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During Ideagen's “17 Days of Sustainability”, highlighting one goal of the U.N. SDGs per day, Ideagen will showcase how the world’s leading organizations are addressing global sustainability.
A key highlight during the 17 Days of Sustainability will include a spotlight on Global Goal 5, Gender Equality, during Ideagen's Annual Empowering Women & Girls Summit on October 11, and Goal 17, Partnerships for the Goals, during our Annual Global Partnerships Summit on October 27.
What are the UN SDGs?
The United Nations Sustainable Development Goals was an initiative put forth by the United Nations and ratified by all 193 member countries in 2015 with the goal to achieve global sustainability by 2030.
“It is a roadmap to ending global poverty, building a life of dignity for all and leaving no one behind. It is also a clarion call to work in partnership and intensify efforts to share prosperity, empower people’s livelihoods, ensure peace and heal our planet for the benefit of this and future generations,” underscored UN Secretary-General Mr. Ban Ki-moon.
Annette Franqui
Chair, Board of Directors of AARP
Speaking on Global Goal #5, during the Empowering Women and Girls Summit
Julio A. Portalatin
Board Member of AARP
Speaking on Global Goal #8, Decent Work and Economic Growth
Margot James Copeland
Board Member of AARP
Speaking on Global Goal #3 Good Health and Well Being
Dr. Christine Galib
Senior Director of Programs at The Ion
Speaking on Global Goal #2, #4, #5,
Chef Maria Loi
Founder and Corporate
Executive Chef of Loi Brand
Speaking on Global Goal #3 Good Health and Well Being
Nancy Youssef
Chief Business Development Officer, Soles 4 Souls
Speaking on Global Goal #1, #5, #12
Charu Jain
Vice President Merchandising
& Innovation, Alaska Airlines
Speaking on Global Goal #5 during our Empowering Women & Girls Summit
Dr. Joyce Pittman
Global Education, Technology & Research Associates
Speaking during the 17 days
Dr. Kristen Betts
Clinical Professor, Drexel University
Speaking during the 17 days
Ali Llewellyn
NASA Johnson Space Center, strategist
Speaking during the 17 days
Casey McAuliffe
Executive Director, Galveston's Own Farmers Market
Speaking on Global Goal #2 Zero Hunger
Dr. Peggy Pelonis
President of ACS Athens
Speaking on Global Goal #1 No Poverty
Honi Alexander
Galveston's Own Farmers Market Young Gardeners Program
Speaking on Global Goal #2 Zero Hunger
Simon Bland
Chief Executive Officer Global Institute for Disease Elimination, Abu Dhabi
Speaking on Global Goal #3 Good Health & Well Being
Megan Bettilyon
CTO, AdAstral Labs
Speaking on Global Goal #5 Gender Equality during Empowering Women & Girls Summit
Gretchen O'Hara
Microsoft VP U.S. AI & Sustainability
Strategy & Partnership
Speaking on Global Goal #6 & #13
Dr. Fariba Alamdari
Former Corporate Vice President from The Boeing Company
Speaking on Global Goal #5 during our Empowering Women & Girls Summit
Dr. Chantal Line Carpentier
Chief UNCTAD New York Office
Speaking during the 17 Days
Former Ambassador Patrick N. Theros
Former Ambassador of the US to Qatar
Speaking on Global Goal #16 Peace, Justice, and Strong Instituions
Sheri Hashemi
Integrated Product Team Lead at Boeing
Speaking on Global Goal #4, #5, & #17
Dr. Jennifer Adams
Associate Professor and Program Director MS Global and Intl Education Program, Drexel University School of Education
Speaking during the 17 days
Danita Baghdasarin
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
Speaking on Global Goal #5 during the empowering women and girls summit
Lisa Morano
Professor of Biology & Microbiology & Director of the Center for Urban Agriculture and Sustainability at the University of Houston-Downtown
Speaking on Global Goal #11 Sustainable Cities & Communities
Omonike Arike Olaleye
Interim Associate Provost and Associate Vice President for Research, Texas Southern University
Speaking on Global Goal #9 Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure
Sofia Kouvelaki
CEO The HOME Project
Speaking on Global Goal #1 No Poverty
Robert Blancato
Board Member, AARP
Speaking on Global Goal #3 Good Health & Well Being
Robert Reiss
Founder and CEO, The CEO Forum Group
Speaking on Global Goal #5 Gender Equality during Empowering Women & Girls Summit
Brenda Cucci
Managing Director - Sustainability Go to Market Lead of Accenture
Speaking during the 17 days
Suchi Srinavasen
Vice President Corporate Strategy of Dell Corporation
Speaking during the 17 days
Michele J. Hooper
President and CEO, The Directors' Council
Speaking during the 17 days
Dr. Rachel Lovis
Director of Academics at Summer Discovery
Speaking on Global Goal #5, Gender Equality
John Young
VP - Head of Data Science and Machine Learning of Hitachi Solutions America
Speaking on Global Goal #9, Industry, Innovation, Infrastructure
Rafiq Abdus-Sabur
President/CEO of Empowered Brain Institute, and Managing Partner of Prismetrics
Speaking on Global Goal #4, Quality Education
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Domenique Montgomery
Center for Justice Research Intern at TSU
Speaking on Global Goal #8, Decent Work & Economic Growth
Tania Daniel
Senior Director of Entrepreneurship Initiatives
Speaking on Global Goal #11, Sustainable Cities & Communities
Paula Tavares
Senior Legal & Gender Specialist at the World Bank Group
Speaking on Global Goal #5, Gender Equality During the Empowering Women & Girls Summit
Shern Peters
Founder and President of NANCo Aero.
Speaking on Global Goal #11, Sustainable Cities & Communities
Samantha Snabes
re:3D Inc, Co-founder & Catalyst
Speaking on Global Goal #11, Sustainable Cities & Communities
Priyansha Bagaria
Chief Revenue Officer of Inviz AI
Speaking during the 17 days
Samantha Lewis
Principal at Mercury Fund
Speaking during the 17 days
Kim Raath
Founder and CEO of Topl
Speaking during the 17 days
Tucker Stine
Founder/CEO of TUCKER STINE+Brand Architects
Speaking on Global Goal #8, Decent Work & Economic Growth
Caroline Daniel
Director of Academics for the Summer Institute for the Gifted (SIG)
Speaking on Global Goal #5, Gender Equality
Henriette Kolb
Lead, Gender and Economic Inclusion Group at the International Finance Corporation (IFC)
Speaking on Global Goal #5, Gender Equality
Libby Sartain
Former Chief Human Resource Officer, Yahoo! Inc, Southwest Airlines. AARP Board Member and Chair, AARP Foundation
Speaking on Global Goal #5, Gender Equality
Kathy Cheng
Associate Director of Admission at Phillips Exeter Academy
Speaking on Global Goal #4, Quality Education
Dylan Vecchione
Founder and CEO of the ReefQuest Foundation
Speaking on UN SDG #14, Life below water
Torbjörn Fredriksson
Head of the E-commerce and Digital Economy Branch at the UN (UNCTAD)
Speaking on UN SDG #17, Partnerships for the goals
