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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.

Dr. Clotilde Monguya

Africa investment consulting
Executive Director
USA | Belgium | West & Central Africa

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As a multilingual public speaker and universal health coverage advocate, I strive to enhance people's well-being and bridge gaps between underserved communities, scientific, medical, and government entities. I provide technical assistance and capacity building in vital social and health areas, including reproductive and primary health care, HIV, TB, water & sanitation, nutrition. My educational background in medicine, Obstetrics & Gynecology, social entrepreneurship, and a Masters in Public Health supports my expertise. I reside in New York, travel 30% of my time in Europe, West, and Central Africa. Public speaking topics I cover: SDGs, innovation and technology; digitalization in Sub Saharan Africa; AI; cybersecurity; developing health-centered real estate urban communities; social entrepreneur in emerging economies; impact of climate change on health; STEM; gender equality; women empowerment and leadership; UHC; non communicable diseases; communicable diseases; sickle cell disease; mental health.

9:00am EDT

[IN-PERSON] Science Summit Opening Plenary - SDGs and the UN Summit of the Future (120901) Cure by DeerfieldMarc Carrel-Billiard • declan kirrane • Triona McCormack • Pilar • Litha Magingxa • Seema Kumar • Magdalena Skipper • Fulufhelo Nelwamondo • Iqbal Choudhary • Irene Norstedt • Pamela Ruiz • Denis Naughton • Lidia Borrell-Damián • Brian O'Connor • Intisar Soghayroun • Michael Makanga • Anna Stewart-Ibarra • Thomas John • Bernardo Mariano Junior • Nishka Sharma • Suzanne Dickson • Alejandro Adem • declan kirrane

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 [VIRTUAL] Research Networks for Health Innovations in Sub-Saharan Africa (RHISSA) with DLR-PT, Germany (121402) ONLINEProf. Dr. Adamu Addissie • Prof Dr. Damalie Nakanjako • Dr. Mary Mwanyika Sando • Prof. Dr. Dr. Till Bärnighausen • Prof. Dr. Eva J. Kantelhardt • Dr. Shevin Jacob • Prof. Dr. Achim M. Hörauf • Prof. Dr. Alexander Yaw Debrah • Prof. Dr. Salome Charalambous • Dr. Andrea Rachow • Prof Dr. Uwe Truyen • Prof. Dr. Torsten Feldt • Co-Convenor: Dr. Theresa Köbe • Convenor: Dr. Manuela Rehtanz

3:00pm EDT

[IN-PERSON] Inclusive Science for Global Sustainable Development in a Climate-changing World (121501)FULL Cure by DeerfieldVictory Opeolu • Femi Adekoya • Professor Chioma Blaise Chikere • Bamidele Ademola Olateju • Beatrice Opeolu • Eric Van Genderen • Oluwaseun Oyekola • Sabine E. Apitz • Laurel A. Royer • Palesa Natasha Mothapo • Beatrice Opeolu

7:00am EDT

[VIRTUAL] Innovative approaches in achieving sustainable access to healthcare for pediatric non-communicable diseases (NCDs) in resource limited environments (130701) ONLINEAman B Pulungan • Rodolfo Rey • Jamal Raza • Salwa A. Musa • Paola Durán Ventura • Raúl Calzada León • Jean-Pierre Chanoine • Thomas Ngwiri • Kate Armstrong • Kate Armstrong • Jean-Pierre Chanoine • Rodolfo Rey

8:45am EDT

[VIRTUAL] One Health Research: addressing the complex health challenges facing our society, such as ecosystem degradation, food system failures, infectious diseases and antimicrobial resistance (130801) ONLINEMagdalena Skipper • Ghada Trotabas • Natasha’s Sunderjee • Fulufhelo Nelwamondo • Prof Dr. Damalie Nakanjako • Prof. Dr. Salome Charalambous • Irene Norstedt • Prof Dr. Uwe Truyen • Mosoka Fallah • Dr. Sanjeev Khosla • Kurt Zatloukal • Marleen Temmerman • Michael Makanga • Marcel Tanner • Brian O'Connor • Litha Magingxa • Carlos Américo Pacheco • Mark Jackson • Seema Kumar • Sharif Muhammad • Petra Jantzer • declan kirrane

9:00am EDT

[VIRTUAL] Gender Equality in Science Education (130901) ONLINEYakut Gazi • Mehlika Inanici • Güler Öztürk • Faruk Soydugan • Fatma Caner • Ayça Öner • Arzu Çalık Seydim • Elena Matroana Hreciuc • Hatice Kirmaci

6:00pm EDT

[SOCIAL EVENT by invitation only] European Cooperation in Science and Technology (COST) ReceptionFULL TBAKata Alfoldi

8:25am EDT

[IN-PERSON] Pandemic Preparedness: defining the UN-level strategy for the Summit of the Future 2024 with the National Research Foundation, South Africa (140905)LIMITED Cure by DeerfieldVinay K. Nandicoori • Brian O'Connor • Marc Carrel-Billiard • Petra Jantzer • Fulufhelo Nelwamondo • Robert R Goodwin • declan kirrane • Magdalena Skipper • Seema Kumar • Victor Dzau • Rick Bright • Triona McCormack • Mosoka Fallah • Alison Derbenwick Miller • Ruxandra Draghia-Akli • Shingai Machingaidze • Thomas Kariuki • Jinal Bhiman • Vinay K. Nandicoori • Kurt Zatloukal • Michael Makanga • Josef Glössl • Thomas John • Carlos Américo Pacheco • Dr. Shevin Jacob • Irene Norstedt • Osamu Kunii • Hillel Lehmann • Johan Aubert • declan kirrane

9:00am EDT

[VIRTUAL] AI for Impact: Reaching the SDGs Through Bottom-Up Driven Collaboration (140904) ONLINEKathryn M. Clifton • Branka Panic • Guneet Singh Kohli • Michael Burkhardt [IN-PERSON] Investing in Research and Development of Innovative Digital Health Solutions for Africa with the European and Developing Countries Clinical Trials Partnership (EDCTP) (140902)FULL 452 Fifth Avenue 12th Floor, New YorkSantiago Martinez • Michael Makanga • Rosanne Rotondo • Marcel Tanner • John Gyapong • Harleen Grewal • Jakob Zinsstag • Kwame Shanaube • Gadi Lachman • Irene Norstedt • Jean Philbert Nsengimana • Lindiwe Makubalo • Nderu, Michelle • Co-convenor: Daniela Pereira [VIRTUAL] Transformative digital diagnostic technologies with Imperial College London (140901) ONLINEChimhuya Simbarashe • Msandeni Chiume • Julie Makani • Mari da Veiga • Jean Philbert Nsengimana • Kasia Szostak Lipowicz • Michelle Heys • Darlington Akogo • Jonathan Cooper • James Seddon • Aubrey Cunnington • Emmanuel Milimo • Harriet Mpairwe • Francesca Piffer

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

8:45am EDT

[IN-PERSON] Agenda setting for the Genomics Centres of Excellence in Africa including Research Cooperation and Capacity Building (150804)LIMITED Cure by DeerfieldRizwana Mia • Padmashree Gehl Sampath • Yenew Kebede Tebeje • Agnes Binagwaho • Harold Varmus • Christiane Hertz-Fowler • David Blazes • Francis Collins • Victoria Gray • Christian Happi • Dr Mark McCarthy • Nicola Mulder • Elmar Nimmesgern • Sabin Nsanzimana • Olufunmilayo Olopade • Raheel Qamar • Dr Charles Rotimi • Paulina Tindana • Ambroise Wonkam • Cecil Lynch • Geoffrey Ginsburg • declan kirrane [VIRTUAL] Agenda setting for the Genomics Centres of Excellence in Africa including Research Cooperation and Capacity Building (150804) ONLINECecil Lynch • Harold Varmus • Rizwana Mia • Padmashree Gehl Sampath • Yenew Kebede Tebeje • Agnes Binagwaho • Christiane Hertz-Fowler • Geoffrey Ginsburg • Paulina Tindana • Olufunmilayo Olopade • David Blazes • Victoria Gray • Elmar Nimmesgern • Christian Happi • Ambroise Wonkam • Nicola Mulder • Francis Collins • Dr Mark McCarthy • Dr Charles Rotimi • Raheel Qamar • Sabin Nsanzimana • declan kirrane

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

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

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

[VIRTUAL] The role of science and technology in developing clean energy for emerging and developing economies (180902) ONLINEHans Dieter Hermes, Dr. • Mourad EL Yaalaoui • Epistimi Oikonomopoulou • Philip Christiani • Mourad EL Yaalaoui

10:00am EDT

[VIRTUAL] UN SDG Summit 18-19 September 2023 (181004) ONLINEdeclan kirrane

2:00pm EDT

[VIRTUAL] Global Digital Cooperation on Health - Opportunities and Challenges for Low and Middle Income Countries (LMICs) (181402) ONLINEJane Blake • Dr. Frankline Sevidzem Wirsiy • Nino Kharaishvili • James Golden • Dr. Kaushik Sarkar • Kaakpema “KP” Yelpaala • TBC Sameer Pujari • Leah Goodman • Michelle Holko

3:00pm EDT

[IN PERSON] Circular City Snapshots: A Decarbonized & Equitable Transition at Scale (190901) Ethic Investment ServiceIan Rosenberger • Eva Gladek • Deirdre White • Hunter Lovins • Kirsten Dunlop

9:00am EDT

[VIRTUAL] Academia - industry partnership: The missing link in Africa (190904) ONLINEJames Waithaka • Ari Jacobovits • Abraham Abebe Assefa • Vincent Onywera • Wales Singini • Joseph Njogu • Joseph Njogu

11:00am EDT

[VIRTUAL] Holding Out for a Better World: Web3's Potential for Global Development (and GET A SPECIAL POAP FOR ATTENDING!) (191102) ONLINECharlie Isaacs • Daria Rzhavtseva • Mina Salib • Jon Thompson • Douglas Messer

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

1:00pm EDT

[VIRTUAL] Why we should ensure physicians' wellness and prevent burnout, especially in Sub-Saharan Africa towards achieving Universal Health Coverage (191301) ONLINEKenneth Tomanya • Gaston Nyirigira • Eugene Tuyishime • Co-convenor: Dylan Bould • Eugene Tuyishime

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] Building Sustainable Food and Health future using Artificial Intelligence Technologies and Methodologies (200907) ONLINEAyumi Moore Aoki • Mutesi Oliver • Esther Atosha • Careen Joel Nwakitalu • Elizabeth Agatha Musah • Olasimbo Yeside Aminat • Prof Li Wei • Edosa Odaro • Deodata Munguahana • Adepeju Olukokun • Soufyane Fares • Njideka Okonjo-Udochi • Rana Dajani • Alamelu Sundaresan, PhD • Hadijjah Uzeiye Namyalo • Samson Raphael Osagie • Olanrewaju Adewole • Esohe Denise Odaro • Gedeon Baleke • Elisabeth Moreno • Convener: Osaretin Agbonavbare [VIRTUAL] The Role of Science, Technology and Innovation is Shaping the Future of Sustainable Minerals Resources Exploitation in Africa - introducing Blockchain (200908) ONLINEFrank Mugyenyi • Frank Mugyenyi

10:00am EDT

[VIRTUAL] The Role of Art in Medical Education: the added value to engage students (201002) ONLINEMaria de Lourdes Pereira • Ana Paula Girol • Franco Cossu, Jr • Zélia Anastácio • Sonia R. Oliveira • Maria de Lourdes Pereira

9:30am EDT

[IN-PERSON] Sickle Cell Disease: Gene Therapy to Improve Health and Cure Disease (210914) Tanzania HouseFaustine Ndugulile • Ms. Mojankunyane Gumbi • Funmi Olopade • Leon Tshilolo • Andrew Campbell • Matthew Porteus • Julie Makani • Francoise Baylis • Appolinary Kamuhabwa • Nesia Mahenge • Grace Moshi • Elsie Kanza • Obiageli Nnodu • George Mensah • Jackie Chimhanzi • Cissy M Kityo • Emmanuel Balandya • Prof Yap Boum II • John James OBE • Jennifer E Adair • Johnny Mahlangu • Prof Wil Ngwa • Irene Dankwa-Mullan • Ana Olga Hausse Mocumbi • Gene Bukhman • Janet Daby • Mari da Veiga

10:00am EDT

[VIRTUAL] An Assessment of Nigeria’s Agriculture Promotion Policy for Poverty Reduction and Zero Hunger to Achieve 2030 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) with University of Lagos (211002) ONLINEIkwuoma Sunday Udochukwu • Ottoh Juliet • Ferdinand Ottoh

9:00am EDT

[VIRTUAL] Sustainable models for accessible STEM education and opportunities with a focus on marginalized student groups (220903) ONLINELuke Heine • Nishka Sharma • Tushar Gupta • Jennifer Scott • Chinmayi Balusu • Vaughn Khouri • Dr. Sarita Sindhu • Dr. R S Sindhu • Dr. Abhinav Bansal • Col Sanjeet Sirohi • Nishka Sharma [VIRTUAL] Pan-African initiative to build research and innovation capacity to achieve SDG7 for Africa (220901) ONLINEVidvuds Zigismunds Beldavs • Daniel Egbe • Safae Aazou • Ashmore Mawire • Emelda Ngufor Samba • Sidat Yaffa • Kim E Degnan • Newayemedhin Aberra Tegegne • Munyaradzi Murape • Moussa Raphael Bougouma • Naledi Seheri • Miria Agunyo • Emmanuel Hweru • Rabecca Musalaba Twelasi • Vidvuds Zigismunds Beldavs • Daniel Egbe

9:00am EDT

[VIRTUAL] Advancing diagnostics in developing regions/bridging the diagnostic divide (250902) ONLINEBelinda Shaw • Kamal Salasa • Essa Suleman • Lusisizwe Kwezi • Manfred Scriba • Andrew De Pao • Carla Urbani • Co-convenors: Maabo Moralo • Priyen Pillay [VIRTUAL] DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION AND DIGITAL INNOVATION – Balancing the world/inclusive approach to innovation (250904) ONLINECristina Vamvore • Olayinka Fagbemiro • Rahel Belete • Prof. Dr. Alexandrina Maria Pauceanu • Saltuk Karayalcin • Mohamad Abou El Hassan • Prof. Dr. Alexandrina Maria Pauceanu

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

9:00am EDT

[IN-PERSON] The ECHAlliance Global Health Connector Event - DATA & DIGITAL (260905)LIMITED Cure by DeerfieldTobias Silberzahn • Seema Kumar • Jean Philbert Nsengimana • Dr. Nicaise Ndembi • Brian O'Connor • Bleddyn Rees • Dr Santiago Miriuka • Joe Kvedar • Dr Marius Geantă • Rear Admiral Aisha Mix • Oleksii Iaremenko • Dr. Amit Thakker • Ya-Ting Chen • Heather Smith [VIRTUAL] The ECHAlliance Global Health Connector Event - DATA & DIGITAL (260905) ONLINETobias Silberzahn • Seema Kumar • Dr. Amit Thakker • Oleksii Iaremenko • Jon Warner • Brian O'Connor • Bleddyn Rees • Dr Santiago Miriuka • Joe Kvedar • Dr Marius Geantă • Rear Admiral Aisha Mix • Ya-Ting Chen • Heather Smith

1:45pm EDT

[VIRTUAL] The ECHAlliance Global Health Connector Event - HEALTHY AGEING (261301) ONLINELisa Edgar • Jon Warner • Brian O'Connor • Dr. George Margelis • Scott Collins • Bradley Schurman • Charlotte Yeh • Michael Philips • Ravi Bala • Heather Smith

4:00pm EDT

[VIRTUAL] The ECHAlliance Global Health Connector Event - GREEN HEALTH (261601) ONLINEDavid Ewing Duncan • Chethan Sarabu • Cassandra Thiel • Philip Webb • Shane Dunne • Karolina Mackiewicz • Dr. Prasun Mishra • Dr. Toseef Din • Heather Smith

9:00am EDT

[VIRTUAL] Shifting Power Paradigms: Towards an Equitable Global Health Stewardship (270902) ONLINEMitra Sadigh • Prof Chiratidzo E Ndhlovu • Vincent Setlhare • Nelson Sewankambo • Hossein Akbarialiabad • Dr.Sabrina Bakeera-Kitaka • Co-convenor: Swapnil Parve • Majid Sadigh

12:00pm EDT

[VIRTUAL] Web 2.75 or 3.0 transformation? What does that mean? (271202) ONLINEAlex Cahana • Pamela Norton • Dale Cyr • Michael Dersham • Shafi Ahmed • Joel Myers • Arsalan Abtahi • Alex Cahana [VIRTUAL] Optimizing Global Health Exchange Programs for Participants from Low-to-Middle-Income Countries (LMIC) in High-Income Countries (HIC) (271201) ONLINEMitra Sadigh • DUY KHOA DUONG • Tendai Machingaidze • Shalote Chipamaunga • Co-convenor: Swapnil Parve • Majid Sadigh

12:00pm EDT

[VIRTUAL] Inclusive Sustainable Smart Cities (ISSC) (281201) ONLINEScarlett Lanza • Mei Lin Fung • Alex Cahana • Arsalan Abtahi • Gaelle Mogli • Dan Mapes • Shannon Kalayanamitr • Arsalan Abtahi • Alex Cahana

9:00am EDT

[IN-PERSON] Science in and with the Middle-East (290902) with International Agency for Research on Cancer, World Health Organization (IARC/WHO) Permanent Mission of QatarEleni Fthenou • Fatima Qafoud • Geoffrey Ginsburg • Jassim Al Swuaidi • Nahla Afifi • Zisis Kozlakidis • Wadha Al-Muftah • Hamdi Mbarek • Yosr Hamdi • Zisis Kozlakidis