SDGs - 4EU+/UN workshop

When	Mar 13, 2024 from 01:15 PM to 02:15 PM
Contact Name	Monica Patry
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Conference: Cross-Sector Intelligence and Foresight to accelerate the SDGs

The event will gather experts from the Swiss government, the WEF, UNECE, the UN Future Lab and some academics from UNIGE. The event will take place online and on-site at Campus Biotech Auditorium, Chemin des Mines 9, Geneva. First-come first served. To attend online, please register to the Zoom webinar prior to joining: https://unige.zoom.us/j/68811647552 . To attend on-site, please register here. For more info : Monica.Patry@unige.ch.

Attending this event could be a first step as, if there is interest, they have offered to organise a Train the Trainer programme specifically for 4EU+. The workshop could take place in June at the Palais des Nations and would aim to train professors (and create a forum for exchange) in this new Strategic Foresight around the SDGs. This would be a unique opportunity for 4EU+ to be at the heart of what will be happening from now until 2030 and beyond. 

ABOUT THE EVENT

The UNECE 2023 assessment of the region's progress on the Agenda 2030 paints a worrisome picture: there is not a single Sustainable Development Goal on track. The heightened conditions of polycrisis beg the need for creative solutions. 2024 will be a year where the stark questions on the future will come into focus at the Summit of the Future and in the run-up to it. International Geneva has a special role to play in this context.

During this side event to the UNECE Regional Forum on Sustainable Development, leading experts will present a blueprint for the Geneva track of the UN Futures Lab, showcase new models and scalable platforms to harness cross-sector collective intelligence and propel the SDGs’ progress, and highlight the potential for cross-sectoral intelligence and strategic foresight as International Geneva’s contribution to the upcoming Summit of the Future. 

PROGRAM

13:15 - 13:25 Welcome Address

Mr. Markus Reubi, Swiss Envoy for the Agenda 2030

13:25 - 13:30 Event run-down & speakers introduction

Dr. Alexandre Hedjazi, University of Geneva

13:30 - 14:40 Moderated roundtable discussion

Mr. Chris Earney, mission and vision of the UN Futures Lab

Dr. Dmitry Mariyasin, the Geneva track of the UN Futures Lab

Prof. Tina Ambos, new models of cross-sector collaboration and rapid innovation as the way to achieve the goals

Ms. Özge Aydoğan, foresight to accelerate the SDGs

Moderated by Dr. Stephan Mergenthaler, World Economic Forum

14:40 - 14:45 Closing remarks

Dr. Alexandre Hedjazi, University of Geneva

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