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Session 10: STI for inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable cities and human settlements (SDG 11)
Wed 06 Jun 2018, 4.00 pm — Wed 03 Feb 2021, 4.00 pm
Conference Room 4, UNHQ
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Background
The session will discuss the status of existing knowledge and technology, and explore the potential for how science, technology and innovation can support the achievement of SDG 11 on sustainable cities and human settlements. The session will help identify good practices and policy recommendations, as well as challenges and needs, especially as they relate to international cooperation, innovation and capacity-building, with a view to facilitate the development, scaling up adoption and dissemination of relevant technologies for SDG 11.
Chair: H.E. Mr. Juan Sandoval-Mendiolea, Ambassador, Deputy Permanent Representative of Mexico to the United Nations
Moderator: Mr. Vaughan Turekian, Senior Director at the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
Panelists ● Ms. María Victoria Sukenik, ICT Ministry, Advisor, SeTIC; Chair ITU Study Group 5 on Environment and circular economy; Vice-Chairman of U4SSC (United for Smart Sustainable Cities), Argentina ● Mr. Yunus Arikan, Head of Global Policy and Advocacy at ICLEI, Turkey ● Mr. Kamal Bhattacharya, Chief Executive Officer Safaricom Innovation Hub, Kenya ● Mr. David Edwards, Professor at the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences at Harvard University
Chair: H.E. Mr. Juan Sandoval-Mendiolea, Ambassador, Deputy Permanent Representative of Mexico to the United Nations
Moderator: Mr. Vaughan Turekian, Senior Director at the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
Innovation pitches:
- Ocupa Tu Calle, Patricia Alata
- City Based Common Hospital Waste Treatment Facility, Santosh Poudel
Panelists ● Ms. María Victoria Sukenik, ICT Ministry, Advisor, SeTIC; Chair ITU Study Group 5 on Environment and circular economy; Vice-Chairman of U4SSC (United for Smart Sustainable Cities), Argentina ● Mr. Yunus Arikan, Head of Global Policy and Advocacy at ICLEI, Turkey ● Mr. Kamal Bhattacharya, Chief Executive Officer Safaricom Innovation Hub, Kenya ● Mr. David Edwards, Professor at the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences at Harvard University
