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<p style="margin:0px 0px 24px;line-height:1.7;padding:0px"><a href="https://isoc.live/16905" style="color:rgb(0,113,23)" target="_blank"><img src="https://isoc.live/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/acceleratingsdgs-300x169.png" alt="isoc live" width="300" height="169" style="max-width: 100%; margin-bottom: 24px; clear: both; float: right; margin-left: 1em; padding: 4px; border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204);"></a>On <strong>Friday September 22 2023</strong>, at <strong>6pm-8pm EDT</strong> (22:00-00:00 UTC) <strong><a href="https://ischool.syr.edu/" style="color:rgb(0,113,23)" target="_blank">Syracuse University</a></strong> will present a panel discussion '<strong><a href="https://www.undp.org/sustainable-development-goals" style="color:rgb(0,113,23)" target="_blank">Smart Cities, AI, and Community Internet: Accelerating Sustainable Development Goals across Africa</a></strong>' at Lubin House in New York City.</p>
<p style="margin:0px 0px 24px;line-height:1.7;padding:0px">Africa is the world's second most populous continent with over 1.3 billion people and a median age of 19. This young and growing population is increasingly urbanizing, with over 50% of Africans expected to live in cities by 2050. At the midway point to the implementation of the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), leaders in government, the private sector and civil society are convening at the 78th Session to the UN General Assembly to discuss mechanisms to accelerate progress towards the implementation of the SDGs.</p>
<p style="margin:0px 0px 24px;line-height:1.7;padding:0px">This event will convene experts from around the world to discuss the role that smart cities, artificial intelligence (AI), and community Internet technologies can play in accelerating the implementation of the SDGs across Africa, and the challenges and opportunities in doing so.</p>
<p style="margin:0px 0px 24px;line-height:1.7;padding:0px"><strong>MODERATOR/HOST Yusuf Abdul-Qadir</strong></p>
<p style="margin:0px 0px 24px;line-height:1.7;padding:0px"><strong>PANEL</strong><br>
<strong>Dr. Lee McKnight</strong>, Associate Professor, School of Information Studies, Syracuse University.<br>
<strong>Dr. Gloria Somolakae</strong>, Head, Governance and Administration Unit, Botswana Institute for Development Policy Analysis (BIDPA)<br>
<strong>David Hartshorn</strong>, Geeks Without Frontiers (Geeks)<br>
<strong>Dr. Danielle Taana Smith</strong>, Director, Renee Crown University Honors Program, Sysracuse University</p>
<p style="margin:0px 0px 24px;line-height:1.7;padding:0px"><strong>RESPONDENTS</strong><br>
Dr. Annalee C. Babb, founder and CEO of Intersections<br>
Wisdom Donkor, founder, Africa Open Data and Internet Research Foundation</p>
<p style="margin:0px 0px 24px;line-height:1.7;padding:0px"><strong>RESEARCHERS</strong><br>
<strong>Lahari Chowtoori</strong>, Master’s student, Data Analytics, School of Information Studies<br>
<strong>Jane Appiah-Okyere</strong>, Doctoral student, School of Information Studies</p>
<p style="margin:0px 0px 24px;line-height:1.7;padding:0px">This event is webcast via a partnership with the <a href="https://isoc-ny.org" style="color:rgb(0,113,23)" target="_blank">Internet Society US New York Chapter</a>.</p>
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<p style="margin:0px 0px 24px;line-height:1.7;padding:0px"><strong>LIVESTREAM <a href="http://livestream.com/internetsociety/AcceleratingSDGs" style="color:rgb(0,113,23)" target="_blank">http://livestream.com/internetsociety/AcceleratingSDGs</a></strong></p>
<p style="margin:0px 0px 24px;line-height:1.7;padding:0px"><strong>ATTEND IN PERSON <a href="https://bit.ly/489925b" style="color:rgb(0,113,23)" target="_blank">https://bit.ly/489925b</a></strong></p>
<p style="margin:0px 0px 24px;line-height:1.7;padding:0px"><strong>TWITTER <a href="https://bit.ly/46qDUwp" style="color:rgb(0,113,23)" target="_blank">#AcceleratingSDGs</a> @iSchoolSU @LeeMcKnight @YusufAQ @GeeksWF @AAS_Syracuse @ISOCNY @ISOC_Africa #AI #CommunityNetworks #SmartCities #Afica #SDGs #SDGdigital #GlobalGoals</strong></p>
<p style="margin:0px 0px 24px;line-height:1.7;padding:0px"><strong>MASTODON <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AcceleratingSDGs" style="color:rgb(0,113,23)" target="_blank">#AcceleratingSDGs</a></strong></p>
<p style="margin:0px 0px 24px;line-height:1.7;padding:0px"><strong>SIMULCASTS</strong><br>
<strong><a href="https://www.twitch.tv/isoclive" style="color:rgb(0,113,23)" target="_blank">https://www.twitch.tv/isoclive</a></strong><br>
<a href="https://www.facebook.com/liveisoc/" style="color:rgb(0,113,23)" target="_blank"><strong>https://www.facebook.com/liveisoc/</strong></a> (AI captions)<br>
<strong><a href="https://www.facebook.com/ISOCAfrica/" style="color:rgb(0,113,23)" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/ISOCAfrica/</a></strong> (AI captions)</p>
<p style="margin:0px 0px 24px;line-height:1.7;padding:0px"><strong>ARCHIVE</strong><br>
<strong><a href="https://archive.org/details/AcceleratingSDGs" style="color:rgb(0,113,23)" target="_blank">https://archive.org/details/AcceleratingSDGs</a></strong></p></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table><table role="presentation" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse:collapse;width:100%"><tbody><tr><td style="font-size:16px"><div class="m_7443613513528604294container" style="max-width:832px;clear:both;text-align:center;width:100%;padding-bottom:40px;margin:0px auto"><div class="m_7443613513528604294footer-section" style="max-width:752px;overflow:hidden;padding:0px 56px 64px;text-align:left;box-sizing:border-box;margin:auto"><table class="m_7443613513528604294footer-content" align="center" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="border-collapse:collapse;width:100%;margin:0px"><tbody><tr><td style="font-size:14px;text-align:center"><table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" width="600" style="border-collapse:collapse;color:rgb(0,0,0);width:100%"><tbody>
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