Name: [VIRTUAL] The roles of science and innovation in Ukraine's sustainable recovery and future development (211102)
Start: 2023-09-21T11:00:00-0400
End: 2023-09-21T13:30:00-0400

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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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[VIRTUAL] The roles of science and innovation in Ukraine's sustainable recovery and future development (211102)

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Ukraine and its people are being devastated by Russia's invasion. The Ukrainian science community is suffering, with many higher education institutions damaged, destroyed, or forced to relocate, while many students, faculty, and staff members have joined the resistance or migrated abroad. Those who continue studying, researching, or teaching in Ukraine face bombardment and intermittent loss of electricity, heat, and water. Nevertheless, Ukrainian science is persevering.

This session aims to demonstrate how the Ukrainian science community and its international counterpart are mobilizing while partnering with Ukraine’s civil society, government, and business to support the resistance and prepare for the country’s recovery and future development. New opportunities are arising for domestic and international partnerships among science, policy, and planning that can help Ukraine develop innovative recovery strategies and meet its sustainable development goals. Taking advantage of these opportunities is crucial not only for recovering from the war-induced disasters but also preparing for new environmental and socio-economic challenges of the 21st century.

Convenors: Garry Sotnik (Stanford University), Iryna Dronova (University of California, Berkeley), and Vidvuds Beldavs (Riga Photonics Centre)

Moderators: Iryna Dronova and Garry Sotnik

Agenda:

11:00-11:05 am: Opening by moderators

11:05-11:20 am: Garry Sotnik (Lecturer; Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability)
11:20-11:35 am: Iryna Dronova (Associate Professor; University of California, Berkeley)
11:35-11:50 am: Oleksandr Diachuk (Leading Research Officer; Institute for Economics and Forecasting of National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine)

   11:50-11:55 pm: Break (opportunity for Q&A)

   11:55-12:10 pm: Svitlana Romanko (Founder and Director; Razom We Stand)
12:10-12:25 pm: Mark Zheleznyak (Visiting Professor; Fukushima University)
12:25-12:40 pm: Oksana Udovyk (Researcher, INGENIO (CSIC-UPV))

12:40-12:45 pm: Break (opportunity for Q&A)

12:45-01:00 pm: Polina Lishko (Professor, Washington University School of Medicine)
01:00-01:15 pm: Margo Didichenko (Project Manager; Ro3kvit, Education team)
01:15-01:30 pm: Rimma Kushtym (Senior Expert; Reform Support Team at the Ministry of Environmental Protection and Natural Resources of Ukraine)

01:30 pm: Closing by moderators

Speakers

Garry Sotnik

Lecturer, Stanford University

Garry Sotnik is a lecturer at the Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability, teaching human adaptation to climate change, decision-making, and transformative social change. His experience studying social systems and how they change spans multiple topics and continents, ranging from... Read More →

Iryna Dronova

Associate Professor, University of California Berkeley

I am jointly appointed in the Departments of Environmental Science, Policy and Management and Landscape Architecture and Environmental Planning at University of California Berkeley. I am an environmental scientist with broad cross-disciplinary training, and my research combines ecological... Read More →

Oleksandr Diachuk

Leading Research Officer, The Institute for Economics and Forecasting of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine

Dr. Oleksandr Diachuk is a leading research officer at the Institute for Economics and Forecasting with over 16 years of experience in low-carbon development analysis, modeling, and strategic planning on the national and municipal levels. He is skilled in policy mapping, identifying... Read More →

Svitlana Romanko

Founder and Director, Razom We Stand

Svitlana Romanko is Founder and Director of the Ukrainian organization Razom We Stand, which grew out of the successful #StandWithUkraine campaign to end the global fossil fuel addiction that feeds Putin’s war machine. Ms. Romanko launched and coordinated both groups once the Russian war against Ukraine began. She has been an environmental lawyer for over twenty years and a high-impact climate justice campaigner for... Read More →

Mark Zheleznyak

Visiting Professor, Institute of Environmental Radioactivity, Fukushima University

In May 1986-1989, Head of the subgroup of mathematical modeling and forecasting of radionuclide transport in the Dnieper basin after the Chornobyl NPP accident, established at the Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, In 1987-2013 he was the Head of the Department of Environmental Modeling... Read More →

Oksana Udovyk

Researcher, INGENIO (CSIC-UPV)

I'm a researcher passionate about exploring and proposing new pathways towards sustainability futures in the science-policy-practice interphase. My journey began as a biologist in Ukraine, and I've since earned a Master's in Sustainable Development and a PhD in Environmental Governance... Read More →

Polina V Lishko

Professor of Cell Biology and Physiology, Washington University School of Medicine

Polina V. Lishko, Ph.D. is a Ukrainian-American scientist, BJC Investigator, and Professor of Cell Biology and Physiology at the Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine. She received her Ph.D. in Biophysics from the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine in 2000, where... Read More →

Margo Didichenko

Project manager / Education team, Ro3kvit: Urban Coalition for Ukraine

Architectural researcher and project manager in the field of architecture and urban planning. Project manager of the "Education and capacity building" direction of the Ro3kvit: Urban Coalition for Ukraine.Since 2015, has been working with the implementation of new approaches to architectural... Read More →

Rimma Kushtym

Senior Expert, Reform Support Team at the Ministry of Environmental Protection an Natural Resources of Ukraine

Ukarainian expert in areas of climate and air quality policy, Europen Integration and environmental law. Currently Senior Expert at the Reform Support Team at the Ministry of Environment, supporting the Ministry in implementing priority environmental reforms and alignment with EU... Read More →

Convenors

Garry Sotnik

Lecturer, Stanford University

Iryna Dronova

Associate Professor, University of California Berkeley

Thursday September 21, 2023 11:00am - 1:30pm EDT
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Climate, Women in Science

SDGs GOAL 1 No Poverty, GOAL 3 Good Health and Well-Being, GOAL 13 Climate Action, GOAL 15 Life on Land, GOAL 11 Sustainable Cities and Communities
SCIENCE FROM Europe, North America, Asia
ORGANISED BY ANSOLE Riga Photonics Centre
In-Person Only Virtual
notes: Latvia, Japan, Spain, Ukraine, United States

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