Introduction
Are you interested in Science Diplomacy and Technology? Seeking to focus your career, or simply engaged in the topic? Join the leading professors in the field from world-renowned academic institutions in a discussion on the future and challenges of Science Diplomacy, and an overview of the novel Executive Summer Programme on Innovations in Science Diplomacy.
This Open Webinar will be moderated by UNITAR’s Division for Multilateral Diplomacy and will feature the following speakers:
Professor Paul Berkman, Associated Fellow, UNITAR; Faculty Associate, Program on Negotiation at the Harvard Law School (PON); Associate Director of Science Diplomacy, Harvard-MIT Public Disputes Program
Professor Maria Ivanova, Associate Professor, Director of the Global Governance and Human Security PhD Program, Director of the Center for Governance and Sustainability, University of Massachusetts Boston
Professor Larry Susskind, Director, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Science Impact Collaborative; Co-Director, MIT Cybersecurity Clinic.
This Open Webinar offers exclusive insight into the Executive Summer Programme on Innovations in Science Diplomacy. This programme will triangulate education, research, and leadership. It will aim to educate the next generation of leaders in the field of science diplomacy and technology; facilitate research with questions and data that generate actions with evidence and options that contribute to informed decision-making; and provide leadership with science-diplomacy networks that build common interests across our globally interconnected civilization.
The Executive Summer Programme was initiated by the Science Diplomacy Center and will be implemented in collaboration with the Program on Negotiation at the Harvard Law School (PON), the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), University of Massachusetts Boston (UMass Boston), Boston University (BU), the Science Diplomacy Center and swissnex Boston. Successful participants will receive a certificate of participation. Certificates will be awarded and signed by UNITAR and the faculty of the above-mentioned partners.
Methodology
The webinar will take place on 16 March 2021, 2 p.m. CET. Please find below the agenda of the Open Webinar on Innovations in Science Diplomacy:
2 p.m. - 2.05 p.m. : Foreword by the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR)
2.05 p.m. - 2.10 p.m. : Address by Pr. Berkman
2.10 p.m. - 2.15 p.m. : Address by Pr. Ivanova
2.15 p.m. - 2.20 p.m. : Address by Pr. Susskind
2.20 p.m. - 2.50 p.m. : Interactive engagement with participants and Q&A.
2.50 p.m. - 2.55 p.m. : Introduction to the Executive Summer Programme on Innovations in Science Diplomacy
2.55 p.m. - 3 p.m. : Concluding remarks.
Objectives
This Open Webinar offers exclusive insight into the Executive Summer Programme on Innovations in Science Diplomacy. This programme will triangulate education, research and leadership. It will aim to educate the next generation of leaders in the field of science diplomacy and technology; facilitate research with questions and data that generate actions with evidence and options that contribute to informed decision-making; and provide leadership with science-diplomacy networks that build common interests across our globally-interconnected civilization.
Target Audience
This Open Webinar is open to potentially interested participants to the Executive Summer Programme on Innovations in Science Diplomacy. This may include diplomats, staff of governmental and non-governmental organizations, students, researchers, academics, business representatives wishing to tackle complex challenges related to science and technology, as well as other interested individuals. It is furthermore open to anyone with interest in relateds fields and topics.
How to register:
To register, kindly fill in the form here.
For any further information, please contact mdp-elearning@unitar.org.