The Asian Chronicle

2 - 4 October 2017 Marina Bay Sands, Singapore Thank you for becoming part of TechXLR8 Asia! Agenda  |  Speakers  |  App We've had a fantastic couple of days in Singapore enjoying a festival of knowledge & inspiration with Asia's leading tech visionaries. Day 2 has been another day of insightful learnings with roundtable discussions & more intimate sessions a key part of this. Keynotes on IoT, 5G, NV & SDN, & AI  kicked off the final day and featured major tech institutions such as  Microsoft, Nokia, & Cisco . Workshops & roundtables  focused heavily throughout the day with  IoT World Asia & the AI Summit  running a series of these throughout the event creating intense debate and productive idea generation.  Congratulations to the TechXLR8 Asia Awards winners! This year's  TechXLR8 Asia Awards  were showcase of excellen...

English version, see below   Vea abajo la versión en inglés   Expertos de la ONU instan al diálogo político para desactivar tensiones en Cataluña tras referéndum GINEBRA (4 de octubre de 2017) - Expertos de las Naciones Unidas * exhortan a un diálogo urgente después de la votación sobre la independencia de Cataluña de España y subrayan la necesidad de que se respeten plenamente los derechos humanos. "Estamos profundamente perturbados por la erupción de violencia el domingo 1 de octubre de 2017, durante la votación que tuvo lugar en Cataluña", dijeron los expertos en un comunicado conjunto. "Hay que encontrar el camino a seguir a través del diálogo político. Instamos al restablecimiento del diálogo efectivo como primer paso para calmar la situación. "Instamos a las autoridades españolas a respetar plenamente los derechos humanos fundamentales, incluidos los derechos a la libertad de reunión y asociación pacíficas, la participación en los asuntos públicos y la li...

                  German and French versions below   Switzerland needs to step up work to curb illicit financial flows – UN expert GENEVA / BERN (4 October 2017) – The Swiss Federal Government has taken steps to curb illicit financial flows over the past few years, but more remains to be done to tackle issues including an ongoing risk of money-laundering, a UN expert has said at the end of his first official visit to the country.   “Progress has been achieved, but further efforts are necessary to make sure that dirty money stemming from tax evasion and corruption is not entering the Swiss financial market,” said Juan Pablo Bohoslavsky, the UN Independent Expert on foreign debt and human rights.   “Illicit financial flows undermine the rule of law and human rights. In particular, they reduce the ability of developing countries to finance essential public services, such as health care, education and basic social security...

Welcome to SDSN's September 2017 Newsletter! September Events Roundup On the occasion of the annual general debate of the 72nd United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), SDSN organized events focusing on the practicalities of implementing the Paris Climate Agreement and achieving the SDGs. The events were attended by Heads of State, UN ambassadors, industry leaders, scientists, civil society, and students.  New SDSN Networks in Action Report SDSN launched a report showcasing the array of solutions and initiatives led by our national and regional networks. The report presents each of SDSN's 21 active networks, and includes an introductory essay on the role of universities in achieving the SDGs. The report was delivered to the Secretary-General on 17 September, 2017. Launch of "Counting on the World" SDSN's Thematic Research Network on Data and Statistics ( TReNDS ) published a new report on partnership-driven m...