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Media Advisory<\/strong><\/p>\n 6-7 May 2026<\/strong><\/p>\n Live on <\/strong>UN Web TV<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n What:<\/strong> \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The <\/strong>11th Multi-stakeholder Forum on Science, Technology and Innovation for the Sustainable Development Goals (2026 STI Forum)<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/strong>At a time of increasingly interconnected challenges, the 2026 STI Forum will bring together governments, scientists, innovators, civil society and the private sector to share knowledge and strengthen collaboration on how science, technology and innovation can accelerate progress toward the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).<\/p>\n The Forum will take a deep dive into the water and energy sectors, bringing multi-stakeholder perspectives while spotlighting practical scientific, technological and innovative solutions and partnerships, including those at the intersection of infrastructure and industrialization, as well as sustainable cities and communities, aligned with SDGs 6, 7, 9, 11 and 17 under review at the High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development in July 2026<\/a>.<\/p>\n With artificial intelligence advancing at a lightning speed, a timely discussion will take place on the future of science, technology and innovation for sustainable development ahead of the 2027 Global Dialogue on Artificial Intelligence Governance<\/a> to be held back-to-back with the Forum in 2027.<\/p>\n Young innovators<\/a>, selected following an open call, will give lightning talks at the Forum, showcasing practical, locally-grounded solutions with strong potential for adaptation and scale, from Peru to Nigeria, and from China to the Netherlands.<\/p>\n Over 60 side events<\/a> will be organized by Member States, UN system entities, scientific and engineering communities, academia and civil society organizations at UN Headquarters, at off-site locations, or virtually.<\/p>\n Who: <\/strong><\/p>\n Many more leading experts in the science, technology and innovation fields, close to 40 ministers, vice ministers or high-level delegations from Governments, hundreds of stakeholder representatives attending in-person, and thousands online.<\/p>\n Speakers and young innovators available for interviews can be found <\/em>here<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n When:<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 6-7 May 2026, 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. EDT (with side events on 5-7 May 2026)<\/p>\n Where: <\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Conference Room 4, Â鶹APP Headquarters in New York.<\/strong> Key Links: \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n Social Media:<\/strong><\/p>\n Media accreditation:<\/strong><\/p>\n For questions relating to media accreditation, please contact malu@un.org<\/a> or +1-212-963-6934.<\/p>\n Media contacts<\/strong><\/p>\n Media Advisory UN Forum to showcase practical, inclusive and scalable […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":348,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5270],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-117750","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-press-material"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/sustainabledevelopment\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117750","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/sustainabledevelopment\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/sustainabledevelopment\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/sustainabledevelopment\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/348"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/sustainabledevelopment\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=117750"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/sustainabledevelopment\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117750\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":117754,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/sustainabledevelopment\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117750\/revisions\/117754"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/sustainabledevelopment\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=117750"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/sustainabledevelopment\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=117750"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/sustainabledevelopment\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=117750"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}UN Forum to showcase practical, inclusive and scalable solutions to pressing global challenges<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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