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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.

SC

Sashikala Chandrasekar

Private sector
Medical Consultant

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

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

6:30pm EDT

[SOCIAL EVENT by invitation only] Science Summit Welcome SupperFULL TBA

9:00am EDT

[IN-PERSON] Gender Equality in Science Education (130901)FULL Turkish Mission in New YorkYakut Gazi • Mehlika Inanici • Güler Öztürk • Faruk Soydugan • Fatma Caner • Ayça Öner • Arzu Çalık Seydim • Elena Matroana Hreciuc • Hatice Kirmaci

5:00pm EDT

[IN-PERSON] Science storytelling for the SDGs with Springer Nature and the UN Sustainable Developments Solutions Networks (SDSN) (131701)FULL Cure by DeerfieldLaura Helmuth • Alice Wu • Jennifer Russell • Kathleen J. Hancock • Jennifer Stotts • Amy Myers Jaffe • Naaborle Sackeyfio • Maeve Dunne • Jennifer Stotts

10:00am EDT

[IN-PERSON] Agroecology Theme Day under the framework of the Science Summit at the 78 United Nations General Assembly (141002) Millennium HotelLany Rebagay • Fergus Sinclair • Oliver Oliveros • Jemimah Njuki • H.E. Prof. Bitange Ndemo • H.E. Ambassador Nicolas de Rivière • Ambassador Gabriel Ferrero y de Loma-Osorio • Rachel Bezner Kerr • Alex Awiti • Mary Crossland • Matthias Geck

2:00pm EDT

[VIRTUAL] Towards inclusivity in international method development for biodiversity assessment (141401) ONLINEPedro Beja • Margaret Hunter • Antti Rautavaara • Kristian Meissner • Nicole Arbour • George Owusu Essegbey • John Simaika • Mehrdad Hajibabaei • Jennifer Lento • Co-convenor Tiina Laamanen • Kristian Meissner • Co-convenor Veera Norros • John Simaika

8:45am EDT

[IN-PERSON] Expanding scientific frontiers via international cooperation and networking, with COST and NSF, USA (150904) CUNY Graduate Center Rooms (C201-203)Laura Schmitt Olabisi • Abdullah Konak • Esther Obonyo • Ronald de Bruin • Raphael Hirschi • Chrysi Laspidou • Michael Jacobson • Hendrik Schatz • Thanassis Psaltis • Luciano Rezzolla • Kata Alfoldi • Kara C. Hoover

1:15pm EDT

[IN-PERSON] From Global Goals to Greener Plates: Empowering Nature with Sustainable Diets with Wageningen University & Research (WUR) and the Worldwide Fund for Nature (WWF) (151301)FULL SCANDINAVIA HOUSEBrent Loken • Edith Feskens • Nelly Isigi Kadagi • Ravic Nijbroek • Jelle Maas • Jeanne Nel • Sjoukje Heimovaara • Kirsten Schuijt • Convenor: Jeanne Nel

5:30pm EDT

[IN-PERSON] Mobilizing Grassroots Youth Advocacy for Mental Health with Education Institutions: the Future of Global Social Justice, Community Building, and Youth Flourishing (151701)FILLING Bohemian National HallKiko Yangzi Kan Xu • Marx Wang • Maleha Asmi • Connor Farrell • Ziming Fang • Tamaki Hoshi • Ruhani Sanghavi • Maddie Freeman • Yoelle Gulko • Sahith Kancharla • Bruny Kenou • Mariama Bah • Brandon Bond • Maksim Batuyev • Adele Du • Joanna Fang • Ruhani Sanghavi • Marx Wang

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

10:30am EDT

[IN-PERSON] The Trinity: Science, Technology, and Religion (181005)FILLING Schulte Roth + Zabel LLPDr Anna Yusim • Scott Cunningham • Charlie Isaacs • The Rt Rev. Bishop Alastair Redfern • Daria Rzhavtseva • Scott Cunningham

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

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

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

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

10:30am EDT

[IN-PERSON] The Digital Health Innovation Divide: A role-play discussion between public and private sector leaders (261001) Fordham University at Lincoln CenterChinmayi Sharma • Falguni Sen • Janet Freilich • Alejandro Lopez Osornio • Jenny Colgate • Falguni Sen

1:45pm EDT

[IN-PERSON] The ECHAlliance Global Health Connector Event - HEALTHY AGEING (261301)FILLING Cure by DeerfieldJon Warner • Brian O'Connor • Scott Collins • Bradley Schurman • Charlotte Yeh • Michael Philips • Lisa Edgar • Ravi Bala • Heather Smith

4:00pm EDT

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

9:30am EDT

[IN-PERSON] Pesticide residues in the ecosystem and humans across Europe: linking SPRINT field data to health risks (270907) The German Ev.-Luth. Church of St. Paul in the City of NYPeter Fantke • Violette Geissen • Abdallah Alaoui • Daniel Martins Figueiredo • Kayode Jegede • Nelson Abrantes • Maaike Gerritse • Dirk Goossens • Celia Bento • Freya Debler • Hans Mol • Violette Geissen • Kayode Jegede

1:10pm EDT

[IN-PERSON] The ECHAlliance Global Health Connector Event - WOMEN'S HEALTH DATA & DIGITAL (271301)FILLING Cure by DeerfieldBrian O'Connor • Dr. Michele Y. Griffith • Professor Dipak Kalra • Professor Rachel Dunscombe • Rear Admiral Aisha Mix • Mevish Vaishnav • Irene Aninye • Esther Ruiter • Janna Guinen • Nicole Althaus • Ann Mond Johnson • Heather Smith

9:00am EDT

[IN-PERSON] Frontier Synchrotron technologies contribution to the implementation of the UN Agenda 2030 (280905) 41 Madison Avenue, ManhatannBrenda Valderrama • Angel Calderon • Victor Castaño • Simon Connell • Mayra Cuellar Cruz • Thierry d'Almeida • Emilia Giorgetti • Francisco Tovar Lopez • Carolina Santacruz Perez • Qun Shen • Herman Winick • Matias Moreno Yntriago • Victor Federico Del Rio • Co-convenor: Galileo Violini

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