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11/ 06

2019

Paris, France 11/06/2019

Farmers, researchers, advisors, enterprises, associations, decision-makers ... between 300 and 400 participants are expected in Normandy on 25 and 26 June 2019 for the second Agri Innovation Summit 2019 (AIS 2019). The event is dedicated to the contribution of the European Innovation Partnership on Agricultural Productivity & Sustainability (EIP-AGRI) for the transition to agroecology.

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27/ 03

2019

Paris, France 27/03/2019

This webinar adds to the existing discourse on gender data by demonstrating how partnerships within data systems are necessary for closing existing gaps and generating evidence-based policy for women and girls. The three different perspectives will offer webinar participants a unique view of progress towards closing gaps, collaborations that have cultivate that success, and the roadblocks that impede further progress.

The following questions will be discussed:

11/ 12

2018

Toulouse, France 11/12/2018
Two days to discover agricultural robotics and exchange with pioneers in the field.

The FIRA International Forum of Agricultural Robotics unites a wide range of agricultural players in order to exchange ideas and collaborate towards the future of agriculture. We aim to establish a community that brings about change through agricultural innovation..

A drone operator flies a drone at a farm at Tengeru, near the city of Arusha
26/03/2018
Today the 29th of March to the 30th of March begins the UNESCO/ITU annual flagship ICT in education event surnamed ‘Mobile Learning Week’. The 2018 edition is held under the theme, “ Skills for a connected world” and will examine the skills needed in and for a connected economy and would also focus...

26/ 03

2018

France 26/03/2018

This event is reported here as announced and their text re-used

UNESCO is pleased to announce that it will partner with ITU, the United Nations specialized agency for ICTs, to organize Mobile Learning Week 2018 under the theme 'Skills for a connected world'.

The event will examine how governments and other stakeholders can ensure all people acquire the digital skills and competencies needed for life and work in increasingly technology-dependent societies.

The event sub-themes will include:

A drone operator flies a drone at a farm at Tengeru, near the city of Arusha
10/11/2017
The UN Climate Change Conference (COP23) is hosted by the secretariat of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), and presided over by Fiji; signaling the return of climate change to the international agenda. This meeting comes just in time when the world is seeing climate induced...
A drone operator flies a drone at a farm at Tengeru, near the city of Arusha
14/07/2017
CGIAR launched the CGIAR Platform for Big Data in Agriculture, a new initiative that aims to convene researchers to use big data in order to help improve food security, resilience in the face climate change as well as encouraging rural development. Big data are immense stocks of information...
A drone operator flies a drone at a farm at Tengeru, near the city of Arusha
04/07/2017
EFITA is the European conference dedicated to the future use of ICT in the agri-food sector, bioresource and biomass sector. The 2017 conference, which is the 11th of the series is being held in Montpellier in France from the 2nd to the 6th of July 2017. According to the conference website, there...
A drone operator flies a drone at a farm at Tengeru, near the city of Arusha
04/05/2017
The UNESCO Chair in ICT4D is convening a workshop on Friday the 16th of June at the 2017 WSIS Forum which will be held in Geneva. This workshop will coincide with the recent publication of a new book entitled Reclaiming Information and Communication Technologies for Development This workshop is held...
A drone operator flies a drone at a farm at Tengeru, near the city of Arusha
21/03/2017
Mobile Learning Week is UNESCO's flagship ICT in education conference. Held annually at UNESCO Headquarters in Paris, the event convenes experts from around the world to share how affordable and powerful mobile technology – from basic handsets to the newest tablet computers – can accelerate learning...