{"id":42210,"date":"2025-05-13T18:51:44","date_gmt":"2025-05-13T16:51:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wfeo.org\/?p=42210"},"modified":"2025-06-10T21:10:22","modified_gmt":"2025-06-10T19:10:22","slug":"report-on-wfeo-participation-at-the-2025-un-sti-forum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wfeo.org\/report-on-wfeo-participation-at-the-2025-un-sti-forum\/","title":{"rendered":"Report on WFEO participation at the 2025 UN STI Forum"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wfeo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/STI-Forum-2025_banner.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1091\" height=\"559\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-42094\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wfeo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/STI-Forum-2025_banner.png 1091w, https:\/\/www.wfeo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/STI-Forum-2025_banner-300x154.png 300w, https:\/\/www.wfeo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/STI-Forum-2025_banner-1024x525.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.wfeo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/STI-Forum-2025_banner-768x394.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1091px) 100vw, 1091px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/sdgs.un.org\/tfm\/STIForum2025\" target=\"_blank\">tenth annual Multi-Stakeholder Forum on Science, Technology and Innovation for the SDGs (STI Forum)<\/a> and Side Events took place from 5 to 8 May 2025 at the United Nations Headquarters in New York.<\/p>\n<p>The theme for the STI Forum 2025 is: <i>\u201cAdvancing sustainable, inclusive, and evidence-based, science and technology solutions and innovations for the 2030 Agenda and its SDGs for leaving no one behind\u201d<\/i>.<\/p>\n<p>To attend the STI Forum, I\u2019m excited to lead a WFEO delegation including:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gongke.info\/\" target=\"_blank\">Dr. Gong Ke<\/a><\/b>, WFEO Past President<\/li>\n<li><b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wfeo.org\/committee-engineering-capacity-building-chair\/\" target=\"_blank\">Eng. Dr. Martin Manuhwa<\/a><\/b>, Chair of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wfeo.org\/committee-engineering-capacity-building\/\" target=\"_blank\">WFEO Committee on Engineering Capacity Building (WFEO-CECB)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wfeo.org\/wfeo-wurc-chair\/\" target=\"_blank\">Dr. K. N. Gunalan<\/a><\/b>, Past President of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.asce.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">ASCE<\/a> and Chair of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wfeo.org\/wfeo-wurc\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">WFEO-UN Relations Committee (WURC)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><b>Dr. Bill Kelly<\/b>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wfeo.org\/wfeo-wurc\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">WURC<\/a> Member and Senior Advisor to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.asce.org\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">ASCE<\/a><\/li>\n<li><b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wfeo.org\/committee-women-in-engineering-chair\/\" target=\"_blank\">Enyonam Kpekpena<\/a><\/b>, Chair of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wfeo.org\/committee-women-in-engineering\/\" target=\"_blank\">WFEO Committee on Women in Engineering (WFEO-WIE)<\/a> and<\/li>\n<li><b>Rabiu Haruna<\/b>, Engineer inspector at <a href=\"https:\/\/coren.gov.ng\/\" target=\"_blank\">Council for the Regulation of Engineering in Nigeria (COREN)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wfeo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/STI-Forum-2025_1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1598\" height=\"753\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-42220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wfeo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/STI-Forum-2025_1.jpg 1598w, https:\/\/www.wfeo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/STI-Forum-2025_1-300x141.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.wfeo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/STI-Forum-2025_1-1024x483.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.wfeo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/STI-Forum-2025_1-768x362.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.wfeo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/STI-Forum-2025_1-1536x724.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1598px) 100vw, 1598px\" \/><br \/>\n<i>At the side Event <i>\u201cLeveraging AI to Accelerate Sustainable Development and the SDGs\u201d<\/i> organized by WFEO on 6 May 2025<\/i><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\nWe participated in many of the sessions as Lead, Panel Speakers, Executive Discussants and Contributors. <\/p>\n<p>This year\u2019s forum explored how to advance sustainable, inclusive, and evidence-based science and technology solutions and innovations for the 2030 Agenda and its SDGs for leaving no one behind.<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wfeo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/STI-Forum-2025_2.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1707\" height=\"1280\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-42221\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wfeo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/STI-Forum-2025_2.jpeg 1707w, https:\/\/www.wfeo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/STI-Forum-2025_2-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.wfeo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/STI-Forum-2025_2-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.wfeo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/STI-Forum-2025_2-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.wfeo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/STI-Forum-2025_2-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1707px) 100vw, 1707px\" \/><br \/>\n<i>Speaking as Executive Discussant during 4th Session on 8 May 2025<\/i><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\nOn its 10th anniversary, the STI Forum focused its discussions on <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>making artificial intelligence (AI) accessible, inclusive, and beneficial for all;<\/li>\n<li>advancing science, technology, and innovation for gender equality;<\/li>\n<li>leveraging science to conserve, restore, and sustainably use ocean and coastal ecosystems; and<\/li>\n<li>scaling up STI financing, capacity building, and strengthening research infrastructures for sustainable development.\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The STI Forum was preceded by an Action Day as well as by a Special Meeting of the <a href=\"https:\/\/ecosoc.un.org\/en\" target=\"_blank\">UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC)<\/a> on Artificial Intelligence (AI) on 6 May.<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wfeo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/STI-Forum-2025_3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2047\" height=\"1576\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-42222\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wfeo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/STI-Forum-2025_3.jpg 2047w, https:\/\/www.wfeo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/STI-Forum-2025_3-300x231.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.wfeo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/STI-Forum-2025_3-1024x788.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.wfeo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/STI-Forum-2025_3-768x591.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.wfeo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/STI-Forum-2025_3-1536x1183.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2047px) 100vw, 2047px\" \/><br \/>\n<i>With His Excellency Bob Rae, Permanent Ambassador of Canada to the United Nations, the President of UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) and Chairman of the STI Forum at the Closing Session<\/i><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\nWFEO Side event was held on 6 May. We also used the opportunity to have a meeting with UN DESA and visited the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ieee.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)<\/a> office in New York where we discussed issues of mutual interest between our organizations.<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wfeo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/STI-Forum-2025_4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"889\" height=\"639\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-42223\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wfeo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/STI-Forum-2025_4.jpg 889w, https:\/\/www.wfeo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/STI-Forum-2025_4-300x216.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.wfeo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/STI-Forum-2025_4-768x552.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 889px) 100vw, 889px\" \/><br \/>\n<i>With Marc Beebe (right), Senior Director at IEEE, on visit to their office in New York<\/i><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\nIt was indeed a very successful outing and I thank the officials of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/en\/desa\" target=\"_blank\">UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA)<\/a> and members of our delegation for all the cooperation and support.<\/p>\n<p>On 7 May, Dr. K. N. Gunalan delivered a statement during the thematic session 1: \u201cMaking artificial intelligence (AI) accessible, inclusive and beneficial for all\u201d (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wfeo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/STI-Forum\/STI-Forum-2025-Thematic-Session_1-KN-Gunalan.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">available here<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>You can watch by clicking <a href=\"https:\/\/webtv.un.org\/en\/asset\/k1x\/k1xv5vjyxy\" target=\"_blank\">in this link<\/a> at 01:09:55<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wfeo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/KN-Gunalan_STI-Forum-2025_2025-05-07.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-42219\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wfeo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/KN-Gunalan_STI-Forum-2025_2025-05-07.png 1920w, https:\/\/www.wfeo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/KN-Gunalan_STI-Forum-2025_2025-05-07-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/www.wfeo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/KN-Gunalan_STI-Forum-2025_2025-05-07-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.wfeo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/KN-Gunalan_STI-Forum-2025_2025-05-07-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/www.wfeo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/KN-Gunalan_STI-Forum-2025_2025-05-07-1536x864.png 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><br \/>\n<i>K. N. Gunalan delivering his statement<\/i><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wfeo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/STI-Forum-2025_5-rotated.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1512\" height=\"2016\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-42224\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wfeo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/STI-Forum-2025_5-rotated.jpeg 1512w, https:\/\/www.wfeo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/STI-Forum-2025_5-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/www.wfeo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/STI-Forum-2025_5-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.wfeo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/STI-Forum-2025_5-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1512px) 100vw, 1512px\" \/><br \/>\n<i>With UNESCO ADG for Natural Sciences Dr. Lidia Brito<\/i><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wfeo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/STI-Forum-2025_6.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"722\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-42225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wfeo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/STI-Forum-2025_6.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.wfeo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/STI-Forum-2025_6-300x271.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.wfeo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/STI-Forum-2025_6-768x693.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><br \/>\n<i>With WFEO-WIE Chair Enyonem Kpekpena and WFEO-CECB Chair Martin Manuhwa after WFEO side event on 6 May 2025.<\/i><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<i>Report by WFEO President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wfeo.org\/mustafa_shehu\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Mustafa Shehu<\/a>.<\/i><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<b>For more information:<\/b><\/p>\n<p><i class=\"fa fa-file-pdf-o fa-2x\" style=\"color: #115578;\"><\/i> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wfeo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/declarations\/Critical-Infrastructure-Resolution-at-STI-Forum_20250506.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" style=\"color: #115578;\">The Critical Infrastructure Resolution, endorsed at the WFEO side event &#8220;Leveraging AI to Accelerate Sustainable Development and the SDGs&#8221; held on 6 May 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<p><i class=\"fa fa-file-pdf-o fa-2x\" style=\"color: #115578;\"><\/i> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wfeo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/STI-Forum\/STI-Forum-2025-Thematic-Session_1-KN-Gunalan.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" style=\"color: #115578;\">\u201cMaking artificial intelligence (AI) accessible, inclusive and beneficial for all\u201d statement by K. N. Gunalan<\/a><\/p>\n<p><i class=\"fa fa-file-pdf-o fa-2x\" style=\"color: #115578;\"><\/i> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wfeo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/STI-Forum\/STI-Forum-2025-WFEO_Side_Event-GONG_Ke.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" style=\"color: #115578;\">Slides presented at the WFEO Side event by Prof Gong Ke, WFEO Past President<\/a><\/p>\n<p><i class=\"fa fa-file-pdf-o fa-2x\" style=\"color: #115578;\"><\/i> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wfeo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/STI-Forum\/STI-Forum-2025-WFEO_Side_Event-Eva_Lerner-Lam.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" style=\"color: #115578;\">Slides presented at the WFEO Side event by Eva Lerner-Lam, NAE, Dist.M.ASCE<\/a><\/p>\n<p><i class=\"fa fa-file-pdf-o fa-2x\" style=\"color: #115578;\"><\/i> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wfeo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/STI-Forum\/STI-Forum-2025-ISC_Slides-AI_for_the_SDGs.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" style=\"color: #115578;\">\u201cScience and AI for the SDGs&#8221; by the International Science Council (ISC)<\/a><\/p>\n<p><i class=\"fa fa-internet-explorer fa-2x\" style=\"color: #115578;\"><\/i> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wfeo.org\/wfeo-ecbap-participation-at-the-2025-un-sti-forum\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" style=\"color: #115578;\">WFEO-ECBAP Participation at the 2025 UN STI Forum<\/a><\/p>\n<p><i class=\"fa fa-internet-explorer fa-2x\" style=\"color: #115578;\"><\/i> <a href=\"https:\/\/sdgs.un.org\/tfm\/STIForum2025\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" style=\"color: #115578;\">STI Forum 2025 website<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\nThe tenth annual Multi-Stakeholder Forum on Science, Technology and Innovation for the SDGs (STI Forum) and Side Events took place from 5 to 8 May 2025 at the United Nations Headquarters in New York.<br \/>\nThe theme for the STI Forum 2025 is: \u201cAdvancing sustainable, inclusive, and evidence-based, science and technology solutions and innovations for the 2030 Agenda and its SDGs for leaving no one behind\u201d.<br \/>\nTo attend the STI Forum, I\u2019m excited to lead a WFEO delegation including:<br \/>\n<br ...\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[85],"tags":[115,118,106,107,110,95],"class_list":["post-42210","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-event-report","tag-goal-14","tag-goal-17","tag-goal-3","tag-goal-5","tag-goal-8","tag-sdgs"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Report on WFEO participation at the 2025 UN STI Forum - WFEO<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wfeo.org\/report-on-wfeo-participation-at-the-2025-un-sti-forum\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Report on WFEO participation at the 2025 UN STI Forum - WFEO\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The tenth annual Multi-Stakeholder Forum on Science, Technology and Innovation for the SDGs (STI Forum) and Side Events took place from 5 to 8 May 2025 at the United Nations Headquarters in New York. 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