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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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David Harmon

Huawei
David Harmon is the director for EU Public Affairs at Huawei Technologies since September 2019. He implements key strategies and manages stakeholder relationships within the EU institutions covering the research, innovation, science, trade and digital economy policy areas.
Before coming to Brussels he worked in Shenzhen in China between 2014 and 2019 where he managed relationships for Huawei with over 15 international multi-lateral organisations such as the OECD, the African Union, the Arab League, APEC and the ASEAN secretariat.
Between 2010-2014 he was one of the six members within the cabinet of the European Commission for research, innovation and science where he had responsibility for international policy-making. He formerly worked as a political advisor within the European Parliament and he is a qualified lawyer.