GESDA to hold inaugural summit in October for global diplomacy initiatives based on emerging science breakthroughs
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GENEVA, April 13, 2021 /PRNewswire=KYODO JBN/ --
The Geneva Science and Diplomacy Anticipator (GESDA), a Swiss foundation that
serves as the first global tool for diplomacy based on the anticipation of
science, today released its first activity report and announced it will hold
its first annual summit for ambitious solutions based on a proprietary
decision-making platform: the GESDA Breakthrough Radar.
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The inaugural annual GESDA Summit will convene October 7 to 9 with an expected
300 UN officials, Nobel laureates and other representatives of the four GESDA
communities – academics, diplomats, impact leaders, NGOs and the general public
– at Geneva's science hub, Campus Biotech, where GESDA is headquartered. Among
the hot-button issues to be debated among participants at interactive sessions
and other dialogue are:
-- how to catalyze multilateralism through anticipation and action in
science diplomacy;
-- future global challenges for human genome engineering;
-- a common future for quantum computing;
-- the road to the utilization of space resources;
-- co-development of advanced AI at a global scale with universal safe
access;
-- and future of financing and development schemes based on science
advances.
At the summit, GESDA will unveil its Breakthrough Radar, a proprietary
decision-making tool that assesses the impact and momentum of future scientific
advances, along timeframes relevant to GESDA (five, 10 and 25 years), in four
scientific frontier issues: the quantum revolution and advanced artificial
intelligence (AI); human augmentation; eco-regeneration and geoengineering; as
well as anticipatory science and diplomacy. The Breakthrough Radar is designed
to provide an easy-to-read mapping of potential scientific breakthroughs and
their possible impacts on people, society and the planet. Based on this
anticipatory scientific scouting, GESDA is pushing to develop, in Geneva,
solutions to address current and forthcoming global challenges, such as:
-- a hybrid CERN/IAEA-like organization to guarantee safe access and use
of quantum infrastructures for communication and computing, like those
for strategic national and international security agendas;
-- establishment of a new global court or dispute settlement body for the
self-regulation of scientific disputes over ethics, privacy, the
governance of science and the overall benefits to humanity of
scientific progress;
-- an international agreement on the co-development, access and use of
advanced AI models, along with the creation of an organization to
support and rule on those global governance standards;
-- and a Manhattan Project-style research and development undertaking to
help science and industry accelerate the decarbonization of industrial
processes in the next decades.
So far, GESDA has convened (https://gesda.global/who-we-are/ )about 100
prominent scientists, senior diplomats, philanthropists, heads of international
organizations, university and industry executives as well as NGOs and members
of the general public, as detailed in its first annual activity report (
https://gesda.global/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/GESDA-Annual-Report_2019-2020_final.pdf
) covering 2019 and 2020, which includes key facts and figures on the
Foundation's progress. It produced 11 Scientific anticipatory briefs
(https://gesda.global/scientific-anticipatory-briefs/ ) and brought together
around 60 scientific experts, political and business leaders and the general
public to discuss these briefs at a joint meeting of its high-level academic
and diplomacy panels (
) in December 2020. GESDA has attracted philanthropic funding to match seed
funding from the Swiss federal government as well as the Canton and City of
Geneva.
The first annual activity report is published after Switzerland's federal
government strengthened Geneva's role as a digital and technology governance
hub with its appointment of Ambassador Alexandre Fasel (
https://www.eda.admin.ch/eda/en/fdfa/fdfa/aktuell/newsuebersicht/2021/02/science-diplomacy.html
) as the first special representative for science diplomacy in Geneva last
February.
"What GESDA has achieved so far really has exceeded my expectations," said
Peter Brabeck-Letmathe, Chairman of GESDA's Board of Directors. "The world is
experiencing breakthrough science and technological advances at an
unprecedented speed. These discoveries will reshape how we view ourselves as
humans, how we relate to each other in society and how we care for our
environment. GESDA will play a crucial part in anticipating advances in
frontier sciences to ensure we capture their potential for global well-being
and inclusive development whilst safeguarding our collective welfare."
"Breakthrough technologies such as advanced artificial intelligence, genome
editing, neuro-enhancement, decarbonization and computational diplomacy are set
to dominate the global agenda in the coming decades," said Patrick Aebischer,
GESDA's Vice Chairman and former President of the Swiss Federal Institute of
Technology In Lausanne. "GESDA will serve as a 'think tank' and as a 'do tank'
by bridging different communities while ensuring that we can make the most of
these anticipated scientific advances. With the Sustainable Development Goals
in sight, and forthcoming global challenges, we must ensure we are ready to put
governance frameworks in place without slowing down innovation which will
improve people's lives."
About the Geneva Science and Diplomacy Anticipator (GESDA)
The Geneva Science and Diplomacy Anticipator (GESDA), a Swiss Foundation and
private public partnership born in 2019, was created as an anticipatory science
and diplomacy tool for greater impact and multilateral effectiveness.
GESDA's ambitious vision — using the future to build the present — reflects
both the speed of scientific advances and the dynamism of the city where it is
headquartered, Geneva, a global hub of multilateralism and home to the United
Nations' European headquarters and more than 2,000 other international
organizations, NGOs, multinational businesses and world-class academic
institutions.
Driven by a broad global community coming from all over the world, GESDA
addresses three fundamental questions tackling emerging challenges:
Who are we, as humans? What does it mean to be human in the era of robots, gene
editing and augmented reality ?
How can we all live together? What technology can be deployed to help reduce
inequality, Improve well-being and foster inclusive development?
How can we ensure the well-being of humankind and the sustainable future of our
planet? How can we supply the world population with the necessary food and
energy while regenerating our planet?
To this end, the Foundation's work consists of :
-- anticipating the scientific breakthroughs that will impact the world
by listing what is "cooking" in and will come out of the scientific
laboratories in the next five, 10 or 25 years (be it in the formal,
natural or human sciences), via a global scouting system updated
annually, highlighting their potential impact for people, society and
the planet;
-- accelerating the discussion about the opportunities offered by these
scientific breakthroughs with politicians, diplomats, philanthropists,
entrepreneurs, NGOs, the general public in order to design with them
solutions capable of tackling current or emerging global challenges
facing humanity including the UN's Sustainable Development Goals 2030;
-- translating these solutions into concrete & cutting-edge projects by
bringing together the coalitions, partners and investors necessary to
implement them in collaboration with multilateral institutions, of
which Geneva is the UN operational hub.
Contacts for further information
For strategic partners For media
Stephane Decoutère Olivier Dessibourg
Secretary General Executive Director of Science
stephane.decoutere@gesda.global Communication and Outreach
+41 79 292 50 80 olivier.dessibourg@gesda.global
+41 78 712 88 68
For investors Find us online
Sandro Giuliani Website: www.gesda.global
Executive Director of Linkedin:
the Impact Fund https://www.linkedin.com/company/gesda-global/
andro.giuliani@gesda.global Twitter: https://twitter.com/GESDAglobal
+41 79 303 06 00
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