Half-day event 'From Data to Environmental Action' GRID-Geneva Science Day

On behalf of the Geneva Environment Netork:

You are cordially invited to attend the 2021 edition of the GRID-Geneva Science Day - From Data to Environmental Action, organized with the support of the Geneva Environment Network, on Wednesday 17 November 2021, from 14:00 to 18:00 CET.

About this Session

From stopping biodiversity loss, achieving net-zero carbon emissions by 2050 to avoid runaway climate change, reducing pollution to alleviating poverty, the pathway to sustainable development grows narrower and the time to implement the drastic changes grows shorter. Data science can support these processes by keeping the World Environment Situation under review, identifying the underlying drivers and the best solutions, modelling possible scenarios, and verifying if actions on the ground lead to positive changes for the people, the nature and the planet system. This half day event aims at providing an overview on how to move from data to environmental action.

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AGENDA

Welcome and Introduction

Setting the Scene

• Bruno POZZI | Director, Europe Office, UNEP
• Anthony LEHMANN | Professor, Institute for Environmental Sciences (ISE), University of Geneva
• Sibylle VERMONT | Deputy Head, Global Affairs Section, Federal Officer for the Environment, Switzerland
• Pascal PEDUZZI | Director, GRID-Geneva, UNEP

1st Panel: From Data to Knowledge Sharing

• Andrea DE BONO | Head, Data & Information Sustainability (DIES) Unit, GRID-Geneva, UNEP
• Kenneth DAVIS | Program Officer, Technology and Metals Team, Chemicals and Health Branch, UNEP
• Pierre LACROIX | Head, Spatially-Explicit Environment Modelling Unit, GRID-Geneva, UNEP
• Pierre QUIBLIER | Programme Officer, Chemicals and Health Branch, UNEP
• Steven RAMAGE  | Head of External Relations, Group on Earth Observations (Moderator)

2nd Panel: Big Data and Artificial Intelligence for Environment

• Luca DELL'ORO | Chief, Disaster Risk Management and Climate Resilience Section, UN Satellite Centre - UNOSAT
• Gregory GIULIANI | Head, Digital Earth Unit and Swiss Data Cube Project Leader, GRID-Geneva, UNEP
• Diana-Denisa RODILA | Data Workflow Developer, GRID-Geneva, UNEP
• Stephanie CHUAH | Programme Manager, University of Geneva (Moderator)

3rd Panel: Data Science for Planetary Issues

• Hy DAO | Head of Metadata & Socio-Economics Unit, GRID-Geneva, UNEP
• Karen SUDMEIER-RIEUX | Senior Advisor, Disaster Risk Reduction, UNEP
• Markus BÖHM | Scientific Assistant for Digitalisation, Federal Office for the Environment, Switzerland
• Sibylle VERMONT | Deputy Head, Global Affairs Section, Federal Officer for the Environment, Switzerland (Moderator)

4th Panel: Building Environmental Knowledge Together

• Alexandre CALDAS |Chief of Country Outreach, Technology and Innovation Branch, Science Division, UNEP
• Jörg BALSIGER | Director, Institute and Hub for Environmental Governance and Territorial Development, University of Geneva

Conclusion

REGISTRATION

The event will take place in hybrid format.

For online participation, kindly register directly on the Webex platform at tiny.cc/ScienceDayReg

For onsite participation (International Environment House II) on eventbrite (limited places) at tiny.cc/SDinpersonReg