09:00 - 09:15 (CST)
16:00 - 16:15 (CET)
| Opening Remarks
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Daniel Salas, Minister, Ministry of Health, Costa Rica
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Bilel Jamoussi, Chief of Study Groups, TSB, ITU
- Stephan Sicars, Managing Director, Directorate of Environment and Energy, UNIDO
- Carlos Martin-Novella, Deputy Executive Secretary, Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm Conventions
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09:15 - 10:30 (CST)
16:15 - 17:30 (CET)
| Session 1: High-level Panel on Achieving sustainable e-waste management in the post-pandemic era in Latin America
Managing e-waste sustainably is a recurring challenge that many Latin American cities are facing. The global pandemic has only added the growing concerns over the environmental and health impacts of e-waste.
This session will highlight the importance of sustainable e-waste management and how it will contribute to accelerating progress of the Sustainable Development Goals in the region.
Moderator: Carlos Hernández, LAC E-Waste Project Coordinator, ONUDI – PREAL- H.E. Sergio Federovisky, Vice minister of Environment, Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development, Argentina
- Eugenio Androvetto, Director, Directorate of Radiation Protection and Environmental Health, Ministry of Health, Costa Rica [Presentation: Spanish]
- Carlos Thompson, Director, Center for Pollutant Studies and Control, Honduras [Presentation: Spanish]
- Berenice Quiroz, Director of Chemical Substances, Residues and Waste of the Ministry of Environment, Water and Ecological Transition (MAATE), Ecuador [Presentation: Spanish]
- Victoria Rivera Chale, Director of Solid Waste Instruments, Ministry of the Environment, Peru [Presentation: Spanish]
- Guillermo González, Head of the Circular Economy Office, Ministry of the Environment, Chile [Presentation: Spanish]
- Oscar Orellana, Technical Focal Point, Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources, El Salvador
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10:30 - 10:45 (CST)
17:30 - 17:45 (CET)
| Break
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10:45 - 11:55 (CST)
17:45 - 18:55 (CET)
| Session 2: Towards a sustainable future with the circular economy
The circular economy concept holds great promises to improve the sustainability of the ICT value chain. This session will explore the advantages of implementing circularity in the ICT sector and how the concept can be extended beyond of the realm of technologies to other key development sectors such as cities.
Moderator: Paolo Gemma, WP2/5 Chairman, ITU-T Study Group 5, ITU Questions & Answers
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11:55 - 12:00 (CST)
18:55 - 19:00 (CET)
| Closing Remarks- Eugenio Androvetto, Director, Directorate of Radiation Protection and Environmental Health, Ministry of Health, Costa Rica
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