UN Global Pulse and Western Digital Host Data for Climate Event at the 8th Sustainable Innovation Forum During COP23
November 08 2017 - 8:00AM
Business Wire
Uniting Business Leaders, Data Experts, and
Climate Experts to Share Cutting-Edge Ideas, Inspire Collective
Action, and Explore Concrete Ways to Scale Data Innovation for
Climate Action
Global Pulse, the United Nations innovation initiative on big
data and data science, and Western Digital
Corporation (NASDAQ: WDC) will host an event on Data
Innovation: Generating Climate Solutions, at the 8th annual
Sustainable Innovation Forum during the United Nations climate
change conference (COP23). The event, which will take place on
November 12 in Bonn, Germany, will jump-start the Forum with
discussions and examples of data-driven innovations to enable and
accelerate climate action.
The public is invited to watch a live-stream broadcast of the
event at DataMakesPossible.com/Bonn.
The event will kick off with an address by the UN
Secretary-General’s Special Advisor on Climate Change, Mr. Robert
C. Orr, and continue with panel discussions on how to advance big
data for climate action through effective partnerships, engagement
of all stakeholders and strategies for scaling of collective
efforts. See the full agenda here.
The event will also showcase the winners of the Data for Climate
Action (D4CA) challenge, an unprecedented data innovation
competition to leverage big data and analytics for social good. The
challenge was launched earlier this year, with support from the
Skoll Global Threats Fund, and called on innovators, scientists and
climate experts to use data to accelerate climate solutions.
Western Digital will be donating awards for the challenge
winners.
Learn from speakers from Orange, Earth Networks, Planet,
Tableau, Twitter, the World Resources Institute and more for an
exciting afternoon of data visualizations, big data analytics and
impactful panel discussions.
Find out more about the event and how to attend in person:
http://bit.ly/2ylRs0wFind out more about the Data for Climate
Action challenge: dataforclimateaction.orgWatch a live-stream
broadcast of the event at: DataMakesPossible.com/Bonn
About UN Global Pulse
Global Pulse is a UN initiative working to promote awareness of
the opportunities big data presents for sustainable development and
humanitarian action, forge public-private data sharing
partnerships, generate high-impact analytical tools and approaches
through its network of Pulse Labs and drive broader adoption of
useful innovations across the UN system. Global Pulse is a leading
voice in the data philanthropy movement and an advocate for data
responsibility. For more information, visit www.unglobalpulse.org
or follow on Twitter @UNGlobalPulse.
About Western Digital
Western Digital creates environments for data to thrive. The
company is driving the innovation needed to help customers capture,
preserve, access and transform an ever-increasing diversity of
data. Everywhere data lives, from advanced data centers to mobile
sensors to personal devices, our industry-leading solutions deliver
the possibilities of data. Western Digital® data-centric solutions
are marketed under the G-Technology™, HGST, SanDisk®, Tegile™,
Upthere™ and WD® brands.
Western Digital, the Western Digital logo, G-Technology, HGST,
SanDisk, Tegile, Upthere and WD are registered trademarks or
trademarks of Western Digital Corporation or its affiliates in the
US and/or other countries.
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For Western DigitalLisa Neitzellneitzel@vocecomm.comorFor UN
Global PulseFelicia Vacarelufelicia@unglobalpulse.org
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