UN Partnership Forum 2025 Side Event

Global Challenges Action Innovation, Emerging Technologies & Partnerships

This is an official Side Event to the UN ECOSOC Partnership Forum 2025:

https://sdgs.un.org/2025ECOSOCPartnershipForum#side_events

Global Challenges Action Innovation, Emerging Technologies & the Power of Partnerships

Organizer:

IAAI GloCha in cooperation with the Permanent Mission of the Bahamas, Permanent Mission of Austria, Council of Global Change, International Youth Organization, International Youth Conference, Climate Chain Coalition, UN Habitat Youth Programme, UN Environment Early Warning and Data Analytics Branch

Date:     February 5th 2025, 1-3 PM ET

Format & Venue:

hybrid event, held at the premises of the Mission of Austria to the UN NY (633 Third Avenue, 18th Floor, New York with live and on-demand broadcast on UN WebTV (https://webtv.un.org/en/asset/k1e/k1eiv06a4e)

Registration and additional information:       

https://www.glocha.org/partnership/

About

At this side event there will be showcased and discussed systemic solutions for citizens‘ and youth climate/SDGs action empowerment on the individual and local community level, which are being developed in the context of the multi-stakeholder partnership for global challenges action innovation:

  • Global Challenges Action Day (GCAD),
  • GCAD Data and Digital Innovation Consortium, which is going to collaboratively develop tools and solutions, like e.g. a Global Challenges Action ID, a Global Challenges Action Registry, digital collectibles representing action and impact, Challenges mapping citizen science / knowledge collaboration platform, Challenges Communities formation tools, Global Challenges Action and Impact Dashboard app for organizations and individuals.

Draft Agenda

1.00 – 1.30         Welcome and Thematic introductions

  • Stefan Pretterhofer, Deputy Permanent Representative of the Republic of Austria
  • HE Amb. Stan Smith, Permanent Representative, Mission of the Bahamas 
  • Miroslav Polzer, IAAI GloCha, Presentation of the Partnership on Global Challenges Action Innovation
  • N.N., Global Digital Compact’s call for partnerships on AI capacity building
  • Youth perspectives (International Youth Conference, International Organization of Youth, HereForLA)

1.30 – 2.00          Presentation of the Global Challenges Action Day (GCAD) initiative

  • Giselle Alers, Knowledge Innovation Summit, Council of Global Change and GloCha Partnerships director et al.
  • Christina Stevens, Revolution Love and GloCha Creative Director
  • Mack Okubo, Music for SDGs

2.00 – 2.30          AI &Emerging Technologies as Enabler of Global Challenges Action

  • Joao Pita Costa, International Research Center of AI (IRCAI), Ljubljana
  • Geoffrey Levene, Head of global AI programs, NVIDIA
  • Susanna Choe, Bioregional embassy and GloCha Innovation director

2.30 – 3.00          Discussion and Statements of Partners, Advisors and Friends of the Partnership