Science Summit at UN General Assembly

Digital Governance Series

Transforming Science in the Age of AI and Digital Innovation

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Virtual Sept 16 – 18, Hybrid: Sept 19

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5 Years @SSUNGA 2020-2024​

Since 2020, the People Centered Internet has been organizing a series of  Digital interventions at SSUNGA and as Digital increased in importance with Covid, our presence at the Science Summit has expanded. In 2024, we are organizing the Digital Governance Series or SSUNGA-DGS

The Science Summit at the UN General Assembly (SSUNGA) brings together thought leaders, scientists, technologists, innovators, policymakers, decision-makers, regulators, financiers, philanthropists, journalists and editors and community leaders to increase collaborations across a broad spectrum of themes. The objective is to give voice to scientists, engineers and technologists and highlight the importance of global multi-stakeholder collaboration that is essential to reach the UN Sustainable Development Goals. In 2023, SSUNGA attracted 1800 participants in 400 sessions held in parallel to the UN General Assembly. The topic of our SSUNGA People Centered Internet  series was Key Challenges & Objectives for Digital Cooperation, Governance and Regulation

In 2024 the People Centered Internet is partnering with sponsors and the UN AI Advisory Council to showcase at SSUNGA-DGS the  “Digital Governance Series” Sept 16 – 20 – Virtual sessions, except for two days Sept 18-19 which will be LIVE in New York & online.

Join us for the UN Science Summit’s Digital regulation series, where we discuss the latest trends in online governance!. Register here.

2024: Digital Governance Series @SSUNGA79

September 16 to 20, 2024

Science Summit at UN General Assembly

The Digital Governance Series as part of SSUNGA79  provides a space for the voices of scientists, engineers, mathematicians and technologists to come together.

In the rapidly evolving landscape of digital technology, the United Nations can play a valuable role as a referee, in two ways to ensure fair and beneficial to all people.

  1. Orchestrating digital interactions that enable broad participation and engagement.
  2. Digitally orchestrating interactions with a primary arbitration role to ensure the inclusion and integration of all, prioritizing constructive engagement for SDGs.

Lessons learned from historical legal frameworks such as British common law and the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) offer valuable perspectives for shaping effective digital governance. Both legal concepts emphasize the retention of local authority while promoting the peaceful sharing of resources (as in UNCLOS) and efficient mutual learning between different stakeholders (as in British common law).

2023: Key Challenges & Objectives for Digital Cooperation, Governance and Regulation @SSUNGA78

Science Summit at UN General Assembly

The 9th edition of SSUNGA around the 78th United Nations General Assembly (UNGA78) took place from 12-29 September 2023 and brought together over 1800 speakers from all continents in more than 400 sessions. The People Centered Internet ran a three-day series with a people centered focus, exploring how scientific and digital collaboration is even MORE relevant and sustainable when we prioritize engaging people and respectfully receiving, acknowledging and acting on participatory feedback..
We explored specific use cases, discussing which enabling policy, regulatory, and financial environments would robustly support genuinely global, resilient and sustainable scientific collaboration and cooperation. Session recordings and summaries are shown here.