Morning Seminar: Development Without Equality? How To Create The World We Need Post-2015

Global development professionals are invited to a free morning seminar, co-hosted with Unicef, to discuss how the SDGs can create the world we need.
Many countries across the global south have experienced strong economic growth yet poverty, climate change and inequality remain the challenges of our generation.

In September 2015, United Nations member states are expected to adopt the most expansive agenda for social, economic and environmental change the world has ever seen. Ahead of the launch of the sustainable development goals, the Guardian and its partners, with co-host Unicef, are organising a morning leadership seminar that will look to capture the mood and set the tone for future action.

The aim is to ensure that the core communities of the Global Development Professionals Network are well represented. Other media organisations will be invited to ensure the widest reach possible.

Details

Time:
8am – 12.30pm

Location:
Unicef HQ, 3 United Nations Plaza, New York, 10017

Agenda

8.00 – 8.30 Registration, tea and coffee

8.30 – 8.45 Welcome

• Sabrina Siddiqui, US political reporter, the Guardian

8.45 – 9.00 Breakfast keynote: Creating the world we need

9.00 – 10.00 Panel discussion: How to create the world we need through the next generation – empowering and engaging young adults and children to meet the world’s goals.

• Chernor Bah, youth advocate, girl champion and international development professional
• Jordan Levy, chief external relations office, Ubuntu Education Fund
• Ishmael Beah, author and human rights activist

10.00 – 10.25 Break and networking

10.25 – 11.25 Panel discussion: How innovation can help create the world we need

• Kartik Sawhney, software engineer at Microsoft and research assistant at Stanford University
• Archana Patkar, programme manager for networking and knowledge management, WSSCC

11.25 – 11.45 Final keynote: Framing the discussions and looking forward

11.45 – 12.00 Closing address from the Guardian and Unicef

12.00 – 12.30 Networking

Further speakers to be confirmed.