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Statements & Presentations

Expert Group Meeting on Exponential Technological Change, Automation, and Their Policy Implications for Sustainable Development

Number of statements/presentations: 25

Session 1

Ms. Faye Duchin, Professor of Economics at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, USA

Mr. Xingquan Wang, Associate Professor, Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences

Ms. Ann Kingiri, Senior Research Fellow, African Centre for Technology Studies, Kenya

Session 2

Ms. Laura Palomares, Professor, Institute of Biotechnology, UNAM

Mr. Edgar Barroso, Professor, Instituto Tecnológico de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey, Campus Santa Fe, Mexico

Session 3

Ms. Bitrina Diyamett, Executive Director, Science, Technology and Innovation Policy Research Organization, Tanzania

Mr. Zhang Chenggang, Professor & Vice dean, School of Social Sciences, Director, Research Center for Social Innovation and Risk Management, Tsinghua University, Beijing

Mr. Richard Alexander Roehrl, Senior Economic Affairs Officer, UN Department for Economic and Social Affairs (DESA), New York

Session 4

Mr. Jose Ramon Lopez-Portillo, Professor, Oxford University

Ms. Faye Duchin, Professor of Economics at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, USA

Mr. Xingquan Wang, Associate Professor, Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences

Session 5

Ms. Gabriela Dutrénit Bielous, Professor, Universidad Autonoma Metropolitana, Mexico

Mr. Bart Verspagen, Director-Dean of the Maastricht Graduate School of Governance (MGSoG) at Maastricht University and Director of United Nations University (UNU-MERIT)

Session 6

Mr. Wilson Perés, Senior Economic Affairs Officer, Division of Production, Productivity and Management at ECLAC

Ms. Ann Kingiri, Senior Research Fellow, African Centre for Technology Studies, Kenya

Mr. Zhang Chenggang, Professor & Vice dean, School of Social Sciences, Director, Research Center for Social Innovation and Risk Management, Tsinghua University, Beijing

Ms. Bitrina Diyamett, Executive Director, Science, Technology and Innovation Policy Research Organization, Tanzania

Mr. Ludovico Alcorta, Director, Research and Statistics Branch of the United Nations Industrial Development Programme (UNIDO)

Mr. Edmundo Molina, Professor, Instituto Tecnológico de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey, Campus Santa Fe, Mexico

Session 7

Mr. Ludovico Alcorta, Director, Research and Statistics Branch of the United Nations Industrial

Ms. Gabriela Dutrénit Bielous, Professor, Universidad Autonoma Metropolitana, Mexico

Mr. Bart Verspagen, Director-Dean of the Maastricht Graduate School of Governance (MGSoG) at Maastricht University and Director of United Nations University (UNU-MERIT)

Session 8

Mr. Michael Zichy, Assistant Professor, Department of Philosophy at the Faculty of Catholic Theology, University of Salzburg

Ms. Ann Kingiri, Senior Research Fellow, African Centre for Technology Studies, Kenya

Mr. Zhang Chenggang, Professor & Vice dean, School of Social Sciences, Director, Research Center for Social Innovation and Risk Management, Tsinghua University, Beijing