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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.

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Umar Alfa Abubakar

9:00am EDT

[VIRTUAL] Science Summit Opening Plenary - Digital Science for the SDGs and the UN Summit of the Future (120901) ONLINEPilar • Thomas John • Fulufhelo Nelwamondo • Irene Norstedt • Tom Arnold • Suzanne Dickson • Triona McCormack • Anna Stewart-Ibarra • Nishka Sharma • Pamela Ruiz • Alejandro Adem • declan kirrane • Michael Makanga • Intisar Soghayroun • Magdalena Skipper • Brian O'Connor • Iqbal Choudhary • Litha Magingxa • Lidia Borrell-Damián • Denis Naughton • Carlos Américo Pacheco • Bernardo Mariano Junior • Seema Kumar • Petra Jantzer • 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

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

5:00pm EDT

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

8:00am EDT

[VIRTUAL] Closing the science-policy-practice gaps for Climate Resilience and sustainable Food Systems (140801) ONLINEPetronella Chaminuka • Michael Bairu • Abbyssinia Mushunje • Genna Tesdall • Triona McCormack • Litha Magingxa • Rose Omari • Mariame Maiga • Petronella Chaminuka

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

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

11:00am EDT

[VIRTUAL] Brazil: Agriculture and bioinputs (181101) ONLINEAna Euler • Eder Martins • Alessandro Cruvinel Fidelis • Alineaurea Florentino Silva • Julia Stuchi

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

5:30pm EDT

[VIRTUAL] Co-ops as a pathway to lead an equitable and regenerative transition (211701) ONLINEDeirdre White • Chantal Line Carpentier • Dr. Jayne Engle • Alex van der Ploeg • Yash Ranga

5:00am EDT

[VIRTUAL] Innovation Policy for sustainability - Reflections from Australian agriculture (230501) ONLINEAndy Hall • Amelia Olsen-Boyd • Heleen Kruger • Rohan Nelson • Peat Leith • Michael Battaglia • Rajesh Gopalakrishnan Nair • declan kirrane • Swati Mehta • Mammo Muchie • Rajesh Gopalakrishnan Nair

11:00am EDT

[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

9:00am EDT

[VIRTUAL] Turning the thermostat down - but how? Towards a Research Agenda for the Politics of Geoengineering (270906) ONLINENtorina Antoni • Rick Wylie • Joshua Horton • Perses Bilimoria • Anna Maddrick • Alla Pozdnakova • Convenors: Ademola Oluborode Jegede • Kai-Uwe Schrogl

7:00am EDT

[VIRTUAL] CSIR, India: An Innovation Hub for Global Sustainable Development (280701) ONLINERam Vishwakarma • Vinay K. Nandicoori • Giriraj Ratan Chandak • Shantanu Chowdhury • Sanjeev Soni • Ranjana Aggarwal • Sudesh Kumar Yadav • Prabodh Kumar Trivedi • Radha Rangarajan • Sujit Bhattacharya • Abhay A Pashilkar • KJ Sreeram • Ashish Lele • Pradeep K Ramancharla • Atul Narayan Vaidya • declan kirrane • Rama Swami Bansal • Co-convenor: Anand Mohit • Co-convenor: Yatendra Satija

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

3:00pm EDT

[VIRTUAL] Advanced technologies to enable the research administrator of the future to support research ecosystems in attaining UN SDGs (281501) ONLINEAnnika Glauner • Ara Tahmassian • Kathleen Larmett • Jan Bruegmann • Stefano Lami • Dave Richardson • Claire Chen

9:00am EDT

[VIRTUAL] The Role of ICT, e-Science, and Scientific Multistakeholder Cooperation in Advancing Sustainable Development (290903) ONLINECyril Ritchie • Mei Lin Fung • Vladimir Stankovic • Michael Hodin • Bhanu Neupane • Dhwani Trivedi • Vladimir Stankovic [VIRTUAL] Science in and with the Middle-East (290902) ONLINEEleni Fthenou • Fatima Qafoud • Geoffrey Ginsburg • Jassim Al Swuaidi • Nahla Afifi • Wadha Al-Muftah • Yosr Hamdi • Zisis Kozlakidis • Hamdi Mbarek • Zisis Kozlakidis