Uniting Business LIVE

Sep 21, 10:00AM to Sep 24, 4:00AM UTC

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Schedule

September 21, 2020 11:00am 11:00AM–12:00PM · Plenary

Welcome Remarks

The Private Sector Forum will commence with welcome remarks by Executive Director Sanda Ojiambo, followed by other high-level speakers.

September 21, 2020 11:00am 11:00AM–12:00PM · Sessions

ASU Presents: WE Empower UN SDG Challenge - Women Entrepreneurs Promoting the SDGs in Sub-Saharan Africa

September 21, 2020 12:00pm 12:00PM–12:50PM · Plenary

Leading with Courage: A Statement from Business Leaders for Renewed Global Cooperation

Launch of ‘United in the Business of a Better World: A Statement From Business Leaders for Renewed Global Cooperation’.

September 21, 2020 12:00pm 12:00PM– 1:00PM · Sessions

Thunderbird Presents: Agile Governance for Innovation and the SDGs during The Fourth Industrial Revolution

September 21, 2020 1:00pm 1:00PM– 2:00PM · Plenary

Livestream: High-level meeting of the General Assembly to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the United Nations

The Secretary will announce the UN 75 Report and there will be several Heads of State and Government interventions.

September 21, 2020 1:00pm 1:00PM– 2:00PM · Sessions

Carbon Drawdown: The Trillion Dollar Business Opportunity – the Material Concern for Boards

Hosted by Julie Ann Wrigley Global Futures Laboratory & Competent Boards

September 21, 2020 2:00pm 2:00PM– 3:00PM · Plenary

Business Response/ Reflections on 75 Years

Leaders will reflect live on the state of progress on the SDGs, strengthening multilateral relations and the way forward for a sustainable world.

September 21, 2020 2:00pm 2:00PM– 3:00PM · Sessions

ASU Presents: Why Global Climate Governance Matters for Business: the Paris Agreement and Beyond

September 21, 2020 3:00pm 3:00PM– 3:30PM · Pavilion

Content Studio Tours

Visit our sponsors and UN Global Compact Programs booths

September 21, 2020 3:00pm 3:00PM– 3:30PM · Networking

Networking

Meet with your Uniting Business LIVE attendees to discuss what you learned during our opening plenary

September 21, 2020 3:00pm 3:00PM– 3:30PM · Pavilion

Women's Leadership in Emerging Economies: Perspectives from Kenya and Bangladesh

Hosted in the Target Gender Equality Lounge

September 21, 2020 3:00pm 3:00PM– 4:00PM · Sessions

CETS Decentralized Agroindustry Session

Hosted by CETS Technologies

September 21, 2020 3:00pm 3:00PM– 4:00PM · Sessions

Getting Started with the UN Global Compact to Achieve Your Sustainability Goals

Not a participating company of the UN Global Compact? Join us for a behind the scenes look at the UN Global Compact and live Q&A.

September 21, 2020 3:00pm 3:00PM– 4:00PM · Sessions

Thunderbird Presents: A Fireside Chat with Halla Tomasdottir on Business Leadership for the SDGs

September 21, 2020 3:00pm 3:00PM– 4:00PM · Pavilion

Office Hours with Avasant

Visit the Avasant Content Studio in the Expo

September 21, 2020 3:30pm 3:30PM– 4:30PM · Plenary

Human Rights and Development: Business Action to Leave No One Behind

Explore how the private sector can play a role in the fight to end poverty by providing decent work and respecting employees’ human rights and labour rights.

September 21, 2020 4:00pm 4:00PM– 5:00PM · Pavilion

Thunderbird Presents: Young SDG Innovators: A Conversation with E Ink

September 21, 2020 4:30pm 4:30PM– 5:30PM · Sessions

Global Leaders Roundtables: High- Level Dialogues on the UN at 75

September 21, 2020 4:30pm 4:30PM– 5:30PM · Plenary

Global Launch of the CFO Principles on Integrated SDG Investments and Finance

September 21, 2020 4:30pm 4:30PM– 5:00PM · Pavilion

Thunderbird Presents: Young SDG Innovators: A Conversation with Colgate Palmolive

September 21, 2020 4:30pm 4:30PM– 5:30PM · Pavilion

Smart Economies of the Future: Enabling Socio-Economic Transformation through Disruptive Technologies

This session is playing in the Avasant Content Studio in the Expo

September 21, 2020 4:30pm 4:30PM–10:00PM · Pavilion

Office Hours with Avasant

Visit the Avasant Content Studio in the Expo to learn more

September 21, 2020 5:00pm 5:00PM– 6:00PM · Sessions

ASU Presents: The role of business in facilitating cross-scale collective action on climate

September 21, 2020 5:30pm 5:30PM– 5:50PM · Plenary

Head of State Remarks

High-Level Head of State Closing Remarks

September 21, 2020 5:50pm 5:50PM– 6:00PM · Plenary

Ricky Kej and the World Ensemble

Ricky Key and the World Ensemble will give a musical perfomance to close the plenary sessions at the Private Sector Forum

September 21, 2020 6:00pm 6:00PM– 7:30PM · Plenary

Equity & Inclusion for the SDGs

Hosted by Global Compact Network USA

September 21, 2020 6:00pm 6:00PM– 6:30PM · Pavilion

Leadership Approaches in Challenging Times: Perspectives From Women Leaders

Hosted in the Target Gender Equality Lounge

September 21, 2020 6:00pm 6:00PM– 7:00PM · Pavilion

Thunderbird Presents: Collaborating for Scale: DreamBuilder & the Academy of Women Entrepreneurs

The only way we will be able to achieve the SDG’s is through thoughtful partnerships and collaboration. Join us for a discussion.

September 21, 2020 6:00pm 6:00PM– 7:00PM · Networking

Networking

Meet with your Uniting Business LIVE attendees to discuss what you learned during our opening plenary

September 21, 2020 6:30pm 6:30PM– 7:00PM · Pavilion

30% Club – Expanding the Campaign Beyond Gender

Hosted in the Target Gender Equality Lounge

September 21, 2020 7:00pm 7:00PM– 7:30PM · Pavilion

The Case for Gender-Responsive Procurement

Hosted in the Target Gender Equality Lounge

September 21, 2020 7:00pm 7:00PM– 8:00PM · Sessions

ASU Presents: Preventing the Next Pandemic

September 21, 2020 7:30pm 7:30PM– 8:00PM · Pavilion

Blank Space Spotlights the Multiplying Effect a Visionary has for Local Entrepreneurs

Hosted in the Target Gender Equality Lounge

September 21, 2020 8:00pm 8:00PM– 9:00PM · Sessions

Thunderbird Presents: Tools for Resilience: Managing wicked problems and achieving global goals in the age of complexity

A framework and tools for how to manage systemic risks and hazards, followed by an interactive, multi-sector practitioner insights about how to apply them

September 21, 2020 9:00pm 9:00PM–10:00PM · Pavilion

ASU Presents: 30 Years of the Organic Foods Production Act and its Importance for Climate Change Efforts

This is being held in the ASU content studio in the pavilion

September 21, 2020 10:00pm 10:00PM–11:00PM · Sessions

ASU Presents: Discriminatory Laws and Justice Systems During COVID-19

September 21, 2020 11:00pm 11:00PM–12:00AM · Pavilion

Thunderbird Presents: Equal and Affordable: Global Perspectives on Higher Education

September 22, 2020 12:00am 12:00AM– 1:30AM · Sessions

ASU Presents: Industry partnerships for biodiversity outcomes: Measuring private sector contributions toward mitigating biodiversity loss

September 22, 2020 2:00am 2:00AM– 3:00AM · Pavilion

ASU Presents: Entrepreneurship for Sustainability

September 22, 2020 2:00am 2:00AM– 3:00AM · Sessions

Entrepreneurship for Sustainability

Hear from 5 entrepreneurs who built products that never existed before or changed business focus and are influencing global supply chains for good

September 22, 2020 3:00am 3:00AM– 4:00AM · Sessions

ASU Presents: WE Empower UN SDG Challenge - Women Entrepreneurs Promoting the SDGs in the Asia Pacific

September 22, 2020 4:00am 4:00AM– 5:00AM · Sessions

ASU Presents: Realizing the SDGs to Build Ethical Circular Economies

September 22, 2020 5:00am 5:00AM– 6:00AM · Pavilion

Thunderbird Presents: The Political Economy of Business in China in the Era of COVID-19

September 22, 2020 6:00am 6:00AM– 7:00AM · Pavilion

Thunderbird Presents: Owls Lizards & Dinosaur Feathers: What we can learn from nature to succeed in a post COVID-19 era

September 22, 2020 7:00am 7:00AM– 8:00AM · Sessions

ASU Presents: WE Empower UN SDG Challenge - Women Entrepreneurs Promoting the SDGs in the Middle East & North Africa

September 22, 2020 8:00am 8:00AM– 8:30AM · Pavilion

Thunderbird Presents: Young SDG Innovators: A Conversation with E Ink

September 22, 2020 8:00am 8:00AM– 8:30AM · Pavilion

Male Champions of Change - Listening, Learning and Leading with Action

Hosted by Male Champions of Change. Taking place inside the Target Gender Equality Lounge in the Pavilion.

September 22, 2020 8:30am 8:30AM– 9:00AM · Pavilion

Thunderbird Presents: Young SDG Innovators: A Conversation with Colgate-Palmolive

September 22, 2020 9:00am 9:00AM–10:00AM · Pavilion

ASU Presents: Building the Bridge Between Natural & Engineered Solutions

A discussion between Arizona State University faculty experts in innovation, sustainability, clean energy and the built environment on carbon capture.

September 22, 2020 10:00am 10:00AM–11:00AM · Networking

Networking

September 22, 2020 10:00am 10:00AM–11:00AM · Pavilion

Content Studio Tours

September 22, 2020 10:00am 10:00AM–11:00AM · Sessions

Building Beirut Back Better: How the Private Sector Can Support Response and Recovery

September 22, 2020 10:00am 10:00AM–11:00AM · Plenary

Building Sustainable and Resilient Healthcare Infrastructure for our shared Future

September 22, 2020 10:00am 10:00AM–11:00AM · Sessions

Principles-based Emissions Reductions: Global Compact Local Networks Share Best Practices

Hosted by Global Compact Networks Bolivia, Spain, Sri Lanka and Turkey

September 22, 2020 10:00am 10:00AM–11:00AM · Sessions

Principles-based Environmental Innovations: Practical Decision Making for Climate Action

Hosted by Global Compact Networks Nigeria, Pakistan and UAE

September 22, 2020 10:00am 10:00AM–10:30AM · Pavilion

Empowering Women for Better Job Opportunities - Inside and Outside Corporation

Hosted in the Target Gender Equality Lounge

September 22, 2020 10:00am 10:00AM–11:00AM · Pavilion

Thunderbird Presents: Impactful Education for Future Business Leaders

How to strengthen startup and social innovation ecosystems to achieve inclusive innovation and sustainable growth with a focus on the case of South Korea.

September 22, 2020 10:30am 10:30AM–11:00AM · Pavilion

Target Gender Equality in India & Way forward

Hosted in the Target Gender Equality Lounge

September 22, 2020 11:00am 11:00AM–11:10AM · Plenary

Welcome Remarks

September 22, 2020 11:00am 11:00AM–12:00PM · Sessions

Thunderbird Presents: Smart Cities Leveraging Technology to Build Forward Better

September 22, 2020 11:10am 11:10AM–12:00PM · Plenary

SDG Ambition - Global Impact Through Local Implementation

September 22, 2020 12:00pm 12:00PM–12:45PM · Plenary

Youth, Leadership and Innovation for the SDGs

September 22, 2020 12:00pm 12:00PM– 1:00PM · Sessions

Thunderbird Presents: Building Philanthropic Resiliency beyond COVID-19

September 22, 2020 12:00pm 12:00PM– 1:00PM · Pavilion

Smart Economies of the Future: Enabling Socio-Economic Transformation Through Disruptive Technologies

Breakout replay in the Avasant lounge https://app.hopin.to/events/un-global-compact-uniting-business-live/expo/131353

September 22, 2020 1:00pm 1:00PM– 2:00PM · Plenary

Opening of the 75th session of the UN General Assembly

Live Stream of the Opening of the 75th session of the UN General Assembly

September 22, 2020 1:00pm 1:00PM– 2:00PM · Sessions

ASU Presents: 21st Century Strategy: More women is good for business

September 22, 2020 1:00pm 1:00PM– 3:00PM · Pavilion

Avasant Live Discussion

Hosted in the AVASANT content studio - https://app.hopin.to/events/un-global-compact-uniting-business-live/expo/131353

September 22, 2020 2:00pm 2:00PM– 2:45PM · Plenary

Target Gender Equality: Leave No Woman Behind

September 22, 2020 2:00pm 2:00PM– 3:00PM · Plenary

Climate Change, an existential risk: What do we do now? How do we move forward?

A fireside chat between Kerry Adler, President & CEO, Skypower Global Group of Companies and Shri Suresh Prabhu, Indian Envoy to G7 & G20

September 22, 2020 2:00pm 2:00PM– 3:00PM · Sessions

Thunderbird Presents: SDG 16 Progress to Date - Challenges and Opportunities in the Decade of Action

September 22, 2020 3:00pm 3:00PM– 4:00PM · Sessions

Guided Networking Session: New Trends Stemming from COVID-19

All attendees are invited to join the discussion on camera or in the chat.

September 22, 2020 3:00pm 3:00PM– 4:00PM · Sessions

Gold Mining’s Contribution to the SDGs

Hosted by World Gold Council

September 22, 2020 3:00pm 3:00PM– 4:00PM · Sessions

CETS ESG Corporate Green Bond Funding

Hosted by CETS Technologies

September 22, 2020 3:00pm 3:00PM– 4:00PM · Sessions

Global Futures Presents: The Power of Research to Advance the SDGs

September 22, 2020 3:00pm 3:00PM– 4:00PM · Pavilion

Smart Economies of the Future: Enabling Socio-Economic Transformation Through Disruptive Technologies

Breakout replay in the Avasant lounge https://app.hopin.to/events/un-global-compact-uniting-business-live/expo/131353

September 22, 2020 3:00pm 3:00PM– 4:00PM · Plenary

Innovation Showcase

Join the Innovation Showcase to see the sustainability stories and innovative solutions of participants' companies

September 22, 2020 3:30pm 3:30PM– 4:00PM · Pavilion

Changing Gender Statistics through Women's Empowerment

Hosted in the Target Gender Equality Lounge. Session facilitated in Spanish

September 22, 2020 3:30pm 3:30PM– 4:00PM · Pavilion

Getting Smart with your Giving: Funding Quality Education Projects

This session is live in the CAF America Lounge - https://app.hopin.to/events/un-global-compact-uniting-business-live/expo/122685

September 22, 2020 4:00pm 4:00PM– 5:00PM · Sessions

Breakout Meetups

September 22, 2020 4:00pm 4:00PM– 5:00PM · Pavilion

Content Studio Tours

September 22, 2020 4:00pm 4:00PM– 4:30PM · Plenary

SDG Implementation post COVID: Local Response to Global Crises

September 22, 2020 4:00pm 4:00PM– 5:00PM · Sessions

PRME: New Aspirations for Global Impact: SDG Education and Training of Finance Professionals

Hosted by PRME

September 22, 2020 4:00pm 4:00PM– 5:00PM · Sessions

SDG Ambition - Designing Business Systems for the Decade of Action

This session will be run as a UN Global Compact Academy session

September 22, 2020 4:00pm 4:00PM– 5:30PM · Sessions

Global Futures Presents: UN Women: Supporting Women-Owned Business: How Government and the Private Sector Can Ensure Women-Owned Businesses are Part of the COVID Recovery

September 22, 2020 4:00pm 4:00PM– 5:00PM · Pavilion

Smart Economies of the Future: Enabling Socio-Economic Transformation through Disruptive Technologies

The session is running in the Avasant Content Studio in the Expo

September 22, 2020 4:00pm 4:00PM– 5:00PM · Pavilion

The Compound Effect: How your COVID-19 Grantmaking Impacts the SDGs

Hosted by CAF America inside their content studio in the Pavilion

September 22, 2020 4:00pm 4:00PM– 8:00PM · Pavilion

Avasant Live - Open Discussion

Live in the Avasant Content Studio - https://app.hopin.to/events/un-global-compact-uniting-business-live/expo/131353

September 22, 2020 4:30pm 4:30PM– 5:00PM · Plenary

Creating Ambition Loops through Business Climate Leadership

September 22, 2020 4:30pm 4:30PM– 5:00PM · Pavilion

Top 3 Tips for Women in Business (From Women in Business)

Hosted in the Target Gender Equality Lounge

September 22, 2020 5:00pm 5:00PM– 6:00PM · Plenary

Accelerating Global Climate Action for a 1.5°C Future to Recover Better Together

September 22, 2020 5:00pm 5:00PM– 6:00PM · Plenary

PRME: Re-imagining the Purpose of Higher Education: The Impact-Based University

Hosted by PRME

September 22, 2020 5:30pm 5:30PM– 6:30PM · Sessions

ASU Global Futures Presents: Future of Jobs and the Role of Universities in Africa

September 22, 2020 5:45pm 5:45PM– 6:00PM · Plenary

Closing Remarks

September 22, 2020 6:00pm 6:00PM– 6:30PM · Pavilion

Children and Education are the Antidote: The Key to Health, Wealth and Global Recovery

Hosted in the Target Gender Equality Lounge

September 22, 2020 6:00pm 6:00PM– 7:00PM · Plenary

Beyond Recovery and Repair – Building a more Resilient Social Fabric

Special Session Hosted by Moody's Corporation

September 22, 2020 6:00pm 6:00PM– 7:00PM · Sessions

Amazônia

Hosted by Global Compact Network Brazil

September 22, 2020 6:00pm 6:00PM– 6:30PM · Pavilion

Wide Nets: The Broad Impact of Funding SDG 1

Join Loren Previti, Senior Director of Donor Services at CAF America, for a discussion of the ripple effects of grants to further SDG 1.

September 22, 2020 6:30pm 6:30PM– 7:00PM · Pavilion

Fighting domestic violence and everyday sexism in the workplace

Hosted in the Target Gender Equality Lounge

September 22, 2020 6:30pm 6:30PM– 7:00PM · Sessions

ASU Global Futures Presents: Blue Planet Alliance - Saving the Planet through Partnership

September 22, 2020 7:00pm 7:00PM– 8:00PM · Plenary

Marketing the SDGs

Marketing Leaders Share Best Practices on Marketing Purpose

September 22, 2020 7:00pm 7:00PM– 7:30PM · Pavilion

Reengineering of companies for the effective incorporation of gender equality

Hosted in the Target Gender Equality Lounge. Session Facilitated in Spanish

September 22, 2020 7:00pm 7:00PM– 7:30PM · Sessions

ASU Global Futures Presents: Conservation in War Zones: Hope in the world's toughest places

September 22, 2020 7:00pm 7:00PM– 7:30PM · Pavilion

At the Crossroads: How to Build Purposeful Partnerships

Join Kelsey McCarthy,Director of Private Donor Services, as she outlines the interesting ways we work with multi stakeholder partnerships and advance SDG 17.

September 22, 2020 7:30pm 7:30PM– 8:00PM · Pavilion

Turning Target Gender Equality into Action!

Hosted in the Target Gender Equality Lounge

September 22, 2020 7:30pm 7:30PM– 8:30PM · Sessions

ASU Global Futures Presents: Ocean Hope Spots: A discussion on Marine Protected Areas - Sylvia Earle

September 22, 2020 8:00pm 8:00PM– 9:00PM · Pavilion

Avasant 2020 Video Presentation

Live in the Avasant Lounge - https://app.hopin.to/events/un-global-compact-uniting-business-live/expo/131353

September 22, 2020 8:30pm 8:30PM– 9:30PM · Pavilion

Thunderbird Presents: Future Business Leaders and the SDGs

September 22, 2020 9:00pm 9:00PM–10:00PM · Pavilion

Avasant Global Equations

Live in the Avasant Lounge - https://app.hopin.to/events/un-global-compact-uniting-business-live/expo/131353

September 22, 2020 9:30pm 9:30PM–10:00PM · Sessions

ASU Global Futures Presents: Global Governance

September 22, 2020 10:00pm 10:00PM–11:00PM · Sessions

ASU Global Futures Presents: Hacking Extinction & Technology for the Planet

September 22, 2020 11:00pm 11:00PM–12:00AM · Sessions

ASU Global Futures Presents: How ASU achieved climate neutrality on campus and is engaging the community

September 23, 2020 12:00am 12:00AM– 1:00AM · Sessions

The future of water: Clean, renewable, and abundant

New and innovative approaches and investment are needed to develop technology and capacity for reliable access to clean, renewable and abundant water.

September 23, 2020 12:00am 12:00AM– 1:00AM · Pavilion

Avasant Global Equations

Live in the Avasant Lounge - https://app.hopin.to/events/un-global-compact-uniting-business-live/expo/131353

September 23, 2020 1:00am 1:00AM– 2:00AM · Pavilion

ASU Global Futures Presents: Creating Resilient Supply Chains in the Face of Climate Change and COVID 19

September 23, 2020 2:00am 2:00AM– 2:30AM · Pavilion

ASU Global Futures Presents: Human Rights at Sea: Safeguarding our Oceans

September 23, 2020 2:30am 2:30AM– 4:30AM · Sessions

ASU Global Futures Presents: Mālama Honua - Regenerative Global Futures for a Thriving Planet with Hawai‘i's Voluntary Local Review

September 23, 2020 6:00am 6:00AM– 7:00AM · Pavilion

ASU Global Futures Presents: Human Economies for Global Futures

September 23, 2020 9:00am 9:00AM–10:00AM · Pavilion

ASU Global Futures Presents: Investing in the Human Future

September 23, 2020 10:00am 10:00AM–10:30AM · Pavilion

Gender Equality: Business Leading the Way

Hosted in the Target Gender Equality Lounge

September 23, 2020 10:00am 10:00AM–11:00AM · Pavilion

ASU Global Futures Presents: Creating Resilient Supply Chains in the Face of Climate Change and COVID

September 23, 2020 11:00am 11:00AM–11:30AM · Plenary

Opening Plenary

September 23, 2020 11:00am 11:00AM–12:00PM · Pavilion

Thunderbird Presents: Climate Change and Your Individual Responsibility

September 23, 2020 11:00am 11:00AM–11:30AM · Pavilion

Avasant Video Presentation

September 23, 2020 11:30am 11:30AM–12:30PM · Plenary

Partnerships to achieve the SDGs in the COVID-19 Era

September 23, 2020 11:30am 11:30AM– 1:00PM · Pavilion

Avasant Office Hours

Visit the Avasant Content Studio in the Expo to learn more.

September 23, 2020 12:00pm 12:00PM– 1:00PM · Sessions

Thunderbird Presents: COVID-19, the 4IR, Globalization 4.0, and the SDGs

September 23, 2020 12:30pm 12:30PM–12:40PM · Plenary

Special Global Announcement and Video Presentation

September 23, 2020 1:00pm 1:00PM– 2:00PM · Sessions

The Ocean and the 2030 Agenda: Towards an Action-Oriented UN Ocean Conference

This session will convene key stakeholders to discuss actions necessary to achieve a healthy, productive Ocean.

September 23, 2020 1:00pm 1:00PM– 2:00PM · Sessions

Accelerating Digital Transformation to Achieve the SDGs

Hosted by KEIDANREN (Japan Business Federation)

September 23, 2020 1:00pm 1:00PM– 2:00PM · Sessions

Catalysing Finance and Investment for the Achievement of SDG 7

Hosted by UN-Energy

September 23, 2020 1:00pm 1:00PM– 2:00PM · Sessions

Purpose-Driven Business: Corporate Action 4 Collective Good

Hosted by Global Citizen

September 23, 2020 1:00pm 1:00PM– 1:30AM · Pavilion

Putting a Gender Lens during Times of Crisis

Hosted in the Target Gender Equality Lounge

September 23, 2020 1:00pm 1:00PM– 2:00PM · Sessions

Build Back Better: Designing A Future That Leaves No One Behind

Organized by The B-Team

September 23, 2020 1:00pm 1:00PM– 2:00PM · Sessions

Thunderbird Presents: 4IR Fireside Chat with Tech Leaders

September 23, 2020 1:00pm 1:00PM– 2:00PM · Pavilion

Avasant Presents: Smart Economies of the Future: Enabling Socio-Economic Transformation Through Disruptive Technologies

September 23, 2020 1:00pm 1:00PM– 8:00PM · Plenary

Join the Innovation Showcase to see the sustainability stories and innovative solutions of participants' companies

September 23, 2020 1:00pm 1:00PM– 2:00PM · Pavilion

Climate Change and Your Individual Responsibility

Hosted in the ASU Content Studio - A conversation on climate action in Africa with stakeholders from civil society and academia

September 23, 2020 1:30pm 1:30PM– 2:00PM · Pavilion

The Challenges of Women in High Leadership

Hosted in the Target Gender Equality Lounge

September 23, 2020 2:00pm 2:00PM– 3:00PM · Plenary

Reducing Inequalities through Principled Leadership

September 23, 2020 2:00pm 2:00PM– 3:00PM · Sessions

Thunderbird Presents: Carbon Removal at Scale: The Third Pillar of Global Climate Transformation

September 23, 2020 2:00pm 2:00PM– 4:00PM · Pavilion

Avasant Global Equations Live Demo and Q&A

Learn how to promote investments in digital services sector and accelerating economic development in emerging economies

September 23, 2020 2:00pm 2:00PM– 3:00PM · Plenary

Innovation Showcase Spotlight - Ecoppia

September 23, 2020 2:00pm 2:00PM– 3:00PM · Pavilion

Thunderbird School Presents: Women Redefining Leadership in Africa: Implications for SDG 5 and SDG 10

Join Dr. Monica Kerretts Makau, Thunderbird’s Academic Director for Africa, in a fireside chat with Marilyn Muthoni Kamuru, renown Feminist Writer and Activist

September 23, 2020 3:00pm 3:00PM– 4:00PM · Sessions

Untapped potential: Water Innovation to advance the SDGs

Hosted by UN-Water

September 23, 2020 3:00pm 3:00PM– 4:00PM · Sessions

Business driving zero-emission freight transport

Hosted by SLOCAT, Transport Decarbonisation Alliance, WBCSD

September 23, 2020 3:00pm 3:00PM– 4:00PM · Sessions

Untapping SME potential to achieve Agenda 2030

Hosted by International Organisation of Employers (IOE)

September 23, 2020 3:00pm 3:00PM– 4:00PM · Sessions

JCI RISE: Rebuilding the World after COVID-19

Hosted by JCI (Junior Chamber International)

September 23, 2020 3:00pm 3:00PM– 4:00PM · Sessions

Corporate Transparency, Social Transformation and the SDGs

Hosted by World Benchmarking Alliance

September 23, 2020 3:00pm 3:00PM– 4:00PM · Sessions

Nature is Everyone’s Business: a business and policy dialogue

Hosted by Business for Nature

September 23, 2020 3:00pm 3:00PM– 4:00PM · Sessions

Business Leadership toward Food Systems Transformation

This session outlines the objectives, timelines, and action tracks in planning for the upcoming UN Food Systems Summit.

September 23, 2020 3:00pm 3:00PM– 4:00PM · Sessions

ASU Global Futures Presents: WE Empower UN SDG Challenge - Women Entrepreneurs Promoting the SDGs in Latin America & the Caribbean

This panel will focus on how collective action can create sustainable, transformational change around the world.

September 23, 2020 3:00pm 3:00PM– 3:30PM · Pavilion

CanWater Lounge - Video Live

Visit the Canwater Lounge to see their innovative focus on better consumer behavior

September 23, 2020 3:30pm 3:30PM– 4:30PM · Sessions

Major Announcement on Critical COVID Solutions for Societal and Economic Recovery

Hosted by CETS Technologies

September 23, 2020 4:00pm 4:00PM– 5:00PM · Sessions

ASU Global Futures Presents: The Hidden Cost of Gold

September 23, 2020 4:00pm 4:00PM– 6:00PM · Pavilion

Avasant 2020 Video Presentation

September 23, 2020 4:00pm 4:00PM– 5:00PM · Plenary

Innovation Showcase Spotlight - CAF America

September 23, 2020 4:30pm 4:30PM– 5:30PM · Plenary

The Business Case for a Resilient Rebuild

September 23, 2020 5:00pm 5:00PM– 6:30PM · Sessions

Thunderbird Presents: Hacking the SDG’s: Turning Big Challenges into Entrepreneurial Opportunities

Learn how to apply the entrepreneurial mindset, toolset, and tactics to turn the SDG's into exciting opportunities

September 23, 2020 5:30pm 5:30PM– 6:00PM · Plenary

Closing Remarks

September 23, 2020 6:00pm 6:00PM– 4:00AM · Networking

Networking

September 23, 2020 6:00pm 6:00PM– 4:00AM · Pavilion

Content Studio Tours

Speakers

Erik Giercksky

Head, Sustainable Ocean Business, United Nations Global Compact

Francisco Lopes

Permanent Representative of Portugal to the United Nations

Marisa Drew

Chief Sustainability Officer and Global Head of the Sustainability Strategy, Advisory & Finance Group, Credit Suisse

Gloria Fluxà Thienemann

Vice-Chairman and Chief Sustainability Officer, Iberostar Hotels & Resorts

Sturla Henriksen

Special Advisor, Ocean, United Nations Global Compact

Ahmed Badr

Director Project Facilitation & Support, IRENA

Lois Young

Chair of AOSIS and Permanent Representative of Belize to the United Nations

Chebet Lesan

CEO, BrightGreen (Kenya)

M Nazri Muhd

CEO of MyFinB Group

Alison Cairns

Agnes Kalibata

Special Envoy for 2021 Food Systems Summit

Martin Frick

Deputy to the Special Envoy for the 2021 UN @foodsystems summit

Sita Holtslag

Senior Advisor Sustainable Mobility

David Thackray

Sales & Marketing Director, Tevva

Rodrigo Rodríguez Tornquist

Secretary of Climate Change, Argentina

Sophie Punte

Executive Director, Smart Freight Centre

Andrea Meza

Minister of Environment and Energy, Costa Rica

Mark Major (SLOCAT)

Senior Advisor, SLOCAT Partnership

Ítalo Freitas

CEO, AES Tiete

Ebru Erim

Sustainable Business & Communications Director& Board Member, Unilever Turkey

Pamela Coke-Hamilton

Executive Director, International Trade Centre

Andreza Souza

Sustainability Manager, Natura

AYSUN SAYIN

Chief People, Culture and Sustainability Officer, WPP

Emrah Özbay

Director, Internal Audit, Risk Management and Sustainability, Boyner

Anabela Vaz Ribeiro

Executive Director, Global Compact Network Portugal

Mário Parra da Silva

Chair of the Board, Global Compact Network Portugal

Katrien Buys

Strategy, Innovation & Sustainability Director, Ageas Portugal

Stewart Lindsay

Head of Corporate Engagement, Agriculture & Food for The Nature Conservancy

Maria Lettini

Executive Director, FAIRR Initiative

Kevin Dooley

Chief Scientist, TSC

Christy Slay

Creating Resilient Supply Chains in the Face of Climate Change and COVID

Cecilia Flores

Webee Corporation

Cecilia Flores

Webee Corporation

Alyse Nelson

President & CEO, Vital Voices Global Partnership

Andrea de la Piedra

Aequales

Silvina Moschini

SheWorks!

Luis Fernandez

Executive Director, Center for Amazonian Scientific Innovation (CINCIA)

Enrique Ortiz

Co-founder, Amazon Conservation

Dave Kingsbury

CMO

Stephanie Buscemi

CMO, Salesforce

Rick Parnell

CEO Foundation for Climate Resolution

Lori Guetre

Vice President of Business Development

Kathleen Rogers

President Earth Day Network

NURIA SIMO VILA

Chief Information Officer – Inter-American Development Bank

Nicholas Davis

Professor of Practice, Thunderbird School of Global Management, ASU

Kary Bheemaiah

Chief Innovative Technologies Officer, Capgemini Invent

Celeste Connors

Executive Director of Hawaii Green Growth

Celeste Connors

Executive Director of Hawaii Green Growth

Sanjeev Khagram

Dean and Professor , ASU Thunderbird, Arizona

Andrew Jack

Global Education Editor, Financial Times

Wilfred Mijnhardt (RSM_EUR_NL)

Dean and Professor , Rotterdam School of Management

Enase Okonedo

Dean and Professor (and PRME Board member) , Lagos Business School

Timothy Mescon

Executive Vice President , AACSB

Urs Jager

Associate Professor (and PRME Board member), INCAE

Silvia Lagnado

Natura&Co’, Sustainable Growth Officer

Carin Jämtin

Politician

Eran Meller

Co-Founder and Chairman, Ecoppia

Heidi Schroderus-Fox

Director, UN Office of the High Representative for the Least Developed Countries

John W.H. Denton AO

Secretary General, International Chamber of Commerce

Margaret Johnston-Clarke

Global Head of Diversity & Inclusion, L’Oréal Group

Dan Seymour

Strategic Partnership Director, UN Women

Denisse Amores

Responsible Business, CEMEX

Francesca Romita Iturbe

Corporate Social Responsibility Officer, UNICEF

Ashwin Yardi

CEO, India and Chief Industrialization & Automation Officer, Capgemini

Cindy Pace

Global Chief Diversity & Inclusion Officer, MetLife

Lisa Sachs

Director of the Colombia Centre on Sustainable Development

Ted Hart

President and CEO at CAF America

Jessie Krafft

Senior Vice President of External Affairs, CAF America

Clara Arpa Azofra

CEO, Arpa Equipos Móviles de Campaña

Bas boorsma

Professor of Practice, Thunderbird School of Global Management, ASU

Diana Bowman

Associate Dean for International Engagement, ASU Law

Kamanaopono Crabbe

CEO, Kohala Institute

duane kurisu

Founder & Chairman, aio

Claire Larner

Director, External Relations, Newmont

Ani Markova

Board member at Golden Star and formerly of AGF Investments

Shimrit Perkol-Finkel

CEO, ECOncrete

Jason Holmberg

Founder & CEO, WildMe

Jim Hempstead

Managing Director, Moody's Investors Service

Mariela Vargova

Senior ESG Analyst, Invesco Ltd.

Augusto Lopez-Claros

Director, Global Indicators Group, The World Bank

Lance Morgan

President, Marine Conservation Institute

Sylvia Earle

President & Chairman, Mission Blue

Stephenie Foster

UN Women

Monica Kerretts-Makau

Professor of Practice & academic Director for Africa, Thunderbird at ASU

Albert Nsengiyumva

Executive Secretary of the Association for the Development of Education in Africa

Minu Ipe

Managing Director and Vice Chair, University Design Institute, ASU

Fabrizio Hochschild

Special Adviser on the Preparations for the Commemoration of the United Nations’ 75th Anniversary , United Nations

Dr. Maleeha Lodhi

Former Pakistan Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Ambassador to the US and High Commissioner to the UK

Sophie Chandauka

Executive Director of Operations, Morgan Stanley

Suresh Prabhu

Prime Minister of India's G7 & G20 Sherpa and Member of Parliament

Tahmina Zaman Khan

Head of Sustainability, Mutual Trust Bank Ltd

Juan Pablo Guerrero

Network Director of the Global Initiative on Fiscal Transparency

Silvana Koch-Mehrin

President, Women Political Leaders (WPL)

Corey Hawkey

Assistant Director, University Sustainability Practices

Lisa Altieri

Founder & CEO, ClimateSolutionsNet

Stephanie Devine

Founder, The Very Good Bra, (Underwear)

Michael Hughes

Manager, Sustainability & Responsible Business, Accenture

Amina Mohammed

CEO, 3M

Julie Sweet

CEO, Accenture

Christian Klein

CEO, SAP

Renee Lahti

Former Chief Innovation Officer, Hitachi Vantara; Avasant Distinguished Fellow

Jeanne Holm

Chief Data Officer, City of Los Angeles

Kevin Parikh

CEO & Chairman, Avasant

Maria Abadilla

Founder and Chairperson of the Orangutan Alliance

Neal Woodbury

Interim Executive Vice President and Chief Science and Technology Officer, ASU Knowledge Enterprise

Jennifer Nielsen

Founder, Ekko.world

Mario Minor

CEO, Co-Founder of Market Fresh Gourmet

Peter Ball

Author (SDG children's books)

Graham Ross

Co-Founder, Blocktexx, (Converting fabrics into raw materials)

Nik Robinson

Founder, Good Citizens (Plastic water bottle Sunglasses)

James Dutton

Founder, Nutricare (Wound Care)

Dave White

Deputy Director, Global Institute of Sustainability and Innovation, ASU

Dave White

Deputy Director, Global Institute of Sustainability and Innovation, ASU

Christelle Kwizera

CEO, Water Access Rwanda

Terry Heymann

CFO, World Gold Council

Nima Elmi

Head of Government Affairs, Centre for the Fourth Industrial Revolution, World Economic Forum

Kris Broekaert

Government Engagement Lead, World Economic Forum’s Centre for the Fourth Industrial Revolution Network

Lindsay Oliver

Managing Director of Impact International Secured Investment Limited

Klaus Lackner

Director, Center for Negative Carbon Emissions, ASU

Erika Karp

Founder & CEO, Cornerstone Capital Group

Helle Bank Jorgensen

Founder & CEO, Competent Boards

Marie Royce

Assistant Secretary of State for Educational and Cultural Affairs

Mark Esposito