Name: (REF AS27) American Society of Microbiology (ASM): Achieving the SDSs
Start: 2021-09-27T15:00:00+0200
End: 2021-09-27T16:00:00+0200

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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(REF AS27) American Society of Microbiology (ASM): Achieving the SDSs

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With over 30,000 members, including researchers, educators and health professionals, ASM is one of the largest life science societies in the world.

Speakers

Jo Handelsman

Wisconsin Institute, Wisconsin Institute for Discovery

Dr Jo Handelsman is the Director of the Wisconsin Institute for Discovery at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, a Vilas Research Professor, and Howard Hughes Medical Institute Professor.She previously served as a science advisor to President Barack Obama as the Associate Director... Read More →

Arturo Casadevall

Professor of Molecular Microbiology & Immunology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

Arturo Casadevall is a Bloomberg Distinguished Professor of Molecular Microbiology & Immunology and Infectious Diseases at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and Johns Hopkins SchoolArturo Casadevall, M.D., Ph.D., is a Bloomberg Distinguished Professor and Alfred... Read More →

Greetchen Díaz-Muñoz

Director of the Science Education Program and Community Partnerships, Ciencia Puerto Rico

Dr Greetchen Díaz-Muñoz is a microbial scientist, educator, communicator and advocate of diversity and inclusion in the careers of science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM), especially women and girls.She is currently Director of the Science Education Program and Community... Read More →

Gemma Reguera

Full Professor, Michigan State University

Gemma Reguera has a broad background in applied and environmental microbiology, with research projects spanning human, terrestrial, and anthropogenic environments. Her research is highly interdisciplinary and aims at harnessing microbial components, microorganisms and microbiomes... Read More →

Tim Donohue

Ira Baldwin and UW Foundation Fetzer-Bascom Professor of Bacteriology, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Tim Donohue is Ira Baldwin and UW Foundation Fetzer-Bascom Professor of Bacteriology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He is an international expert on the sustainable bio-based conversion of renewable resources into fuels and products. Since 2007, he has led Great Lakes Bioenergy... Read More →

Stefano Bertuzzi

Chief Executive Officer, American Society for Microbiology (ASM)

Dr Stefano Bertuzzi is the Chief Executive Officer of the American Society for Microbiology (ASM). ASM is one of the largest life sciences professional societies in the world, with more than 30,000 members and activities in 122 countries. Its mission is to promote and advance microbial... Read More →

Monday September 27, 2021 3:00pm - 4:00pm CEST

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UNGA76 Science Summit

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