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Science Summit at United Nations General Assembly (UNGA78)

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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.

Cindy Chin, FRSA

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9:00am EDT

[VIRTUAL] Utilizing Space Technologies to Advance UN Sustainable Development Goals (140903) ONLINEDr. Marlène M. Losier • Michael Potter • Eduardo Mendoza • Masami Onoda • Allyson Reneau • Dr. Bernard Foing • Kim E Degnan • Sékou Ouedraogo • Dr. Ghanim Alotaibi • Emma Kleiner • H.E. Dr. Mohamed Ebrahim Al-Aseeri • Alejandro J. Roman Molinas • Matias F. Campos Abad • Ayomide Adeife Jide-Omole • Dr. Pilar Zamora Acevedo • Hazuki Mori • Kim E Degnan

8:00am EDT

[VIRTUAL] The Space Domain: Exploring Legal and Ethical Considerations to Support the UNGA SDGs (150802) ONLINEMichelle Hanlon • Dan Deevey • Frank White • Marie-Luise Heuser • Dr. Marlène M. Losier • Olavo Bettincourt • Tahir Rahman • Dmitri Prunariu • Soyeon Yi • Phil Metzger • John Rummel • Elina Morozova • Namrata Goswami • Andy Aldrin • Timothy D. Hanlon • Madhu Thangavelu • David Gallo • Allison Lewis • Dr. Marlène M. Losier

8:45am EDT

[VIRTUAL] Expanding scientific frontiers via international cooperation and networking, with COST and NSF, USA (150904) ONLINEAbdullah Konak • Ronald de Bruin • Luciano Rezzolla • Esther Obonyo • Raphael Hirschi • Chrysi Laspidou • Michael Jacobson • Hendrik Schatz • Thanassis Psaltis • Kata Alfoldi • Kara C. Hoover

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 [VIRTUAL] Pitfalls of AI (151005) ONLINEDeshen Moodley • Sioux McKenna • Fulufhelo Nelwamondo • Anish Kurien • Jansie Niehaus

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] 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] Brain Health and Research Day - European Brain Council, The Baker Institute for Public Policy and Brain Capital Alliance (181003)FULL Harvard Club of New York CityKacie Kelly • Cara Altimus • Danish Munir • Kana Enomoto • Tracey Dawson • Josh Cohen • Justin Klee • Angela Genge • Jo-An Occhipinti • Harris Eyre • Hervé Chneiweiss • Frédéric Destrebecq • Inez Jabalpurwala, • Magali Haas • Stephanie Kramer • Claudio Bassetti • David M. Satterfield • Ramamoorthy Ramesh • Dévora Kestel • Gregory Roth • Simona Skerjanec • Mahmoud Bukar Maina • Paul Boon • Kevin Rostasy • Yifeng Xu • Julie Lefelar • Walter Koroshetz • . Facundo Manes • Jafri Malin Bin Abdullah • Caroline Montojo • Alyssa Picchini Schaffer • Mie Rizig • Andy Keller • Stephanie Kramer

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

1:00pm EDT

[IN-PERSON] Planetary Party: Exploring the Interstellar Intersection of Earth, Politics, and Space (181303)FILLING Schulte Roth + Zabel LLPSara Sabry • Oliver Colom • Christina Korp • Scott Cunningham [VIRTUAL] Planetary Party: Exploring the Interstellar Intersection of Earth, Oceans, Politics, and Space (181303) ONLINESara Sabry • Oliver Colom • Christina Korp • Scott Cunningham

2:00pm EDT

[VIRTUAL] Reframing Relationships Between Humans and the Earth: An Ecosystem Approach (181406) ONLINEAndre Francisco Pilon • Andre Francisco Pilon

8:45am EDT

[VIRTUAL] The New Space Pioneers - From Indigenous Traditional Ecological Knowledge (ITEK) to the New Pioneers in Space (190903) ONLINEVint Cerf • Jason Goodblanket • Dan Hawk • Vitali Braun • Mark Muktoyuk • Borja Barbero Barcenilla • Michelle Hanlon • Matthew Greenhouse • Namrata Goswami • Jun Ye • Moriba Jah • Takeshi Hakamada • Franck Marchis • Dan Hawk • Robin Hawk

9:00am EDT

[IN-PERSON] Brain Capital Buildling: Brain Deals to Meet SDGs by 2030 (250909)FULL Steelcase WorkLife CenterJennifer M Kolstad • William Reichman • Thomas Osha • Toby Ewing • Pawel Swieboda • Maroš Šefčovič • Josh Shapiro • Rushil Desai • Miranda Wolpert • Alan Boldon • Erin Smith • Jean Twenge • Shiva Dustdar • Jo-An Occhipinti • Alessio Terzi • Upali Nanda • Mohamed Salama • Rym Ayadi • Gary Belkin, • Rachel Meidl • María Castelló • Pedro Conceição • Harris Eyre MD PhD • Dr. Brian E. Wallace • Marietje Schaake • Marilu Gorno-Tempini • William Hynes • Clayton Mitchell • David Faigman • Mohamed Salama • Elizabeth Johnson • Facundo Manes • Michael Platt • Julie Hiromoto • Pawel Swieboda

12:00pm EDT

[VIRTUAL] Open Science, Data, and AI: Enabling Global Collaboration for Scientific Advancement (191201) ONLINEMike Jabot • Larisa Schelkin • Luana Ferreira-Lopes • Andrea Martínez Celis • Evi Viza • Felicia Nnenna Agubata • Larisa Schelkin

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 [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 [VIRTUAL] Space Ontologies: Shaping the discourse for an expansive future of research, innovation and exploration (200903) ONLINEGabrielle Lim • Genevieve Ennis Hume • Prathima Muniyappa • Nicola Sanchez-hood • Elena Esther Cirkovic • Hilding Neilson • Genevieve Ennis Hume [VIRTUAL] Space Technologies and Safeguarding Cultural Heritage on Land, Underwater and in Our Skies (200905) ONLINEDr. Marlène M. Losier • Sarah Parcak • Alicja Jagielska-Burduk • Andrzej J. Jakubowski • Dr. Domingos Barbosa • Dr. Bernard Foing • Kim E Degnan • Michelle Hanlon • Professor Tullio Scovazzi • Dr. Andrew Williams • Kim E Degnan

9:00am EDT

[VIRTUAL] Meeting with Member of the US House of Representatives Science Committee (210909) Washington DCdeclan kirrane [VIRTUAL] Space and Sustainability: Space Compacts to Achieve the UN 2030 Space Agenda (210911) ONLINEPeter Martinez • Lasantha Hettiarachchi • Dr. Joseph Pelton • Dr. Upasana Dasgupta • Dr. Pascale Ehrenfreund • Temidayo Oniosum • Kim E Degnan • Dr. Ranjana Kaul • Dr. Sergio Camacho-Lara • Dr. Upasana Dasgupta • Kim E Degnan

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

11:00am EDT

[VIRTUAL] The roles of science and innovation in Ukraine's sustainable recovery and future development (211102) ONLINEGarry Sotnik • Iryna Dronova • Oleksandr Diachuk • Svitlana Romanko • Mark Zheleznyak • Oksana Udovyk • Polina V Lishko • Margo Didichenko • Rimma Kushtym • Iryna Dronova • Garry Sotnik

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

10:15am EDT

[VIRTUAL] 50th Anniversary of the Internet: People Centered Science and Digital Regulation leading to a People Centered Future (210913) ONLINEdeclan kirrane • Mei Lin Fung • Robert Kahn • Anir Chowdhury • Gael van Weyenbergh • Anastasia Kalinina • Doreen Bogdan Martin • Vint Cerf • Amandeep Gill Singh • Secretary General • Suzanne Dumouchel • Don Graves • Amir Banifatemi • Ndemo Bitange • Dima Al-Khatib • Hassan Nasser • Claude Dyer • Maria Dayton • Jascha Stein • Christine Asjoma

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 [VIRTUAL] Space Systems, Artificial Intelligence, and Quantum Computing: Achieving the SDGs (250907) ONLINEDr. Scott Madry • Corey Jaskolski • Dr. Joseph Pelton • Dr. Seven Freeland • Kim E Degnan • Dr. Scott Madry, Professor • Dr. Stella Tkatchova • Dr. Olga Sokolova • Dr. Upasana Dasgupta • Kim E Degnan

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 [VIRTUAL] Towards closing the AI talent gap - reimagining technology education through global digital cooperation (251101) ONLINEEng. Dr. Julius Butime, PhD • Daniel Aranki, PhD • Dr. Tomer Simon • Dr Peter Tiernan, PhD • Maria Parysz • Maria Parysz

12:00pm EDT

[VIRTUAL] Responsible AI = AI of the future (251201) ONLINEGemma Galdon Clavell • Gemma Galdon Clavell

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 [VIRTUAL] Science capacity building for the future: defining the Skills Agenda (251402) ONLINEPetter Næss • Larisa Schelkin • Laila Sandroni • Tshiamiso Makwela • Charles Takalana • Rebecca Barnes • Ismahan Soukeyna DIOP • Andres Villalba • Imac Zambrana

9:00am EDT

[VIRTUAL] Open Science comprehensive overview (260904) ONLINEMr. Wilfried Biao Mongazi • Mr. François Tobalache • Dr. Amou Martial • Babatounde Moctard Oloulade • Dr. Amoudath A. O. Mazu • Dr. Adikath Abiola • Mme. Fifame Aurace Epiphanie Ahounou • Dr Georges Martial Ndzana • Aristide Akpa • Mr. Tayon Ulrich Lavinon • Mr Zoulikifourou Moussa Adamou • Dr. Ir. Odountan Ambaliou Olounlade [VIRTUAL] Post 2030 Agenda and the Role of Education (260907) ONLINERusni Bt Hassan • Odeh Al Jayyousi • Melodena Stephens • Bilal EID • Mohamad Qatu • Omar Darwish • Ma’an Fahmi Al Khatib [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

9:00am EDT

[IN-PERSON] The ECHAlliance Global Health Connector Event - HEALTHY AGEING II (270908)LIMITED Cure by DeerfieldGillian Monaghan • Michael Philips • Andrew T. Barnhill, J.D. • Jon Warner • Dr. George Margelis • Scott Collins • Bradley Schurman • Charlotte Yeh • Lisa Edgar • Dr Rajendra Pratap Gupta • Heather Smith

10:00am EDT

[VIRTUAL] Women Leadership in Science Diplomacy and Research Ecosystem (271004) ONLINEOna Ambrozaite • Mireille Guyader • Kerstin Hildebrandt-Abdikarim • Kathleen Larmett • Evelina Santa-Kahle • Giusi Condorelli • Claire Chen