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style='width:439.65pt;border:none;background:#006600;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;height:14.2pt;mso-height-rule:exactly'><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><o:p> </o:p></p></td></tr><tr style='height:3.4pt;mso-height-rule:exactly'><td valign=top style='border:none;border-left:solid windowtext 1.0pt;background:#006600;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;height:3.4pt;mso-height-rule:exactly'><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span style='color:#006600'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></td><td valign=top style='border:none;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;height:3.4pt;mso-height-rule:exactly'><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span style='color:#006600'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr><td width=19 valign=top style='width:13.95pt;border:none;border-left:solid windowtext 1.0pt;background:#006600;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span style='color:#006600'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></td><td width=586 valign=top style='width:439.65pt;border:none;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center;line-height:14.0pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#006600;letter-spacing:-.2pt'>UN ITU World Summit on Information Society<br>Special Virtual Session on<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;text-align:center;line-height:normal'><b><span style='font-size:18.0pt;color:#006600'>DRR and SDGs Information Deficits <br></span></b><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:#006600'>Disaster Risk Reduction Management <br>and Sustainability Synergy<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;text-align:center;line-height:normal'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#006600'>February 24, 2021 12:00–13:15 CET<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:6.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr style='height:14.2pt;mso-height-rule:exactly'><td width=19 valign=top style='width:13.95pt;border:none;border-left:solid windowtext 1.0pt;background:#006600;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;height:14.2pt;mso-height-rule:exactly'><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span style='color:#006600'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></td><td width=586 valign=top style='width:439.65pt;border:none;background:#006600;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;height:14.2pt;mso-height-rule:exactly'><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:6.0pt;line-height:normal'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p></td></tr><tr><td width=19 valign=top style='width:13.95pt;border:none;border-left:solid windowtext 1.0pt;background:#006600;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><o:p> </o:p></p></td><td width=586 valign=top style='width:439.65pt;border:none;background:white;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt'><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:0cm;text-align:justify;line-height:13.0pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly'><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>The DRR Disaster Risk Reduction and SDGs Sustainable Development Goals holistic and systemic approach broadens the view from “Resilience-as-a-service” to whole-of-society mutual responsibility and action. In consequence, synergy in governance and in technical terms can be reached.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:0cm;text-align:justify;line-height:13.0pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly'><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>Without concise and comprehensive Information Management, preventing, managing and learning from disasters will not be possible at the level that members and organizations of information society would expect in striving for a responsible, secure, safe and reliable development.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:0cm;text-align:justify'><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>Information management best practice methods support the principles of “critical thinking”, enabling extensive reporting, transparent analysis, compliance to regulations and other boundary conditions. Information control obligations include phases of retrace, audit, reexamination, analysis, avoidance of malpractice, and indications on weaknesses/vulnerabilities. Improving / Enabling just-in-time foresight, situation management and ex-post evaluation. Application of informatics state-of-the-art methods and technology that meet the demands of complex multi-actor and cross organizational information management is urgently required for organizationally as well as technically implementing treaties, frameworks and programs and for granting coherence in the required holistic way.<strong><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'> <o:p></o:p></span></strong></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:0cm'><strong><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>Aims</span></strong><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><br>Information Deficits and Gaps Analysis according to Information Society expectations<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:0cm'><strong><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>Participants suggested<br></span></strong><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>Information managers and practitioners from governments, organizations, administrations, private sector, science, NGOs, civil society organizations and representatives, data journalists<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><strong><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>Organizer</span></strong><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'> <b>CODATA-Germany</b> <span class=MsoHyperlink><a href="http://codata-germany.org" target="_blank">http://CODATA-Germany.org</a></span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin-top:0cm'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>CODATA-Germany is the German National Committee to <br>CODATA, the International Science Council (ISC) Committee on Data<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>In cooperation with<br></span><b><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>RIMMA Community</span></b><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'> <span class=MsoHyperlink><a href="http://RIMMA.org">http://RIMMA.org</a></span> <br>Risk Information Management, Models and Applications<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin-top:0cm'><i><span style='font-size:7.0pt'><img border=0 width=297 height=116 id="Grafik_x0020_1" src="cid:image002.jpg@01D703B5.5B713A30"></span></i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:12.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><strong><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>Moderator/Convener</span></strong><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'> <br><strong><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>Horst Kremers</span></strong>, CODATA-Germany <span class=MsoHyperlink><a href="http://CODATA-Germany.org">http://CODATA-Germany.org</a></span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin-top:0cm'><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'> </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'> </span><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'> WSIS2021@rimma.org http://Horst-Kremers.de<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><strong><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></strong></p><p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><strong><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>Panelists</span></strong><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><strong><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></strong></p><p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><strong><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>Prof. Dr. (Mrs.) Liu Chuang</span></strong><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:3.0pt;margin-left:0cm;line-height:12.0pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly'><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'> Institute of Geographical Sciences and Natural Resources Research<br> Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing (China)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:12.0pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly'><strong><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'> A New Mechanism for Poverty Free Geo-Ecosystem Protection <br> and Sustainable Development<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p><p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><strong><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>Dr. (Ms.) Rachida Houssa</span></strong><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:3.0pt;margin-left:0cm;line-height:12.0pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly'><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'> Directeur de Recherche, <br> National Institute of Fisheries Research, Casablanca (Morocco)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:12.0pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly'><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'> <strong><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>Protecting the Ocean through Marine Protected Areas:<o:p></o:p></span></strong></span></p><p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:12.0pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly'><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'> <strong><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>Which Role can Play Good Communication <o:p></o:p></span></strong></span></p><p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'> <strong><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>to Attain the Objective 30% of MPAs by 2030?<br></span></strong> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><strong><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>Dr. (Mr.) Kassim S. Mwitondi</span></strong><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:3.0pt;margin-left:0cm;line-height:12.0pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly'><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'> Senior Lecturer in Applied Statistics/Data Mining <br> Sheffield Hallam University, Industry&Innovation Res. Institute (United Kingdom)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:12.0pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly'><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'> <strong><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>Identifying and Filling Data Gaps for Sustainable Development Goals Modelling</span></strong><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><strong><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>Prof. Dr. (Ms.) Daisy Selematsela</span></strong><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:3.0pt;margin-left:0cm;line-height:12.0pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly'><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'> Department of Library & Information Services,University of South Africa <br> Information and Knowledge Management, University of Johannesburg (South Africa)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:3.0pt;margin-left:0cm;line-height:12.0pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly'><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'> <strong><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>The Transitionary Role of Research and University Librarians/Knowledge Specialists<br></span></strong> <strong><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>in Developing Countries in Facilitating Access and Information <br></span></strong> <strong><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>for Sustainable Development Goals<br><br><o:p></o:p></span></strong></span></p><p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><strong><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>Mr. Giacomo Mazzone</span></strong><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:3.0pt;margin-left:0cm;line-height:12.0pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly'><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'> Journalist, RAI – global coordinator project WBU – UNDRR, Geneva (Switzerland)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:3.0pt;margin-left:0cm;line-height:12.0pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly'><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'> <strong><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>Teaching Resilience, Saving Lives</span></strong><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin-top:0cm'><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:2.0pt;margin-left:0cm'><strong><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>Details of Session Description, including full Abstracts of Panelists Presentations:</span></strong><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span class=MsoHyperlink><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;letter-spacing:-.2pt'><a href="http://www.horst-kremers.de/WSIS2021/20210224_WSIS2021__Special_Session_on__DRR_and_SDGs_Information_Deficits.pdf">http://www.horst-kremers.de/WSIS2021/20210224_WSIS2021__Special_Session_on__DRR_and_SDGs_Information_Deficits.pdf</a></span></span><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;letter-spacing:-.2pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:5.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:5.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><b><span style='color:black'>WSIS2021 Virtual Forum <br><i> https://www.itu.int/net4/wsis/forum/2021/</i></span></b><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:5.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><b><span style='color:black'>WSIS2021 Session on DRR and SDGs Information Deficits (Details) <br><i> https://www.itu.int/net4/wsis/forum/2021/Agenda/Session/105</i><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:5.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><b>WSIS2021 Session on DRR and SDGs Information Deficits (Registration)<br><i> https://itu.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_MbC91ZFITROne_cO7y-_eA</i><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:5.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:5.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:11.0pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly'><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>You may like to use the various facilities for interaction, networking of participants and in social media channels.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:5.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><o:p> </o:p></p></td></tr><tr style='height:3.4pt;mso-height-rule:exactly'><td valign=top style='border:none;border-left:solid windowtext 1.0pt;background:#006600;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;height:3.4pt;mso-height-rule:exactly'><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span style='color:#006600'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></td><td valign=top style='border:none;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;height:3.4pt;mso-height-rule:exactly'><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span style='color:#006600'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr><td width=19 valign=top style='width:13.95pt;border:none;border-left:solid windowtext 1.0pt;background:#006600;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span style='color:#006600'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></td><td width=586 valign=top style='width:439.65pt;border:none;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:4.0pt;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr style='height:14.2pt;mso-height-rule:exactly'><td width=19 valign=top style='width:13.95pt;border:none;border-left:solid windowtext 1.0pt;background:#006600;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;height:14.2pt;mso-height-rule:exactly'><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span style='color:#006600'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></td><td width=586 valign=top style='width:439.65pt;border:none;background:#006600;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;height:14.2pt;mso-height-rule:exactly'><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:6.0pt;line-height:normal'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><i><span style='font-size:7.0pt'>Please also inform colleagues and stakeholders in UN DRR and UN SDGs<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><i><span style='font-size:7.0pt'>We apologize in case of multiple receipt.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><i><span style='font-size:7.0pt'>In case you receive this message in error, please send short notice.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal 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