Multi-stakeholder Forum on Science, Technology and Innovation for SDGs

We have received the following from DESA:

The First annual Multi-stakeholder Forum on Science, Technology and Innovation for the Sustainable Development Goals will be held at the UN on Monday and Tuesday 6-7 June 2016. This event hosted by the President of ECOSOC is part of the Technology Facilitation Mechanism mandated in the 2030. This event aims to "provide a venue for facilitating interaction, matchmaking and the establishment of networks between relevant stakeholders and multi-stakeholder partnerships in order to identify and examine technology needs and gaps, including with regard to scientific cooperation, innovation and capacity-building, and also in order to help facilitate development, transfer and dissemination of relevant technologies for the sustainable development goals.".

You can watch this event live via http://webtv.un.org/, for those who have already registered and received a confirmation, they can participate in the event in person at UNHQ. The programme is available at http://tinyurl.com/glhqhw2. More information regarding the event can be found on the event’s webpage: https://sustainabledevelopment.un.org/TFM/STIForum.

To enhance the participation of viewers outside the conference venue, The Co-chairs of the Forum, H.E. Mr. Macharia Kamau, Permanent Representative of the Republic of Kenya to the United Nations and Dr. Vaughan Turekian, the Science and Technology Adviser to the US Secretary of State, are requesting questions to the speakers through Twitter. Share your questions during the sessions on 6-7 June 2016 by tweeting using #tech4SDGs. The moderators of each session will pick during the discussions the most inspiring Twitter questions and comments to be posed to the speakers. 

See you at the event in person and online!