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Welcome to the Science Summit at UNGA76, a major contribution to advancing Science for the UN SDGs. Online from 14- September - 5 October 2021.
ISC will organise the second edition of the UNGA76 Science Summit around the 76th United Nations General Assembly (SSUNGA76) in September 2021. The objective of the virtual meeting will be to raise awareness of the role and contribution of science to the attainment of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. It will demonstrate initiatives that provide models for global science mechanisms and activities in support of the SDGs, particularly in science infrastructure and capacity building. Science is and will enable sustainable economic, environmental, and societal development. Science is more than a funding prioritisation exercise: science is impacting all areas of policy-making and is playing a more critical role in how policy objectives are achieved and the consequent benefit to people everywhere, including responses to global challenges.
Engagement with policy leadership is more important than ever: UNGA76 is a unique forum for science to demonstrate how policy and political leadership can benefit from innovation. Central to this is the role of nonstate actors and the multilateral fora, which increasingly determine how priorities are set. Science needs to be part of this dialogue and inform outputs through thought leadership, evidence, insights, analysis, and innovation.

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Dr Duncan Banks

The Open University
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Milton Keynes, UK
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I am a physiologist and neuroscientist who takes an active interest in health science research in the UK and in collaboration with others in East Africa, the Far East and China. My interests are in health monitoring, the use of AI in medicine, wearable technology innovation and distance education. I am currently in receipt of an EDCTP grant with clinical colleagues at Busitima University and Mbale Clinical Research Institute in Uganda.
Tuesday, September 14
 

12:00pm CEST

(REF S114) Science and SDG 1: Poverty: to end poverty in all its forms and everywhere by 2030Victoria Miyandazi • Joy Malala • Mei Lin Fung

2:30pm CEST

(REF OP14) SSUNGA76 Opening Plenary: How Science is Support the Attainment of the SDGs and how UNGA77 can do more to advance global science collaborationMei Lin Fung • Kevin Govender • Kurt Zatloukal • Worms, Patrick • Mark Ferguson • Orla Feely • Juan Miguel González-Aranda • Rita Lawlor • Michael Makanga • Jean-Pierre Bourguignon • Intisar Soghayroun • Maria Cristina Russo • Dr Nikiwe Bam • Magdalena Skipper • Regina Nthenya • rahma rachdi • Rolf Apweiler • Marcia McNutt • FAATIHA AAYAT • Nevan Krogan • Jacqueline Fabius • Sumitra Rajagopalan • Stefano Bertuzzi • Professor Sir Peter Gluckman • George Church • Gilles Bloch • Klaus Uckel • Coblentz Laban • Sri Fatmawati • Marta Fernández Suárez
 
Wednesday, September 15
 

10:00am CEST

(REF S215) Science and SDG 2: Zero Hunger: Convened by GODANdeclan kirrane • André Laperrière • Suchith Anand • Vladislav Popov • Ultan McCarthy • Uchechi Anaduaka • Dianna Smith • Lopamudra Patnaik Saxena

3:00pm CEST

(REF AS15) The Unique Role of Astronomy in Advancing the SDGsViolette Impellizzeri • Kevin Govender • George Miley • Charles Takalana • Anna Scaife • Debra Elmegreen • Xavier Barcons • Sonal Asgotraa • Grace Naledi Mandisa Pandor • Chiara Moenter • Office of Astronomy for Development (OAD)
 
Thursday, September 16
 

5:00pm CEST

(REF NA16) Invited SSUNGA76 Lecture by Naeem Altaf, IBM Distinguished Engineer & CTO Space TechGeorge Miley • Vanessa McBride • Naeem Altaf

6:00pm CEST

(REF AC17) How Data and Tech can Feed the World and Strengthen Critical Infrastructure . Convened by the Atlantic Council and the SDGsDr. David Bray • Rama Yade • Will Thompson • Daniella Taveau
 
Friday, September 17
 

9:00am CEST

(REF S417) Science for SDG 4: Quality EducationVindhya C • Nicole Patrice deMember • Dr. Yuhyun Park • Layih Butake • Jaagz Bajaj

3:00pm CEST

(REF DP17) 2) How can Life Sciences contribute to address climate changeRita Lawlor • Shilei Zhang • Elliot Swartz • Tobias J. Erb • Michael Miille • Bernd Halling • Claire Skentelbery

6:00pm CEST

(REF S517) SDG 5: Gender Equality. Women in Science and Women in Science Policy Making will help achieve the SDGsPriscilla Muheki • Cyndi Coon • Lourdes Verdes-Montenegro • Mei Lin Fung • Gitanjali Sah • Africa G. Zanella • Frauke Alves • Lucienne Abrahams • Carla Sharpe • Nabla Kennedy • Cecilia Ugaz Estrada • Margaret Jesang Hutchinson
 
Monday, September 20
 

3:00pm CEST

(REF AF20) Africa Science and Africa Partnerships for the SDGs, including Cleaner Water and SanitationPascal Doh • Dhesigen Naidoo • Yvonne Maingey • declan kirrane • Marleen Temmerman • Layih Butake
 
Tuesday, September 21
 

3:00pm CEST

(REF BA21) Biodiversity: Forests, Health and Society convened by IMIBIO Biodiversity Institute, Misiones, ArgentinaKarina Angelieva • Raquel Thomas • Worms, Patrick • declan kirrane • Convenor: Yousef Torman • Juan Miguel González-Aranda • Erik Ruuth • Sandra E. Sharry • Anabela Plos • Javier Jimenez Perez • Claire Lajaunie • Gabriel Labbate • Maria Teresa García de Dávila • Jan-Eric Litton • Jon Yearsley • Clovis Borges • Luc Janssens de Bisthoven • César Luena López • Martine HOSSAERT • Karen DeMatteo

5:00pm CEST

(REF FF21) Future Frontiers of the Global Economy and Society: the Role of Science and Collaborative ResearchBrian Omwenga • Sampathkumar Veeraraghavan • Joy Malala • Jeannette Stewart • Mei Lin Fung
 
Wednesday, September 22
 

12:00pm CEST

(REF S922) Science and SDG 9: Industry Innovation and InfrastructureCelestine Ukpere • Wambui Kariuki • Chao Mbogho

3:00pm CEST

(REF CT22) EDCTP: an EU-Africa partnership advancing global health research and cooperationSeamus O’Brien • Melinda Moree • Ruxandra Draghia-Akli • Anthony Solomon • Lara Pandya • Michael Makanga • Daan du Toit • Marcel Tanner • Leonardo Simao • Marleen Temmerman • Peter Kilmarx • Margareth Ndomondo-Sigonda • Nkandu Luo • Magda Robalo Correia e Silva • Pedro Alonso • Catarina Resende de Oliveira

3:30pm CEST

(REF SS22) South-South/North Science Capacity Building and Research Collaboration for the SDGsKurt Zatloukal • Christine Zimmermann-Lössl • Shahid A. Kamal • Mammo Muchie • Geci Karruri Sebina • Dean Armstrong • Professor Lisa Short • Kevin Haines • Enrico Ferro • Sandeep Kaur • Abdelkader Djeflat • Angathevar Baskaran • Keun Lee • Sheikh Fayaz Ahamad • Fabian Dattner • Julliet Makhapila • Rajesh GK • Edna Othiambo

5:00pm CEST

(REF BB22) Biobanking to support the SDGs. Convened by the Biobanking and Biomolecular Resources Research Infrastructure (BBMRI)Fredrick Chite Asirwa M.D. • Marialuisa Lavitrano • Zisis Kozlakidis • Jens Habermann • Kurt Zatloukal
 
Thursday, September 23
 

9:00am CEST

(REF KI23) Kilimanjaro Innovation Hub to Enable Africa to Achieve SDG’s on TimeAddis Kassahun Mulat • Rahel Belete • Pamela Steele

10:00am CEST

(REF AS24) Arab Science Cooperation to achieve UN SDGs. Convened with The Arab States Research and Education Network (ASREN)Omar Al-Jarrah • Dia-Eddin Arafah • Convenor: Yousef Torman • Ola El Zein • Jauad El Kharraz • Luis Cadenas • Islam Abou El-Magd • Boubakar Barry • Andrea Lausi • Amr Salama • Farida Fassi • Nazar Hassan • Mohammad Herzallah • Sarah Jones

3:00pm CEST

(REF FO23) Nature based solutions: the mythbuster session. Convened by ICRAFdeclan kirrane • Worms, Patrick • Nicolette Hahn Niman • Meine Van Noordwijk • Fred Pearce • Fergus Sinclair

5:00pm CEST

(REF GS23) GeoScience for the SDGs: Earth systems span national borders and play out over timescales well beyond the 2030 horizon of the SDGs.Richard Hammond • Juan Miguel González-Aranda • David Khoza • Yassamina Meddi • Murray Hitzman • David Applegate, Ph.D. • Anna Nguno • Yasushi Watanabe • Felix Bob Ocitti • Frank Mugyenyi

8:00pm CEST

(REF IK23) Indigenous Knowledge Research Infrastructure (IKRI) to Support the Implementation of UN Food System Summit (FSS) Action Area: “Support Means of Implementation”, including addressing SDG 10 to Reduce...Gabriel Muyuy Jacanamejoy • Worms, Patrick • Chandrashekhar Biradar • Juan Miguel González-Aranda • Karina Angelieva • Shirishkumar Ravan • Yon Fernandez-Larrinoa • Milind Pimprikar • Mattia Prayer Galletti • Simona Di Pippo • Myrna Cunningham
 
Friday, September 24
 

10:00am CEST

(REF CO24) COST as the European instrument enabling global RTDI collaborationKata Alfoldi • Bart Veys • Svetlana Voinova • Mickael Pero • Elena Velickova Nikova • Risto Rautiainen • Martina Hartl • Raphael Hirschi • Carina Dantas • Ronald de Bruin

12:00pm CEST

(REF IN24) Health research supporting the SDGs : insight into four key programmes of Inserm (Infectious Diseases, Climate Change and Health, Psychiatry and Healthy Ageing). In partnership with UNESCOMarion Leboyer • Eric Gilson • Shamila Nair-Bedouelle • Rémy Slama • Hervé RAOUL

2:00pm CEST

(REF OS24) Open Science, Invention Machines and achieving the SDGsRichard Absalom • Dap Hartmann • Mutembei Kariuki

3:00pm CEST

(REF SD24) Science Diplomacy to achieve the SDGs: Convened by DLR, GermanyDaan du Toit • Jan Marco Müller • Professor Sir Peter Gluckman • Angela Schindler-Daniels • Tim Flink • Maria Josten • Mona Nemer

5:00pm CEST

(REF S1124) Science and SDG 11: Sustainable Cities and CommunitiesCyndi Coon • Constant Cap • Mei Lin Fung • Gabriel Shumba

6:00pm CEST

(REF CO24) Communicating the SDGs: How to Build Sustainable Policymaker Engagement for Scientists, Researchers and InnovatorsNat Hill • Manoj Kumar Patairiya, • Mei Lin Fung • Simon Bergman
 
Monday, September 27
 

8:45am CEST

(REF S1326) Science and SDG 13: Climate ActionYvonne Maingey • Christine Mumbi • Edna Othiambo

1:00pm CEST

(REF RM27) The significance of international research cooperation for the attainment of SDGs – approaches from research management. Convened by DLR, Germany.declan kirrane • Cornelia Rieß • Mario Cervantes • Joachim Post • Stefan Alexander Haffner • Jackie Kado • Valeria Arza • Gaetano Ladisa • Sophie von Knebel

3:00pm CEST

(REF AS27) American Society of Microbiology (ASM): Achieving the SDSsJo Handelsman • Arturo Casadevall • Greetchen Díaz-Muñoz • Gemma Reguera • Tim Donohue • Stefano Bertuzzi (REF QI27) An International Collaborative Effort to Break Down Silos and Advance Science in AfricaJackie Kyosiimire Lugemwa • Nevan Krogan • Jacqueline Fabius • Yaw Bediako • Bailor Barrie • Christian Happi

5:00pm CEST

(REF RS27) A Resilience Strategy for the UN Sustainable Development Goals – A New Approach. Convened by Cranfield University, UK.Jim Harris • Kenisha Garnett • Simon Jude • David Denyer • Simon Harwood
 
Tuesday, September 28
 

8:00am CEST

(REF AZ28) Centre for Sustainability and Gender Economics (CSGE-Spain/Australia)Yolanda Collado • Pilar Castañón Fernández • Africa G. Zanella

10:00am CEST

(REF DP28) How will regulation for data, biotechnology, health and the digital economy help innovation for achieving the SDGsBrendan Barnes • David Peloquin • Lydia Kline • Kenneth Fleming • Kazuto Kato • Jean-Claude Burgelman • Andrew V. Biankin • declan kirrane • Rita Lawlor • Antonella Cardone • Giske Ursin

3:00pm CEST

(REF DT28) SDG 3: Good Health and Wellbeing. Digital Transformation for Health for the SDGsdeclan kirrane • Mei Lin Fung • Ogan Gurel • Marleen Temmerman • Rigveda Kadam • Intisar Soghayroun • Regina Nthenya • Martin Curley • George Crooks • K Ananth Krishnan • Bob Wachter • Jeffrey Braithwaite • Henrik Matthies • David DeAngelis • Francesca Colombo • Anne Quaadgras • Teresa Graham • Darin Wilson • Teisberg, Elizabeth

4:00pm CEST

(REF SY28) A Systems approach to Innovation for Agrifood and Life SciencesBernd Halling • Marleen Temmerman • Mahama Ouedraogo • Karina Angelieva • Intisar Soghayroun • Philippe Petithuguenin • Paul Ruebig • Daan du Toit

5:00pm CEST

(REF ES28) Responsible Research and Innovation (RRI) for Sustainable Development. Convened by UNESCOKonstantinos Tararas • Gordon Dalton • Ruth Callaway • Pedro Manuel Monreal Gonzalez • Malcolm ​ Fisk • Chaves Chaparro, Juliana

6:30pm CEST

(REF MF23) Medicines for the FutureTamlyn Shaw • Eva Stoger • James Ehrlich • Oskar Mencer • Christian Gruber • Kurt Zatloukal • declan kirrane
 
Wednesday, September 29
 

8:00am CEST

(REF S1629) Science and SDG 16: Peace, Justice and Strong InstitutionsDr. Crystal Simeon • Sarah Muthiga • Sandra Mututi

9:00am CEST

(REF NI29) Roundtable on Nigeria Convened by Innovea Development Foundation, Nigeriadeclan kirrane • Erik Ruuth • Lovina E Otudor • Nicole Patrice deMember • Michael Fagbohun • Michael Akingbohun • Jaagz Bajaj • Samuel Adunreke • Dr Nkechikwu Azinge • Folashade Adeyemo

10:00am CEST

(REF RI29) science capacity building convened by the EU's ERIC Forum under the leadership of Dr Francisco ColomerConvenor: Yousef Torman • Mammo Muchie • Rahel Belete • Jens Habermann • Susan Daenke • Juan Miguel González-Aranda • David Stuart • Francisco Colomer

11:00am CEST

(REF SH23) Roundtable with the High Representative of the Coalition for the Sahel, Dr Djimé Adoum, High Representative, Coalition for the Sahel.Djime Adoum • Worms, Patrick • Ciara Leonard • Nacro Hassan Bismarck • Kalifa Coulibaly • declan kirrane • Harun Cicek • Brian McCollow

12:00pm CEST

(REF MT29) Roundtable with MaltaRachel Decelis • Fabri Anthea
 
Thursday, September 30
 

8:45am CEST

(REF CS30) Mega science projects and grass roots level impact with Carla Sharpe, South AfricaCarla Sharpe

9:00am CEST

(REF IN30) Science Policy in IndiaV. P. Singh • Madhav Govind • Manoj Kumar Patairiya, • Sanjeev Kumar Varshney • Brinder Kumar Tyagi • Kamal Kant Dwivedi

10:00am CEST

(REF UV30) The role of universities through research and strategic partnerships in achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)Gonzalo Márquez • Erik Ruuth • Raveenthiran Vivekanantharasa • Pascal Doh • Kirk T. Semple • Lawrence Ezemonye • Akanimo Odon • Felly Mugizi Tusiime

11:30am CEST

(REF SS30) Schools Satellite Project: Supporting Space Science, Digital Skills and Kids Diplomacy in Our WorldSilvia Parres Palomares • Niall Smith • declan kirrane • Bethelhem Girma

6:00pm CEST

(REF PC30) People Centered Internet and the SDGsJoy Malala • Mei Lin Fung • Kartik Kulkarni • Riccardo Bassiri • Kennan Salinero, PhD • Anna Krupnik • Jeannette Stewart • Jacob Taylor • John Wharton • Cyndi Coon • Diego Molano Vega
 
Friday, October 1
 

1:00pm CEST

(REF LE01) Science and SDG 14 and SDG 15: Life Below Water and Life on Land. Convened by LifeWatch ERICdeclan kirrane • Kurt Zatloukal • Ian Jones • Worms, Patrick • Africa G. Zanella • Vladislav Popov • Stephen Peedell • Murray Hitzman • Juan Miguel González-Aranda • Karina Angelieva • Ciara Leonard • Alberto Basset • Erik Ruuth • Christos Arvanitidis • Shirishkumar Ravan • Milind Pimprikar • Akhilesh Gupta • Jyoti Mathur-Filipp • Peter Heffernan • Michel Massart • Antonio Micha • Stephanie Splett • Manuel Delgado-Baquerizo • Mike Elliot • Inmaculada Figueroa • Lino Barañao • Javier Castroviejo-Bolívar • José Manuel Ávila-Castuera • AERAP • iCRAG • Geoscience Council, South Africa • Ministry of Education and Science Bulgaria • IAU Office of Astronomy for Development • LifeWatch ERIC
 
Monday, October 4
 

9:00am CEST

(REF S1023) Science and SDG 10: Reduced InequalitiesMaame Bonsu • Andrew Rugege • Attiya Waris • Daisy Ogembo

2:00pm CEST

(REF AR04) AERAP Session - Africa -Europe and Global Science Cooperation - Capacity and PrioritiesDr. Domingos Barbosa • Takalani Nemaungani • Bonita de Swardt • Rahel Belete • Anna Nguno
 
Thursday, October 14
 

3:00pm CEST

(REF DF30) 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.,Selam Ayele Kebede • Oliver Blantern • Rita Lawlor • Mammo Muchie • Minerva Novero • Ian Jones • Kurt Zatloukal • declan kirrane • Alex Cahana • Barry Palte • Fuad Mrad