“Early Warning for All: Harnessing AI-Powered Technologies to Strengthen Social Development and Sectoral Resilience”
Date: Wednesday, 7 May 2025
Time: 13:15-14:45 pm
Location: Conference Room E, UN Headquarters, New York
Moderator: Ms Laurel Paterson, Head of Strategic Partnerships and Communication, UNDP
PROGRAMME
1:20 pm to 1:30 pm
Opening Segment
Remarks by:
- Mr Robert Kayinamura, Deputy Permanent
Representative of Republic of Rwanda to the United Nations
- Mr John Gilroy, Chief of Service, Trust Funds and
Programmes, UN Office for Partnerships
- Mr Seizo Onoe, Director of the Telecommunication
Standardization Bureau (TSB) at the International
Telecommunication Union (ITU)
1:30 pm to 2:00 pm
Interactive Discussion
- Dr. Juan Lavista Ferres, Chief Data Scientist and Corporate Vice President at Microsoft, and Director of the AI for Good Lab.
- Dr Joshua L. DeVincenzo, Assistant Director, Applied
Research Services. Adjunct Assistant Professor of
Climate, Columbia Climate School
- Mr. Xavier Estico, Chief Executive Officer at
Seychelles National Institute for Science, Technology and Innovation
Followed by Q&A
2:00 pm to 2:10 pm
Interactive Presentation by Data Insights for Social &
Humanitarian Action (DISHA)
- Ms Talea Von Lupin, Portfolio Manager, UN Global Pulse/EOSG
2:10 pm to 2:15 pm
Live Demo by UNOOSA
“Satellite data and AI enhancing early warning systems – Digital Twins and sea level rise demo”
- Mr Lóránt Czárán, Chief of the UN-SPIDER
Programme, United Nations Office for Outer Space
Affairs
2:15 pm to 2:25 pm
Q&A Segment
2:25 pm to 2:40 pm
Closing Segment
Reflections and next steps by:
- Ms Laura Paterson, Chief NY Office, WMO
- Ms Toni-Shae Freckleton, Chief NY Office, UNDRR
Moderator to close the event
