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DTSTART:20190514T050000Z
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LOCATION:Geneva\, Switzerland
SUMMARY:CSTD Side-Event - Advancing STI Partnerships for Sustainable Develo
 pment: Experience from ASEAN
CLASS:PUBLIC
DESCRIPTION:The side event is to be organized by the Permanent Mission of T
 hailand to the United Nations and other International Organizations in Gen
 eva\, National Science Technology and Innovation Policy Office of Thailand
  in collaboration with UNCTAD\n\nObjectives:\n\n\n\nShowcase current ASEAN
  cooperation on STI for sustainable development\, successful STI projects 
 in the ASEAN region and ASEAN strategy on STI cooperation both within and 
 beyond the region.\n\n\nShare the experiences of ASEAN partners such as Ch
 ina and UNCTAD in strengthening STI cooperation in support of achieving SD
 Gs.\n\n\nPromote South-South cooperation on STI through regional cooperati
 on and multilateral organizations.\n\n\nIllustrate how other regions\, sta
 tes or international organizations can take part in this endeavor.\n\n\n\n
 Panelists:\n\n\n\nSek Wannamethee\, Ambassador and Permanent Representativ
 e\, Permanent Mission of Thailand to the United Nations Office and other I
 nternational Organizations in Geneva (Moderator)\n\n\nRowena Cristina L. G
 uevarra\, Undersecretary for Research and Development\, Department of Scie
 nce and Technology\, Philippines (confirmed)\n\n\nKanchana Wanichkorn\, De
 puty Executive Director\, Office of the National Higher Education\, Scienc
 e\, Research and Innovation Policy Council\, Ministry of Higher Education\
 , Science\, Research and Innovation (confirmed)\n\n\nShamika N. Sirimanne\
 , Director\, Division on Technology and Logistics (DTL)\, UNCTAD (confirme
 d)\n\n\nLei Wang\, associated professor at the Institute of Remote Sensing
  and Digital Earth\, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) (confirmed)\n\n\n\n
 There will be a short Q&amp\;A session at the end following a brief closin
 g remark by the moderator.\n\n\nSandwiches\, drinks along with Thai desser
 ts will be available outside Room XXII for participants of the side event.
 \n&lt\;p align=&quot\;center\n\nView meeting on unctad.org\nhttps://unctad
 .org/meeting/cstd-side-event-advancing-sti-partnerships-sustainable-develo
 pment-experience-asean
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