Written by Julie Phan Quang
CRI and its partners are taking part in 2 sessions of the third edition of the Geneva Trialogue, taking place online on Thursday March 18, 2021 around the theme “Scaling Open Innovation for the SDGs”.
In 2016, in response to the UN General Assembly's call for collaborative partnerships towards sustainable development for all, the’University of Geneva launched the Geneva TrialogueA one-day event bringing together academic, private sector and multilateral players to discuss knowledge and learning tools, platforms and initiatives for the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
Join us for two sessions in particular (full program) here) :
16h - Engineering the new learning ecosystem: Developing knowledge and research
This session will discuss the gaps and barriers that limit the wider adoption of collective problem-solving approaches in learning institutions (K12 and universities), interweaving the perspectives of educators/social entrepreneurs, policy-makers, the academic and private sectors. Particular attention will be paid to the research and knowledge needed to frame these emerging practices and facilitate their scaling-up.
- Moderator: Gaell Manguy, Development and International Relations, CRI Paris
- Valerie Hannon, GELP
- Elena Proden, UN SDG:Learn & UNITAR
- Andreas Schleicher, OECD
- François Taddei, CRI
- Irina Hotz, Jacobs Foundation
5:00 pm - Helping young innovators turn ideas into action
CRI and its Crowd4SDG consortium (UNIGE, CERN, CSIC, IIIA, Politecnico di Milano, UNITAR, Université de Paris and CRI) promote citizen science in the service of the SDGs, with a focus on climate action. Its aim is to assess the usefulness of practical innovations developed by the teams, and to research and study how AI applications can enhance and provide effective citizen monitoring of the SDG targets and indicators.
As part of this project, this session's panel will reflect on optimizing the capabilities of youth innovation projects to help them reach their full potential. Speakers will discuss the challenges of enabling youth innovation projects, and the opportunities offered by start-ups, established entrepreneurship players and international organizations to overcome these challenges.
- Moderator: Romain Muller, CERN
- Christina Lee, Global Green Connect
- Mohamed Ba, ITU
- Omar Bawa, Goodwall
- Nadine Reichenthal, UNIGE Entrepreneurship Lab
- Jose Iglesias, TechStars
- Antonella Vagliente, Young Water Solutions
Registration
Please note that registration is a three-step process:
Register at first to the entire event on Eventbrite.
Second, Follow the link provided by Eventbrite's return e-mail (the subject contains “your registration is almost complete”) to log in to a version of the program below, using a password provided in the e-mail that activates the individual session registration buttons.
Third, register for the specific session(s) you wish to attend, by clicking on the registration buttons below the title of each session. If you have any problems with the process, contact the organization!
