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Deadline
9 Apr 2019
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OICT Series: The Effects of Social Media on Public Opinion

Type
Workshop
Location
New York, United States of America
Date
Duration
1 Days
Programme Area
Special event
Price
$0.00
Event Focal Point Email
pelayo.alvarez@unitar.org
Contact Number
2129639196
Partnership
The Permanent Mission of Sweden to the United Nations
Office of Information Communication Technology (OICT)
Registration
By application & selection
Mode of Delivery
Face-to-Face
Language(s)
English
Pillar
Cross-fertilizing Knowledge
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Secretary-General António Gutteres has emphasized the indispensable role of innovation in policymaking process on November 6, 2017: “From my perspective, what is important is to combine innovation and public policy to make sure that innovation works for the good of humankind.” In today’s world, technology is the driving force for innovation. Office of Information Communication Technology (OICT) will be offering a series of 4 lectures covering a variety of topics in order to increase the understandings on technology and how it can facilitate the core of the United Nations.

Participants in these lectures will receive trainings from technology experts from OICT. The courses are designed to help participants better understand the current world’s issues with the help and appliances of modern technologies such as artificial intelligence and data analysis. This lecture’s objective is to develop participants’ capacities, increase participants’ knowledge on modern technologies and eventually, encourage and inspire innovations.

To enable participants to:

  • Gain knowledge on modern technologies and how they could be applied to social issues;
  • Understand the implications of technology for sovereignty and economic stability;
  • Anticipate and assess the risks and opportunities for the use of technologies in different regions and fields;
  • Analyze the benefits technologies could bring for the UN system and how it may change the policy-making process.