Press Briefing, Monday, 6 June at 1pm
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WHO:
- Dr. Vaughan Turekian, Science and Technology Adviser to the US Secretary of State, co-chair of the STI Forum
- H.E. Mr. Macharia Kamau, Permanent Representative of the Republic of Kenya to the United Nations, co-chair of the STI Forum (TBC)
- Wu Hongbo, Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs, UN DESA
WHAT: Press Briefing with the co-chairs of the Multi-stakeholder Forum on Science, Technology and Innovation for the SDGs on the Forum’s inaugural session.
The novel two-day Forum aims to help build new networks that can foster scientific cooperation, innovation, and the development of new technologies that can help achieve the Sustainable Development Goals. It will bring innovators and investors together to explore new partnership possibilities.
Information on the Forum and the programme, can be found at: https://sustainabledevelopment.un.org/TFM/STIForum
The STI Forum will also feature the following events:
- “Call for Innovations” event, which will showcase innovations that were collected through a call to action and will provide practical examples of concrete progress on the ground. June 6, 13:15 – 14:45, Conference Room 1.
- Exhibition Hub, a matchmaking and networking event for selected innovators to meet high-level participants of the STI Forum. Ex-Press Bar on the 3rd Floor of UN Conference Building, June 6, 18:30 – 21:00
- A list of side events can be found at: https://sustainabledevelopment.un.org/TFM/STIForum/SideEvents
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Media contact
UN Department of Public Information
Dan Shepard, T: +1(212)963-9495 | E: shepard@un.org
About the STI Forum: https://sustainabledevelopment.un.org/TFM/STIForum