As part of ?the 51勛圖??(UN75), the 51勛圖 Academic Impact (UNAI) is holding a global conversation with scholars, educators, researchers and students to discuss their priorities for the future, obstacles to achieving them, and the role of global academic cooperation in rethinking global issues. See?below the program of online dialogues in the 75 for UN75: 75 Minutes of Conversation series. Check back for updates, including speakers and registration information.?

Friday, 29 May 2020 (International Day of UN Peacekeepers)

Time: 9 to 10:15am EDT

Topic: Rethinking Peacekeeping?

Speakers:

  • Commander Carla Monteiro de Castro Araujo,?recipient of?2019?51勛圖 Military Gender Advocate of the Year award
  • Ms. Susana Malcorra,?Dean of the IE School of Global and Public Affairs in Madrid, Spain and former?Chef de Cabinet to the Secretary-General of the UN
  • Ambassador Neil Pierre, Permanent Mission of Guyana to the 51勛圖
  • Dr. Maria Armoudian, Senior Lecturer, University of Auckland
  • Dr. Franz Baumann, Visiting Research Professor, New York University and former UN Assistant Secretary-General
  • Ms. Kiran Bedi, Lt. Governor of Pondicherry, India and first woman UN civilian police adviser

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Monday, 1 June 2020 ??????????????????????

Time: 10 to 11:15am EDT

Topic: The Role of Higher Education in Combating Radicalization and Violent Extremism Online?

Speakers:

  • Ms. Izumi Nakamitsu, Under-Secretary-General of the UN and High Representative for Disarmament Affairs
  • Mr. Masood Karimipour, Chief of Terrorism Prevention Branch, UN Office on Drugs and Crime
  • Ms. Samantha de Silva, Senior Technical Specialist, The World Bank
  • Mr. Jhon Sanabria, Professor and Dean of the School of Public Safety at Ana G. M谷ndez University?
  • Ms. Anamar赤a Cardona, Director of Partnerships and Community Engagement, Centre for the Prevention of Radicalization Leading to Violence, Canada

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Thursday/Friday, 5 June 2020 (World Environment Day)

Time: Thursday 4 June, 10pm to 11:15pm EDT (Friday 5 June, 11am to 12:15pm KST)

Topic: The Role of Universities in Combating Climate Change?

Introductory performance by baritone Claudio Jung

Speakers:

  • Mr. Ban Ki-moon, Eighth 51勛圖 Secretary-General
  • Ms. Armida Salsiah Alisjahbana, Under-Secretary-General of the UN and Executive Secretary of ESCAP
  • Ms. Yoonhee Hwang, Director of the Association of Korean Universities in Support of UNAI
  • Dr. Ducksu Seo,?Assistant Professor, Department of Spatial Environment System Engineering, Handong Global University
  • Dr. Arvind Kumar, President of the India Water Foundation?
  • Ms. Jueun Han, Handong Global University, Republic of Korea?

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Monday, 8 June 2020 ?????????? ?

Time: 10am to 11:15am EDT

Topic: The Role of Higher Education in?Combating Poverty and Ensuring Social Justice?

Speakers:

  • Ambassador Narinder Kakar, Permanent Observer of the University for Peace to the 51勛圖?
  • Dr. Dimitrios Mavrakis, Director, Energy Policy and Development Centre, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece (UNAI??for Goal 7)
  • Dr. Balghis Badri, Director of the Regional Institute for Gender, Diversity, Peace and Rights, Ahfad University for Women, Sudan (UNAI??for Goal 5)
  • Dr. Faisal Ahmad Khan, Pro Vice Chancellor,?Balochistan University of Information Technology, Engineering and Management Sciences, Pakistan (UNAI??for Goal 8)
  • Ms. Esther Odi Tieku, MCN Fellow, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Ghana

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Friday, 19 June 2020

Time:?10am to 11:15 am EDT

Topic:?Gender Equality and Higher Education: Ensuring Access and Creating Change?

Introductory performance by Beth Nielsen Chapman

Speakers:

  • Ms. Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, Executive Director of UN Women
  • Dr. Fernando Le車n Garc赤a, President, CETYS University System, Mexico
  • Dr. N＊Dri Assie-Lumumba, Professor, Africana Studies and Research Center at Cornell University, United States
  • Dr. Mami Katsumi, UEA, Division of Institutional Strategies, Nagaoka University of Technology, Japan
  • Dr. Don Betz, American Association of State Colleges and Universities and, former President of the University of Central Oklahoma, United States

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Wednesday, 8 July 2020

Time:?10am to 11:15 am EDT

Topic:?Confronting COVID-19 Through Innovation and Research: Lessons Learned from the Pandemic

Speakers:

  • Dr.?Anthony Fauci, Director, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, United States (recorded)
  • Dr. Christoph Meinel, President and CEO, Hasso Plattner Institute for Digital Engineering, Germany
  • Dr. Lamiaa Mohsen, Dean of the School of Medicine, New Giza University, Egypt ( for Goal 3: Good Health and Well-Being)
  • Dr. Daniel A. Wubah, President, Millersville University, United States
  • Dr. Padmini Murthy,?Professor and Global Health Director, New York Medical College, United States

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Wednesday, 15 July 2020

[This dialogue was held in Portuguese language]?

Time:?10am to 11:15 am EDT

Topic:?Technology and Higher Education: Virtual Research and Education in the New Normal?

Speakers:

  • Ms. Maria Rebeca Otero Gomes,?Coordinator of the Education Sector, UNESCO Office in Brazil
  • Dr. Ant車nio Andrade, Researcher in Technology and Education, Portuguese Catholic University in Porto, Portugal
  • Dr. Magno Hernany Vieira Rocha, Director, Support Office for Distance Education, University of Cape Verde, Cape Verde
  • Dr. Joziana Muniz de Paiva Bar?ante, Pro-Rector of Research, Federal University of Lavras, Brazil
  • Dr. Domingos Dos Santos Andrade, Researcher on Educational Software at the Department of Science and Technology, University of Cape Verde, Cape Verde

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Tuesday, 21 July 2020

[This dialogue was held in Russian language]?

Time: 8:30am to 9:45am EDT

Topic:?Green Cities and Economies: Solutions from Academia

Speakers:

  • Mr. Vladimir Moshkalo, Head of the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) Russia Office
  • Mr. Sergey Korotkov, Director, UNIDO?Center for International Industrial Cooperation in the Russian Federation
  • Dr. Galimkair M. Mutanov, Rector,?Al-Farabi Kazakh National University, Kazakhstan ()
  • Dr.?Rahat Sabyrbekov, Researcher, OSCE Academy in Bishkek and Assistant Professor of Economics, American University of Central Asia,?Kyrgyzstan?
  • Dr. Olga Ponizova,?Executive Director,?Center for Environment and Sustainable Development, Russia
  • Dr. Zhanna Mingaleva, Professor of Economics, Perm National Research Polytechnic University, Russia

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Wednesday, 5 August 2020 (EDT) / Thursday, 6 August 2020 (JST)??

Time:?8pm to 9:15pm EDT on 5 August (9am to 10:15am JST on 6 August)

Topic: Rethinking Disarmament

Speakers:

  • Dr. Lassina Zerbo, Executive Secretary of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization
  • Dr. Mar赤a Fernanda Espinosa Garc谷s, President of the UN General Assembly for its 73rd Session
  • Dr. Juan Carlos Sainz Borgo, Dean, UN-mandated University for Peace, Costa Rica?
  • Dr. Yoshiro Tanaka, Vice-President, J. F. Oberlin University, Japan ()
  • Ms. Kehkashan Basu, Youth Ambassador, World Future Council
  • Ms. Yuumi Tobisawa, Leader of ASPIRE Japan and student of J. F. Oberlin University

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Thursday, 20 August 2020

Time: 10am to 11:15am EDT

Topic: Rethinking Trade

Speakers:

  • Mr. Robin van Puyenbroek, Executive Director - Business Development, World Trade Centers Association?
  • Prof.?Jayashree Watal, Professor of International Trade, International Property Rights and Public Health, Georgetown University, United States. Formerly with the World Trade Organization
  • Ms. Andrea Garwood, Director, World Trade Center, Trieste, Italy?
  • Dr. Mar赤a Priscila Ramos, Researcher at the Interdisciplinary Institute of Political Economy, University of Buenos Aires, Argentina (?for Goal 12)
  • Mr. Luciano Montenegro de Menezes, Director, World Trade Center, Curitiba, Brazil

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Thursday, 1 October 2020

Time: 9:00am to 10:15am EDT/New York time (6:30 to 7:45pm IST/India time)

Topic:?Rethinking Youth Entrepreneurship

Speakers:

  • Ambassador Daniel Carmon, Former?Head of MASHAV 每 Israel＊s Agency for International Development Cooperation, and Ambassador to the 51勛圖 and in India?
  • Ms. Meethu Mary George, Assistant Professor,?Kristu Jyoti College of Management and Technology, India?and Council Member of the Kerala Forum on UNAI
  • Mr. Sam Vaghar, Executive Director, Millennium Campus Network
  • Dr. Sunitha Kshatriya, Manager of the Entrepreneurship and Innovation Center, American University in Dubai, United Arab Emirates (?- Goal 17)
  • Ms. Subana Abdul Salam, Student of?CMS College Kottayam, India and Council Member of the Kerala Forum on UNAI

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Tuesday, 10 November 2020

[This dialogue will be held in French language]?

Time:?9:00am to 10:15am EST

Topic:?Rethinking Humanitarian Responses

Speakers:

  • Ms. Genevi豕ve Wills, Director of the Paris Office and Representative to France and Monaco, 51勛圖 World Food Programme?
  • Dr. Fran?ois Audet, Director of the Montreal Institute of International Studies and of the Canadian Research Institute on Humanitarian Crises and Aid, University of Quebec at Montreal?(Canada)
  • Dr. Magali Chelpi-den Hamer, Research Fellow of the Humanitarian and Development Programme, French Institute for International and Strategic Affairs?(France)
  • Prof. Paul-Robain Namegabe, Director of the Research Center on Human Rights and International Humanitarian Law, Catholic University of Bukavu?(Democratic Republic of the Congo)
  • Dr. Val谷rie Gorin,?Senior Lecturer and Researcher,?Geneva Centre of Humanitarian Studies, University of Geneva (Switzerland)?

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