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United Nations Association of Orange County annual UN Day Gala
Welcome to the annual United Nations Day Gala Dinner. This year’s theme is “How AI Can Help Us Achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in Southern California and Beyond”.
Come join us on Sat, Oct 26, 2024 at 5:30 PM at the University Of California, Irvine – Department of Continuing Education for a celebration commemorating the founding of the United Nations in the U.S. in 1945.
The program will feature highlights from our UNA-OC chapter’s Sustainable Impact Alliance (SIA) program, which is to localize the UN’s “SDG Model” here into Orange County and beyond by implementing the latest in technology and Artificial Intelligence (www.local2030.org).
Special guest speakers will include:
- OC Supervisor, Katrina Foley
- UCI Professor and AI expert, Neil Sahota, (AI advisor to the UN, and founder of the UN’s “AI For Good” annual conference)
- Alert California Director, Neal Driscoll (UCSD/Scripps)
- Tanzle Corp. CEO, Michael Vesely (Quantum Computing and AI platform)
- UCI Chief Digital Officer, Tom Andriola
- Pastor Henry Byamukama, President SIAS Uganda, Rewards for Education program
We will also be presenting “Sustainability Excellence” awards to people from each key industry sector here in OC, recognizing their commitment to the SDGs. In addition, we’ll be highlighting our newly formed Youth Council with focused programs on sustainability projects and collaboration, as well as our Human Rights advocacy efforts, and UNA Women’s Affinity Group.
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