The 78th session of the UN General Assembly (UNGA 78) will open on Tuesday, 5 September 2023.

The first day of the high-level General Debate (aka High Level Week) will be Tuesday, 19 September 2023.

Tuesday-Wednesday, 12-13 Sept

Science Summit at UNGA78 Opening Plenary: Digital Science for the SDGs covering Health, Space, Food Security and Agriculture and channeling the UN Global Digital Compact.

Thursday, 14 Sept

▶Biodiversity
▶The Role of Parliaments in Science Policy Making in collaboration with the the global organization of national parliaments, the Inter-Parliamentary Union
▶Public, Private and Academia synergies for decarbonization in Brazil Advancing the implementation of SDGs:
▶Recall of Science Summit UNGA77 2022 Charter Statement
▶Plant Molecular Pharming in Africa

Friday, 15 Sept

▶A focus on Ireland
▶Digital Health
▶Africa-Europe research cooperation on the Accelerator Partnership to support the future implementation of the Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF)
▶Recall of Science Summit UNGA77 2022 Charter Statement
▶Article 66.2 of the WTO TRIPS*

*Agreement instructs developed country Members to incentivize domestic enterprises and institutions “for the purpose of promoting and encouraging technology transfer to least-developed country Members: does it help research collaboration?

16-17 Sept         Networking Activities

Monday, 18 Sept

▶One Health (2-days): The collaborative efforts locally, nationally, and globally to attain optimal health for people, animals and our environment.
▶The Global Young Academy
▶Sustainable Development Objectives 13 and 14: Marine and Coastal Zones in Mexico
▶Scientific innovation to address Sickle Cell Disease: From newborn screening to curative gene therapy in Africa
▶Transformational Strategic Alliances for Positive Change: A new and innovative approach to achieving UN SDGs

19-20 September (Tentative)

The 2023 SDG Summit – the High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development under the auspices of the General Assembly

Tuesday, 19 Sept

▶Microbial Science
▶Indigenous Knowledge Research Infrastructure
▶The diversity of scholarly research from Indonesia
▶The Sahel – Science for Food Systems Transformation in a Conflict Area
▶Creating an Empowerment Model in Global Health: An Evolving Practice to Build Capacity, Research Methodologies, Educational Modalities, and Health Equity

Wednesday, 20 Sept

▶Materials Day
▶Green Medicines:
▶Kilimanjaro Innovation Hub Fostering Collaboration to Accelerate Innovation and Entrepreneurship
▶Impact of Mining in Africa on Climate Change: how can science and innovation provide innovative solutions to Green Mining in Africa
▶How standards are support the implementation of the SDGs

Thursday, 21 Sept

▶Space for the SDGs
▶India’s Innovation System and Sustainable Developmentt: Contemporary Challenges and Way Forward for Inter-linking evolutionary actors, organization and institutions
▶Women, ageing, work: stereotypes, discriminations, challenges and opportunities
▶Quantum Technologies for Climate Action

Friday, 22 Sept

▶China Science and Innovation Day: organised by Zhejiang International University Business Scholl (ZIBS)
▶Why are pregnancy and birth still so deadly?
▶The Nagoya Protocol: implementation and experiences
▶Responsible AI for Africa’s Development
▶The Role of Research Funding Organisations & the Importance of Science Advice in addressing the UN SDG
▶Biobanking for Bangladesh
▶Pan-African initiative to build research and innovation capacity to achieve SDG7 for Africa

23-24 Sept        Networking Activities

Monday, 25 Sept

▶Genomics for Health
▶ECHAlliance Day: Digital Transition for Global Health
▶Global Biodiversity Alliance for the SDGs
▶Establishing of an African based high-end diagnostic test manufacturing facility
▶Funding research for impact: strengthening the role of science and evidence-based policymaking

Tuesday, 26 Sept

▶Meeting with Members of the US House of Representatives Science Committee, Washington DC
▶Making Health Data Inclusive, Globally.
▶Science Capacity building in Portuguese Speaking Countries in Africa
▶Materials: A Matter of Sustainability: the Ultimate Enabler of Sustainable Development
▶Biobanks: strategy of creating and sustaining biobanks and their role in society
▶Global Partnerships in Brain Research

Wednesday, 27 Sept

▶Agriculture
▶A focus on Brazil
▶An Open Science Cloud for the SDGs: creating the data and the space necessary for inclusive collaboration
▶Empowering Young Professionals to become global leaders attaining the United Nations SDGs: Convened by United Nations
▶Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) Global Diplomacy Initiative (GDI) and the UN PGA’s HOPE Fellows
▶Roundtable with the World Bank
▶Plenary Session: A science agenda for the 2024 UN Summit of the Future: Multilateral Solutions for a better tomorrow’

Summit of the Future has an important role to play in reaffirming the United Nations Charter, reinvigorating multilateralism, boosting implementation of existing commitments, agreeing concrete solutions to challenges, and restoring trust amongst Member States

Thursday, 28 Sept

▶Latin America focus
▶Data for Science
▶Research infrastructures in the digital transition – Maximizing the benefit of research data
▶Science for Climate Resilient food systems in Africa
▶Living Labs
▶Preview of International Astronomical Union General Assembly, South Africa, 2024

Friday, 29 Sept

▶Global Science Capacity Building
▶Decolonizing Science and Moving to Inclusive Science
▶Science in and with the Middle East
▶Solutions to Combat Food Insecurity and Malnutrition in the Sahel
▶How will regulation for data, biotechnology, health and the digital economy help innovation for achieving the SDGs?