[2017] Science, Technology and Innovation Workshop
Description
UN DESA, in collaboration with UNCTAD, is organising a three-day workshop on Science, Technology and Innovation (STI) for the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) as a major preparatory event for the 2018 STI Forum, as well as to collect inputs for the development of the Online Platform of the technology facilitation mechanism (TFM). The workshop will have the participation of 40 to 50 technology experts from governments, the private sector, financial institutions, non-governmental organisations, and research institutions. It will be held on the margin of the International Exhibition on Smart Technology for Sustainable Development and Procurement in Songdo Convensia, Incheon, Republic of Korea, from 29 November to 1 December 2017. The workshop will focus on STI for the achievement of SDGs 6, 7, 11, 12, 15 (SDGs that will be considered during the High-Level Political Forum in 2018). The discussions will consider the role of traditional knowledge, the impact of emerging technologies, the barriers for scaling-up solutions, and ways to ensure that STI benefits all, leaving no one behind.
Programme
Formal Opening
Welcome Remarks
- Mr. Jiří Muchka (Special Representative for ECOSOC, Permanent Mission of the Czech Republic to the UN)
- Mr. Vaughan C Turekian (Co-chair of STI Forum 2016/2017 & Senior Board Director, Science Technology and Sustainability, National Academy of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine)
- Dr. Heide Hackman (Executive Director, International Council for Science (ICSU) and co-chairs of the 10-Member Group)
Congratulatory Remarks
- Dr. Young Sook Yoo (Korea Institute of Science and Technology & Former Minister of Environment)
Day 1 (November 29, 2017)
Session 1: Introduction to the STI Forum
Remarks
- Mr. Juwang Zhu (Director, Division for Sustainable Development, UN DESA)
- Ms. Shamika Sirimanne (Director, Division on Technology and Logistics, UNCTAD)
Session 2: STI challenges and solutions for the five selected SDGs
Session 2a: STI for ensuring availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all (SDG 6)
Panelists:
- "Ensure Availability and Sustainable Management of Water & Sanitation for All" - Mr. Eun Namkung (Professor, Seoul National University)
- "STI for ensuring availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all" - Mr. George Essegbey (Director, Science and Technology Policy Research Institute (STEPRI), Council of Science and Industrial Research)
- "Science, Technology and Innovation for ensuring availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all" - Ms. Angela Renata Cordeiro Ortigara (UN World Water Assessment Programme (WWAP))
- Ms. Lot Felizco (Country Director-Philippines, Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) program, Oxfam)
- Ms. Shirley Malcom (Co-chair, CSTD Gender Advisory Board)
Session 2b: STI for ensuring access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all (SDG 7)
Moderator: Ms. Shamika Sirimanne (Director, Division on Technology and Logistics, UNCTAD)
Panelist:
- "STI for SDG 7: Eusuring energy access" - Mr. Jim Watson (UK Energy Research Centre and University of Sussex)
- "STI for SDGs with special focus on Energy and Citizen's Involvement" - Mr. Woosung Lee (Director, Global Policy Researches, Science and Technology Policy Institute)
- "Advancing SDG 7 and its interlinkages with other SDGs" - Prof. Nebojsa Nakicenovic (Deputy Director General and Deputy Chief Executive Officer, International Institute for Applied System Analysis (IIASA))
- Ms. Katherin Steel (Energy Director, Power Africa, USAID)
Session 2c: STI for making cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable (SDG 11)
Moderator: Ms. Hayat Sindi (Founder and President, Institute for Imagination and Ingenuity)
Panelists:
- "Workshop on Science, Technology and Innovation for SDGs" - Mr. Eugene Atiemo (Director, Building and Road Research Institute of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research of Ghana)
- Ms. Sujaya Sathi (Centre for Study of Science, Technology and Policy (CSTEP))
- Mr. Richalls Martins (Coordinator, Brazilian Network of Population and Development in Brazil & Representative, Brazil in the Latin American Network of Equality and Social Justice)
Session 2d: STI for ensuring sustainable consumption and production patterns (SDG 12)
Moderator: Mr. Zitouni Ould-Dada (Head of Technology Unit, UN Environment)
Panelist:
- Mr. Jonghwan Kim (Director, Korea Environmental Industry and Technology Institute)
Session 2e: STI for preserving and sustainbly using terrestrial ecosystems (SDG 15)
Moderator: Ms. Elenita Daño (Asia Director, Action Group on Erosion, Technology and Concentration)
Panelists:
- "STI for preserving and sustainably using terrestrial ecosystems" - Mr. Wooyeong Joo (Senior Researcher, National Institute of Ecology)
- "Institutional Platform for Biodiversity and Wildlife Health" - Mr. Eduardo Krempser (Coordinator, Institutional Platform of Biodiversity and Health, Fiocruz, Brazil)
Session 2f: Harnessing the crosscutting nature of STI for resilience and inclusion
Moderator: Mr. George Essegbey (Director, the Science and Technology Policy Research Institute (STEPRI), the Council of Science and Industrial Reserach)
Panelists:
- Ms. Erika Kraemer-Mbula (Senior Lecturer and Research Fellow, Institute for Economic Research on Innovation, Tshwane University of Technology)
- Mr. Jean-Eric Aubert (International expert on STI Policies)
- "Facilitation of STI for SDGs" - Dr Michiharu Nakamura, Former President and Senior Advisor, Japan Science and Technology Agency
Day 2 (November 30, 2017)
Session 3: Harnessing indigineous knowledge for the achievement of the SDGs
Moderator: Dr. Myrna Cunningham (President, Center for Autonomy and Development of Indigenous People (CADPI))
Panelists:
- Ms. Aminata Sall Diallo (Executive Director of the Partnership for Applied Science Engineering and Technology/ Special Advisor, the Minister of Higher Education and Research/ STI Adviser, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Senegal)
- "South Korea's Development and Its Contribution to Global Health" - Ms. Eun Mee Kim (Professor, Graduate School of International Studies & Director, Institute for Development and Human Security, Ewha Womans University)
- Ms. Anita Gurumurthy (Executive Director, IT for Change)
- Mr. Stanley Kimare Riamit (Executive Director, Indigenous Livelihoods Enhancement Partners, Kenya)
- "Workshop on Science, Technology and Innovations for SDGs; Harnessing Indigenous Knowledge for SDGs" - Mr. Daniel ole Sapit Msc (Executive Director, Indigenous Peoples Major Group for SDGs)
- "Indigenous Knowledge for SDGs" - Mr. Neth Daño (Action Group on Erosion, Technology and Concentration)
Session 4: Emerging frontiers - evolving STI developments with implications for SDGs
Moderator: Prof. Nebojsa Nakicenovic (Deputy Director General and Deputy Chief Executive Officer, International Institute for Applied System Analysis (IIASA))
Panelists:
- "Science, Technology and Innovation (STI) for Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)" - Dr. Catherine Adeya-Weya (ICT4D Consultant/ Senior Representative, Fieldstone Africa)
- "How We Can Respond to Two Different Impacts of Frontier Technological Innovations onto SDGs: Disruptive Emergence and Flexible Focusing" - Mr. Kyungbae Park (Professor, Department of Business Administration, Sangji Univeristy)
- "Emerging technologies and the SDGs" - Mr. Edward Lorenz (Professor of Economics, University of Côte d’Azur)
- "Automation - Ethical Aspects" - Mr. Michael Zichy (Professor, University of Salzburg)
- "Emerging STI developments with implications for SDGs : two cases from Africa" - Mr. Keun Lee (Professor, Seoul National University)
- Mr. Mark Graham (Professor, Internet Geography, Oxford Internet Institute)
Day 3 (December 1, 2017)
Session 5: STI roadmaps incorporating SDGs and their implications for policy and capacity building
Moderator: Mr. Bill Colglazier (Co-chair of the 10-Member Group, Senior Scholar & Visiting Scientist, Center for Science Diplomacy, American Association for the Advancement of Science)
Panelists:
- "Where STI for SDGs is going ? - From discussion to implementation through transforming STI eco-system : Policy, roadmaps and capacity building" - Mr. Tateo Arimoto (Professor, National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (GRIPS) & Principal Fellow, Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST))
- "STI Roadmaps incorporating SDGs and Implications for Policy and Capacity Building" - Mr. Klaus Tilmes and Mr. Naoto Kanehira (World Bank Group)
- Mr. Ozcan Satiras (Professor of Innovation and Strategy, National Research University, Higher School of Economics, Moscow)
- Mr. Almaty Konte (Senior expert in Innovation Policy with the African Observatory for STI)
- Dr. Philippe Kuhutama Mawoko (Director of the African Observatory for STI)
Session 6: TFM Online Platform
Moderator: "Agora- Open Science, Technology and Education for Health" - Mr. Paulo Gadelha (President, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (Fiocruz))
Panelists:
- Mr. Mustapha Mokrane (Executive Director, ICSU World Data System)
- "GCCA - UN STI Workshop for SDGs" - Ms. Nina Harjula (Chairman of the board, Nordic Innovation Accelerator & Co-founder Board member, Global Cleantech Cluster Association)
- "Elements of a Practical Roadmap for Implementation: On-Line Platform/ Technology Facilitation Mechanism" - Mr. Clovis Freire and Mr. Jorge Martinez Navarrete (UN DESA & UN OICT)
- "Online Platforms: Purpose and Principles" - Mr. Jonathan Wong (Chief of Technology and Innovation, ESCAP)
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