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CONCEPT NOTE

UN STI FORUM SIDE EVENT

BACKGROUND

The seventh annual Multi-Stakeholder Forum on Science, Technology and Innovation for the SDGs (STI Forum) will be held from 5 to 6 May 2022, convened by the President of ECOSOC. The theme of the STI Forum is closely aligned with the 2022 High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development and is “Science, technology and innovation for building back better from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) while advancing the full implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development”. The Forum has an exclusive focus on the role and contributions of science, technology and innovation on UN Sustainable Development Goal #4 (Education), Goal #5 (Gender) Goal #14 (Life below water), Goal #15 (Life on land) and Goal #17 (Partnerships). 

ABOUT THE WORLD FEDERATION OF ENGINEERING ORGANIZATIONS (WFEO) AND ITS COMMITTEE ON DISASTER RISK MANAGEMENT (CDRM)

The World Federation of Engineering Organizations (WFEO) is an international, non-governmental organization representing the engineering profession worldwide. Founded in 1968 by a group of regional engineering organizations, under the auspices of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organizations (UNESCO) in Paris, the WFEO brings together national engineering organizations from some 100 nations and represents more than 30 million engineers from around the world.

PROGRAMME

Thu 05 May 2022, 7.30 am, New York time

Opening remarks

Jose Vieira (Portugal), WFEO President

Release of the book on Engineering Resilience

Shamila Nair-Bedouelle (France), UNESCO Assistant Director-General  for the Natural Sciences

Presentation of the book contents

José Macharé (Perú), General scope and objectives
Karel Vancura (Czech Republic), Land use planning
Dave Brunsdon (New Zealand), Infrastructure systems
Fang Chen (China), Data management
Ashok Basa (India), Capacity building
Myles Lind (New Zealand), Institutional frameworks

IRDR major achievements and book comments

Qunli Han (China), IRDR Executive Director (ISC-UNDRR)

Closing remarks

Gong Ke (China), WFEO Past President
Marlene Kanga (Australia), WFEO Past President
K.N. Gunalan (USA), WFEO UN Liaison Committee

Event Speakers