Expert Group Meeting on Science, Technology, and Innovation for the SDGs - Meeting of the 10-Member Group of High-level Representatives, the IATT and other experts on high-impact STI4SDSG solutions, in preparation for the STI Forum and the SDG Summit 2023
Wed 11 Jan 2023, 8.30 am — Fri 13 Jan 2023, 6.30 pm
Background
The United Nations Department of Economics and Social Affairs (DESA), in collaboration with the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), and the UN Office for Sustainable Development (UNOSD), is organizing a three-day Expert Group Meeting on Science, Technology, and Innovation (STI) for the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), in order to help prepare for the Multi-stakeholder Forum on STI for the SDGs ("STI Forum") in May 2023 and the SDG Summit in September 2023. The meeting will bring together the UN Secretary General's 10-Member-Group of High-level Representatives of Private Sector, Civil Society and Scientific Community (10-Member-Group), the Inter-agency Task Team on STI for the SDGs (IATT), and selected STI experts from academia, non-governmental organizations, the private sector, and the UN system.
The meeting will focus on how best to structure the 2023 STI Forum, to make an effective contribution to the High-Level Political Forum (HLPF) 2023, and more broadly, accelerate progress toward the SDGs. The meeting will be structured along the theme of the HLPF 2023. The meeting will also identify key lessons learned from the Technology Facilitation Mechanism (TFM) since its inception in 2015, to support strategic planning for the work of the TFM in the coming years.
Announcements
Location of this meeting: United Nations Headquarters, New York, Flex Room 1522 and 1523. Please also refer to the logistics note under "Documents".
Pre-Conference Activities
Presentations
Background documents
Concept Note
Logistics Information
Programme
