titled As decided by Member States in the intergovernmentally agreed conclusions and recommendations of the 2017 FfD Forum, the third FfD Forum will be convened by the President of ECOSOC from 23 to 26 April 2018 at the United Nations Headquarters in New York. The event will bring together ministers, high-level officials from ministries of finance, foreign affairs and development cooperation, Executive Directors of the World Bank and IMF, as well as senior officials from the UN system, including the major institutional stakeholders, and other international organizations. Civil society organizations, the business sector and local authorities will also be represented. The ECOSOC Bureau has adopted the overall framework of the tentative programme for the 2018 FfD Forum. The Bureau will decide on the further details of the programme in the course of the preparations for the event.
The Paradox of Choice: Why More is Less (Video Lecture) | The Simplicity Collective Jan 27, 2011 Posted by on | Barry Schwartz is a sociology professor at Swarthmore College and author of . In this talk, he explains how and why the abundance of consumer choice in modern society is actually making people miserable. But far from being a litany of despair, his is ultimately a message of hope, and a message implicitly supportive of the Simplicity Movement. Don’t think buying stuff through market transactions is necessarily going to lead to happiness, he is saying. Far from it. In short, sociologists like Schwartz explain why, in affluent societies, at least, money and possessions are much less important to human flourishing than people might at first think. Related posts: The Curse of Affluenza (Video Lecture)
World debt comparison: The global debt clock Weekly Update □ If data is the new gold, how can we ensure that we can all benefit from the possibilities? The Amsterdam Data Exchange (in short: Amdex), an initiative of Science Park Amsterdam and the Amsterdam Economic Board, could be the answer to this. The project, as described in a report published this week, aims to provide broad access to data for researchers, companies and private individuals. Inspired by the Open Science Cloud of the European Commission, the project is intended to connect with similar projects across Europe. And eventually even become part of a global movement to share data more easily. (article in Dutch) Shared by: Lotte Duursma, Community officer at Amsterdam Smart City
100 Best (Free) Science Documentaries Online No matter how much you know, there is always something new to learn about science. While your college courses may cover the basics, you can get a more in-depth look at a wide variety of topics from Internet resources such as these great documentaries. These selections will help you explore everything from the inner reaches of the human mind to the outer areas of our universe and just about everything else in between. Better yet, they’re all free to watch online so you can learn more without spending a dime. Health and Medicine These documentaries cover topics like health care, diseases, nutrition, nursing, and more so you can get great insights into health and medicine. Super Size Me: In this movie, filmmaker Morgan Spurlock attempts to subsist on only a diet of McDonald’s for a full month. Drugs Learn how drugs impact the brain and the variety of legal restrictions imposed upon them from these documentaries. Genetics Evolution and Biological History Physics The Quantum Revolution: Dr. Geology
Open Collaboration - The Next Economic Paradigm I’ve dedicated a lot of research over the last few years to understanding the deep trends that will define the next economy. As I’ve written elsewhere, the global economy goes through a creative-destructive cycle every 50 years. And now we’re in the midst of a collapsing paradigm that is soon to be replaced by something new. In this article, I will explain what the new paradigm is and how it will impact every sector of society — including business, government, education, and basic research. The old economic paradigm was a service economy built on the digital communications revolution that began in the early 1970′s. This systemic shutdown requires a new paradigm for economic production, one that has been incubating in the minds of lead innovators for several years now and is just beginning to get recognized as the next model for the burgeoning new economy. The new model is the Open Collaboration Paradigm. Another profound shift will occur in the realm of ownership.
titled The 2018 ECOSOC Partnership Forum brings together a large number of high-profile and multi-stakeholder representatives, including from governments, civil society, the private sector, philanthropic organizations, local governments, parliamentarians, the UN system, academia, etc. The 2018 ECOSOC Partnership Forum will take place on Wednesday, 4 April 2018 from 10:00 am to 6:00 pm at the United Nations Headquarters in New York on the theme of “Partnering for resilient and inclusive societies: contributions of the private sector.” The morning session will present innovative business practices aimed at promoting inclusion and participation of vulnerable populations. The afternoon session will explore the potential of establishing partnerships with the private sector to harness the potential of big data in the achievement of the SDGs, especially towards promoting the inclusion and participation of “vulnerable” groups. Links:
ECONOMY PROFESSOR | ¿Qué es de Eduskopia? No podemos estar dos meses más sin ti ¡Saludos eduskópicos! ¿Cómo estás? ¡Cuánto tiempo! Han pasado casi 2 meses desde nuestro último correo. Y dos meses es muchísimo tiempo en esta vertiginosa era en la que vivimos. Una era que nos exige a todos nosotros, cuanto menos, agilidad, adaptación y compromiso para ser competitivos. El primer trimestre del año fue intenso y, como te comentamos en el último envío, celebramos el mejor inicio de año con proyectos muy interesantes con la Cámara de Comercio de Valladolid, el Grupo Renault (Zertia Telecomunicaciones) y la Fundación ONCE. A la vista está que el emprendimiento corre por nuestras venas y siempre tenemos en mente nuevas y atractivas iniciativas como la Jornada Millennial que organizamos el próximo 12 de abril en Valladolid y muchas otras de índole tecnológico que de momento no se pueden desvelar porque están en fase inicial... Además, hemos reescrito algunas secciones de nuestro portal web y tenemos un nuevo dossier. Gracias por ser y estar. El equipo de Eduskopia
Wild "Fat Finger" Price Swings In London Stocks Questioned Two of Europe’s largest publically traded companies experienced wild market swings of nearly 10% in less than a matter of seconds, a move that was quickly dismissed as a “fat finger” mistake but is being questioned by a High Frequency Trading (HFT) expert as a potential planned trading strategy. Price swings in London stock exchange In London trading today, HSBC Holdings plc (NYSE:HSBC) (LON:HSBA), the large investment bank with its own proprietary trading division, rocketed 9.9% higher at approximately 11:20 a.m. in London before falling back in price minutes later, according to a report on Bloomberg. Speed of correction cited as reason to label event as “fat finger” “Looking at the speed of the correction in the shares, it’s pretty clear that it was a fat-finger trade,” Alastair McCaig, a market analyst at IG in London, said to Bloomberg to explain both events. HFT algorithms known to engage in rapid buying and selling The latest iteration of U.S. Wider concerns
A vision of beauty: How we helped Chile to create ten million acres of stunning national parklands – A morning breeze blows through the grasslands of the new Patagonia National Park, in Chile, where southern beech forests frame the towering Andes mountains and condors circle high above. The park’s varied ecosystems—including grasslands, riparian forests, and wetlands—provide habitats for hundreds of plant and animal species, including armadillos, foxes, guanacos, and pumas. In late January, this was the setting for a ceremony where Kristine (Kris) McDivitt Tompkins, president of Tompkins Conservation, and Chile’s president Michelle Bachelet signed decrees that will add ten million acres—comparable in size to Switzerland—of new national parklands in Chile. They include one million acres of land from Tompkins Conservation—considered history’s largest donation of land from a private entity to a country—as well as an additional nine million from Chile. The new national parks will expand Chile’s national parklands by nearly 40 percent.
Planet Drum Home Page SOBRE NOSOTROS | FICO® FICO (NYSE: FICO) es una empresa líder de software de analítica que ayuda a negocios de más de 90 países a tomar mejores decisiones que les llevan a lograr niveles de crecimiento, rentabilidad y satisfacción del cliente mucho mayores. El innovador uso de Big Data y de algoritmos matemáticos por parte de la empresa para predecir el comportamiento del consumidor ha transformado sectores enteros. FICO ofrece software de analítica y herramientas que se emplean en múltiples sectores para gestionar riesgos, combatir el fraude, crear relaciones con clientes más rentables, optimizar operaciones y cumplir con estrictas regulaciones gubernamentales. Muchos de nuestros productos logran una amplia adopción en el sector, como FICO® Score, la medida estándar de riesgo de crédito del consumidor en los Estados Unidos. Las soluciones FICO emplea estándares de código abierto y cloud computing para maximizar la flexibilidad, hacer despliegues más rápidos y reducir costes.
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