Ruminant/Livestock production efficiency and Food production systems (140401) ONLINEAndrew Magadlela • Azwihangwisi Maiwashe • Ackim Mwape • Claudia Arndt • Michiel Scholtz • Sithembile Ndema Mwamakamba • Minky Groenewald • Mahlako Makgahlela • Mahlako Makgahlela

8:00am EDT

[VIRTUAL] Closing the science-policy-practice gaps for Climate Resilience and sustainable Food Systems (140801) ONLINEPetronella Chaminuka • Michael Bairu • Abbyssinia Mushunje • Genna Tesdall • Triona McCormack • Litha Magingxa • Rose Omari • Mariame Maiga • Petronella Chaminuka

12:00pm EDT

[VIRTUAL] Addressing the complexity of climate, environment and health issues: Perspectives from Social Sciences (141203) ONLINEMilena sergeeva • Soledad Nión • Estrella Virna Rivero Herrera • Bertha Luz Pineda Restrepo • Florencia Garcia • María Inés Carabajal

5:30pm EDT

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

[VIRTUAL] Capacity Building through Interdisciplinarity: Inroads to Policy Innovation (151001) ONLINEPetro Terblanche • Anne Pollock • Tendai Chisowa • Michelle Angwenyi

12:00pm EDT

[VIRTUAL] AI Governance, Africa and SDGs: Opportunities and Challenges (151201) ONLINEMichael Zimba • Shikoh Gitau • Magdalene Kariuki • Peter G. Kirchschlaeger • Maha Jouini • Co-convenor: Damian Eke • Kutoma Wakunuma

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

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

9:00am EDT

[VIRTUAL] Digital Democracy for Climate Action: Everyone, Everywhere All At Once (180905) ONLINEHlupheka Chabalala • Morshed Mannan • Gabriela Ramos • David Ewing Duncan • Chante Harris • John K. Balbach • Diana Ayton-Shenker • Craig Hatkoff • Tracy Rector • GK Reid • Kelvin Kong (virtual) • Dror Benshetrit • Ian Monroe • Wesley Powell • Kelly Achenbach • Eric Montgomery #E • Susi Mai • Alice Forrest #B • Tai-Heng Cheng #C • Kamila Camilo #A • Hossein Rahnama • Stepanie Carroll Russo • Mei Lin Fung • Carlos A. Nobre • Txukukaytxi Rosa’ne Puyanawa • Puwe Puyanawa • Wangari Kuria • Eugene Brave Rock • Michael K. Dorsey • Bill Weihl • Ricky Kej • Kevin Chand • Inder Monga • Jeremy McKane • Co-convenor: Indrani Pal-Chaudhuri • Co-convenor: Gael Van Weyenbergh • Convenor: Rob Eisenberg • Convenor: Andrea Soccorso [VIRTUAL] DSI and Biodiversity Collaborations for Biodiscovery (Bioprospecting) (180901) ONLINELeif P. Christoffersen • Marthinus Horak • Randall Loaiza Montoya • Leif P. Christoffersen

11:00am EDT

[VIRTUAL] Brazil: Agriculture and bioinputs (181101) ONLINEAna Euler • Eder Martins • Alessandro Cruvinel Fidelis • Alineaurea Florentino Silva • Julia Stuchi

1:00pm EDT

[VIRTUAL] Brazil: Health and Biodiversity (181302) ONLINEAlineaurea Florentino Silva • Glauco de Kruse Villas Bôas • Osvaldo Luiz Leal de Moraes • Janice Zanella • Ana Maria Costa

4:00pm EDT

[VIRTUAL] Brazil: Knowledge construction and adoption (Capacity building) (181401) ONLINETatiana Sá • Regilane Fernandes da Silva • Iracema Ferreira de Moura • Paulo Eduardo de Melo • Alineaurea Florentino Silva

8:00am EDT

[VIRTUAL] Collaborative Research in East Africa: Community and University Partnerships with The University of Scranton/Harvard Medical School (190801) ONLINEIan Marcus Corbin • Cyrus Olsen • Maurice Sikenyi, Ph.D. • Scott Kellermann MD MPH&TM • Mutahanga Birungi • Henry Ssembuya • Stevie Ahusa • Nina Berman • Cyrus Olsen

10:00am EDT

[VIRTUAL] Evolution of Science Policy in Africa: A Future’s Perspective on Africa’s Role in Improving Global Policy (191002) ONLINEMarleen Temmerman • Anna Fumarola • Michelle Angwenyi • Ian Peter Busuulwa • Michelle Angwenyi

1:00pm EDT

[VIRTUAL] Role of science in advancing deforestation-free commodity supply chains (191303) ONLINEMatías Mastrangelo • Sebastián Aguiar • Gustavo Idigoras • Tiago Reis • Felipe Carazo • Matías Mastrangelo

8:00pm EDT

[VIRTUAL] Sharing ‘Best Practices’ and Foresighting as Tools in Attaining the SDGs (200701) ONLINEMahar K. Mangahas • Mohammad Nazri Mohammad Yusof • Abby Tan • Hul Seingheng • Janice Lee • Vilas Nitivattananon • Kartini Rahman • Khairul Rizal • Segundo Joaquin E. Romero • Rico Ancog • Dr. Lourdes J. Cruz • Dr. Jaime C. Montoya • Dr. William G. Padolina • Dr. Rhodora V, Azanza • Dr. Lourdes J. Cruz • Ms. Luningning E. Samarita-Domingo

8:00am EDT

[VIRTUAL] Translational Health and the Socio Epidemiological impacts of Covid19 pandemic: how can we translate social research findings into public health actions? (200801) ONLINEMaría José Luzuriaga • Anahi Sy • Valeria Alonso • Mariana Lorenzetti • Lía Ferrero • Grisel Adissi • Diego Díaz Córdova • Marina Gabriela Zunino • Mauricio A. Porras • Guillermo A. Durand • Juan M. Virdis • Ramiro Fernandez Unsain • Dulce Ferraz • Alexandre Grangeiro • Eliana Zucchi • Paula Andrea Massa • Lorruan Alves Dos Santos • Xavier Mabire • Charlotte Bauquier • Marie Preau • Ines Dourado • Marcia Thereza Couto • María Victoria Sordini • Emiliano Mariscal • Camila Esteban • Mariana Berberian • Laura Teves • Lorena Pasarin • Valeria HIRSCHLER • Convenor: Mora Castro • Ramiro Fernandez Unsain

10:45am EDT

[VIRTUAL] People Centered Approach to Digital Transformation: What are the respective roles for citizens and the private and public sector? (201101)Nele Leosk • Kate Wilson • Mei Lin Fung • Sofie Maddens • Effrain Gonzalez • Suzanne Dumouchel • Pramod Varma • Teki Akuetteh • Nicolas Comini • Robert Opp • Christine Asjoma

12:30pm EDT

[VIRTUAL] People Centered Financial Services: Improving regulatory frameworks to provide access to people (200101)Suruchi Gupta • Suzanne Dumouchel • Mei Lin Fung • Ndemo Bitange • Jascha Stein • Dio Herdiawan Tobing • Marta Bertolaso • Vishal Aditya Potluri • Jessica Groopman • Tony Lacavaro • Christine Asjoma

3:00pm EDT

[VIRTUAL] Health technology assessment: Anapproach combining multiple attribute decision making and decision rules (201501) ONLINEAdedoyin Onasanya

9:00am EDT

[VIRTUAL] Tech Governance and Participation for Regional Digital Regulation Sandboxes (211101) ONLINEJulia Bardmesser • Mei Lin Fung • Maarten Botterman • Moshe Vardi • Arvind Gupta • Katerina Yordanova • Anastasia Kalinina • Ralf Herbrich • Victoria Nguyen • Virgilio Almeida • Christine Asjoma

11:00am EDT

[VIRTUAL] Governance and Civic Participation (210901) ONLINEElaine Wang • Alexander Holt • Mei Lin Fung • Jascha Stein • Cosmas Zavazava • John Havens • Nitin Badjatia • Anastasia Kalinina • Astrid Scholz • Liz Barry • Jauad El Kharraz • Christine Asjoma

1:00pm EDT

[VIRTUAL] Cosmic Hazards and New Approaches to Planetary Defense (211301) ONLINEDr. Joseph Pelton • Michael Potter • Dr. Ram Jakhu • Dr. Simonetta di Pippo • Kim E Degnan • Dr. Taro Kuusiholma • Dr. William Ailor • Dr. James Green • Dr. Carlos Wuensche • Dr. Upasana Dasgupta • Kim E Degnan

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

12:00pm EDT

[VIRTUAL] Reflecting Risk: Rights-Based Global Decision-Making about Research and Testing of Solar Geoengineering Climate Tech (221201) ONLINENicholas Dirks • Co-convenor: Melanie Brickman Borchard • Benjamin Young

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

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

2:00pm EDT

[VIRTUAL] Quantum for Climate Change (251401) ONLINEDeborah Berebichez • Deborah Berebichez

8:00am EDT

[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

12:00pm EDT

[VIRTUAL] Research, Conservation & Education in a Natural Heritage Site: COIBA SCIENTIFIC STATION, PANAMA (COIBA AIP) (261201) ONLINEDumas Galvez • Edgardo Diaz • Gaspar Bruner-Montero • Eric Flores • Edgardo Garrido • Candelario Rodriguez • Hilario Espinosa