In-person meeting
47th Floor; Chrysler Building 405 Lexington Avenue New York, NY 10174 United States
Biodiversity Plenary (All times EDT (New York))
09h00
Welcome
Estefanía Sánchez Rodríguez Economic and Commercial Counsellor of Spain. Permanent Mission of Spain to the United Nations in New York
Ana Fornells de Frutos Environment and Climate Change Counsellor of Spain. Permanent Mission of Spain to the United Nations in New York
Bruno Fernández Scrimieri Economic and Commercial Counsellor of Spain. Secretariat of State of Trade in New York. Spanish Ministry of Industry, Trade and Tourism
Michael Wieting Executive Director EXTENDA New York Office. Trade and Investment Agency of Andalusia - Spain
09h10
Opening
Moderator: Declan Kirrane ISC/SSUNGA77
Enrique Alonso Council of State, Spain
Athanasios Kyriazis Secretary General of Research and Innovation, Greece
Inmaculada Figueroa Deputy Director General for Internationalization of Science & Innovation, Ministry of Science & Innovation, Spain
Anna Stewart Ibarra, Directora Científica del Instituto Interamericano para la Investigación del Cambio Global, Uruguay
Shamila Nair-Bedouelle Director-General for Natural Sciences, UNESCO
Olorunnimbe Mamora Minister of Science Nigeria
Arturo Luis Luna Tapia Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation, Republic of Colombia
09h50
Scene Setting: How is biodiversity crucial to delivering the UN’s SDGs, and what needs to happen now?
Moderator: Declan Kirrane ISC/SSUNGA77
Christos Arvanitidis CEO, LifeWatch ERIC
Juan Miguel González-Aranda CTO, LifeWatch ERIC
Javier Castroviejo Bolívar LifeWatch ERIC (Spanish node)
Benjamin Marticorena DG, Consejo Nacional de Ciencia, Tecnología e Innovación Tecnológica, Peru
Frédéric Ouattara Minister of Higher Education, Scientific Research and Innovation, Burkina Faso
Andres Ponce Mayor of GAD Montufar, Ecuador
11.10
Biodiversity Data: supporting policy optimisation globally
Moderator: Juan Miguel González-Aranda CTO, LifeWatch ERIC
Joe Miller CEO, Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
Ali Abo Sena CEO, Egyptian Environmental Affairs Agency
Sanjay Kumar Director, CSIR-Institute of Himalayan Bioresource Technology (CSIR-IHBT)
Jaime Lobo Domínguez-Roqueta LifeWatch España (Biodiversity Data)
Josef Torman ASREN, Jordan
Libby Ellwood iDigBio
12h00
Human Networks combine indigenous knowledge, nature-based solutions and ecosystem services
Moderator: Joe Miller GBIF
George Essegby Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, Ghana
Nicole Arbour Belmont Forum, Uruguay
Claudia Romano Agencia Uruguaya Cooperación Internacional,Uruguay
12h50
Lunch
14h00
Biodiversity Case Studies: Accessing global datasets to inform policy-making
Moderator: Declan Kirrane ISC/SSUNGA77
Nahid Osman Director, Coastal Studies Center, Red Sea University
Ward Appeltans Marine Biodiversity focal point, manager OBIS Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO
Aidin Niamir Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) & Senckenberg Society for Nature Research
Vladislav Popov Vice Rector, Agricultural University of Plovdiv, Bulgaria
Lloyd Day Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA), Mario Leon, Alvaro Ramos, Jose Manuel Avila LifeWatch ERIC
Pedro Beja Cibio-Portugal
15h20
Inclusive Global Capacity-building, technical and scientific cooperation and technology transfer, including indigenous knowledge
Moderator: Declan Kirrane ISC/SSUNGA77
Enkh Amgalan Science Minister, Mongolia
Paul Oldham One World Analytics
Muhammad Abdul Muhith, Permanent Representative of Bangladesh to the United Nations
Ronnie Phuthego Director STI International Cooperation and Resources, Ministry of Entrepreneurship, Botswana
Solomon Benor Ministry of Education and Science, Ethiopia
Milind Pimprikar Indigenous Knowledge research Infrastructure (IKRI)/CANEUS, Canada
Esther Cachón Campollo Head of Unit of the Subdivision for Horizontal S&T Programmes at the Spanish State Research Agency (AEI)
Hang Choun Naron Minister of Education, Youth and Sport, Cambodia
16h30 Recommendations
Moderator: Declan Kirrane ISC/SSUNGA77
Juan Miguel González-Aranda CTO, LifeWatch ERIC
Viviana Rovira President, ImiBio
Fernando Amestoy Rosso Presidente del Parque Científico Tecnológico de Pando - Uruguay
Bamidele Ademola-Olateju Government of Ondo State, Nigeria
Kristian Meissner Syke, Finland
17h10
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