Hear what Mogens has to say on the creation and purpose of the UN Sustainable Development Goals and the importance of sustainable development including all aspects of the global goals, in all areas of society.

Mogens Lykketoft is a Danish politician who served as Leader of the Social Democrats (Socialdemokraterne) from 2002 to 2005.

The Honorary Committee is composed of eminent personalities who lend strength to the UIA World Congress of Architects CPH 2023 through their support and contributions to the profession. You will meet them during selected sessions at the World Congress in Copenhagen. Find more information here.

Hear what Kristian has to say on the importance of design & architecture for the energy sector and how we should aim for more sustainable societies & liveable cities. The Honorary Committee is composed of eminent personalities who lend strength to the UIA World Congress of Architects CPH 2023 through their support and contributions to the profession. You will meet them during selected sessions at the World Congress in Copenhagen. Find more information here. 

Introducing the UIA World Congress of Architects CPH 2023. See the challenges facing architecture, inclusivity, and sustainability in the 21st Century. The UIA World Congress takes place in Copenhagen, July 2-6, 2023. SUSTAINABLE FUTURES LEAVE NO ONE BEHIND

Hear Martha on what makes a good architect and how she sees the need for the role of architecture and design to expand so it can stay relevant for future challenges.

Martha Thorne is an American architectural academic, curator, editor, and author. She is the Executive Director of the Pritzker Architecture Prize and Dean in the architecture school at IE University in Madrid. Formerly, she was a curator in architecture at the Art Institute of Chicago. The Honorary Committee is composed of eminent personalities who lend strength to the UIA World Congress of Architects CPH 2023 through their support and contributions to the profession. You will meet them during selected sessions at the World Congress in Copenhagen.

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July 2-6, Copenhagen, Denmark.

Hear what Jesper says on the importance of a holistic approach to sustainability in the built environment and what makes the World Congress in Copenhagen unique. The Honorary Committee is composed of eminent personalities who lend strength to the UIA World Congress of Architects CPH 2023 through their support and contributions to the profession. You will meet them during selected sessions at the World Congress in Copenhagen. Find more information here.

Hear what Bjarke has to say on "Hedonistic Sustainability' and why Copenhagen is worth the visit during the UIA World Congress of Architects in July 2023. "It's the micro-innovations, that once you look closer, make the world work greatly"

Bjarke Bundgaard Ingels is a Danish architect, founder, and creative partner of Bjarke Ingels Group. In Denmark, Ingels became well known after designing two housing complexes in Ørestad: VM Houses and Mountain Dwellings.

The Honorary Committee is composed of eminent personalities who lend strength to the UIA World Congress of Architects CPH 2023 through their support and contributions to the profession. You will meet them during selected sessions at the World Congress in Copenhagen. Find more information on https://uia2023cph.org/

SPEAKER BIO: Michael W Mehaffy, Ph.D., is a researcher, educator, author, and consultant in urban development with international practice.  He is also the Executive Director of the Sustasis Foundation, an Oregon public benefit non-profit focused on research and publication in front-line urban issues. He has held teaching and/or research appointments in architecture, urban planning, and philosophy at eight graduate institutions in seven countries, and he is on the editorial boards of three international journals of urban design. Michael is also the former President of the Goose Hollow Foothills League, the venerable Portland neighborhood association. He has consulted for the City of Portland, Metro, and many other local governments, and he has taught architecture and urbanism at the University of Oregon's Portland graduate campus. He was the project manager for the master developer of Orenco Station, the pioneering transit-oriented development on Portland's Westside MAX line. 

Michael has been especially interested in Portland's lessons as an internationally celebrated urban laboratory with a number of notable successes, but also a number of cautionary mistakes and lessons learned. Michael now lives in the Columbia Gorge nearby two daughters and seven grandchildren, but still fondly considers Portland a second home.

Announcing the Anniversary Edition of Fred L. Miller's book, "How to Calm Down Even if You're Absolutely, Totally Nuts."

Read the first chapter here.

The title says it all. Being calm has grown increasingly more difficult to practice. Fred Miller is an author and teacher. The 25 years he spent in television production in both blue-collar and white-collar jobs was a life that drove him absolutely nuts until he learned to calm down. He has written for prime-time network television and produced and directed documentary and educational films. His stint at a large New York advertising agency is what almost drove him over the edge.

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418 views  Streamed live on Feb 7, 2023  #UHC #AIforHealth #AIforGood

At least half of the world’s population lacks access to essential health services and up to a third will remain underserved by 2030. Autonomous mobile clinics (AMCs) with ‘AI doctor’ functions may be key to reaching universal health coverage, particularly serving the “underserved”, the “hard-to-reach”, and the aging population. Accepted by the World Economic Forum as part of this year’s global health agenda: “How autonomous mobile clinics can help transform healthcare “, this AI for Good session focuses on developing self-driving vehicles as the next generation of healthcare delivery platforms, through which AI doctors and various applications could be configurated in various forms to suit the deployment situation.  

Illustrating this concept, a recent example of an AI doctor application screening monkeypox based on images taken from resource-constrained devices such as low-end mobile phones will be presented. Join this live discussion on how to further develop, open source and standardize AI doctors’ functions. Learn how AI can help scale this pilot in underserved communities through a demand-driven approach and multistakeholder partnerships will help set industry standards and scale up the benefits. 

Speakers: Ao Kong, UN Technology Bank for Least Developed Countries

Shaoshan Liu, IEEE

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AI: Artificial Intelligence is the theory and development of computer systems able to perform tasks that normally require human intelligence, such as visual perception, speech recognition, decision-making, and translation between languages.

In this AI for Good Perspectives, join Prof. Mérouane Debbah,?Chief Researcher of TII’s AI and Digital Science Research Center,?as he discusses the role of data and AI in revolutionizing the education sector and shaping national policies that are advancing the way for equal learning, one of the core United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. 

Speakers:

Mérouane Debbah, Chief Researcher, AI and Telecommunication Systems, Technology Innovation Institute (TII)

Mérouane Debbah is a researcher, educator and technology entrepreneur. He is a full professor at CentraleSupélec and Adjunct Professor at Mohamed bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence.

Shownotes:

00:00 Intro AI for Good Perspectives

00:37 Intro Professor Mérouane Debbah

00:48 The role of AI in research and in advancing the UN SDGs

02:47 The role of AI in education

04:53 AI national strategies for future generations

06:48 Smart education