Following Science & Diplomacy’s special issue, “Science and Technology at the World Bank: Recommendations to President Ajay Banga,” the Center hosted a webinar on Monday, February 26 from 11:00 am – 12:30 pm ET. The webinar featured the five contributors to the issue, who have all worked at the World Bank, and was moderated by E. William Colglazier, S&D’s editor-in-chief.
Authors elaborated further on the answers they provided in the issue, to the question: Given your experience at the World Bank, how have science, technology, and innovation impacted the World Bank’s programs? How have these programs evolved and what could have been done better? What would you recommend to the new World Bank President Ajay Banga from a S&T perspective?
Speakers:
- Sajitha Bashir, former Adviser to the Global Director for Education, World Bank
- Alfred Watkins, Founder and Chairman, Global Solutions Summit; former Member, Governing Council, UN Technology Bank for the Least Developed Countries
- Charles Weiss, Distinguished Professor Emeritus, School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University; former S&T Adviser, World Bank
- Gordon Myers, former Chief Counsel and Head, Technology Business Risk, International Finance Corporation
- Klaus Tilmes, Co-Chair, Roundtable on Science and Technology for Sustainability, NASEM
Moderator:
- E. William Colglazier, Editor-in-Chief, Science & Diplomacy
Watch the Recording Here: https://youtu.be/bL4r53QqAs0?si=iO9wCBLc_pS5g_q8
Panelists provided introductory remarks expanding on the perspectives they wrote for Science & Diplomacy. Afterwards, Bill Colglazier, editor-in-chief of Science & Diplomacy and senior scholar at the AAAS Center for Science Diplomacy, moderated a Q&A session between the authors and the public.