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… Continue reading Guidelines for SSUNGA76 Speakers and Convenors

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

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

SDG 3 Good Health and Wellbeing The SDG 3 is a universal and urgent call for action by all countries – developed and developing - to ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages by 2030. The goal, being adopted in 2015 is a follow-up of the partially achieved millennium goals. Among… Continue reading (REF S316) Science and SDG 3: Good Health and Wellbeing. Health and Medical Science Plenary

Healthy Resilient Communities by design means bringing the social determinants of health into the set of interventions of health and medicine, to complement the clinical interventions which have up to now been the primary focus of medical scientific research. What makes a healthy community? Economic stabilityFood security Access to quality education Stable housing and neighborhoods Social and community support Access… Continue reading (REF MSP16) Health and Medical Science Plenary Anne Quaadgras

How to Write a Competitive Proposal for EU Funding Programmes UN Summit 16th and 23rd September 2021 Dr. Seán McCarthy Hyperion Ltd (www.hyperion.ie) European Funding Programmes are one of the instruments used by the European Union to implement EU Policies. In the current funding period (2021-2027) there are over 30 funding programmmes – and each… Continue reading (REF HY16) Research Proposal Writing Workshop Seán McCarthy

SDG 4 Quality Education The SDG 4 is a universal and urgent call for action by all countries – developed and developing - to ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all by 2030. The goal, being adopted in 2015 is a follow-up of the partially achieved millennium goals. Among… Continue reading (REF S417) Science for SDG 4: Quality Education

Welcome to the Science Summit at UNGA76, a major contribution to advancing Science for the UN SDGs. Online from 14-30 Sept 2021. ISC will organise the second edition of the UNGA76 Science Summit around the 76th United Nations General Assembly (UNGA76) in New York in September 2021. The objective of the virtual meeting will be… Continue reading (REF DP17) 2) How can Life Sciences contribute to address climate change

SDG 7 Affordable and Clean Energy  The SDG 7 is a universal and urgent call for action by all countries – developed and developing – to ensure access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all by 2030. The goal, being adopted in 2015 is a follow-up of the partially achieved millennium goals. Among… Continue reading (REF S720) SDG 7: Affordable and Clean Energy – ITER and Fusion Energy

SDG 6 Cleaner Water and Sanitation The SDG 6 is a universal and urgent call for action by all countries – developed and developing – to ensure availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all by 2030. The goal, being adopted in 2015 is a follow-up of the partially achieved millennium goals. Among… Continue reading (REF S620) Science and SDG 6: Cleaner Water and Sanitation

Misiones is one of the 23 provinces of Argentina, strategically located in the extreme northeast of the country of the Mesopotamia region. Approximately 91% of its borders are international being surrounded by Paraguay to the northwest, Brazil to the north, east and south, and the Argentine province of Corrientes to the southwest. Border activity is… Continue reading (REF BA21) Biodiversity: Forests, Health and Society convened by IMIBIO Biodiversity Institute, Misiones, Argentina Erik Ruuth

The world is undergoing a fourth industrial revolution at an unprecedented rate. Africa must proactively embrace it to ensure the communities benefit, and the youth succeed in the new world. Africa is yet to realize its potential in the digital space and leverage technology to build a more prosperous society. Urgent, bold, and coordinated action… Continue reading (REF KI23) Kilimanjaro Innovation Hub to Enable Africa to Achieve SDG’s on Time

Research funding on science and innovation is becoming more and more mission-oriented, in order to push topics that contribute to the solution of societal challenges, such as the ones connected to the SDGs. Contributing to the SDGs also requires a clear perspective on technology and knowledge transfer through close collaboration with all stakeholders. The session… Continue reading (REF RM27) The significance of international research cooperation for the attainment of SDGs – approaches from research management. Convened by DLR, Germany.

THE ROLE OF SCIENCE AND INNOVATION IN ADDRESSING THE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS IN NIGERIA Science and Innovation have a significant role to play in the attainment and realization of economic, political and social independence in Nigeria and Africa at large. The issues of underdevelopment in Africa had in the past been multi-dimensional in nature and… Continue reading (REF NI29) Roundtable on Nigeria Jaagz Bajaj • Samuel Adunreke

"The real Southern Frontier of Europe," as EU Special Representative for the Sahel Emanuela del Re describes the region, is central to the transit of goods and people between the continents. The Sahel is home to some of the world's least developed and youngest nations with 50% of its inhabitants less than 15 years of… Continue reading (REF SH23) Roundtable with the High Representative of the Coalition for the Sahel, Dr Djimé Adoum, High Representative, Coalition for the Sahel.

The role of universities through research and strategic partnerships in achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) In an era where global concerns about sustainability issues are at a peak as shown by the current agenda of the international community, international universities have a crucial role to play. The UN Gs) provide a platform for country-level commitments… Continue reading (REF UV30) The role of universities through research and strategic partnerships in achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)