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Session 3: Science, Technology and Innovation for education and decent work for the future (SDG 4 and SDG 8)
Tue 14 May 2019, 3.00 pm — Wed 03 Feb 2021, 3.30 pm
Conference Room 4, UNHQ
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Background
The session will discuss ways in which science, technology, and innovation can better support SDG 4 (quality education) and SDG 8 (decent work and economic growth). The session will also look at how to re-shape education to prepare for a rapidly changing future of work. It will identify challenges and needs, good practices and policy recommendations.
Chair: H.E. Ms. Marie Chatardová
Innovators’ presentations:
• We Love Reading, (Rana Dajani) - Jordan
• Can't Wait to Learn, (Kate Radford) - Netherlands
Moderator: Ms. Anne-Christine Ritschkoff, 10-Member Advisory Group; and Senior Advisor VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland Ltd., Finland
Panelists
• Mr. Stefan Schnorr, Directorate-General, Digital and Innovation Policy, Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy, Germany
• Ms. Myung Ja Kim, President of the Korean Federation of Science and Technology Societies, Republic of Korea
• Mr. Antonin Fejfar, President of the Council for Science, Czech Republic Academy of Science
• Mr. Chaesub Lee, Director, Telecommunication Standardization Bureau, ITU
Interactive discussion