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SUMMARY:On Friday @DisrupTVShow interviews @meilinfung\, Co-Founder and Chair @PCI_Initiative for a discussion focused on digital supply chain
DESCRIPTION:DisrupTV is a weekly Web series with hosts R “Ray” Wang and Vala Afshar. The show airs live at 11:00 a.m. PT/ 2:00 p.m. ET every Friday. The audience can expect A-list guests\, the latest enterprise news\, hot startups\, insight from influencers\, and much more. Tweet questions to #DisrupTV or @DisrupTVShow. We broadcast live on Zoom. \nShow Link: https://www.youtube.com/user/ConstellationR \n  \nOn Friday @DisrupTVShow interviews @meilinfung\, Co-Founder and Chair @PCI_Initiative for a discussion focused on digital supply chain. Tune in at 11 AM PT! https://t.co/oi3APnvcVP @rwang0 & special co-host @lizkmiller #DisrupTV https://twitter.com/constellationr/status/1562122618630717441?s=27&t=d7JGX3wfsqwJ6AGmEJdgtQ\nFeatured Guest:\nMei Lin Fung\nCo-Founder and Chair\nPeople Centered Internet \nChair since 2020 of the People Centered Internet which she co-founded with Vint Cerf in 2015\, she calls for building resilient communities with digital finance\, harnessing data so that communities connect in networks within and between countries\, so all community members can thrive. \nInvited to give the closing keynote World Bank/IFC Global SME Financing forum 2020: The Decade of Transformation Socio-Technical lead for Federal Health Futures as a contractor at the US Department of Defense\, she engaged with the senior leaders across the US Federal system and private sector 2011-2013. \nShe “god-mothered” the development of CRM\, Customer Relationship Management first at Oracle with Tom Siebel\, then as inaugural CRM thought leader with CRMtalk\, finally as the author of the Customer Lifetime Value appendix to the leading CRM textbook CRM at the Speed of Light. \nChair of the Core Planning Committee for Douglas Engelbart\, 2000-2004 the inventor of the Computer Mouse\, who at SRI led the ARC Lab team that was the second node of the Internet. \nRealizing trends in tech were leading to increasing harms\, her interest in the design of people-centered eco-systems led Mei Lin to co-found the People Centered Internet with Vint Cerf\, building relationships with the IEEE\, members of the World Economic Forum\, the World Bank\, UN\, leaders in SalesForce\, Microsoft\, Google\, Amazon\, MasterCard\, SAP and others. \nMei Lin is active as a Senior Member of the IEEE serving on the Executive Committees of the Humanitarian Activities Committee and the Society for the Social Implications of Technology where she chairs the Sustainability Technical Committee. \nShe serves on the advisory council of Govstack\, a UN initiative to develop common technology building blocks for government services and is on the boards of moHuman and Design for Change. \nMei Lin is a Singapore citizen who has lived in the US since 1982\, she is married to an Australian. \nFollow her on Twitter: @meilinfung
URL:https://peoplecentered.net/event/on-friday-disruptvshow-interviews-meilinfung-co-founder-and-chair-pci_initiative-for-a-discussion-focused-on-digital-supply-chain/
CATEGORIES:Digital Finance,Digital Inclusion
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SUMMARY:Digital Humanism Lecture Series
DESCRIPTION:About the Series \nDigital humanism deals with the complex relationship between man and machine. It acknowledges the potential of Informatics and IT. At the same time\, it points to related apparent threats such as privacy violations\, ethical concerns with AI\, automation\, and loss of jobs\, and the ongoing monopolization on the Web. The Corona crisis has shown these two faces of the accelerated digitalization—we are in a crucial moment in time. \nFor this reason\, we started a new initiative—DIGHUM lectures—with regular online events to discuss the different aspects of Digital Humanism. We will have one or more speakers on a specific topic followed by a discussion\, or panel discussions\, depending on topic and speakers. The exact dates will be announced in our schedule at least two weeks before. \nThis crisis does seriously affect our mobility\, but it also offers the possibility to participate in events from all over the world—let’s take this chance to meet virtually. \nAccess \nTo access the Zoom conference\, click here (Password: 0dzqxqiy). All talks will also be streamed and recorded on the Digital Humanism YouTube channel. \nProgram
URL:https://peoplecentered.net/event/digital-humanism-lecture-series-2/
LOCATION:Virtual Meeting
CATEGORIES:Digital Finance,Digital Inclusion
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SUMMARY:Clean-IT openXchange: As the World Digitizes\, We Must Avoid the Plastics Problem
DESCRIPTION:Speaking: PCI Board Chair Mei Lin Fung \nZoom Link: https://uni-potsdam.zoom.us/j/69668443297 (Meeting ID: 696 6844 3297 Passcode: 24778554)\n\nDescription: \n\nClean IT Initiative\nClean-IT openXchange:\nThe clean-IT openXchange is a series of live talks and events on sustainable digitization. Once every month\, experts present a topic on which participants can then directly ask questions and discuss. The topics of the talks consist of a mix of topics already presented in this forum and completely new ideas. The talks are open to everyone as online meetings. Participants are invited to exchange and discuss ideas with the presenters and viewers. In this section\, the recordings of the talks will be uploaded subsequently.
URL:https://peoplecentered.net/event/clean-it-openxchange-as-the-world-digitizes-we-must-avoid-the-plastics-problem/
LOCATION:Virtual Meeting
CATEGORIES:Digital Finance,Digital Inclusion
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SUMMARY:Digital Humanism Lecture Series
DESCRIPTION:Speaker: Antonio Casilli (School of telecommunications engineering | Polytechnic Institute of Paris)\nModerator: Enrico Nardelli (University of Roma ‘Tor Vergata’\, Italy) \n(Sociologist\, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antonio_Casilli): \nWhat is a ‘Truly Ethical’ Artificial Intelligence? An end-to-end approach to responsible and humane technological systems \n  \nAbout the Series \nDigital humanism deals with the complex relationship between man and machine. It acknowledges the potential of Informatics and IT. At the same time\, it points to related apparent threats such as privacy violations\, ethical concerns with AI\, automation\, and loss of jobs\, and the ongoing monopolization on the Web. The Corona crisis has shown these two faces of the accelerated digitalization—we are in a crucial moment in time. \nFor this reason\, we started a new initiative—DIGHUM lectures—with regular online events to discuss the different aspects of Digital Humanism. We will have one or more speakers on a specific topic followed by a discussion\, or panel discussions\, depending on topic and speakers. The exact dates will be announced in our schedule at least two weeks before. \nThis crisis does seriously affect our mobility\, but it also offers the possibility to participate in events from all over the world—let’s take this chance to meet virtually. \nAccess \nTo access the Zoom conference\, click here (Password: 0dzqxqiy). All talks will also be streamed and recorded on the Digital Humanism YouTube channel.
URL:https://peoplecentered.net/event/digital-humanism-lecture-series/
LOCATION:Virtual Meeting
CATEGORIES:Digital Finance,Digital Inclusion
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SUMMARY:Launch of the inaugural meeting of the Digital Cooperation and Development Forum (DCDF-2021)
DESCRIPTION:Dear Friends and Colleagues\, \nEsteemed guests\, \n  \nJoin us for the launch of the inaugural meeting of the Digital Cooperation and Development Forum (DCDF-2021) \n  \nWhere: Virtually\, via Zoom >> REGISTER HERE \nWhen: Tuesday 14 December 2021\, 12:00 p.m Beirut Time \nEvent Website: https://dcdf-2021.unescwa.org/ \nWe look forward to your active participation in the Forum’s events and to welcoming you virtually to the High-Level inaugural session! \n  \nWith kind regards\, \nESCWA Organizing Team \n 
URL:https://peoplecentered.net/event/launch-of-the-inaugural-meeting-of-the-digital-cooperation-and-development-forum-dcdf-2021-tuesday-14-december-1200pm-beirut-time/
CATEGORIES:Digital Finance
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SUMMARY:IGF 2021 Open Forum #62 EU Delegation to the IGF & the Youth IGF
DESCRIPTION:Theme\n\n(EMERGING AND CROSS-CUTTING) Inclusive IG ecosystems and digital cooperation \n\n\n\nRound Table – U-shape – 60 Min \nAdd this session to your schedule by clicking here. \n\n\nDescription\n\n  \nWe will discuss how the young and the Youth IGF Leaders can influence choice of internet policies.  \nThe main idea of the present proposal for an Open Forum is to share with the IGF multi-stakeholder community the outcomes of the Youth IGF Movement activities on digital cooperation that took place around the world in 2020\, know as the Youth IGF Battles 2020 to support the UN roadmap on Digital cooperation. \nThe format of the Open Forum is intended to be a debate between the Youth IGF Movement leaders and the leaders of the Information Society\, namely the members of the EU Delegation to the IGF (Members of the European Parliament and the European Commission)\, communities working on Digital cooperation\, as well as the representatives of the Asia-Pacific community\, African countries and Latin America. \nWe would like also to invite the leaders of the private sector. The Open Forum welcomes the representatives of other youth initiatives to engage in an inclusive dialogue with the leaders of the IGF community\, namely the ISOC YIGF program\, the ICANN Next-Gen and the nationals Youth IGFs. \nThis year it is proposed to focus the discussion between leaders and youth representatives on the engagement of Youth IGF community on the subject of digital cooperation and their role to play. \nThe session is foreseen as an open dialogue. The organiser and the co-organiser will give a few introductory tips. \n\n\n\nOrganizers\n\nEuropean Commission\nIn collaboration with TaC-Together against Cybercrime International \n\n\n\nSpeakers\n\nMr Vinton G. Cerf\, Known as Father of the Internet \, Vice President and Chief Internet Evangelist\, Google \nMrs Yu Ping Chan\, Senior Programme Officer\, Office of the UN Secretary General’s Envoy on Technology \nMr Pearse O’Donohue\, Director\, Directorate E\, Future Networks\, DG Connect\, European Commission \nMrs Mei Lin Fung\, Co-Founder\, People Centered Internet\, Co-Founder. CRM Innovator. \nMr Giovanni Seppia\, External Relations Manager\, EURid \nMs Yulia Tihonova\, Youth IGF Partner\, ITU Generation Connect\, Russia & CIS \nMs Razoana Moslam\, Youth IGF Partner\, Australia. Cybersecurity Researcher \nMr Levy Syanseke\, Youth IGF Partner\, Youth IGF Zambia Founder \n\n\n\nOnsite Moderator\n\nYuliya MORENETS\, Youth IGF Founder \n\n\n\nOnline Moderator\n\nMichel CHAMMAS\, Youth IGF Partner Lebanon \n\n\n\nRapporteur\n\nAna KRUPNIK \n\n\n\nSDGs\n\n8. Decent Work and Economic Growth\n10. Reduced Inequalities \nTargets: The Open Forum supports the implementation of the UN Secretary-General’s Roadmap for digital cooperation and foresees the discussion on the role of the youth in its implementation. The UN Secretary-General’s Roadmap for digital cooperation is directly linked to the SDGs.
URL:https://peoplecentered.net/event/youth-igf-eu-delegation-open-forum-igf-day-1/
CATEGORIES:Digital Finance,Digital Inclusion
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SUMMARY:Digital Cooperation and Diplomacy Meeting Agenda
DESCRIPTION:By invitation only. \nTo request an invitation you have to be a member of the PCI Community click here.
URL:https://peoplecentered.net/event/digital-cooperation-and-diplomacy-meeting-agenda/
CATEGORIES:Digital Finance
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SUMMARY:Global SME Finance Forum 2021
DESCRIPTION:Welcome & Keynote: Facilitating Green and Inclusive Solutions through Technology \nWelcome \nMC – Georja Calvin-Smith\, Writer\, TV Journalist\nOpening Keynote: Facilitating Green and Inclusive Solutions through Technology \nSpeaker: \nVint Cerf\, Vice President\, and Chief Internet Evangelist\, Google \nTamara Singh\, Board Member\, People-Centered Internet \nJustin Rice\, Vice President of Ecosystem\, Stellar Development Foundation \nPlease register here  (http://www.globalsmefinanceforum.org/2021/).
URL:https://peoplecentered.net/event/global-sme-finance-forum-2021/
CATEGORIES:Digital Finance
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SUMMARY:(REF DF28)Roundtable discussion on how Development Finance can support the SDGs\, with particular focus on Hi-Tech Skills including leveraging funding instruments at a global level.
DESCRIPTION:15h00 Declan Kirrane\, Welcome Remarks\nDr. Rita Lawlor Biobank Director\, ARC-Net and University of Verona\, Moderator\n15h05 Ms. Eva Kaili MEP\, European Parliament\, Keynote Remarks\n15h15 Prof Ian Jones\, Innopharma Education\n15h25 Prof Kurt Zatloukal Medical University Graz\n15h35 Discussants:\n          Mr. Barry Palte CEO\, EQ Capital Partners\n          Dr. Fuad Mrad Director\, United Nations Economic and Social Commission\n          Dr. Alex Cahana Partner\, BTBlock\, Advisor\, IMF Advisor\n          Ms. Nicole Patrice Tesla Skills Fund for Africa\n          Ms. Selam Ayele Kebede Antler\n          Mr. Oliver Blantern Impact Rooms \n          Prof Mammo Muchie Chair Rated Research Professor in Innovation Studies\, the Tshwane University               of Technology\n          Dr. Samuel Adunreke Innovea Hubs Board Chair\, Innovea Development Foundation\n16h05 Minerva Novero Policy Specialist\, Digital Transformation\, Skills\, Governance\, Smart Cities United Nations Development Programme (invited)\n16h20 Recommendations\n16h30 ConclusionThis Session will explore the link between development financing and a global approach for a skills agenda\, using the European union approach as a basis.\nThe commitment to addressing the Covid pandemic by development banks and many multilateral fora is extensive. It can be informed by a more comprehensive engagement with the science and medical research community. Digital tools for steering financing and directing funding to better effect and accelerating results towards achieving the UN SDG’s can significantly enhance policy development and operational oversight. Skills are and will be central to achieving this global agenda.\nThe Session will examine how:\nLinking development finance to science and research can improve both;\nTo maintain policies\, legal frameworks\, regulations\, and programmes which promote multi-disciplinary cross-sector research collaboration for achieving the UN SDG’s – among scientists\, research institutions\, and innovative businesses;\nSupport global coordination and delivering a global skills agenda\nDevelopment finance using digital finance tracking innovations can improve science programmes funded by nations\, science funding bodies\, and others;\nImproving development finance funding mechanisms are defined for international comparison and learning can increase synergy and generate re-usable scientific knowledge from the global initiatives for science;\nDevelopment finance can support capacity building for scientific research addressing COVID 19 and other diseases in areas including clinical trials\, biobanking\, other medical sciences\, agri-food\, and environment\, amongst others;\nSupporting blockchain\, AI\, and federated learning can enable data analytics and evidence-based response to pandemics and pandemic preparedness and the required skills;\nInput on science and innovation for policymakers at regional\, national and multistakeholder levels can increase global scientific impact in achieving the UN SDGs;\n\n\n\nSpeakers \n\n\n \nSelam Ayele Kebede\nDirector\, Antler\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nOliver Blantern\nFounder & CEO\, Impact Rooms\nOliver is an entrepreneur\, Venture Partner\, and startup Advisor\, dedicated to unlocking Africa’s potential. Based in London\, Oliver is the Founder and CEO of Impact Rooms\, a global investment enablement platform for Africa’s tech and impact ecosystem. Prior to this\, Oliver has… Read More →\n\n\n \nRita Lawlor\nBiobank Director\, ARC-Net\nRita Lawlor is a Computer Science graduate of Trinity College Dublin with a doctorate in Oncological Pathology from the University of Verona where she is co-founder of the ARC-Net (www.arc-net.it) applied cancer research centre where is director of the ARC-Net biobank and coordinates… Read More →\n\n\n\n\n \nMammo Muchie\nChair Rated Research Professor in Innovation Studies\, Tshwane University of Technology\nDST-NRF SARChI Chair Rated Research Professor in Innovation Studies\, Tshwane University of TechnologyProfessor Mammo Muchie did his undergraduate degree in Columbia University\, New York\, USA\, and his postgraduate MPhil and DPhil in Science\, Technology\, and Innovation for Development… Read More →\n\n\n \nMinerva Novero\nPolicy Specialist\, Digital Transformation\, Governance\, Smart Cities\, United Nations Development Programme\nMinerva Novero-Belec is a Policy Specialist in the Governance and Peacebuilding (GP) Cluster of UNDP’s Bureau for Policy and Programme Support (BPPS) in New York. She serves as UNDP’s co-focal point for urbanization\, with a focus on “smart cities” and smart approaches to sustainable… Read More →\n\n\n \nIan Jones\nCEO and President\, Innopharma\nFounder and CEO of Innopharma Group\, IrelandProfessor Ian Jones is the CEO and President of Innopharma Group – an Education and Technology Institute. He has worked for the past 25 years within the pharmaceutical\, and food manufacturing sectors where he has become a global leader… Read More →\n\n\n \nEva Kaili\nMEP\, European Parliament\nEva Kaili is a Member of the European Parliament and a member of the Group of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats. She is the Chair of the STOA Panel\, as well as Chair of the Delegation for relations with the NATO Parliamentary Assembly\, a member of the Committee… Read More →\n\n\n \nKurt Zatloukal\nDirector of the Diagnostic and Research Center for Molecular BioMedicine\, Director BBMRI.at\, Medical University Graz\nKurt Zatloukal\, M.D.  is professor of pathology at the Medical University of Graz\, Austria\, and is head of the Diagnostic and Research Center for Molecular Biomedicine. His research focusses on molecular pathology of diseases as well as biobanking and related technologies. He coordinated… Read More →\n\n\n \nDeclan Kirrane\nChair SSUNGA76\, ISC\nDeclan Kirrane is the founder and Managing Director of ISC Intelligence in Science in Brussels. He has more than 25 years of experience disseminating scientific and research activities in Europe and worldwide from organizations and governments. He has been involved in the dissemination… Read More →\n\n\n \nAlex Cahana\nPartner\, BTBlock\nWith 27 years clinical practice\, 17 years in digital health and 7 years in distributed ledger technology\, I am currently a UN/CEFACT expert for blockchain and health\, advisor to AfyfaRekod and board member for AdaLabs and the AI Center of Excellence in Africa.As an industry leader… Read More →\n\n\n \nBarry Palte\nCEO\, EQ Capital Partners\nBarry Palte is a global investment expert with a primary focus on sustainable investing and achieving positive social and private investment outcomes through his private investment platform. Barry served as Global Chairman of the International Association of Investment Bankers… Read More →\n\n\n \nFuad Mrad\nSenior Programme Manager\, United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia\nFouad Mrad has been with the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (UN-ESCWA) in Beirut since January 2010. He was the founding Executive Director of ESCWA regional Technology Centre (ETC) in Jordan (2011 -2017).  He is leading efforts to pilot AI and Big… Read More →
URL:https://peoplecentered.net/event/ref-df28roundtable-discussion-on-how-development-finance-can-support-the-sdgs-with-particular-focus-on-hi-tech-skills-including-leveraging-funding-instruments-at-a-global-level/
CATEGORIES:Digital Finance
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SUMMARY:(REF DF24) How Development Finance can support Science for the SDGs\, including leveraging other funding instruments\, Convened by ISC
DESCRIPTION:(REF DF28) How Development Finance can support science to achieve the SDGs\nAbstract \nDevelopment Finance Institutions (DFIs) are specialised development organisations that are usually majority-owned by national governments. DFIs invest in private sector projects in low and middle-income countries to promote job creation and sustainable economic growth. They apply stringent investment criteria aimed at safeguarding financial sustainability\, transparency\, and environmental and social accountability. \nFacing the corona crisis\, many Development Finance Institutions support industries fighting the pandemic. The International Monetary Fund has agreed to boost the finances of low and middle-income countries to support their pandemic response through a $650bn allocation of its special drawing rights. “This is a historic decision — the largest SDR allocation in the history of the IMF and a shot in the arm for the global economy at a time of unprecedented crisis\,” said Kristalina Georgieva\, IMF managing director\, in a statement on Monday\, 2 August 2021. \nThe IMF is not the only one allocating funds aimed at overcoming the pandemic. The World Bank designated numerous programs designed to deal with the challenges of the pandemic. As part of the World Bank Group’s response to the pandemic\, IFC is deploying fast-track financing to help keep companies in business and preserve jobs. \nIn synergy with the IMF and the World Bank are significant initiatives by the DFIs after the pandemic: \n\nThe European Investment Bank invests into digitalisation and a green revival;\nThe African Development Bank Group is spurring sustainable economic development and social progress\, with an objective of poverty reduction in its Regional Member Countries (RMCs)\, achieving this by: mobilising and allocating resources for investment in RMCs; and providing policy advice and technical assistance to support development efforts;\nThe European Bank for Reconstruction and Development has dedicated 21 billion € to help counter the economic impact of the coronavirus pandemic.\n\nThe United States International Development Finance Cooperation has a multi-pronged response to COVID-19\, which marshals public and private resources to expand access to critical therapeutics and medical equipment designed for low-resource environments\, to bolster liquidity and funding for these purposes\, thereby strengthening existing health systems and assets to build resilient local capacity and assure essential services are not severely disrupted by the pandemic. \nThis Session will explore the link between development financing and science and innovation.\nThe commitment to addressing the Covid pandemic by development banks and many multilateral fora is extensive. It can be informed by a more comprehensive engagement with the science\, and medical research community. Digital tools for steering financing and directing funding to better effect and accelerating results towards achieving the UN SDG’s can greatly enhance policy development and operational oversight. The Session will examine how: \n\nLinking development finance to science and research can improve both;\nTo maintain policies\, legal frameworks\, regulations and programmes which promote multi-disciplinary cross-sector research collaboration for achieving the UN SDG’s – among scientists\, research institutions and innovative businesses;\nMethodological policy support can vastly improve flexible and agile research collaborations that facilitate rapid\, interdisciplinary\, and evidence-based responses to future systemic crises and natural disasters across nations;\nPromoting effective and efficient processing as well as sharing of research data as openly as possible and securely as necessary\, improving the availability\, sustainability\, usability and interoperability of research data\, technologies\, infrastructure and services;\nDevelopment finance using digital finance tracking innovations can improve science programmes funded by nations\, science funding bodies and others;\nImproving development finance funding mechanisms are defined for international comparison and learning can increase synergy and generate re-usable scientific knowledge from the global initiatives for science;\nDevelopment finance can support capacity building for scientific research addressing COVID 19 and other diseases in areas including clinical trials\, biobanking\, other medical sciences\, agri-food\, and environment\, amongst others;\nSupporting blockchain\, AI\, and federated learning can enable data analytics and evidence-based response to pandemics and pandemic preparedness;\nEnsuring the global approaches to regulations prioritise funding effectiveness for science and innovation to achieve the UN SDG’s: E.g. data protection regulation\nInput on science and innovation for policymakers at regional\, national and multistakeholder levels can increase global scientific impact in achieving the UN SDGs;\nSupporting policy alignment for synergy in development finance at the international level;\nSupporting awareness by creating an inventory and directory of development finance initiatives can reduce waste and duplication\n\nThursday September 23\, 2021 2:00pm – 4:30pm CEST\n\n  Financing
URL:https://peoplecentered.net/event/ref-df24-how-development-finance-can-support-science-for-the-sdgs-including-leveraging-other-funding-instruments-convened-by-isc-declan-kirrane-mei-lin-alex-cahana-fo/
CATEGORIES:Digital Finance
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SUMMARY:(REF BB22) Biobanking to support the SDGs. Convened by the Biobanking and Biomolecular Resources Research Infrastructure (BBMRI)
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URL:https://peoplecentered.net/event/ref-bb22-biobanking-to-support-the-sdgs-convened-by-the-biobanking-and-biomolecular-resources-research-infrastructure-bbmri-jens-habermann-kurt-zatloukal/
CATEGORIES:Digital Finance
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SUMMARY:(REF SF20) Financing the Research and Development and Science for the SDGs
DESCRIPTION:Monday September 20\, 2021 3:00pm – 6:00pm CEST\n\n  Financing
URL:https://peoplecentered.net/event/ref-sf20-financing-the-research-and-development-and-science-for-the-sdgs-tamara-singh-mei-lin/
CATEGORIES:Digital Finance
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