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#SDGLive will bring conversations from the World Economic Forum’s Annual Meeting to a global digital audience focused on solving the world’s most complex challenges. Through on-camera interviews with leaders across sectors, #SDGLive will elevate key issues for the advancement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) – focusing on gender equality, financing progress, and technology for social good – and the imperative of working in partnership to leave no one behind.
Follow the conversation using #SDGLive and #WEF18.
See the Program
Watch the full program here. Panel titles below link directly to the videos.
Is the International Development Community Ready for a Global Pandemic?
- Gabrielle Fitzgerald, CEO, Panorama
- Nancy Lee, Global Policy Lead, Wellcome Trust
- Moderator: Carine Umuhumuza Associate Director, Devex
Measuring Local Progress towards the Global Goals
- Husameddin AlMadani – Director General, The National Center for Performance Measurement
- Moderator: Carine Umuhumuza Associate Director, Devex
Investments for 2030
- Steve Waygood, Chief Responsible Investment Officer, Aviva Investments
- Georgie Benardete, Co-Founder and CEO of Align17
- Moderator: Carine Umuhumuza Associate Director, Devex
Technology, Innovation, and the Global Goals
- Catherine LaCour, Chief Marketing Officer, Blackbaud
- Moderator: Carine Umuhumuza Associate Director, Devex
Tech Solutions for the SDGs
- Liu Zhenmin, Under Secretary-General, UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs
- Johan Dennelind, CEO, Telia Company
- Moderator: Carine Umuhumuza Associate Director, Devex
Empowering Youth to Achieve the Global Goals
- Abigail Noble, CEO, The ImPact
- Pratik Desai, Officer, Policy & Private Sector Engagement, UN Foundation
Driving Women’s Economic Empowerment
- Katja Iversen, President/CEO, Women Deliver
- Khalid Waleed AlKhudair, Founder and CEO, Glowork
- Moderator: Richard Lui, MSNBC
Tech for a Future Ready Workforce
- Mary Snapp, Corporate Vice President and Lead of Microsoft Philanthropies
- Mona Mourshed, Partner, McKinsey Global Institute
- Moderator: Richard Lui, MSNBC
Financing a Healthier Future
- Mariam Claeson, Director of the Global Financing Facility
- Dr. Mary-Ann Etiebet, Executive Director, MSD for Mothers
- Moderator: Richard Lui, MSNBC
Investing in Infrastructure
- Rachel Kyte, CEO and Special Representative to the UN Secretary-General for Sustainable Energy for All
- Moderator: Richard Lui, MSNBC
Tech to Unite a Fractured World
- Elaine Weidman, Chief Sustainability and Public Affairs Officer
- Rahul Chandran, Executive Director, Global Alliance for Humanitarian Innovation
- Moderator: Richard Lui, MSNBC
The Circular Economy and the SDGs
- Ida Auken, co-Chair The Circulars
- Mani Vajipay, Banyan Nation, Circular People’s Choice Awardee
- Richard Lui, MSNBC
Addressing Gender Stereotypes
- Anne-Birgitte Albrectsen, CEO, Plan International
- Nino, Plan International Mentee
- Moderator: Richard Lui, MSNBC
Lighting Africa: A Conversation with Akon on Energy Access
- Akon, Founder of Akon Lighting America
- Moderator: Dr. Alaa Murabit, UN SDG Advocate & High-Level Commissioner
Going Mobile: Telecoms and the SDGs
- Mats Granryd, Director General, GSMA
- Kathy Calvin, President and CEO, UN Foundation
- Moderator: Stephen Keppel, Vice President of Social Impact, Univision
Powering Gender Equality and Inclusion
- Olga Miler, Global Program Architect of UBS Unique
- Moderator: Stephen Keppel, Univision
Philanthropy and Mobilizing capital for the SDGs
- Saadia Madsbjerg, Managing Director, The Rockefeller Foundation
- Moderator: Pratik Desai, Officer, Policy & Private Sector Engagement, UN Foundation
Achieving Parity
- Mark Suzman, Chief Strategy Officer & President, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
- Moderator: Kathy Calvin, President & CEO, UN Foundation
Addressing Equality Through Health
- Sally Susman, Executive Vice President, Corporate Affairs for Pfizer
- Valerie Keller, Global Markets Executive Director at EY
Innovative Financing for HER
- Peter Sands, Executive Director-Designate for Global Fund
- Moderator: Francyne Harrigan, Acting Chief of Communications Campaigns, UN Department of Public Information
The Future is Female
- Shelley Zalis, CEO, The Female Quotient
- Laura Broustein, Director of Editorial & Business Development, Hearst, Cosmo + Seventeen
- Moderator: Catherine Cheney, West Coast Correspondent, Devex
Responsible Business and the SDGs
- John Danilovich, Secretary General, International Chamber of Commerce
- Rob Shuter Group President and Group CEO MTN Group Limited
Digital Technology and Trade for Global Growth
- Mukisa Kituyi, Secretary-General, UNCTAD (UN Conference on Trade and Development)
- Moderator: Catherine Cheney, West Coast Correspondent, Devex
Facebook Lives
Using Technology to Reach Zero Hunger
- David Beasley, Executive Director of the World Food Programme
- Susan Myers, Senior Vice President, UN Foundation
Advocating for the Global Goals
- Dr. Alaa Murabit, UN SDG Advocate & High-Level Commissioner
- Jake Horowitz, Founder and CEO, Mic
Helping the Global Goals Break Through the Noise
- Richard Curtis, SDG Advocate and founder of Project Everyone
- Moderator: Claudia Romo Edelman, Special Advisor for UNICEF, Co-host of Global GoalsCast, Chair of the We are all Human Foundation
Learn More About #SDGLive
Reflecting the Annual Meeting theme of Creating a Shared Future in a Fractured World, #SDGLive will raise awareness about ambitious actions and solutions to drive local and global progress and lay the groundwork for a more stable, equitable, and unified future for all.
#SDGLive has emerged as an effective platform by which the world can engage in the discussions happening at the Annual Meeting and hear directly from United Nations, business, and NGO leaders to drive inclusive conversations on global issues affecting us all. Engagement during #SDGLive attracts an international audience that is actively engaged in global issues pertaining to the SDGs. Last year, this program reached millions of people around the world from more than 75 countries.
#SDGLive will elevate key issues for the advancement of the SDGs – focusing on gender equality, financing progress, and technology for social good – and the imperative of working in partnership to leave no one behind.
