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DESCRIPTION:What are some of the most promising new and emerging technologi
 es to ensure access to affordable\, reliable\, sustainable and modern ener
 gy for all? What is their development and demonstration status? What remai
 ns to be done? What scale of investment is needed? What are some of the ke
 y ethical\, legal and policy-related concerns? And how can you engage in U
 N and IEEE activities in this space?\n\nThis event will address these key 
 questions and more via presentations by leading technologists\, moderated 
 discussion with speakers\, and Q&A sessions with attendees.\n\nAdditional 
 Information may be found at: https://www.bigmarker.com/series/UniversalAcc
 essToEnergy/series_summit\n\nAgenda: \n< NEW TECHNOLOGIES AND RELATED SOCI
 AL IMPACTS>\n11:00AM-12:30PM\nOPENING REMARKS: Richard A. Roehrl (UN-DESA)
 \nSPEAKERS: Simay Akar (INNOSES)\, Toby Cumberbatch (SociaLite Lighting Sy
 stems\, Inc.)\, Keywan Riahi (IIASA)\, Siddharth Sareen (Univ. of Stavange
 r\, Norway)\, Mark A. Vasquez (IEEE TechEthics\, moderator)\n\n< Break >\n
 12:30PM-1:00PM\n\n< ENGAGEMENT OPPORTUNITIES AND POLICY DEBATE ROUNDTABLE 
 >\n1:00PM-2:00PM\nSPEAKERS: Marcel Alers (UNDP)\, Shantanu Mukherjee (UN-D
 ESA)\, Damir Novosel (IEEE Power & Energy Society)\, Holly Schneider Brown
  (IEEE Corporate Activities\, moderator)\, Pritpal “Pali” Singh (IEEE 
 Smart Village)\, Sampath Veeraraghavan (IEEE Humanitarian Activities Commi
 ttee)\n\nVirtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/261111
LOCATION:Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/261111
ORGANIZER:tom_mongeon@yahoo.com
SEQUENCE:3
SUMMARY:New Technologies\, Ethics and Policy Engagement for Sustainable Dev
 elopment: Universal Access to Energy
URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/261111
X-ALT-DESC:Description: <br /><p>What are some of the most promising new an
 d emerging technologies to ensure access to affordable\, reliable\, sustai
 nable and modern energy for all? What is their development and demonstrati
 on status? What remains to be done? What scale of investment is needed? Wh
 at are some of the key ethical\, legal and policy-related concerns? And ho
 w can you engage in UN and IEEE activities in this space?<br /><br />This 
 event will address these key questions and more via presentations by leadi
 ng technologists\, moderated discussion with speakers\, and Q&amp\;A sessi
 ons with attendees.</p>\n<p>Additional Information may be found at:&nbsp\;
 https://www.bigmarker.com/series/UniversalAccessToEnergy/series_summit</p>
 <br /><br />Agenda: <br /><p>&lt\; NEW TECHNOLOGIES AND RELATED SOCIAL IMP
 ACTS&gt\;<br />11:00AM-12:30PM<br />OPENING REMARKS: Richard A. Roehrl (UN
 -DESA)<br />SPEAKERS: Simay Akar (INNOSES)\, Toby Cumberbatch (SociaLite L
 ighting Systems\, Inc.)\, Keywan Riahi (IIASA)\, Siddharth Sareen (Univ. o
 f Stavanger\, Norway)\, Mark A. Vasquez (IEEE TechEthics\, moderator)<br /
 ><br />&lt\; Break &gt\;<br />12:30PM-1:00PM<br /><br />&lt\; ENGAGEMENT O
 PPORTUNITIES AND POLICY DEBATE ROUNDTABLE &gt\;<br />1:00PM-2:00PM<br />SP
 EAKERS: Marcel Alers (UNDP)\, Shantanu Mukherjee (UN-DESA)\, Damir Novosel
  (IEEE Power &amp\; Energy Society)\, Holly Schneider Brown (IEEE Corporat
 e Activities\, moderator)\, Pritpal &ldquo\;Pali&rdquo\; Singh (IEEE Smart
  Village)\, Sampath Veeraraghavan (IEEE Humanitarian Activities Committee)
 </p>
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