 the end but we want to do some of the best paper awards from our from our conference online. So this is Lucia Rodíguez. She is the global director of the Global Association of Massive Development Practice programs and my name is Patrick Paul Walsh and I'm director of the SD Academy at SDSN. So first of all I want to thank everyone who stayed in the hall with us today. I think it was really an excellent series of lectures and this is the first time we've been back in person since 2019 so I think it was it was a nice experience but to everyone online also thank you for staying with us and Manny will watch the recording so thank you for doing that as well. So I'd just like to go over the big tanks to our sponsors so the Sustainable Development Solutions Network, the Center for Sustainable Development at Columbia University, the Global Association of Masters of Development Practice programs, the Kaposkinski Development Lecture Series, Ginti and Siemens Gamasse. And so without further ado I'm going to invite Lucia to by the teams of our of our conference announce the best papers and there's a lot of people online waiting eagerly so give it a applause to each and every one of them. Okay so thank you for being here thank you for working so hard everyone really excited to give out these papers so I know we don't have a lot of time so I'll get right down to it. So with the best paper award in Theme 1A, Building the Capacitive Research Centers to Engage at the Science Policy Interface, Dr. Lakshmi Rakupathi visiting faculty at Terry School of Advanced Studies India. The same theme Building the Capacitive Research Centers, Joel Gill, Chief Executive Officer, Geology for Global Development United Kingdom. Similar theme enhancing responsible business education in the classroom through playful pedagogies Dr. Jeremy Williams, Professor of Practice at Zaid University UAE. Education for Sustainable Development Dr. John Burimo, Manager of SDSN Ireland and Dr. Gerard Malouli, Lecturer both at the University of College Court Ireland. Another one also for higher education for Sustainable Development Dr. Aluri Venkata Nagavarma and Mr. Akula Ramesh both professors of economics at Adi Kavi Nanyi University in India. For training and education for the skill sets of a sustainable future, Dr. Helen Bond, Professor of Education at Howard University. To aid data, data knowledge and technology to combat the climate crisis, Dr. Deba Yadusi Dash in India. Linking the SDG's disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation and mitigation in sustainable land use and development planning. Dr. Farhad Zulfiqar, Assistant Professor at Asian Institute of Technology in Thailand and Ms. Kanwalit Fiaz, Graduate Student at Kamsat University Islamabad in Pakistan. Nature-based solutions to present society challenges. Mr. Rakhanda Pranidhana Dajamal, Student at UFABC Brazil. Best paper awarding of the theme is Sustainable Development of Mountain Regions, Dr. Grace Oshinfo Wakan, Dr. Muritala Otse and Dr. Rasek Olambomi from National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies in Nigeria. Sustainable Resource Management for Socioeconomic Development Mrs. Crisola Chitou, PhD candidate, University of Ionina and Mrs. Stella Sanani from Associate Professor, National and Kapodistrian, University of Athens, Greece. Transformation of food systems considering the SDG's nexus and spillover effects, Dr. Andre Colhill and Dr. Sabine O'Hara, both of the University of District of Columbia USA. Progress made by the private sector in meeting the SDG's, Ms. Alisa Menz, PhD student Yale University USA and Don Esti, Hill House Professor of Environmental Law and Policy Yale University. Addressing Social Inequality and Sustainable Development, Dr. Joshua Greenberg, Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Michigan. Addressing Social Inequality and Sustainable Development, Dr. Ernst Nankansa Dawamena, Professor Lafayette College, USA. Children and Youth at the SDG Midpoint Progress Challenges and Pathways to Accelerate Inclusive Innovation, Ms. Isabel Zou Maguire, Project Officer, Monash University and Network Coordinator. Alivating the Pluriversa, Indigenous and Diverse Visions for Sustainable Development, Ms. Cecilia Puertas, Docente Investigadora, Universidad Internacional del Ecuador, and Dr. Emili de Puetz, Professor Universidad San Francisco de Quito, Ecuador. Human and Planetary Health and Well-Being in the Entropocene, Dr. Grilion Su, UNESCO, Hong Kong. The Science of Social Violence and Crime Prevention, Dr. Daniela Vieira, Assistant Professor Universidad Federal de Pernambuco, Brazil. The contribution of the arts and culture to achieving the SDGs, Ms. Elizabeth Valenzuela, Technical Director, Fondo Acción Colombia, and Mr. Juan Alvarez, Creative Writing Coordinator. Energy Applications and the Urban Environment, Ms. Beatriz Martins Arruda, Ms. Amanda Rosso de Cusul and Dr. Emilia Wanda Rupkowsk, all from the University of Capinas, Brazil. Future Challenges in the Urban Transition, Ms. Carina Maria Berber Bruno, Master's Student, University of Capinas, and Lund University, Brazil and Sweden. Urban Regeneration of Vulnerable Neighborhoods, Ms. Rana Geith, Research Assistant, and Ms. Sharif Gubron, Assistant Professor, both of the American University in Cairo, Egypt. I'm almost there. Digital Technologies and the SDGs, past successes and future directions. Ms. Alisa Bonzinore, Founder and Strategist and Strategist, Clarifying Complex Ideas, LLC, USA. Leveraging Open Data and Artificial Intelligence to Measure SDG Progress and Resource Limited Settings. Dr. Ketra Schmidt, Associate Professor, Dr. Usolla Iker, Canada Excellence Research Chair in Smart, Sustainable, and Resilient Cities and Communities. And the last one, Water and Sanitation for All, Global Case Studies on SDG 6, Adam Rue, Irene Aziz, and Kevin Shackles, Students, University of Waterloo, Canada. So congratulations to all. Yeah, congratulations to everyone. So just to say, I should have said at the beginning, we have a scientific council for the conference, and they referee papers, they put the sessions together, they chair the sessions, and they pick the best papers. So we're very grateful for all the work they do. And good local time to everyone who's online, and have a good evening here in New York. See you next year. Thank you.