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Session 3: STI for sustainable management of water and sanitation for all (SDG 6)
Tue 05 Jun 2018, 3.00 pm — Wed 03 Feb 2021, 3.00 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 6 on water and sanitation. 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 6.
Chair: H.E. Mr. Juan Sandoval-Mendiolea, Ambassador, Deputy Permanent Representative of Mexico to the United Nations
Moderator: Ms. Špela Stres, Head of Innovation and Technology Transfer Center for Jožef Stefan Institute, Slovenia
Panelists ● Ms. Maria-Alejandra Gonzalez-Perez, Professor of Management at Universidad EAFIT (Medellin, Colombia), the Vice-President of Administration at the Academy of International Business (AIB)
● Mr. Ernesto Rodriguez Leal, Director of Innovation, Rotoplas, Mexico ● Ms. Charlotte Watts, Chief Scientific Advisor, UK
Chair: H.E. Mr. Juan Sandoval-Mendiolea, Ambassador, Deputy Permanent Representative of Mexico to the United Nations
Innovation pitches:
- Technorbital Drinking Water Systems, Sreekumar Thaliyil Veedu
- SweetSense Remote Water Monitoring Platform, Dexter Gauntlett
- Maji Mamas, Sydney Gray
Moderator: Ms. Špela Stres, Head of Innovation and Technology Transfer Center for Jožef Stefan Institute, Slovenia
Panelists ● Ms. Maria-Alejandra Gonzalez-Perez, Professor of Management at Universidad EAFIT (Medellin, Colombia), the Vice-President of Administration at the Academy of International Business (AIB)
● Mr. Ernesto Rodriguez Leal, Director of Innovation, Rotoplas, Mexico ● Ms. Charlotte Watts, Chief Scientific Advisor, UK