SDGs CONFERENCE 2023: In the Margins of the United Nations General Assembly 78TH Session 20 September 2023, Wednesday
JWF HIGH-LEVEL RECEPTION 2023
ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION: IN THE MARGINS OF THE UNGA78
2023
SDGs CONFERENCE 2022: In the Margins of the UNGA77 21 September 2022, Wednesday
ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION ON JOURNALISM 20 September 2022, Tuesday
JWF HIGH-LEVEL RECEPTION 19 September 2022, Monday
UNGA CONFERENCE 2021: Transforming Our World
22 September 2021, Wednesday
OPENING REMARKS
Célia Parnes
Head of the Secretary of Social Development of the State of São Paulo, Brazil
The Hon. Verity Firth
Executive Director
Social Justice at University of Technology Sydney, Australia
Cemre Ulker
US Director, Representative of the JWF to the United Nations Department of Global Communications
Journalists and Writers Foundation
PANEL 1: PROGRESS of SDG 17: PARTNERSHIPS for the SDGs
H.E. Ms. Markova Concepción Jaramillo
Permanent Representative of Panama to the UN Permanent Mission of Panama
Michelle Breslauer
Senior Manager, Peace and Humanitarian Affairs
UN Global Compact
Prof. Patricia Kunrath
Knowledge Coordinator
Group of Institutes, Foundations and Enterprises, Brazil
Sarmad Khan
Senior Fellow, Center for Global Affairs, New York University
Member of the ACUNS Board of Directors, USA&Canada
Nancy Mahon
Senior Vice President, Global Corporate Citizenship and Sustainability, The Estée Lauder Companies, USA
Prof. Chol Bunnag
Director of SDG Move
Thammasat University, Thailand
Dana Coppola
Public Relations and Media Specialist
Embrace Relief, USA
Ashok Sajjanhar
President of Institute of Global Studies
Former Ambassador of India, India
PANEL 2: CLIMATE CHANGE and ECOLOGICAL THREATS
Prof. Takahisa Taniguchi
Environmental Activist
Japan
Lauren Herzer Risi
Project Director
Environmental Change and Security
Wilson Center, USA
Prof. Will Steffen
Climate Councillor
Climate Council of Australia
Australia
Jonathan Sury
Project Director
National Center for Disaster Preparedness
The Earth Institute, USA
Aleandra Scafati
Founder and President
Ecomujeres Foundation
Argentina
Anne Eta
High School Senior
The Childville, Ogudu GRA
Cage Free Voices
Ambassador Program, Nigeria
PANEL 3: QUALITY EDUCATION IN THE POST-COVID ERA AND DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES
Rares Voicu
Board member
Organizing Bureau of European School Student Unions, Romania
Dr. Swadesh Rana
Former Chief
The Conventional Arms Branch
Department of Disarmament Affairs at the United Nations, USA
Mehmet Kilic
President
Journalists and Writers Foundation
USA
UNGA CONFERENCE 2020, Transforming Our World: Five Years of Action Towards the SDGs
23 September 2020, Wednesday
OPENING REMARKS
Hon. Prof. Bob Carr
Former Foreign Minister of Australia
Dr. Wayne Henry JP
Chairman and Director
General of the Planning Institute of Jamaica
Mehmet Kilic
President
Journalists and Writers Foundation
PANEL 1: Inclusive Social Development in achieving the Global Goals 2030
Donna Orender, Founder and CEO of Orender Unlimited and Generation W, USA
Houry Geudelekian, NGO CSW, Chair, USA
Mohna Ansari, National Human Rights Commission, Member Commissioner, Nepal
Prof. Diane Elson, University of Essex, Department of Sociology, Emeritus Professor, UK
Diya K. Wynn, Amazon Web Services, AI/ML Ethicist, USA
Dr. Marina Sorokina, The Alexander Solzhenitsyn Center for the Study of the Russian Diaspora, Head of the Department of History, Russia
Panel 2 – Implementing SDG #16: Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions
Paula Boland, UNA-NCA, President, USA
Michael Collins, Institute for Economics and Peace, Executive Director, USA
Natalia Marcela Molina, Member IAWJ, Argentina
Dr. Shekh Mohammad Altafur Rahman, Thammasat University, School of Global Studies. Thailand
Waqar Gillani, The News on Sunday, Special Correspondent, Pakistan
Panel 3 – Lessons Learned from Covid-19 Pandemic: Evolving Social and Economic Development for
JJ Green, National Security Correspondent at WTOP Radio, USA
Jeff Schlegelmich, National Center for Disaster Preparedness, The Earth Institute, Columbia University, Director, USA
Shiv Vikram Khemka, Vice-Chairman, SUN Group Global, Executive Chairman, The Global Education & Leadership Foundation, India
Basma Alawee, Florida Immigrant Coalition, State Refugee Organizer, USA
Burak Haylamaz, Human Rights Solidarity, UK
UNGA CONFERENCE 2019, Transforming Our World: Inclusive Social Development for All
25 September 2019, Wednesday
PANEL 1: Inclusive Social Development in achieving the Global Goals 2030
PANEL 2: Advancing Youth through Social and Economic Empowerment
PANEL 3: Protection of Social, Economic, and Cultural Rights
UNGA CONFERENCE 2018, Transforming Our World: SDGs To Ensure No One Is Left Behind
25 September 2018, New York
PANEL 1 – The Culture of Peace and Conflict Prevention
PANEL 2: Populations at Risk: Human Rights, Migration, and Refugees
PANEL 3: Press Freedom for Sustainable Peace
UNGA Conference UN Post-2015 Development Agenda, 29 September 2015
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UNGA High-Level Reception for the Heads of States, 30 September 2015
