<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><div class="gmail_default">Hiqh quality constructive commentary and dialog from last Tuesday's session at the UN. If your time is limited, skip to Atefeh Riazi's concluding remarks where she waxes eloquent about trust and the role of regulators.</div><div class="gmail_quote"><br><u></u><div class="gmail-m_6440921377370806207subscription-body-tag"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" bgcolor="#DDDDDD" style="width:673.636px;background:rgb(221,221,221)"><tbody><tr><td><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" class="gmail-m_6440921377370806207subscribe-body" style="width:653.636px;padding:10px"><tbody><tr><td><div style="direction:ltr;max-width:600px;margin:0px auto;overflow:hidden"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" bgcolor="#ffffff" class="gmail-m_6440921377370806207subscribe-wrapper" style="width:600px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);max-width:1024px;min-width:320px;margin:0px auto"><tbody><tr><td><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" height="8" class="gmail-m_6440921377370806207subscribe-header-wrap" style="width:600px;background-image:url("https://s0.wp.com/i/emails/stripes.gif");background-repeat:repeat-x;background-color:rgb(67,164,208);height:8px"><tbody><tr><td></td></tr></tbody></table><br><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="20" bgcolor="#ffffff" style="width:600px"><tbody><tr><td><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="width:560px"><tbody><tr><td valign="top" class="gmail-m_6440921377370806207the-post"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="width:560px"><tbody></tbody></table><div class="gmail-m_6440921377370806207post-content" style="direction:ltr;margin-top:1em;max-width:560px"><p style="direction:ltr;font-size:14px;line-height:1.4em;color:rgb(68,68,68);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;margin:0px 0px 1em"><img border="0" class="gmail-m_6440921377370806207size-medium gmail-m_6440921377370806207wp-image-10967" src="https://isoc.live/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/frontiersdg-300x169.png" alt="FrontiersSDG" width="300" height="169" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto; margin-bottom: 12px; clear: both; float: right; margin-left: 1em; padding: 4px; border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204);">On March 5 2019  the <strong><a href="https://unite.un.org/" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(37,133,178)">United Nations Office of Information and Communications Technology</a></strong>, the <strong><a href="https://www.finlandun.org/en" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(37,133,178)">Permanent Mission of Finland to the UN</a>, and <a href="https://www.unicef.org/" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(37,133,178)">UNICEF</a></strong> hosted a symposium <strong><a href="https://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/upload.teamup.com/908040/j851QcsTpeDk89IPx5Iw_190305-Frontier-Technologies-4-SGSs.pdf" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(37,133,178)">Frontier Technologies 4 SDGs</a></strong> in the ECOSOC Chamber in NYC. The program included opening remarks, a keynote, and 3 panels. Video is below. Other languages can be found via the links. No captions.</p><h2 style="margin:0.4em 0px 0.3em;font-size:1.8em">Part 1</h2><ul style="margin:0px 0px 1em 1em;padding:0px;font-size:14px;line-height:1.4em;color:rgb(68,68,68);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><li style="margin-left:1em;line-height:1.4em"><strong>Opening Remarks</strong></li><li style="margin-left:1em;line-height:1.4em">Panel:“<strong>Artificial Intelligence: Robots for Development</strong>."<strong><span class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"></span></strong></li><li style="margin-left:1em;line-height:1.4em"><strong>Draft Agenda</strong>: <a href="http://bit.ly/2UpOEXf" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(37,133,178)">http://bit.ly/2UpOEXf</a></li></ul><p style="direction:ltr;font-size:14px;line-height:1.4em;color:rgb(68,68,68);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;margin:0px 0px 1em"><strong>View on UN Web TV</strong>: <a href="http://bit.ly/2UpK1wj" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(37,133,178)">http://bit.ly/2UpK1wj</a></p><h2 style="margin:0.4em 0px 0.3em;font-size:1.8em">Part 2</h2><ul style="margin:0px 0px 1em 1em;padding:0px;font-size:14px;line-height:1.4em;color:rgb(68,68,68);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><li style="margin-left:1em;line-height:1.4em">Panel “<strong>Blockchain – buzz word or saviour from development obstacles?</strong></li><li style="margin-left:1em;line-height:1.4em">Panel “<strong>New technologies = opportunities – What about the risks and threats?</strong>”</li></ul><p style="direction:ltr;font-size:14px;line-height:1.4em;color:rgb(68,68,68);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;margin:0px 0px 1em"><strong>Draft Agenda</strong>: <a href="http://bit.ly/2UpOEXfVi" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(37,133,178)">http://bit.ly/2UpOEXfVi</a><br><strong>View on UN Web TV</strong>: <a h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