Special event: Reflections by 10-Member Group members on next steps for the TFM | Department of Economic and Social Affairs

Background

Background

The Secretary-General's 10-Member Group is tasked with supporting the Technology Facilitation Mechanism, including the STI Forum. Group members work closely with the IATT and guide the work of the TFM. This session will feature reflections by 10-Member Group members on the next steps for the TFM.

Co-chair:

H.E. Mr. Mohammad Koba, Ambassador, Charge d’Affaires of the Permanent Mission of the Republic of Indonesia to the United Nations

Moderator:

Ms. Heide Hackmann, Chief Executive Director, International Science Council (TFM 10-Member Group)

Panelists:

Mr. Vaughan Turekian, Senior Director, US National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
Mr. Michiharu Nakamura (Japan), Senior Advisor (Former President), Japan Science and Technology Agency
Mr. Paulo Gadelha, Coordinator of the Fiocruz Strategy for the 2030 Agenda
Mr. Elmer William Colglazier Jr, Senior Scholar, Visiting Scientist, Center for Science Diplomacy, American Association for the Advancement of Science
Ms. Myrna Cunningham (Nicaragua), President, Center for Autonomy and Development of Indigenous Peoples
Ms. Xiaolan Fu, Director, Technology and Management Centre for Development, Oxford University

Lead discussants:

Mr. José Ramón López-Portillo Romano, Chairman, Q Element Ltd.
Mr. Nebojsa Nakicenovic, Member of the Group of Chief Scientific Advisors, European Commission; former Deputy Director General and Deputy Chief Executive Officer, International Institute for Applied System Analysis
Ms. Špela Stres, Director, Innovation and Technology Transfer Center for Jožef Stefan Institute, Slovenia
Mr. Romain Murenzi, Executive Director, TWAS

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Biographies

H.E. Mr. Mohammad Koba

Ambassador, Chargé d'Affaires of the Permanent Mission of the Republic of Indonesia to the United Nations

Ms. Heide Hackmann

Chief Executive Director, International Science Council

Mr. Vaughan Turekian

Senior Director, US National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine

Mr. Michiharu Nakamura

Mr. Michiharu Nakamura, Counselor to the President, Japan Science and Technology Agency; former member, 10-Member-Group of High-level Representatives in support of Technology Facilitation Mechanism

Mr. Paulo Gadelha

Coordinator of the Fiocruz Strategy for the 2030 Agenda

Mr. Elmer William Colglazier Jr

Senior Scholar, Visiting Scientist, Center for Science Diplomacy, American Association for the Advancement of Science

Ms. Myrna Cunningham

President, Center for Autonomy and Development of Indigenous Peoples

Xiaolan Fu

Director, Technology and Management Centre for Development, Oxford University

Mr. José Ramón López-Portillo Romano

Chairman, Q Element Ltd.

Mr. Nebojsa Nakicenovic

Member of the Group of Chief Scientific Advisors, European Commission; former Deputy Director General and Deputy Chief Executive Officer, International Institute for Applied System Analysis

Ms. Špela Stres

Director, Innovation and Technology Transfer Center for Jožef Stefan Institute, Slovenia

Mr. Romain Murenzi

Executive Director, World Academy of Sciences