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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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Friday, September 22 • 10:00am - 12:00pm
[VIRTUAL] European funded research & innovation projects with partners from the Americas and the Global South: support of SDGs and creation of sustainable partnerships (221001)

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The hybrid event has its focus on the framework conditions of European funding for research and innovation projects. "Horizon Europe" as the worldwide biggest funding programe for research & innovation (95 billions of € between 2021-2027) offers manifold options for projects in green topics, e.g. Decarbonisation, Environment, Food Value Creation, Circular Economy, Water, Climate Impact Research, Agriculture and Bioeconomy. Also partnes from outside Europe and the Global South (e.g. from Latin America, Africa and Asia) are eligible for being beneficiaries in European funded research and innovation projects


Agenda (Mid September 2023)


Registration and coffee

Welcome notes and introduction
  • Janet Sutherland (Bavarian US Offices, New York/United States) and Dr Thomas Ammerl (Bavarian Research Alliance, Munich/Germany)

Keynote
  • Dr Florent Bernard (Delegation of the European Union to the United States of America, Washington, D.C./United States)
    
European funding for research and innovation
  • Jackson Howard (EURAXESS North America, Washington D.C./United States): International cooperation under Horizon Europe
  • Dr Thomas Ammerl (BayFOR, Munich/Germany): European green calls for proposals: funding, challenges and support

Pitches on running EU-funded projects
  • Dr Emmanuel Benjamin (AGLOBE Development Center, Lagos/Nigeria): INtegrated and Circular Technologies for Sustainable city region FOOD systems in Africa (INCiTiS-FOOD)
  • Dr Jingshui Huang (Technical University of Munich, Munich/Germany): Water Efficient Allocation in a Central Asian Transboundary River Basin (WE-ACT)
  • Dr Brian Jonathan Young (Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria, Buenos Aires/Argentina): A global approach for recovery of arable land through improved phytoremediation coupled with advanced liquid biofuel production and climate friendly copper smelting process (Phy2Climate)
  • Prof. Dr Ralf Ludwig (Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, Munich/Germany) or Prof. Chrysi Laspidou (University of Thessaly, Volos/Greece): Climate-resilient regions through systemic solutions and innovations (ARSINOE)
  • Prof. Joule Bergerson (University of Calgary, Calgary/Canada): System Assessment of LNG options from North America to the EU (CarbonNeutralLNG)

Networking break

Panel discussion: "How to get involved in cutting-edge SDG-implementation projects around the world"
  • Bernhard Kowatsch (WFP Innovation Accelerator, Munich/Germany)
  • Janina Hanswillemenke (Universidad de la Frontera, Temuco/Chile)
  • Prof. Dr Ralf Ludwig (Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, Munich/Germany)
  • Sander Dolder (New York City Development Corporation, New York/United States)

Conculding remarks
  • Janet Sutherland (Bavarian US Offices, New York/United States) and Dr Thomas Ammerl (BayFOR, Munich/Germany)
Speakers
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Sander Dolder

Senior Vice President, Green Economy | Business Development, New York City Economic Development Corporation
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Joule Bergerson

Associate Professor, University of Calgary
Joule Bergerson is an associate professor in the Department of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering at the University of Calgary’s Schulich School of Engineering, the Tier 2 Canada Research Chair in Energy Technology Assessment and a member of the Royal Society of Canada College of... Read More →
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Thomas Ammerl

Head of Environment, Energy & Bioeconomy, Bavarian Research Alliance (BayFOR)
Thomas is head of BayFORs unit Environment, Energy & Bioeconomy. As a non for profit company, BayFOR acts as a full service provider in research, development and innovation projects (e.g. via information on funding options and suitable programs, support in funding acquisition and... Read More →
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Emmanuel Benjamin

Technical Advisor, AGLOBE Development Center, Nigeria
Dr. Emmanuel Benjamin is a consultant and technical advisor at AGLOBE DEVELOPMENT CENTER Nigeria. He is a development and agricultural economist with key interest in agricultural technical innovations and climate-smart agriculture (CSA) practices. He has also led research collaborations... Read More →
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Florent Bernard

Science Counsellor, European Union Delegation to the USA
Dr. Florent Bernard is the Science Counsellor for Research and Innovation at the European Union Delegation to the United States in Washington, DC. He assists in the strengthening of research ties between the United States and the European Union at all levels, from individual researchers... Read More →
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Janina Hanswillemenke

Internationalization Coordinator, Universidad de La Frontera, Chile
My focus lies on internationalizing research, innovation and higher education, particularly in Chile and Latin America. I am currently the Internationalization Coordinator of the Universidad de La Frontera, a public regional university in the South of Chile. We are focussing on integrating... Read More →
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Jackson Howard

Regional Coordinator, EURAXESS North America
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Jingshui Huang

WE-ACT Project Coordinator, Technical University of Munich, Germany
I am a postdoc researcher at the Technical University of Munich. My research interests are integrated water resources management under climate change. 
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Bernhard Kowatsch

Head of WFP Innovation Accelerator, United Nations World Food Programme
Bernhard is the Head of the United Nations (UN) World Food Programme (WFP) Innovation Accelerator, which he created in 2015. The Accelerator sources, nurtures and scales start-ups and nonprofits working to achieve Zero Hunger, and has run 18 accelerator programmes for external partners... Read More →
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Chrysi Laspidou

Professor, Civil Engineering Department, University of Thessaly
Chrysi Laspidou is a Professor at the Civil Engineering Department, University of Thessaly in Greece. She is the Vice-President of Collaboration at Water Europe and a member of the Steering Committee of the Water-Energy-Food Nexus Knowledge Action Network at Future Earth. She is... Read More →
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Ralf Ludwig

University Professor, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, Germany
Hi, I am a Professor in Applied Physical Geography and Environmental Modeling at LMU’s Department of Geography. In my research, I focus on model integration and analyses for water resources, land use and climate change impact assessment from Mediterranean to subarctic environments... Read More →
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Janet Sutherland

Managing Director, German State of Office, USA
Jan Sutherland is a USA/Germany foreign direct investment specialist and the Honorary Consul for the Federal Republic of Germany in CT & RI.As the Managing Director of the German State of Bavaria’s US Offices in New York, Jan leads foreign direct investment from the US to Bavaria... Read More →
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Brian Jonathan Young

Researcher, National Institute of Agricultural Technology (INTA)
Brian Young studies the adverse effects of chemicals on aquatic (fish, daphnia, algae) and terrestrial (plant, earthworm) organisms. His main research topics are endocrine disruption in fish and toxicity assessment of contaminated soil and water, effluents and waste. Also, he works... Read More →

Convenors
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Thomas Ammerl

Head of Environment, Energy & Bioeconomy, Bavarian Research Alliance (BayFOR)
Thomas is head of BayFORs unit Environment, Energy & Bioeconomy. As a non for profit company, BayFOR acts as a full service provider in research, development and innovation projects (e.g. via information on funding options and suitable programs, support in funding acquisition and... Read More →


Friday September 22, 2023 10:00am - 12:00pm EDT
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