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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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Ms Bupe Mwambingu

Basecamp Research Limited, UK
Biodiversity Partnerships Manager
London, UK
Websitebasecamp-research.com
Talks About; Biological Biodiversity, Conservation, Access to Benefit Sharing, Genetic resources.
Currently at Basecamp Research, UK, working as a Biodiversity Partnerships Manager. Basecamp Research is an innovative Biotechnology company based in London.
I focus on building commercial biodiscovery partnerships around the world to enable equitable benefit-sharing arrangements from commercial biotechnology applications. My work involves ensuring compliance of Basecamp Research with local, national, and international biodiversity regulations, including those guided by the UN- Nagoya Protocol under the Access & Benefit Sharing legislation. Basecamp Research seeks Biodiversity collaboration partners to work in areas with unique biodiversity to support building its unique nature graph database with a comprehensive & unique view of Earth's microbial diversity to enable the rapid development of complex commercial design products and applications. Also a big champion & advocate of STEM education for girls, capacity development and inclusion of women & youths in the sector. Fluent in Swahili and English.
Wednesday, September 22
 

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

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

4:00pm CEST

(REF HY23) Research Proposal Writing WorkshopSeán McCarthy

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
 

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

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
 

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

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