unctad.org | CSTD 2018-2019 Inter-sessional Panel
CSTD 2018-2019 Inter-sessional Panel
15 - 17 January 2019
Vienna International Centre (VIC), Room C3, 7th Floor, C-Building
Vienna, Austria

Key Issues

The Panel will address the following two priority themes:
 
  • Theme 1: The impact of rapid technological change on sustainable development
  • Theme 2: The role of science, technology and innovation in building resilient communities, including through the contribution of citizen science
In addition, the Panel will examine issues related to the follow-up to the outcomes of the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS).
 
Findings and recommendations of the Panel are expected to be considered at the 22nd session of the CSTD to be held in May 2019.
 
Back to back with the Panel, a workshop on “Applying a Gender Lens to Science, Technology and Innovation” will take place on 18 January 2019.
 
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Documents

Programme

Statements

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Statement, Shamika N. Sirimanne, Director, Division on Technology and Logistics, Head of the CSTD secretariat, UNCTAD
15/01/2019 - 126KB - Agenda item Opening Session
 
Statement, A Min Tjoa, Chair of the 22nd session of the CSTD
15/01/2019 - 103KB - Agenda item Opening Session
 
Statement, Isabelle Durant, Deputy Secretary-General of UNCTAD
15/01/2019 - 229KB - Agenda item Opening Session
 
Statement, Shamika N. Sirimanne, Director, Division on Technology and Logistics, Head of the CSTD secretariat, UNCTAD
15/01/2019 - 199KB - Agenda item Theme 2: The role of science, technology and innovation in building resilient communities, including through the contribution of citizen science
 
Statement, India
15/01/2019 - 100KB - Agenda item Theme 2: The role of science, technology and innovation in building resilient communities, including through the contribution of citizen science
 
Statement, United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
15/01/2019 - 134KB - Agenda item Theme 2: The role of science, technology and innovation in building resilient communities, including through the contribution of citizen science
 
Statement, Portugal
15/01/2019 - 161KB - Agenda item Theme 2: The role of science, technology and innovation in building resilient communities, including through the contribution of citizen science
 
Statement, David Souter, Managing Director, ict Development Associates
17/01/2019 - 152KB - Agenda item Progress made in the implementation of and follow-up to WSIS outcomes at the regional and international levels
 
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Presentations

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How citizen science could contribute to building resilient communities - Recent experiences from Japan, Setsuko Saya, Director, International Cooperation, Disaster Management Bureau, Cabinet Office, Japan
15/01/2019 - 1114KB - Agenda item Theme 2: The role of science, technology and innovation in building resilient communities, including through the contribution of citizen science
 
Geospatial Technology, Resilience - Whose knowledge? Whose values?, Yola Georgiadou, Professor, Department of Urban and Regional Planning and Geo-Information Management, University of Twente
15/01/2019 - 2034KB - Agenda item Theme 2: The role of science, technology and innovation in building resilient communities, including through the contribution of citizen science
 
Promoting Indigenous Knowledge for Community Resilience, Neth Daño, Co-Executive Director, Action Group on Erosion, Technology and Concentration (ETC Group)
15/01/2019 - 731KB - Agenda item Theme 2: The role of science, technology and innovation in building resilient communities, including through the contribution of citizen science
 
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, IPCC, Martin Brocklehurst, Chair of the European Citizen Science Association Policy Working Group
15/01/2019 - 2848KB - Agenda item Theme 2: The role of science, technology and innovation in building resilient communities, including through the contribution of citizen science
 
The impact of rapid technological change on sustainable development, Shamika N. Sirimanne, Director, Division on Technology and Logistics, UNCTAD
16/01/2019 - 1130KB - Agenda item Theme 1: The impact of rapid technological change on sustainable development
 
African Union Development Agency (AUDA), Yaye Kene Gassama, Chair of the African Union High Level Panel for Emerging Technologies (APET)
16/01/2019 - 941KB - Agenda item Theme 1: The impact of rapid technological change on sustainable development
 
Science and Technology Imperatives for the SDGs, Shashi Buluswar, CEO, Institute for Transformative Technologies (ITT)
16/01/2019 - 2862KB - Agenda item Theme 1: The impact of rapid technological change on sustainable development
 
The Impact of rapid techological change on sustainable development with particular reference to the SDG9, Cecilia Ugaz Estrada, Director, Department of Policy Research and Statistics, UNIDO
16/01/2019 - 700KB - Agenda item Theme 1: The impact of rapid technological change on sustainable development
 
ILO Future of Work Research: Digital Labour Platforms, Damian Grimshaw, Director, Research Department, ILO
17/01/2019 - 802KB - Agenda item Progress made in the implementation of and follow-up to WSIS outcomes at the regional and international levels
 
World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) Implementation Process, Catalin Marinescu, Head, Corporate Strategy Division (CSD)
17/01/2019 - 5811KB - Agenda item Progress made in the implementation of and follow-up to WSIS outcomes at the regional and international levels
 
Technology Powering Communities, Jean Anthony Onyait, CEO, AkelloBanker
17/01/2019 - 1385KB - Agenda item Progress made in the implementation of and follow-up to WSIS outcomes at the regional and international levels
 
Internet Governance Forum (IGF) 2018 in Paris, France updates, Chengetai Masango, Programme and Technology Manager, IGF Secretariat
17/01/2019 - 534KB - Agenda item Progress made in the implementation of and follow-up to WSIS outcomes at the regional and international levels
 
Digital Transformation Role in Realizing the Sustainable Development in Egypt, Egypt, the Arab Republic of
16/01/2019 - 7593KB - Agenda item Theme 1: The impact of rapid technological change on sustainable development
 
SPC citizen science in the Pacific FINA - Video link & Script, Colin Tukuitonga, Director-General of the Pacific Community (SPC)
15/01/2019 - 174KB - Agenda item Theme 2: The role of science, technology and innovation in building resilient communities, including through the contribution of citizen science
 
Technological changes on sustainable development in Latvia, Latvia
16/01/2019 - 650KB - Agenda item Theme 1: The impact of rapid technological change on sustainable development
 
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Language(s):English
Contact:
Ms. Dong Wu
Chief, Science, Technology and Innovation Policy Section
Tel: +41 (0) 22 917 2083
E-mail: dong.wu@unctad.org
 
 
Ms. Stephanie Kermoal
Team Assistant
Science, Technology and Innovation Policy Section
Tel: +41 (0) 22 917 2083
E-mail: stdev@unctad.org
Covid-19 Advisory
 
In view of the current situation concerning the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), it has been decided in the public interest to postpone all UNCTAD meetings scheduled in May 2020, including those listed below. New dates will be communicated in due time.
  • Multi-year Expert Meeting on Trade, Services and Development (5 to 6 May 2020)
  • Short course for Geneva-based delegates - Para 166 (8 May 2020)
  • Multi-year Expert Meeting on Investment, Innovation and Entrepreneurship for Productive Capacity-building and Sustainable Development (13 May 2020)
  • UNCTAD ad-hoc meetings
 
Please consult the information on COVID-19 for meeting participants here.
 
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