Events 2021

Unlocking Women’s Potential for Economic Recovery

Facebook’s SheMeansBusiness reached its 5th-anniversary supporting women entrepreneurs across the globe. Join Sheryl Sandberg, COO of Facebook, and other distinguished women’s empowerment advocates to learn more and recognize the many women, organizations, and governments who work tirelessly to support women’s economic inclusion. This work supports SDG 8, a global call for decent work and economic growth, and SDG 5, to achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls.

Communicating Climate Change

From the brands we consume to the leaders we vote for, communication plays a central role in the decisions we make that affect our daily lives. As climate change becomes an increasingly significant part of everyday conversations, the Communicating Climate Change event seeks to explore the impact increased awareness is having on the future of our planet.

Using Social Media to Build Confidence in Vaccines

From providing information on vaccine availability to highlighting the need for timely childhood vaccinations, how we communicate about vaccines is critical to their uptake around the world. This conversation seeks to explore the challenges of vaccination communications today and highlight new opportunities for public-private collaboration to build vaccine demand in more effective and equitable ways.

Incurable Diseases: The use of innovation in the race for a breakthrough

Nicola Mendelsohn, Founder of the Follicular Lymphoma Foundation will be discussing with CNBC’s Tania Bryer, how through tech, research, and innovation we can tackle some of the world’s incurable diseases. This head-to-head on ‘Incurable diseases – the use of innovation in the race for a breakthrough’ will focus on the power of innovation in modern medicine, taking a look at case studies who have used tech, innovation and research to make breakthroughs.

One Young World Documentary Launch

A documentary commissioned by Ovation TV, America’s only arts network, entitled The Young Leaders – One Young World Stories. This celebratory film charts the progress of six remarkable young leaders from across the world, all of whom have been supported by the organisation One Young World.

The film is being produced by Blue Planet Films; directed by Bruce Robertson.

Unlocking Sustainable Solutions Through Financial Innovations in Water and Sanitation

On 22nd September Bloomberg’s Annmarie Hordern will moderate a head-to-head discussion between Water.org & WaterEquity Co-Founders Matt Damon & Gary White and Anne Finucane, Vice Chairman, Bank of America and Chair of Bank of America Europe. The discussion will explore how getting more capital into the hands of women and their families will be vital in securing long lasting sustainable solutions – and how businesses and NGO’s can unite to drive action on a common cause.

Regional Mobilization for Global Digital Clean Up Day

This September 18, join this regional mobilization by deleting all those digital files from your computer that are not useful, as well as unwanted or unimportant emails, and share a photo on your social networks with the hashtags #ALC3040 and #Act4SDGs. This activity is organized by The Millennials Movement as part of the mobilizations for the Regional Week of Action for the SDGs #ALC2030.

Turning It Around through Green & Circular Innovation in Health

This panel will focus on how key players in the health sector are taking concrete actions to turn it around for the environment, at the entrepreneurial, corporate and policy level. Panelists from WHO, Pfizer, GAVI and Accelerate2030 entrepreneurs will speak about their green and circular innovations, emerging technologies and key learnings aimed at making the health sector more sustainable.

UN My World 2030 Survey Latin America and the Caribbean Regional Simultaneous Vote

Take the floor before the United Nations and share your opinion regarding the implementation process of the 2030 Agenda and the Sustainable Development Goals in your community by participating in the Regional Simultaneous Vote of the My World 2030 Survey, this September 27th, organized by The Millennials Movement as part of the mobilizations for the Regional Week of Action for the SDGs #ALC2030.

Regional Mobilization for the Great Recovery Letter

Sign the Great Recovery Letter addressed to global leaders and join the mobilization for a healthier, fairer and more sustainable world. Help us make our voices heard from Latin America and the Caribbean during the Regional Week of Action for the SDGs. This is an initiative promoted by The Millennials Movement in partnership with Action for Sustainable Development.

We the People: Latin America and the Caribbean 2030 Conference

This September 24-25, 2021, the Second Edition of the We the People #ALC2030 Conference will take place as part of the mobilization around the Regional Week of Action for the SDGs – #ALC2030, to be held from September 17-28, 2021, organized by The Millennials Movement and the Agenda 2030 Citizen Ambassadors Program in partnership with the United Nations SDG Action Campaign.

Trees for Jane; saving our planet starts with me. A roundtable with Jane Goodall and the climate activists driving change

This session, hosted by Jane Goodall, will convene a group of youth climate activists to discuss the importance of trees and more specifically the importance of Trees for Jane. The group will discuss the protection, restoration and planting of trees, as a tangible solution to climate breakdown.

This discussion will look to rally the next generation of climate activists to take ownership of their environments, wherever they are in the world, through trees.

Conscious FinTech: Bridging the Global Inequality and Inclusion Gap

How can we harness the potential of FinTech to overcome barriers to financial inclusion and bridge the inequality gap? This panel will convene leading global experts, entrepreneurs and executives discussing how to leverage fintech as a force for good in shaping the post-Covid world.

A cross-sector approach to vaccine equity

How can we end the COVID-19 pandemic and secure the global recovery? This question was at the top of the agenda during the G7 Summit in June. Three months on, a dangerous gap between richer and poorer nations persists. AB InBev will host a panel discussion exploring the role of public-private partnerships in tackling vaccine inequality and distribution disparities. Panellists will also discuss the devastating social and economic impacts of COVID-19, and the key priorities in building back better for all.

How COVID-19 is changing the way the world thinks about vaccines: lessons for the future of global health

This debate will explore the evolution of public sentiment around vaccines from before the pandemic to present day, and identify the most effective approaches adopted – from enhanced public perception and misinformation tracking to rapid message deployment – to build confidence in vaccines and promote uptake. Our speakers will consider which approaches deployed during the pandemic are applicable to other immunisation programmes and are sustainable long-term.

The Power of AI to Ensure Equity in Healthcare

At Goals House, Community Jameel, Wellcome and the MIT Abdul Latif Jameel Clinic for Machine Learning in Health (Jameel Clinic) will convene a high-level meeting of leaders to explore how we ensure the health care system itself benefits from advanced technologies now being used in all facets of health care, and the solutions they feel are necessary for future success

The Power of Purpose: How business leadership can drive sustainability

Goals House and Bayer will convene a panel with partners from different sectors to discuss the power of purpose in business and the role of business in driving sustainable development and climate action. The panel will examine the role of purpose driven businesses and whether the global business community is up to the challenge of achieving the SDGs and who it needs to engage and partner with to deliver.

UNEP and Trees for Jane on their battle to save the Trees

This discussion provides a platform for the screening of “A Trillion Trees’’ – a new film produced by Jeff Horowitz and narrated by Dr. Jane Goodall.

Following this, to launch her new campaign, ‘Trees for Jane’, Jane will be joined by her co-founder Jeff Horowitz, and Inger Andersen, Executive Director of UNEP, in a conversation centred around their ambitions for Trees for Jane and to address a broader conversation around trees as one of the solutions for climate change.