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Events & Publications on the topic: Inclusive Technology

6 May

Expert Group Meeting on Technology for Active Ageing and Report Launch

6 May 2021 United Nations ESCAP
To overcome the challenges and grasp the opportunities presented by ageing societies, the Madrid International Plan of Action on Ageing (MIPAA) offers a comprehensive action plan and calls for embracing the potential of the ageing populations as a basis for future development. 

The AI for Social Good Summit Policy Insight Brief I: Four Abilities for Governments to Leverage AI for Social Good

January 2021 APRU

AI for Social Good, a partnership between the Association of Pacific Rim Universities (APRU), United Nations ESCAP and Google, released Policy Insight Briefs from the AI for Social Good Summit, taken place in November 2020. This Brief provides a strategic summary of policy insights from three expert panels on building an effective enabling environment for AI for social good at the national level.

The AI for Social Good Summit Policy Insight Brief II: Seven Challenges to Govern AI

January 2021 APRU

AI for Social Good, a partnership between the Association of Pacific Rim Universities (APRU), United Nations ESCAP and Google, released Policy Insight Briefs from the AI for Social Good Summit, taken place in November 2020. This brief provides a strategic summary of policy insights from three expert panels on AI governance and accountability for social and environmental benefit.

The AI for Social Good Summit Report

January 2021

While the AI research ecosystem is growing, there is still limited research into how AI can positively transform economies and societies. In light of this, United Nations ESCAP, APRU, and Google partnered in 2018 to fill this void by setting up the AI for Social Good Project and bringing together regional scholars and experts from industry and government.

2 Nov

Webinar on Promoting Grassroots Innovation: Present Situation, Challenges, and Policies

2 November 2020 United Nations ESCAP, GIAN, Honey Bee Network
2 NOV 2020 TO 3 NOV 2020 BANGKOK, THAILAND VIRTUAL Grassroots innovation is a modality of inclusive innovation that enables affordable, niche-adapted solutions developed by members of informal sector at community level, like farmers, artisans, workers, mechanics, children etc., to address unmet needs or local problems, often unaided by public sector or actors in the formal sector, including firms, science and technological institutions, and non-governmental organisations.
3 Dec

Accelerating Impact Investment in Asia and the Pacific

3 December 2020 United Nations ESCAP, GSG
3 December 2020, 3:00 pm (Bangkok time; 8:00 am GMT) Virtual event   Join UNESCAP and the Global Steering Group for Impact Investment (GSG) for impact investment digital policy resource launch: "Towards an Enabling Policy Environment for Impact Investment in Asia and the Pacific".
22 Oct

AI for Social Good Summit: Kick-Off Session

22 October 2020 United Nations ESCAP, APRU & Google
November is AI for Social Good Month. Join a virtual series of investigative discussions, conversations, and policy briefings with leading AI thinkers and doers from Asia and beyond Artificial Intelligence demonstrates immense potential for bringing economic and social benefits by revolutionising areas such as healthcare, public services, finance, education and communications. However the benefits of AI’s potential are at risk of being offset by a list of challenges including job losses, data privacy concerns and increasing inequity.