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LOCATION:Geneva\, Switzerland
SUMMARY:P166 Short Course: Frontier Technologies - Addressing widening ineq
 ualities and Implementing STI policies for leaving no one behind
CLASS:PUBLIC
DESCRIPTION:Recent developments in frontier technologies\, including in art
 ificial intelligence (AI)\, robotics and gene editing\, have shown tremend
 ous potential for making development sustainable\, but they also have rais
 ed fears of increasing disparities between the technology-haves and have-n
 ots. Crisis such as the COVID-19 pandemic lays bare these and other gaps. 
 Rapid advances can have serious downsides if they outpace the ability of s
 ocieties to adapt. There are fears\, for example\, that jobs are disappear
 ing as more economic activity is automated.\n\nThe implications could be s
 erious for developing countries – if poor communities and countries are 
 either overwhelmed or simply left behind. For example\, the great divides 
 between countries that we see today started with the onset of the first in
 dustrial revolution. Since then\, every spurt of progress was associated w
 ith sharper inequality between countries. What is the impact of frontier t
 echnologies on inequalities? How can governments minimize risks and maximi
 ze opportunities? And how can international cooperation help? The answer t
 o these questions is critical for the achievement of the SDGs.\n\nThe cour
 se aims to examine how frontier technologies could widen existing inequali
 ties and create new ones\, focusing on low and middle-income developing co
 untries and least developed countries\, as well as on the most vulnerable 
 segments of societies.\n\nAt the end of the course\, delegates will have a
  higher awareness of:\n\n\nThe relationship between technological change a
 nd inequalities.\nThe status of key frontier technologies such as AI\, rob
 ots\, gene-editing and blockchain.\nReadiness of countries to use\, adopt 
 and adapt frontier technologies.\nMajor concerns and key challenges for de
 veloping countries.\nExamples of strategies and policies for harnessing fr
 ontier technologies leaving no one behind.\nThe role of international coop
 eration.\n\n&lt\;p&gt\;Recent developments in frontier technologies\, incl
 uding in artificial intelligence (AI)\, robotics and gene editing\, have s
 hown tremendous potential for making development sustainable\, but they al
 so have raised fears of increasing disparities between the technology-have
 s and have-nots. Crisis such as the COVID-19 pandemic lays bare these and 
 other gaps. Rapid advances can have serious downsides if they outpace the 
 ability of societies to adapt. There are fears\, for example\, that jobs a
 re disappearing as more economic activity is automated.&lt\;/p&gt\;\n\n&lt
 \;p&gt\;The implications could be serious for developing countries – if 
 poor communities and countries are either overwhelmed or simply left behin
 d. For example\, the great divides between countries that we see today sta
 rted with the onset of the first industrial revolution. Since then\, every
  spurt of progress was associated with sharper inequality between countrie
 s. What is the impact of frontier technologies on inequalities? How can go
 vernments minimize risks and maximize opportunities? And how can internati
 onal cooperation help? The answer to these questions is critical for the a
 chievement of the SDGs.&lt\;/p&gt\;\n\n&lt\;p&gt\;The course aims to exami
 ne how frontier technologies could widen existing inequalities and create 
 new ones\, focusing on low and middle-income developing countries and leas
 t developed countries\, as well as on the most vulnerable segments of soci
 eties.&lt\;/p&gt\;\n\n&lt\;p&gt\;At the end of the course\, delegates will
  have a higher awareness of:&lt\;/p&gt\;\n\n&lt\;ol&gt\;\n&lt\;li&gt\;The 
 relationship between technological change and inequalities.&lt\;/li&gt\;\n
 &lt\;li&gt\;The status of key frontier technologies such as AI\, robots\, 
 gene-editing and blockchain.&lt\;/li&gt\;\n&lt\;li&gt\;Readiness of countr
 ies to use\, adopt and adapt frontier technologies.&lt\;/li&gt\;\n&lt\;li&
 gt\;Major concerns and key challenges for developing countries.&lt\;/li&gt
 \;\n&lt\;li&gt\;Examples of strategies and policies for harnessing frontie
 r technologies leaving no one behind.&lt\;/li&gt\;\n&lt\;li&gt\;The role o
 f international cooperation.&lt\;/li&gt\;\n&lt\;/ol&gt\;\n\n\nView meeting
  on unctad.org\nhttps://unctad.org/meeting/p166-short-course-frontier-tech
 nologies-addressing-widening-inequalities-and-implementing
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