Global Goals Social + Liverpool’s Business Avengers Launch

In addition to catching up with impact champions from all sectors the end of Global Goals Week: Liverpool 2022, 2030hub will also be launching Liverpool’s Business Avengers — our celebration of the best local big and small businesses acting as a force for good.

Based on the Global Goals Business Avengers, it represents the first ever city-level approach. This will be a wonderful opportunity for sustainability-driven businesses, social enterprises, B Corps and all sectors to connect in celebration of Liverpool’s best businesses.

17 Goals: 100 Businesses. Learn how the UK’s biggest companies are supporting the UN Global Goals with Support the Goals.

Join Support the Goals to learn how the UK’s biggest companies are supporting the UN Global Goals.

A year on from the launch of our FTSE350 report, which compiled three years of data showing how the UK’s biggest companies are supporting the UN Global Goals, and as a GGW partner, we present the findings of our latest FTSE100 research. Join this event to learn how (and even if) the most influential businesses in the UK are currently contributing to the UN Global Goals.

Global Goals League

LaLiga and Global Goals World Cup / EIR are joining forces to introduce a new female football league and scoring system with local implementing partner Rise for Good. Each team will play for a Global Goal and are scored in five point categories per match. The first game is taking place in Jordan.

Accelerate2030 Meets Geneva: Unlocking Financing for the Missing Middle

Accelerate2030 entrepreneurs from developing and emerging markets will engage with the Geneva ecosystem to showcase their innovative and regenerative solutions for the SDGs. Through conversations with investors and development sector leaders, we will confront the financial gap and discuss innovative and tech-enabled solutions that could change the status-quo.

GBBC Blockchain Central UNGA

The Global Blockchain Business Council (GBBC) will convene its sixth annual Blockchain Central UNGA alongside the UN General Assembly in September, 2023.

This year, GBBC Blockchain Central UNGA will take place in New York City, to bring together thought leaders and changemakers across blockchain, government, technology, and business industries to examine how we can empower blockchain powered solutions to accelerate progress towards the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

International Conference on Sustainable Development (ICSD)

The ICSD is a forum for academia, government, civil society, UN agencies, and the private sector to come together to share practical solutions to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Parallel sessions, taking place virtually on September 19, include over 300 oral and poster research presentations in all time zones, and the plenary sessions, taking in-person and online on September 20, will feature UN leadership, heads of state, and other high-level keynote speakers and panel discussions.

2023 JCI RISE Virtual Summit

The JCI RISE Virtual Summit is a three-day online event led by inspiring speakers from numerous fields who will share their ideas, experiences, and knowledge to help young leaders navigate modern challenges.

Our Goal is to inspire young leaders to collaborate, exchange ideas, create positive impact, and RISE TOGETHER with a unified vision.

Sustainable Development Impact Meetings

As the world struggles to rebuild in the aftermath of the global pandemic and in the face of a challenging economy, geopolitical fault-lines and the deepening impact of climate change, progress towards the SDGs has been slower than required to achieve the timeline laid out in 2015. To respond to these challenges and to revive momentum on the SDGs, the Forum will host communities of purpose, business leaders, policymakers, civil society and entrepreneurs for a series of impact-driven dialogues.

Young Pioneers Forum 2023

The Young Pioneers Forum at Global Goals Week is jointly organized by youth from 10+ countries – who will come together to cultivate ideas, solutions, and partnerships, with the goal to solve a wide range of complex global problems from social inequality to climate change.

The Forum will feature social impact-driven TED-style talks, dvocacy around local impact towards Agenda 2030, and tips on how to collectively build back better, greener, and stronger.

Global Goals Fellows Forum 2023

In support of the UN resolution recognizing the importance of the social and solidarity economy, the Forum will present on how to adopt the Global Goals into the blueprint of any organization — for-profit, not-for-profit, and anywhere in between.

Through a four-pillared “HERO” approach (Humanitarianism, Empowerment, Resourcefulness and Opportunity), the Global Goals Fellows will guide us on how to be HEROes for future generations.

Forum of the Future 2023

Successful long-term development requires active conversations and debate, to ensure blueprints remain aligned with changes in global affairs. Echoing this need, the youth-led Forum of the Future will organize a Global Goals Week event to advance, on an intergenerational and international basis, the future of economics, sciences, technology, investments, internationalism, sustainability, law, and more.

ASPIRE 2030 Assembly 2023

Young people are gifted with open minds, and they are bringing their energy, ideas, and courage to some of the most complex and important challenges facing the human family. They understand better than older generations that we can transcend our cultural differences in order to reach our shared goals

To celebrate Global Goals Week, the ASPIRE 2030 Assembly will feature impact-driven masterclasses, youth panels and thematic presentations.

Catalysing Research Convention 2023

The convention aims to highlight the urgency of encouraging and empowering sound and suitable research methodology for changemakers across all age groups to advance the 2030 Agenda.

There will be expert showcases, research presentations and prototype demos in order to share knowledge to the wider Global Goals Week community. Catalysing Research Convention 2023 aims to advance a collective commitment to educational excellence.

Forum of the Future: Future of Engineers

To advance Global Goals, one must bridge disciplines and put science and technology to use in solving critical societal challenges. Future of Engineers serves as a hub by connecting youth and other stakeholders in engineering multi-faceted solutions which will be showcased in this Forum. The aim is to give future generations the skills and confidence to tackle the incredibly challenging problems facing humanity.

Goals House UNGA

Goals House will be at Tavern on the Green to convene heads of state, business leaders, NGO’s, activists, thinkers and entrepreneurs to drive action and impact towards the Global Goals. This year promises another busy program with partners, including Bloomberg, HSBC, Bank of America, (RED), Google, Community Jameel, Holcim, Mastercard, Patch, Reckitt, IUCN, Youth Climate Justice Fund, the Gates Foundation and Bayer already lined up to host events, with many more conversations in progress.

SDG Summit Curtain Raiser 2023

The SDG Summit Curtain Raiser organized by the UN Foundation aims to set the stage for the SDG Summit in September 2023. This event is all about unlocking intergenerational power to work with and for young people, the changemakers of today and tomorrow, to influence the course of global action towards the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

It’s a chance to share your perspectives and ideas with influential policymakers, and young champions as they take the world stage at the SDG Summit. It’s an early preview into the SDG Summit program, and the opportunity to speak your truth and make an impact.

Forum of the Future: Future of Technology

Technology holds the key to resolving the issues we face in an ever increasingly “polycrisis”.

As a global think tank, Future of Technology provides a home for a thriving community of young innovators & entrepreneurs, supporting all who pursue ideas with a passion for world-changing impact.

The Forum will feature speakers addressing societal challenges through research and education at the intersection of technology, business and policy.