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Global Observance of World Habitat Day 2022

World Habitat Day is held on the first Monday of October and launches Urban October. The day centres around the global observance, which is held in a different country each year with keynote speakers and roundtable discussions focused on a specific theme. World Habitat Day was first celebrated in 1986 in Nairobi, Kenya, with the theme ‘Shelter is my right’.

On 3 October 2022, the Global Observance of World Habitat Day, under the theme Mind the Gap. Leave No One and No Place Behind, will look at the problem of growing inequality and challenges in cities and human settlements.

Unpacking Gender Bias in Startup Investing: A Data-Driven Perspective

500 El Camino Real Sobrato Campus for Discovery and Innovation SCDI 3301 Sobrato Campus for Discovery and Innovation, Room Number: SCDI 3301, 500 El Camino Real, Santa Clara, CA, United States

Gender diverse teams make better decisions across a wide range of settings, including startups.  Nevertheless, investors make few investments in women, especially female CEOs.  This talk will share data-driven research findings that shed light on the nature and extent of gender bias in venture capital allocation.  Solutions for lasting change will be discussed.

WSIS Forum 2023

WSIS Action Lines for building back better and accelerating the achievement of the SDGs. The annual World Summit on the Information Society Forum is a global multistakeholder platform facilitating the… Continue reading WSIS Forum 2023