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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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Thursday, September 14 • 12:00pm - 2:00pm
[VIRTUAL] Science diplomacy in uncertain times – are we on the right track? (141201)

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The ongoing work towards the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), specifically when discussing the scientific community, includes the idea of open science and internationalization of knowledge. This perspective supports the transformative idea of leaving no one behind. Recent international events have however proven that crises, ranging from sanitary emergencies, climate change, and the fast development of technology to armed conflict, have impacts on science. They can provide incredible opportunities for joining research, promoting exchanges, and advancing science or for developing overarching policies to frame development. A crisis can also isolate scientists and force interruption of collaborations and projects.

The aim of this panel is to present how science is impacted by international relations, both negatively and positively. More specifically, experts will present the effects of an international crisis on science and on the scientific community. In this context, and oriented from their respective specialities, panellists will also discuss the different mechanisms in place or not to mitigate, prevent and/or assess the risks and to address and balance the direct and indirect impact on science and scientific cooperation.

Speakers
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Christian Edmond Bepi Pout

Chairman of the central African leading think tank CEIDES
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Charlotte Watts

Chief Scientific Adviser and Director for Research and Evidence, the UK Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office (F
Professor Charlotte Watts is Chief Scientific Adviser and Director for Research and Evidence at the UK Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO). She is seconded from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, where she is Professor of Social and Mathematical Epidemiology.Charlotte... Read More →
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Encieh Erfani

Encieh Erfani was an Assistant Professor of the Physics Department at the IASBS, Iran since Dec. 2015. She resigned from her position in support of protests in September 2022 and now is an exiled scholar. She obtained her Ph.D. degree from Bonn University, Germany in 2012. Her re... Read More →
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Pierre-Bruno Ruffini

Professor, University of Le Havre Normandie
Prof. Pierre-Bruno Ruffini, University of Le Havre Normandie, has spent most of his academic career as an economist, with a marked orientation toward international economics. He served as president of the University of Le Havre (2000-2005) and as a counselor for science and technology... Read More →
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Rémi Quirion

Chief Scientist of Quebec; President of INGSA, Fonds de recherche du Québec (FRQ)
Professor Rémi Quirion is the inaugural Chief Scientist of Quebec since July 2011, and has been elected President of the International Network for Governmental Science Advice (INGSA) in 2021. As McGill Full Professor, Psychiatry and outgoing Scientific Director at the Douglas Mental... Read More →

Convenors
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Rémi Quirion

Chief Scientist of Quebec; President of INGSA, Fonds de recherche du Québec (FRQ)
Professor Rémi Quirion is the inaugural Chief Scientist of Quebec since July 2011, and has been elected President of the International Network for Governmental Science Advice (INGSA) in 2021. As McGill Full Professor, Psychiatry and outgoing Scientific Director at the Douglas Mental... Read More →

Thursday September 14, 2023 12:00pm - 2:00pm EDT
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  Policy, Science Diplomacy

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