Meetings
WCRP Open Science Conference
23-27 October 2023, Kigali.
AmeriGEO Week in Costa Rica, August 8, 2023
Costa Rica, August 8, 2023
31st meeting of the Conference of the Parties (CoP-31) to the IAI
21 to 22 June 2023, Panama City, Panamá.
Harmonizing multi-scale spatiotemporal data for health in climate change hotspots
2-3 May 2023. Universidad de los Andes, Bogotá, Colombia
35th session of the Global Energy and Water Exchanges Project (GEWEX)
1-4 May 2023, Santiago de Chile, Chile.
Workshop on Climate Services to Support Adaptation and Resilience
19-21 April, 2023. Barbados.
2023 Extraordinary meeting of the Conference of the Parties for the election of the IAI Executive Director
18 April 2023, videoconference.
Past Meetings
IIASA Connect Coffee Talk on Building Global Equitable Partnerships
28 March 2023. Virtual meeting.
Regional training workshop for climate, environment & health responders for the Americas
San Martin de los Andes, Neuquén, Argentina. 13 to 17 March 2023.
Hybrid Science Diplomacy Center (SDC) Advisory Board Meeting, Washington DC, USA
Washington DC, USA, 6 to 7 March 2023
The VIII Regional Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction in the Americas and the Caribbean
February 28 - March 2, 2023. Punta del Este, Uruguay
First Regional Summit of National Hydrological and Meteorological Services and Risk and Disaster Risk and Emergency Management Systems
27 February. Punta del Este, Uruguay
Putting developing countries at the centre of SRM evaluation: a five-year plan
20–24 February 2023. Lake Como, Italy.
Cloud-based computing: Disaster preparedness and response
February 1st, 2023 15:00 - 16:30 UYT
Lessons from Latin America and the Caribbean: biodiversity mainstreaming & governance for transformative change
10 December 2022. Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Federal Global Change Research for the Next Decade: A Discussion of USGCRPs New 10-Year Strategic Plan
6 December 2022, 1:00–2:15 PM ET
R-STAG Meeting - Scientific and Technical Advisory Group. Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030
14 November 2022. Florianópolis, Brazil.
Diálogos abiertos para la transformación digital de América Latina y el Caribe
16 November 2022. Montevideo, Uruguay.
Global Research Council Americas Regional Meeting
16-18 November 2022. Montevideo, Uruguay.
54th Meeting of the Executive Council of the IAI
Montevideo and videoconference, Tuesday 15 November 2022
Climate Change and Net Zero Symposium
10 November 2022. Virtual.
Seminar on Building a Science and Data-based Agenda for Decision-making on Resilience in the Caribbean
October 20 – 21, 2022, Roseau, Commonwealth of Dominica
Science Diplomacy Center Advisory Board Meeting, Punta del Este, Uruguay
The Science Diplomacy Center Advisory Board will meet from 11-13 November 2022 in Punta del Este, Uruguay.
Global Catastrophic Risk-Science Policy Interface Workshop
10 to 11 October 2022, Cambridge, United Kingdom
São Paulo School of Advanced Science for a Sustainable and Inclusive AMAZONIA
21 November to 5 December 2022
Aplicaciones de datos satelitales y avances de las iniciativas para el control de vectores
21 September 2022. Virtual meeting.
Science Summit at the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA77)
14 September - 4 October 2022
Caribbean Vector Borne Diseases Network (CariVecNet) Webinar
September 14, 2022, Virtual and Jamaica.
ANDEX meeting of the World Climate Research Programme
4-6 September 2022, Buenos Aires
Leadership for Science Diplomacy Workshop
The first face-to-face meeting of the Inter-American network of Fellows from the IAI Science, Technology and Policy (STeP) Fellowship Program took place from November 12 to 15, 2022 in Punta del Este and Montevideo, Uruguay.
Americas Conference on Solar Radiation Modification: Science, Governance and Implications for the Region
University of the West Indies, Jamaica, 24 to 25 August 2022
74ª Annual Meeting of the Brazilian Society for the Advancement of Science
24 and 30 July 2022. University of Brasilia, Brasilia, Brazil
Panel: How to intensify scientific partnerships in Latin America. 74th Annual Meeting of the Brazilian Society for the Progress of Science (SBPC) and the University of Brasília (UnB)
28 July 2022. Virtual and face-to-face at the University of Brasília (UnB), Brasília.
DiploHub Summer School Barcelona
1-15 July 2022
SRI Congress 2022: Perspectives of Emerging Leaders: Dialogue with an Inter-Americancoali tion of early career fellows working in the science policy interface
22 June 2022
30th meeting of the Conference of the Parties (CoP-30) to the IAI
14 to 15 June 2022. Montevideo and Videoconference.
DiploHub – SciDip Talks Barcelona
31 May 2022
1rst Forum of Challenges in Global Health and Innovative Solutions
26 May 2022. Virtual and University of Campinas, Campinas, SP, Brazil
Information session - Migration, Mobility & Global Change Research Funding Call
12 May 2022, Virtual.
Insights into Predatory Publishing for Latin America & the Caribbean
10 May 2022, virtual.
Seventh multi-stakeholder Forum on Science, Technology and Innovation for the SDGs
5-6 May 2022. Hybrid, based at UN Headquarters New York
The Strategic Council for Research Excellence, Integrity, and Trust: Meeting 3
21st April 2022
Migration and health in a global change context
24 March 2022. Virtual.
Conversatorio: Hallazgos para Centroamérica y Suramérica en el Sexto Informe de Evaluación del Panel Intergubernamental de Expertos en Cambio Climático (IPCC)
23 March 2022. Virtual.
2022 AAAS Annual Meeting
18 February 2022
Information Session for the IAI Regional Assessment: how Parties can engage and what to expect.
17 February 2022. Virtual.
Invitation from the Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research (IAI) and Wellcome Trust
The Ideal Climate-Infectious Disease Tool. 15 February 2022, virtual meeting.
Importancia de las publicaciones en el ámbito científico: formatos, accesos y alcances
10 February 2022. Virtual.
Hold for ISNTD webinar
10 February 2022. Virtual.
Climate Services for Dengue Forecasting in Costa Rica
1-2 February 2022. Virtual.
Improving science diplomacy interfaces to address global challenges
25 January, 2022. Virtual.
Journal of Science Policy & Governance (JSPG). Improving science diplomacy interfaces to address global challenges
25 January 2022
AAAS Science Diplomacy Affinity group
16 December 2021
III Specialized CIDI Meeting of High-Level Authorities on Cooperation, 2021, Organization of American States
3 December 2021, virtual meeting.
USGCRP International Meeting 2021
19 and 22 November and 2 December, 2021, virtual meeting.
Academic best practices: how to be a reviewer and editor of a scientific journal
24 November 2021. Virtual.
Comisión de Futuro, Ciencias, Tecnología, Conocimiento e Innovación de la Cámara de Diputadas y Diputados, Chile.
24 November 2021
IAI session at the 13th Canadian Science Policy Conference - CSPC 2021
22-26 November, 2021
Participation, pluralism, and biological diversity in the Americas: How to deliver science-policy outcomes for conservation
18 November 2021, 2 pm Montevideo
Presentations to Parties on the results of the Small Grants Program
Briefing session on the results of the projects under the Small Grants Program (SGP) by the IAI Directorate and the research teams to the 52nd meeting of the Executive Council, other interested Parties, members of the Scientific Advisory Committee (SAC) and Science-Policy Advisory Committee (SPAC) and observers.
Conferencia: Desafíos y soluciones para una apropiada divulgación científica
9 November 2021. Virtual.
Canada Science Policy Conference
22 November 2021, 2:30 PM ETD.
Webinar: La CUENCA DEL PLATA ante los efectos de la Variabilidad y el CAMBIO CLIMÁTICO
21October 2021, 11 AM (Uruguay time)
Informative sessions with SENACYT for the new Fellowship program in science, technology, and policy
20 October 2021, Videoconference
Conference on Climate Change and Health in Small Island Developing States: Focus on the Caribbean
5 – 8 October, 2021.
Conference: Climate Change and Health in Small Island Developing States: Focus on the Caribbean
5 – 8 October, 2021, Virtual Conference.
Towards the making of the first strategy of scientific diplomacy in Colombia
22 September 2021, Videoconference.
Hacia la construcción de la primera estrategia de diplomacia científica en Colombia. MINCIENCIENCIAS COLOMBIA
22 September 2021
XVII Reunión técnica anual Latinex
22 September 2021.
International Transdisciplinary Conference 2021: Creating spaces and cultivating mindsets for learning and experimentation
16 and 17 September 2021, virtual conference.
2021 AAAS-TWAS Course on Science Diplomacy
27 August – 3 September. Online (Zoom Meeting).
AmeriGEO Week 2021
24 August 2021
Info-session on the Belmont Forum and on the upcoming Collaborative Research Action (CRA) on Climate, Environment and Health (CEH) for IAI Parties and key partners
11 de agosto a las 12pm EDT, virtual meeting.
2021 joint edition of the São Paulo School of Advanced Science on Science Diplomacy and Innovation Diplomacy (InnSciD SP) and the TWAS Latin American and Caribbean Regional Workshop on Science Diplomacy
4 and 13 August, 2021.
27th annual conference of the International Sustainable Development Research Society (ISDRS)
13-15 July 2021, virtual conference.
Taller interno asociado al Proyecto de Asesoría Científica Legislativa de ATP, Asesoría Técnica Parlamentaria, de la Biblioteca del Congreso Nacional, Chile,
1 de julio
Is Zero Covid feasible?: analyzing the evidence and possible scenarios
29 June 2021. Virtual conference.
29th Meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the IAI and 51st Meeting of the Executive Council
22 to 23 June 2021, videoconference.
51st Meeting of the IAI Executive Council
22 June 2021, virtual conference.
SRI2021 Congress Event Title: Training Future Leaders in Global Sustainability: A Belmont Forum Scoping Event
14 June, 2021
The science policy nexus and the need for open, transdisciplinary global change research in Latin America and the Caribbean
14 June 2021, Online and onsite in Brisbane, Australia
SciDip Talks: Science Diplomacy in the Global South. Challenges and opportunities
10 June, 6 pm (CET / CEST)
Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) regional and national platforms/networks in the session for North, Central and South Americas and the Caribbean Region
4 June, 2021.
Panel on environmental protection and the development of the American region
29 April 2021, 5 pm - 7 pm, Brazil time
The Second Global Forum of Funders: Missions for Science to Enable a Prosperous Future for All, Building Global Funding Alliances
26 - 28 April 2021. Online event.
Conversatory “La conservación y el desarrollo sostenible: Aportes desde la tecnología y la economía”
7 April 2021, videoconferencing.
Confluence of a pandemic with climate change and the results of deforestation
26 March 2021, 11 am MVD time
S4D4C FINAL NETWORKING MEETING: Addressing Global Challenges Together: the role of Science Diplomacy
17 March 2021, videoconferencing.
Implementation Science Priorities for Health Adaptation for Climate Change by National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
9 March, 2021, Online event
SciTalk: Food security and oceans during COVID: A case study from the Galápagos
25 February 2021, 11 am MVD time
Workshop on the Development of National Drought Plans in Southern South America
23 - 24 November 2020, via videoconferencing
EAUC Virtual Global Annual Conference
19 November 2020
Webinar: Science-policy interface: contributions for the management of continental and marine-coastal ecosystems in South America
Will be held on November 18 at 14hs, in which results of two IAI-funded projects will be presented: GovernAgua and Small-scale Fisheries and Marine Ecosystem Services: Adaptation and Transformation to Secure Human Wellbeing.
4th. Colloquia CILAC - Inclusive science: Right to science
11 November 2020, via videoconferencing
Dialogue: Enhancing sustainable development, conservation and climate agenda in Latin America and the Caribbean, on the Covid-19 crisis
21 October 2020, via videoconferencing
Fiftieth Regular Period of Sessions of the OAS General Assembly
20 - 21 October 2020, via videoconferencing
Belmont Forum 2020 Plenary
13 - 15 October 2020, via videoconferencing
OAS’s Inter-American Council for Integral Development - Building Back Better: The Key to Resilient Recovery Session
29 September 2020
Consulta Regional para América Latina y el Caribe sobre la Recomendación de la UNESCO sobre Ciencia Abierta
23 September 2020, virtual meeting
Webinar: The work of the IAI on Science Diplomacy for Science and Technology cooperation in the Americas
16 September 2020, via videoconferencing
28th Meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the IAI
19 August 2020, via video conferencing. CoP-28 11:00 to 14:00 UYT EC-49 10:00 UYT EC-50 15:00 UYT
WMO international virtual symposium on Climatological, Meteorological and Environmental factors in the COVID-19 pandemic
4-6 August 2020, via video conferencing
Live webinar: South-South Cooperation Between Cities for Climate Change
30 June 2020 at 8:30 am (NY time).
launch of the joint Report City-to-City Partnerships and South-South and Triangular Cooperation on Sustainable Urban Development
24 June 2020 via the UNOSSC website: www.unsouthsouth.org/climate
Future Earth Summit
15 - 18 June 2020, via videoconferencing,
Impactos das Mudanças Climáticas na Sociedade Brasileira: A ciência focada em soluções produzidas pela cooperação FAPESP-Belmont Forum
16 June, via videoconferencing
First Latin America and the Caribbean Scientific Data Management Workshop
Postponed, Sao Paulo, Brazil
High-Level Workshop: building a science-based agenda for improving decision-making on resilience in the Caribbean
Postponed. Dominica
AAAS Annual Meeting
13-16 February 2020, Seattle, Washington, USA
Atlantic Ocean Research Forum
6-7 February 2020, Brussels, Belgium
IX Regular Meeting of the Inter-American Commitee on Science and Technology (COMCyT), Organization of American States (OAS)
11-12 December, 2019, Washington, USA
Celebrating the 70th year of the UNESCO Offices installation
2-3 December, 2019, Montevideo, Uruguay
Workshop: Science and governance of solar geoengineering
27 November, 2019, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Climate Change and Tropical Medicine: The Issue of Our Day - ASTMH
23 November, 2019. 8-9:45 AM, National Harbor, Maryland, USA (https://www.astmh.org/)
2019 World Science Forum (WSF): Science, Ethics and Responsibility
20-23 November, Budapest, Hungary
General Assembly of the Ibero-American Program of Science and Technology for Development (CYTED)
18 to 19 November, Chiclayo, Peru
Prospecta Americas first international seminar of technology foresight for the Americas
24-25 October, 2019. Lima, Peru
First Working Group Meeting of the U.S.-Caribbean Resilience Partnership: Building Bridges and Making Connections for a Resilient Caribbean
23-24 October, 2019, Bridgetown, Barbados.
Workshop on the Global Sustainable Development Report (GSDR) - German Development Institute (DIE) in cooperation with UNDESA
8-10 October, 2019, Brussels, Belgium
Meeting of experts from Latin American biodiversity knowledge institutions, in the post-2020 framework
24-26 September, 2019, CEPAL, Santiago de Chile, Chile
UN Climate Action and Sustainable Development Goal Summits
23-25 September 2019, New York, USA
Integrating Global Change knowledge to decision-making processes in La Plata Basin: a transdisciplinary approach
8 - 14 September 2019, Santa Fe, Argentina
Workshop: Acciones de mitigación de impactos y preparación ante las consecuencias de las condiciones anómalas asociadas al evento de El Niño
22-23 July 2019, Tegucigalpa, Honduras
Global Forum of Funders - Funding Science for Sustainability: Accelerating Impact on the SDGs.
8-9 July 2019, Washington, D.C., USA Event hosted by the US National Academy of Sciences
9th Trondheim Conference on Biodiversity
Trondheim, Norway, 2-5 July 2019. The main focus of the ninth Trondheim Conference on Biodiversity was to provide support for the ongoing discussions on a post-2020 global biodiversity framework.
São Paulo School of Advanced Science on Scenarios and Modelling on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services to Support Human Well-Being
01 to 14 July 2019, São Pedro, Brazil
International Symposium on Climate Engineering
11 June 2019, Sede da Academia Brasileira de Ciências, Rio de Janeiro. Brazil
27th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the IAI, Brasilia, Brazil
Belmont Forum, Scoping workshop, SAC/SPAC, EC-47, CoP-27, EC-48
Meetings of the Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research, Brasilia, Brazil
Belmont Forum Scoping Workshop SAC/SPAC EC-47 CoP-27 EC-48
SINCERE - Task 4.2. Flagship for Latin America
17 May 2019, Helsinki, Finland Scoping Workshop - preparing a joint vision and collaborative activities
Regional Consultation on the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework for Latin America and the Caribbean
14-17 May 2019, Montevideo, Uruguay
Launch of the project "Design and initial implementation of a drought information system (monitoring, prediction, preparation and mitigation of impacts) for southern South America - SISA"
24-26 April 2019, Inter-American Development Bank (IADB) offices, Asunción, Paraguay
UN Regular Process for Global Reporting and Assessment of the State of the Marine Environment, including Socioeconomic Aspects (Regular Process) - Partnership Event
24 – 25 January 2019, UN Headquarters, New York, USA
Embedding science and technology in international relations education and diplomatic training
16 February 2019, Washington DC IAI focal points from Panama, Ing. Milagro Mainieri and Guatemala, Ing. Aldo Lopez, and IAI Directorate staff will participate in the AAAS Annual Meeting session on Embedding Science and Technology in International Relations Education and Diplomatic Training
Twenty-fourth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the UNFCCC (COP-24)
3 to 14 December 2018, Katowice, Poland
Fourth Science for Biodiversity Forum at the fourteenth Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP 14)
17 to 29 November 2018, Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt
Climate impacts on water: high-level panel session and publications launch
23 October 2018, Paris, France
CILAC 2018 - Thematic session: "Sustainable Cities: the construction of operational approaches for Latin America"
22 October 2018, Panama City, Panama
Science Diplomacy Workshop
17 to 19 October 2018, Panama City, Panama The course will promote an exchange of knowledge and experiences among scientific researchers, managers and other experts and leaders from Panama and the Latin American Region
Special Session of the UN Science-Policy-Business Forum on the Environment
18 to 19 October 2018, Paris, France
Mexico in the face of climate change, 3rd national meeting
20 September 2018, Mexico City, Mexico
São Paulo School of Advanced Science on Ocean Interdisciplinary Research and Governance
13 to 25 August 2018, São Paulo, Brazil The School will gather a critical mass of young scientists to discuss scientific knowledge of relevance to society.
Workshop on South-South Cooperation for Climate and Sustainable Development Progress, Latin American and Caribbean Climate Week
20 August 2018, Montevideo, Uruguay
AmeriGEOSS Week 2018: session on International Cooperation
10 August 2018, São Jose dos Campos, Brazil
High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (under the auspices of the Economic and Social Council)
9 to 18 July 2018, UN Headquarters, NY, United States of America
23rd APN Intergovernmental Meeting and Science Planning Group Meeting
11 to 12 July 2018, Bangkok, Thailand
Twenty-second meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice (CBD SBSTTA-22)
2 to 7 July 2018, , Montreal, Canada
46th Meeting of the IAI Executive Council (EC-46)
22 June 2018, Antigua, Guatemala meeting organized by the IAI Directorate
26th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the IAI
20-21 June 2018, Antigua, Guatemala meeting organized by the IAI Directorate
45th Meeting of the IAI Executive Council (EC-45)
19 June 2018, Antigua, Guatemala meeting organized by the IAI Directorate
2nd Science-Policy workshop
19 June 2018, Antigua, Guatemala meeting organized by the IAI Directorate
2nd Joint meeting of the IAI Scientific Advisory Committee and the Science Policy Advisory Committee
18 June 2018, Antigua, Guatemala meeting organized by the IAI Directorate
Challenges of global and climatic changes and its impacts in Honduras and in the Americas
15 June 2018, Tegucigalpa, Honduras The purpose of the event was to introduce the IAI to Honduran institutions and to share information on important global change related issues
5th Conference on Climate Change: Tribute to Jose Goldemberg
5 to 6 June 2018, São Paulo, Brazil
First meeting of the Alliance for Rural Climate Resilience in Latin America
19 to 20 April 2018, Santiago de Chile, Chile
Latin America and the Caribbean Scientific Data Management Workshop
17 to 18 April 2018, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Territorial governance: a transdisciplinary methodological proposal based on the sustainability of nature and human well-being
3 to 6 April 2018, Santiago and San Pedro de Atacama, Chile
IAI Closed Meeting: Research Partnership on Climate Resilient Governance in Megacities in the South
2 to 3 April 2018, Santiago, Chile
Sixth session of the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES)
17 to 24 March 2018, Medellin, Colombia
47th session of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC 47)
13 to 16 March 2018, Paris, France
American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Annual Meeting
15 to 19 February 2018, Austin, Texas, United States of America
Round Table of the Canadian Embassy in Uruguay on International Trade
15 December 2017, Montevideo, Uruguay
21st meeting of the CBD Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice
11 to 14 December 2017, Montreal, Canada
CRN3 Researchers Meeting: Results and Outcomes*
29 November to 1 December 2017, Cancun, Mexico (*meeting organized by the IAI Directorate)
IAI WORKSHOP @ PECS-II: On speaking a transdisciplinary language
10 November 2017, Oaxaca, Mexico
Make your voice heard: IAI and the PVBLIC Foundation at COP-23
6 to 10 November 2017, Bonn, Germany
IAI Session @ Belmont Forum Info Days: Inter-American Forum Day
7 November 2017, São Paulo – SP, Brazil
UNFCCC COP-23: Catalysing climate action, realizing the SDGs: science, interconnections & implementation
6 November 2017, Bonn, Germany
Science and technology in Latin American diplomacy
11 to 15 September 2017, Washington, D.C., United States of America The AAAS program introduces young doctoral students to issues on science diplomacy and its role in bilateral and multilateral relations
IAI meets with IPCC Vice-Chairs from the region to discuss scientific input to AR6 and enhanced collaboration
6-10 September 2017, Montreal, Canada
Future Earth and the IAI agree to strengthen collaboration to accelerate transitions to sustainability
7 September 2017, Montreal, QC, Canada
IAI research project involved in the creation of a drought early-warning system for southern South America
8 to 10 August 2017, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Meeting of the IAI Science-Policy Advisory Committee (SPAC)*
9 to 10 June 2017, Bogota, Colombia (*meeting organized by the IAI Directorate)
Meeting of the IAI Science Advisory Committee (SAC)*
9 to 10 June 2017, Bogota, Colombia (*meeting organized by the IAI Directorate)
Statement of the IAI at Partnership Dialogue 6 - UN Ocean Conference
5 to 9 June 2017, UN Headquarters NY, United States of America
The IAI Executive Director meets with the Argentine Minister of Environment and Sustainable Development
7 June 2017, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Side event at UN Ocean Conference
5 June 2017, UN Headquarters NY, United States of America
IAI and ICSU at the first United Nations High Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development in New York
11 to 20 July 2016, UN Headquarters NY, United States of America