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Digital Cooperation & Diplomacy Network Meeting

Agenda:  10:30 am Welcome – Vint Cerf 10:35 am Digital Capacity Building (slides) – Robert Opp, UNDP, and Marco Obiso 11:00 am “What Digital Public Goods need to thrive” (slides) – Heath Arensen 11:15 am CyberTech Accord (slides) – Rachel Azafrani and John Hering 11:30 am Digital Planet and Measurement (slides) – Bhaskar Chakravorti and Ravi Shankar Chaturvedi 12:00pm AERAP Europe Africa Science Digital and UN76 Programme – Declan Kirrane 12:10pm Global Connectivity Read More

Digital Cooperation & Diplomacy Network Meeting

Agenda: 10:30 am Welcome – Vint Cerf – Update on project on Mothers of the Internet 10:45 am WSIS Gender Mainstreaming – Doreen Bogdan & Gitanjali Sah, ITU 11:00 am Smart Cities Capacity Building (slides) – Minerva Novero, UNDP 11:15 am PLACE Presentation and Demo – Amy Regas & Nigel Edmead 11:40 am IEEE Working Group on Spatial Web – Dan Mapes, Spatial Web 12:00 pm Measurement in a Digital World – David Kirkpatrick, Techonomy Read More

Unit Masters: Mei Lin Fung / Enabling Global Participation

https://youtu.be/bqNfLp4Bi10 Mei Lin Fung is a technology pioneer working to ensure that technology works for humanity as the next 3.9 billion people come online. In 1989 she was part of the 2-person skunkworks team that developed “OASIS,” the first customer relationship management (CRM) system and working closely with Marc Benioff, the CEO of Salesforce. She Read More

Guidelines for SSUNGA76 Speakers and Convenors

Dear Convenors, Dear Speakers, Thank you very much for participating in the UNGA76 Science Summit! In order to make your experience as smooth as possible, we would like to provide you with some useful guidelines on how to navigate Sched. By clicking on the yellow tab "Video Stream" above, you will be redirected to our Youtube Read More

(REF OP14) Opening Plenary: How Science will Support the Attainment of the SDGs

Overview The main objective of the SSUNGA76 virtual meetings will be to raise awareness of the role and contribution of science to the attainment of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. The event will also demonstrate initiatives that provide models for global science mechanisms and activities in support of the SDGs, particularly in the area Read More

(REF SY15) A Systems approach to Innovation for Agrifood and Life Sciences Matthias Berninger

The session will examine how a systems approach will be necessary to ensure the transition and translation of research into tangible innovation outcomes to address grand challenges. Innovation has many dimensions and has many different policy expressions. The session will look at a more robust integration between SDG objectives and how to realize change efficiently, Read More

The Marconi Society offering Digital Inclusion webinar with Vint Cerf on Sept 15

Dear PCI Community, The Marconi Society, a nonprofit chaired by Vint Cerf and dedicated to bridging the digital divide, is offering a complimentary webinar called The Issues That Keep Us Up at Night, which will take place on September 15 at 11 a.m. ET. Moderated by luminary Sir David Payne, panelists Vint Cerf (Google), Jane Coffin (ISOC), Joseph Read More

(REF AS15) The Unique Role of Astronomy in Advancing the SDGs

15 September 2021 15.00 – 17.30 CEST UN GA 76 SCIENCE SUMMIT THE UNIQUE ROLE OF ASTRONOMY IN ADVANCING THE SDGS1,2 Organised under auspices of Intelligence in Science and AERAP by the International Astronomical Union Office of Astronomy for Development and its European Regional Office3 15 September 2021 15.00 – 17.30 CEST PROGRAMME 15.00 – Read More