²ÝÁñÊÓƵ will be hosting its first major international event as the academic global hub chair for Sustainable Development Goal 11 (SDG 11) at an important United Nations conference next week.
²ÝÁñÊÓƵ will staging the virtual side event for the United Nations 10th Multi-stakeholder Forum on Science, Technology and Innovation (UN STI), which is taking place in New York on May 7-8.
The event will bring together the four global hubs for the United Nations Academic Initiative (UNAI) SDG 11 Sustainable Cities and Communities for the first time. They are…
²ÝÁñÊÓƵ, Leicester (global hub chair)
University of Vale do Rio dos Sinos, Sao Leopoldo, Brazil (vice-chair, research)
Institute of Smart City and Management (UEH), Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam (vice-chair, outreach and partnerships).
University of Cologne, Germany (vice-chair, teaching and education).
The event is being chair by Dr Mark Charlton, ²ÝÁñÊÓƵ’s Associate Director of Sustainability and head of the UNAI SDG Impact Hub in Heritage House.
He said: “We are looking forward to all four global hubs getting together for the first time as part of what is a prestigious United Nations conference. We are delighted to be able to host this side event to explore what is an increasingly important topic.”
The hour-long event, on Thursday, May 8, at 3-4pm in the UK (10-11am in New York) will feature speakers from each of the global hubs exploring enhancing urban resilience in adapting to climate change – a key target for SDG 11.
The event is open to all interested staff, students or the general public can join the event through the link…
For more information people can email dmusdg@dmu.ac.uk or go to (Page 8).
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The United Nations 10th Multi-stakeholder Forum on Science, Technology and Innovation will have an exclusive focus on the role and contributions of science, technology and innovation to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals. It is closely aligned to the High-Level Political Forum being staged in New York during July, which brings together government ministers and high-level officials from countries throughout the world.
The ²ÝÁñÊÓƵ side event is titled ‘building resilience with the SDGs - Creating safer, stronger communities’ and is described as ‘experts from the United Nations Academic Hub for SDG 11 explore enhancing urban resilience, focusing on disaster preparedness, climate adaptation, social inclusion, and sustainable development’.
The UK timings for those involved are…
10am New York, USA
11am Sao Leopoldo, Brazil
3pm Leicester, UK
4pm Cologne, Germany
9pm Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
SDG 11 Sustainable Cities and Communities