<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div class="" style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;"><b class="">Open Data and Open Science for the SDGs: UN STI FORUM Side Event, 15 May</b></div><div class="" style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal; min-height: 14px;"><b class=""></b><br class=""></div><div class="" style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;"><b class=""><i class="">Presented by the Committee on Data for Science and Technology (CODATA) and the International Council for Science (ICSU), with the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network (UNSDSN)</i></b></div><div class="" style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal; min-height: 14px;"><br class=""></div><div class="" style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;">The digital revolution has created enormous potential for scientific discovery, for efficiency and productivity in business, the economy and education, for socio-political innovation and for minimizing disaster risk. Harnessing the power of the digital revolution to achieve these ends through open data and open science will be essential if we are to maximize the probability of achieving the sustainable developments goals. Developing the capacities of national science systems to deploy open data concepts and tools to address these goals is therefore a vital priority. It is for these reasons that the International Council for Science (ICSU) and its Committee on Data for Science and Technology (CODATA) are working with UN agencies, governments, institutions and other international partners to create regional Open Science Platforms in Africa and Latin America & the Caribbean. The Platforms are digital ecosystems designed to provide a virtual space for scientists to:</div><div class="" style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;">• find the tools they need for discovery and application;</div><div class="" style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;">• develop capacities at all levels, from individuals to institutions/companies and to governments;</div><div class="" style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;">• provide powerful digital tools to address major problems;</div><div class="" style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;">• exchange ideas, best practice and opportunistic links with international data-science communities.</div><div class="" style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal; min-height: 14px;"><br class=""></div><div class="" style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;">This side event will take place in Conference Room 4 at UN Headquarters, New York, between 6:15 and 7:30pm on the 15th May. The programme is:</div><div class="" style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal; min-height: 14px;"><br class=""></div><blockquote style="margin: 0 0 0 40px; border: none; padding: 0px;" class=""><div class="" style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;"><b class="">Moderator:</b> Dr Robert Chen (UNSDSN)</div><div class="" style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;"><br class=""></div><div class="" style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;"><b class="">Presentations:</b> </div><div class="" style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;">- The Digital Revolution & the SGDs: Dr Heide Hackmann, Executive Director, ICSU.</div><div class="" style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;">- Africa & Latin America Open Science Platforms: Dr Geoffrey Boulton, President, CODATA.</div><div class="" style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;"><br class=""></div><div class="" style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;"><b class="">Panel & General Discussions</b></div></blockquote><div class="" style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal; min-height: 14px;"><br class=""></div><div class="" style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;"><b class="">Registration information: </b><a href="https://sustainabledevelopment.un.org/TFM/STIForum/Registration" class="">https://sustainabledevelopment.un.org/TFM/STIForum/Registration</a></div><div class="" style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal; min-height: 14px;"><br class=""></div><div class="" style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;"><b class="">Registration for Science, Technology and Innovation (STI) Stakeholders: </b><a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfS8LhswBDDPrsiGiIOrSROuEEc-u84EWhf0CD2KH8rgWbvFw/viewform" class="">https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfS8LhswBDDPrsiGiIOrSROuEEc-u84EWhf0CD2KH8rgWbvFw/viewform</a></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">
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letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; widows: auto; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class="">___________________________</div></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; widows: auto; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; widows: auto; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Dr Simon Hodson | Executive Director CODATA | <a href="http://www.codata.org" class="">http://www.codata.org</a><br class=""><br class="">E-Mail: <a href="mailto:simon@codata.org" class="">simon@codata.org</a> | Twitter: @simonhodson99 | Skype: simonhodson99<br class="">Tel (Office): +33 1 45 25 04 96 | Tel (Cell): +33 6 86 30 42 59<br class=""><br class="">CODATA (Committee on Data of the International Council for Science), 5 rue Auguste Vacquerie, 75016 Paris, FRANCE<br class=""><br class=""></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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