Science and technology

The Land Portal and GODAN Action partners have announced a new call for applications for the Open Data Management Online Course.The content of the course has now expanded to include land, in addition to agriculture and nutrition. This edition of the course has been revised ...

The objective of the exhibition is to provide additional informal space for member states, civil society, UN agencies and other stakeholders to share good practices for integrated and inclusive approaches for issues related to the Committee on Information and Communications Technology & Science, Technology and ...

The Global Partnership for Sustainable Development Data and the World Bank Development Data Group are pleased to announce that applications are now open for a third round of support for innovative collaborations for data production, dissemination, and use. This follows two previous rounds of funding ...

With the theme of ‘The Digital Frontiers of Global Science’, SciDataCon 2018 will take place on 5-8 November in Gaborone, Botswana as part of International Data Week convened by CODATA, the ICSU World Data System and the Research Data Alliance.Like its predecessor, IDW 2018 will ...

Barcamp Bangkok 2018 is calls for volunteers on Sunday, August 5th at TK Park, Central World, Bangkok, from 8am to 6pm.Benefits of volunteering: get hands-on experience in organizing knowledge sharing event, work in a multi cultural atmosphere, feel the joy of giving, and many moreFor ...

The 2018 UNLEASH Sustainable Development Goals Innovation Lab will convene 1,000 cross-sectoral leaders under the age of 35 from around the world to design and deploy scalable solutions for the SDGs. At the end of the Innovation Lab, winning ideas will receive pro-bono technical support ...

Big data is drastically improving our ability to understand the world around us.This event will showcase how big data and new technologies allow cities and local communities to seize new opportunities for jobs and manufacturing; deliver effective and inclusive transport and energy services; prepare for ...

Global Development Network (GDN)’s 18th Global Development Conference, titled ‘Science, Technology and Innovation for Development,’ will be held in New Delhi on 22-23 March, 2018. The conference will be a forum where global actors from governments, research, private sector and civil society can share knowledge and practices on ...

UNESCO Hackathon at FOSSASIA Summit will take place from Saturday March 24, to Sunday March 25, 2018 at the Lifelong Learning Institute, Singapore.The event aims to bring together forward thinking citizens with innovators, hackers, scientists, and makers from around the world in Asia, create open ...