Past Talks and Experiences


13 March, 2024
UNGC Business Leadership Dialogue: Moving Forward Faster on Gender Equality
In partnership with the Champions of Change Coalition, the UN Global Compact will host a CEO Roundtable at the Yale Club discussing the urgent need for more ambitious targets and comprehensive action to achieve gender equality by 2030. CEOs will discuss the importance and value of gender equality in the workplace, highlighting promising practices to achieve equal representation across all levels of management, especially in male-dominated sectors and departments.
11–22 March, 2024
68th Session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW68)
The sixty-eighth session of the Commission on the Status of Women will take place from 11 to 22 March 2024 and will consider the priority theme of, "Accelerating the achievement of gender equality and the empowerment of all women and girls by addressing poverty and strengthening institutions and financing with a gender perspective". The session will also review the agreed conclusions of the sixty-third session, "Social protection systems, access to public services and sustainable infrastructure for gender equality and the empowerment of women and girls".
8 - 16 March, 2024
SXSW 2024
South by Southwest is a unique blend of digital, film, and music festivals and conferences. This event offers a creative and professional environment for discovering cutting-edge technologies, networking with innovators, and exploring new artistic and entertainment trends. It's particularly valuable for creatives, tech professionals, and media industry figures.
21 February, 2024
Masters of Digital 2024
Under the theme "Europe 2030: A Digital Powerhouse", Masters of Digital will delve into the profound impact of AI and emerging technologies on Europe's economy, society, and sustainability. The conference will explore the transformative potential of digital innovation in fostering economic growth, driving the digital and green transition, and ensuring Europe's global competitiveness.
12 - 14 February, 2024
World Governments Summit 2024
In 2024, the World Governments Summit took place under the theme of 'Shaping Future Governments' where the conversation involved governments, international organizations, thought leaders, and private sector leaders from around the globe to international cooperation and enable governments to identify innovative solutions for future challenges– further rippling to inspire and empower the next generation of governments.

May 30 - June 1 2023
International Energy Summit (IES)
The seventh annual International Energy Summit (IES) is taking place from 30 May – 1 June 2023, at the InterContinental Hotel in Miami, Florida, USA! The IES, AIEN's premier annual meeting and conference, offers global energy professionals a forum for meaningful dialogue and networking. Globally recognised experts and high-profile speakers offer diverse perspectives, knowledgeable insights, and practical solutions on issues and challenges currently facing the international energy industry. It is the perfect opportunity to connect with, share experiences and learn from the diverse group of professionals at the leading edge of solving the international energy industry's problems. Make new connections, expand your global network, and develop potential partnerships.

May 31 - June 3, 2023
Futurise Digital WSA Global Congress
WSA (World Summit Awards) is a unique awards system, selecting and promoting local digital innovation to improve society. Combining an ongoing series of international events and activities with a global network of start-ups, social entrepreneurs, mentors, jurors, speakers, experts, government leaders, academia and civil society, WSA is an international platform for cutting edge examples of how ICTs can impact society in a positive way.
WSA Global Congress will be held in Puebla, Mexico. Puebla is a state of innovation, of thriving business, a state with excellent universities and inspiring startups and a state that wants to become green. The WSA Global Congress in Puebla will hold bold discussions, call to actions, and global conversations. Let's collaborate to hack the crises but also to celebrate, recognize and support some of the most promising and committed social tech entrepreneurs globally.

June 5 - June 15, 2023
Bonn Climate Change Conference
Details TBD
June 6 - June 7 2023 | London, UK
Responsible Business Europe 2023
Current macroeconomic conditions, incoming regulations and increasing stakeholder pressures are stretching business to their limit. Companies must juggle the realities of driving short-term successes and profits whilst delivering strategies and investments that will ensure action on sustainability accelerates, securing the long-term survival of the business. Companies need to act now but creating change and impact can only be done with data you have confidence in and with internal and external collaborators fully on board with the necessity to deliver change. At Responsible Business Europe 2023 we will help you to overcome near-term pressures and uncover the true potential for business, centred around long-term, profitable and sustainable decisions.
June 13-15, 2023 | Calgary, Canada
The Global Energy Show

This year's conference is a pivotal purpose-based meeting of the global energy ecosystem that is shouldering the huge challenge of balancing our climate targets while supplying clean, and responsibly produced affordable energy to those who need it. The conference presents a unique opportunity to showcase practical and groundbreaking answers to the most pressing questions of our generation, including how we finally focus on the customer through the energy transition, our domestic and international energy relationships and how we navigate through political and market uncertainty.

June 12-16
2023 PRME GLOBAL FORUM

With a dynamic program and purpose-driven speakers, the 2023 Edition of the PRME Global Forum will bring a global debate on how business education can help advance the sustainable development agenda worldwide. The Principles for Responsible Management Education will gather business school leaders, faculty, students, businesses and sustainable development organizations for a Responsible Management Education Week, on 12 - 16 June 2023, in New York (USA), to advance responsible management education and its impact worldwide. The 11th Edition of PRME Global Forum will be part of this week, taking place on 13 – 14 June 2023, hosted by Fordham University's Gabelli School of Business..
June 15 | Egmont Palace, Brussels
EU-Africa Business Summit
The EU-Africa Business Summit is an event organised by European Business Summits to promote the voices of enterprises in Europe and Africa. In recent years, the Summit has expanded into a leading annual platform where prominent figures from the business world meet high-level policy makers to discuss the current global trends and challenges affecting the EU and Africa. The 6th edition, titled "Africa-Europe: Re-energising a Common Future", cognisant of the critical role of sustainability and the green transition, will create the perfect opportunity to follow up on the discussions, and pursue the mission of promoting and facilitating the dialogue between EU and African stakeholders.

June 15 - 16, 2023 | Scandic Fornebu
ENERGY:CONNECTED
Full 2-day conference, 750 delegates, targeting decision-makers and key industry stakeholders within all energy sectors. International industry speakers and Key Note Over 50 sessions and masterclasses
June 28 2023 | London Stock Exchange
Climate Investment Summit
The engaging in-person and digital format of Climate Investment Summit provides a crucial platform for stakeholder engagement and networking, high-level announcements, thought leadership, transition strategies and best practices to mobilise global climate commitments.
Climate Investment Summit 2023 will explore topics such as:
  • Climate Finance in a Volatile Economy: Surmounting Challenges, Scaling Ambition and Implementing Action
  • Increasing Nature-based Solution Investments for a Nature-Positive World
  • Climate Mainstreaming Across All Capital
  • Investor Strategies to Build Climate Disclosure Into Practice
September 12-30
78th Session of the UN General Assembly (UNGA 78)
The 78th session of the UN General Assembly (UNGA 78) will open on Tuesday, 12 September 2023. The first day of the high-level General Debate will be Monday, 25 September 2023.
21 September
World Biodiversity Summit
World Biodiversity Summit sets out to strengthen cross-sectoral collaboration and devise actionable methods on how to create the ambition loops necessary to accelerate finance for nature towards the required nature-based solutions. The inaugural Summit was successfully launched in three parts, culminating in a convening of high-level and influential stakeholders on the sidelines of COP26 in Glasgow, UK, and the three-part 2022 Summit saw convenings alongside UNGA 77 and Climate Week NYC, UNFCCC COP27 and UNCBD COP15.
30 November - 12 December
2023 UN Climate Change Conference (UNFCCC COP 28)
The 28th session of the Conference of the Parties (COP 28) to the UNFCCC will convene from 30 November to 12 December 2023. It will take place in the United Arab Emirates.

January 2023
Imagination in Action @ Davos
Building Web3

An exclusive, breakthrough event featuring the most innovative minds building the next generation of the Internet. The event will take place in January 2023 at the Dome in Davos. Imagination in Action is based on the principal that innovation starts with a spark of inspiration. Speaker announcements coming soon.
16–20 January 2023
World Economic Forum Annual Meeting - "Cooperation in a Fragmented World"
The world today is at a critical inflection point. The sheer number of ongoing crises calls for bold collective action. Under the theme 'Cooperation in a Fragmented World', the Annual Meeting 2023 will bring together more than 2,500 leaders from government, business and civil society, at a pivotal time for the world. The Covid-19 pandemic and the war in Ukraine have triggered significant transformations. Unless systemic risks are addressed, the promise of a "decade of action" may become a decade of uncertainty and fragility. Davos 2023 will provide a unique platform to drive forward-looking solutions and address the most pressing global challenges through public-private cooperation.
February 13-15, 2023
The World Government Summit
The World Government Summit Organization is a global, neutral, non-profit organization dedicated to shaping the future of governments. The Summit, in its various activities, explores the agenda of the next generation of governments, focusing on harnessing innovation and technology to solve universal challenges facing humanity.

The World Government Summit 2023 will be held under the theme of "Shaping Future Governments". The Summit will bring thought leaders, global experts and decision makers from around the globe to share and contribute to the development of tools, policies, and models that are essential in shaping future governments.
March 6 - 12, 2023
#PlusPlay Partner House with Hub Culture and Verizon
A week of curated events, discussions and moments bringing together the most transformative partnerships in the entertainment industry.
March 8-9, 2023
OffDig
OffDig is Denmark's largest conference on public digitization and is being held in ODEON in Odense. The conference provides cases and examples on the latest trends and projects in public digitization both in Denmark and abroad. The professional program contains keynotes, strategic presentations, interesting debates, and concrete cases within five main themes: Citizen Focused Services, Sustainable Development, Tech and innovation, Future Skills, and Infrastructure. Subjects as Welfare, Security, Management, and Legislation will also be affected.
March 10-19, 2023
SXSW 2023
The SXSW® Conference & Festivals celebrate the convergence of the tech, film, and music industries. Located deep in the heart of Austin, Texas and online, SXSW is the premier destination for discovery. An essential destination for global professionals, the annual March event features Conference sessions, Film & TV Festival screenings, Music Festival showcases, world-class Exhibitions, competitions, Awards ceremonies, and much more. Experience unparalleled discovery, learning, professional development, and networking with creatives from around the world at SXSW.
April 24
3rd Annual Sustainable Supply Chain Pledge Day
The Sustainable Supply Chain Pledge Day event connected ISCEA Sustainable Supply Chain Global Ambassadors from around the world. The event was open to all interested in pledging to sustainable supply chain, meeting peers with similar interests, or learning about how to further commit to sustainability by becoming an ISCEA Global Ambassador. This event serves as an event to connect passionate planet guardians who aim to transform the world of supply chain for a better, stronger, more sustainable future.
May 8 - 10
AIM for Climate Summit
The United States will host the AIM for Climate Summit at the JW Marriott in Washington, D.C. The Summit, supported by Foundation for Food & Agriculture Research (FFAR), aims to bring together partners to increase and accelerate investment in and support for agriculture and food systems innovation for climate action.
May 19 - 21
The G7 Hiroshima Summit
In 2023, Japan assumes the G7 Presidency. Throughout the year, more than 10 Ministerial Meetings will take place in Japan, from Sapporo in the north to Miyazaki in the south, attended by many government officials, the media, and others from around the world.

From May 19 to 21, the G7 Summit will be held in Hiroshima, my hometown. Hiroshima is a beautiful city surrounded by the lush green Chugoku Mountains, facing the calm Seto Inland Sea. I truly look forward to welcoming the G7 Leaders to Hiroshima. At the same time, as the world's attention turns to Japan this year, it will be a great opportunity to show the world the charms of our country, from beautiful landscapes, traditional culture and local foods to cutting-edge technology.
May 22 - May 25 2023
Community-based Adaptation Conference 17 (CBA17)
The 17th International Conference on Community-based Adaptation to Climate Change brings together practitioners, grassroots representatives, local and national government planners, policymakers and donors working at all levels and scales to discuss how we can drive ambition for a climate-resilient future. For the first time since 2019 CBA will be held in-person, with a focus on networking and reconnecting. It offers participants four days of discussion, debate, peer-to-peer 'skill-shares' and knowledge exchange.
May 23 - 25 2023
THE GLOBAL SPACE CONFERENCE ON CLIMATE CHANGE 2023
Following its mission to promote international development and share knowledge, the International Astronautical Federation (IAF) and its member the Norwegian Space Agency (NOSA) are pleased to announce that the 2023 Global Space Conference on Climate Change (GLOC 2023) will be taking place in Oslo, Norway on 23 – 25 May 2023. GLOC 2023 will contribute to the global efforts to better understand and battle climate change through the use of space-based services and applications. First conference of its kind, GLOC 2023 is designed to encourage the sharing of programmatic, technical and policy information, as well as collaborative solutions, challenges, lessons learnt, and paths forward among all nations. GLOC 2023 will focus on the theme "Fire and Ice – Space for Climate Action" and will address various topics of interest in relation to space and climate change.
May 24 2023
World Resilience Summit
World Resilience Summit brings together public and private leaders to accelerate solutions for pandemic prevention and preparedness for an efficient coordinated response across sectors affected by COVID-19. The inaugural event takes place on 24 May alongside the 76th World Health Assembly in Geneva in collaboration with Geneva Health Forum and will contribute to the implementation of the pandemic treaty. It will build public-private dialogue for creating and accelerating public-private partnership solutions for prevention, preparedness and response measures beyond the health sector to help shape a more resilient world.

Dec 5-7, 2022
Immerse Global Summit
Get aligned with a content-driven immersive technology show, featuring life-changing conversations, talks, developer workshops, exhibits, and events led by globally leading companies and organizations, who are sharing practical and valuable real-use cases from the immersive industry - all in a world-class city, topped off with parties, networking, and surprises.
December 1-3, 2022
Art Basel | Miami
In American show, leading galleries from five continents show significant works by masters of Modern and contemporary art, as well as the new generation of emerging stars.
December 1-2, 2022
IoT Tech Expo Global
The world-leading IoT conference & event series will arrive at the Olympia London on the 1-2 December 2022 to host its sixth annual Global event.

The free hybrid event will bring together key industries from across the globe for two days of top-level content and thought leadership discussions across 6 co-located events covering IoT & 5G, Cyber Security & Cloud, Blockchain, AI & Big Data, Edge Computing and the newly added Digital Transformation track.

In addition to cutting-edge content, the IoT Tech Expo enables key networking opportunities.
21 November - 18 December 2022
FIFA World Cup 2022 - Qatar
The 2022 FIFA World Cup is scheduled to be the 22nd running of the FIFA World Cup competition, the quadrennial international men's football championship contested by the senior national teams of the member associations of FIFA. It is scheduled to take place in Qatar from 21 November to 18 December 2022. This will be the first World Cup ever to be held in the Arab world, and it will be the second World Cup held entirely in Asia after the 2002 tournament was held in South Korea and Japan.
November 28- 30, 2022
DCENTRAL MIAMI
Last year they organized the largest Web3 conference during Miami Art Week with over 5,000 attendees. This year it returns to downtown Miami to bring all of Web3 together during the largest Art Festival in the US.
17-18 November 2022
Slush
Connecting founders with what and whom they need while building a new, inclusive, and more purposeful culture of entrepreneurship.
7-18 November 2022
COP 27
The United Nations Climate Change Conference, more commonly referred to as COP27, will be the 27th United Nations Climate Change conference, held in Egypt, in 2022
7-8 November 2022
Women's Global Leadership Conference in Energy
For the past 18 years, WGLC has been the largest women's event in the energy industry that focuses on discussing the industry's key environmental, economic, professional development, and human capital issues in one setting. WGLC's high-quality speakers, excellent networking opportunities, and unique mix of industry topics and personal/professional development topics provide attendees key take-aways to foster their professional and personal development.
1-4 November 2022
Web Summit
At a time of great uncertainty for many industries and, indeed, the world itself, we gather the founders and CEOs of technology companies, fast-growing startups, policymakers, and heads of state to ask a simple question: Where to next?
18th October - 20th October
1Sustainability 2022 Sustainability Conference - 1BusinessWorld
1 week long conference on sustainability and business. On 17th October Ann talked on "The UN SDG Ambition Framework for Sustainability."On 18th October she spoke on "The Intersection Between Sustainability and Technology."On 20th October she covered on "The Future of the Energy Sector."
6 October 2022
Imagination in Action @ Battery
Building Web3
An exclusive, breakthrough event featuring the most innovative minds building the next generation of the Internet. Imagination in Action is based on the principal that innovation starts with a spark of inspiration.
13-27 September 2022
UN General Assembly 77
The 77th session of the UN General Assembly (UNGA 77) will open on Tuesday, 13 September 2022. The first day of the high-level General Debate will be Tuesday, 20 September 2022.
September 18-22, 2022 (Conference: September 18 – 22 | Exhibit Hall: September 19 – 22)
ITS World Congress 2022
ITS World Congress 2022, taking place September 18-22 (Conference: September 18 – 22 | Exhibit Hall: September 19 – 22) in Los Angeles, CA, exploring "Transformation by Transportation", is the global event that brings together world leaders, practitioners, policy makers, researchers, and private industry to advance and unite the intelligent transportation systems (ITS) industry.
18 September 2022
Product Responsibility Summit
PPAI's Product Responsibility Summit 2022 offers education focused on the most-pressing business implications, challenges and opportunities associated with compliance. Like our past live events, Summit will be facilitated by industry thought leaders, subject matter experts and leaders in compliance.
September 13-15, 2022
Decarbonising America's Industrial Sector
Decarbonizing America's Industrial Sector is the most inspiring showcase of decarbonization innovation in North America. It's the best place to discover powerful solutions - from innovations in AI and robotics, to solutions in carbon capture and electrification to use cases from industry titans such as Eastman, Lafarge and Shell who are paving a new way forward.
21 July 2022
ISBEE World Congress
The ISBEE World Congress is often referred to as the "Olympics of Business Ethics" and attracts leading scholars and practitioners from around the world to examine comparative approaches to some of the most pressing ethical issues facing businesses and their stakeholders. It has been held every fourth year from 1996 in a location chosen not only for its practical accessibility but also its strategic importance to the global economy. The seventh World Congress of the International Society of Business Economics and Ethics will be held in Bilbao, Spain. The principal venue will be at the University of the Basque Country in Bilbao. Bilbao is home to the Frank Gehry-designed Guggenheim Museum.
21 July 2022
UN Global Compact Asia Pacific CEOs Roundtable Conference
UNGCNI and SAP are organising an Asia Pacific CEOs Roundtable for businesses to come together and build a plan on how to 'Leverage Technologies to Achieve the SDGs by 2030'.
Based on Ann's commitment toward Sustainable Development, she is invited to be a distinguished panel speaker at this roundtable and share her vision, ideas and experiences on how Businesses can leverage technology and be a force for good.
The roundtable will be a closed door meeting of select business leaders and will not be broadcast for a live audience.
27th June - 1st July
UN Ocean Conference
The Ocean Conference, co-hosted by the Governments of Kenya and Portugal, comes at a critical time as the world is seeking to address many of the deep-rooted problems of our societies laid bare by the COVID-19 pandemic and which will require major structural transformations and common shared solutions that are anchored in the SDGs. To mobilize action, the Conference will seek to propel much needed science-based innovative solutions aimed at starting a new chapter of global ocean action.
30 June
Imagination in Action @ MIT
Exploring the Internet's new frontier
An exclusive, breakthrough event featuring the most innovative minds building the next generation of the Internet. The event will take place on 30th June 2022 on the top floor of the MIT Media Lab. Imagination in Action is based on the principal that innovation starts with a spark of inspiration. This Web3 Summit combines the best of cutting-edge ideation with real-world implementation. The Web3 Summit will feature leading engineers & entrepreneurs making a global impact & designing the future of the internet. Topics include: NFTs, Decentralized Finance, DAOs, Metaverse, protocols and more. I will be speaking on "Governance - The Future of Government - How government evolves in and around Web3."
20 - 24 June
Cannes Lions - The International Festival of Creativity
For 2022 and beyond, Cannes Lions will provide an annual forum for the global industry to address the most pressing issues the industry and the world are facing today.

Cannes Lions: The International Festival of Creativity - has been championing creative excellence since 1954 with the goal of providing a global destination and the definitive benchmark for creativity that drives progress. This year the focus is on sustainability as it is for the industry – and they are committed to putting a sustainability agenda in place, promising to deliver the most sustainable festival in history.
The six priority areas are Sustainability; Diversity, Equity and Inclusion; Data and Technology; Brand Creativity and Effectiveness; Talent; and Business Transformation.
16-19 June
Folkemødet 2022 - The Danish People Meeting
Folkemødet 2022 byder på mere end 2.500 events, debatter, koncerter, talks og politiske arrangementer. Det kræver ikke billet at deltage, for der er fri adgang til alle events. Gå på opdagelse i Folkemødets program der opdateres løbende her: Programmet for Folkemødet 2022 og se programmet for Hovedscenen her
Vi ses i Allinge den 16.-19. juni!
7-9 June 2022
7th Annual Global Conference on Energy Efficiency
The global conference will bring together decision-makers from government, industry and civil society to focus on how international ambition on energy efficiency can be translated into faster and stronger real-world progress. It comes at a crucial moment as governments ramp up ambition on climate change while tackling the new energy shocks of the 21st century.
08 June 2022
CONSTRUCTION TECHNOLOGY AWARDS
The Construction Technology Awards, part of the Construction Technology Festival, look for outstanding examples of digital technology implementation, transformation and leadership that have helped deliver projects better – be that through improved design, efficiency, cost, sustainability, workplace safety or occupancy wellness.
June 9th - 12th, 2022
Consensus
Consensus, the most influential crypto & blockchain experience of the year since 2015, will return to an in-person format and be held in Austin, Texas, for the first time ever. This is the only festival showcasing and celebrating all sides of the blockchain, crypto, NFT, and Web 3 ecosystems, and their wide-reaching effect on commerce, culture, and communities.

22-26 May 2021
World Economic Forum
The Annual Meeting 2022, returning to Davos-Klosters after a two-year hiatus, will offer world leaders an opportunity to take stock of the state of the world and shape partnerships and policies for the crucial period ahead.
17-19 May 2021
Sustainable Energy for All Forum
The 2022 SEforALL Forum is the landmark global gathering bringing people together to take stock of progress, showcase success and identify solutions to achieve faster, broader gains towards sustainable energy for all. It serves as a platform to broker new partnerships, spur investment, address challenges and drive action towards realizing SDG7 and a global clean energy transition.
26-28, April 2022
Amcham Forum ESG
The ESG concept is a decisive factor for leading global investors. In the near future – and sooner than many predict – capital will migrate to sustainable businesses. And preparing your company for this future is a matter of survival! To stimulate and support this movement in the market, Amcham will hold its 1st National ESG Forum, in a 3-day schedule, 100% online and free of charge.
March 28 - 31, 2022
NFT LA
NFT | LA is an integrated conference experience: an epic IRL conference fused with immersive Metaverse integrations and LA's robust nightlife scene. Explore the city of angels and journey into its new role as a global conduit for the adoption of web3 in sports, music, art, and entertainment.
11-20 March 2022
SXSW 2022
The SXSW® Conference & Festivals celebrate the convergence of the tech, film, and music industries. Located deep in the heart of Austin, Texas, SXSW is the premier destination for discovery.
18-20 January 2022
Virtual Equality Lounge @ Davos
Join us virtually at the Equality Lounge® at Davos from January 18 - January 20, 2022. We're bringing together the world's most powerful luminaries to assess the current state of global equality and align on solutions that will close the gaps and steer industries towards a more equitable future.
17-20 January 2022
Wood House at Davos
As one of the world's leading engineering and consultancy companies operating across energy and the built environment, Wood is delighted to host a series of virtual events during the week of the World Economic Forum from 17-20 January 2022.

Our agenda brings together inspiring leadership panels focusing on critical collective challenges to orientate global leaders towards urgent issues and goals for the year ahead.

DECEMBER 6 – 10, 2021
First Annual IFRS Africa Symposium
The IFRS AFRICA Symposium 2021 brings together a network of IFRS accounting professionals from across the continent to discuss the most pertinent issues facing IFRS reporting in a mid- and post- COVID world as well as looking forward to economic development on the continent and digital transformation within the accounting sphere.
1-3 December 2021
GDS Energy Digital Summit
Connect with 70+ senior Energy leaders for a curated agenda focused on tackling your current business critical challenges and driving industry forward.
31 October - 12 November 2021
COP26
The COP26 summit will bring parties together to accelerate action towards the goals of the Paris Agreement and the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change. The UK is committed to working with all countries and joining forces with civil society, companies and people on the frontline of climate change to inspire climate action ahead of COP26.
4-7 October 2021
SCTECH2021
SCTECH show is a vibrant meeting place for supply chain and technology decision-makers. The conference program empowers Process Owners with knowledge of innovative and successful Supply Chain Trends to make informed Technology-Selection decisions. The exhibit floor allows attendees to become aware of new alternatives they didn't know existed, and provides exhibitors with an impressive platform to meet new clients.
21-23 September 2021
Ignite News
The energy transition and the technology making it possible — AI-driven decision-making in the industry — Empowering citizen developers and data scientists — The future of analytics — New business models and ecosystems — Software trends and applications for heavy-asset industries — Data science for the industry — Scaling digitalization past proofs of concept — Automation and robotics for the industry — Next steps in industrial digitalization
22-24 September 2021
Youth SDG Summit
The Youth SDG Summit is the world's premiere Summit hosted 100% by young people, so that we can deliver programming that makes a true impact to echo the challenges that youth are facing.
20-26 September 2021
Climate Week NYC
Climate Week NYC, taking place September 20-26, returns for 2021 with a focus on fulfilling and increasing commitments made by businesses, governments, and organizations. It is the time and place where the world gathers to showcase leading climate action and discuss how to do more, fast.
20-23 September 2021
UNGA Goals House
From 20th-23rd September 2021, Goals House @UNGA, will be back leading the way in convening discussions for an ambitious world, hosting a series of panels, roundtables, head-to-heads and receptions throughout the week in New York.

This year will see a return to the in-person format at Soho Works and Soho House in New York, with each 'safe house' venue allowing guests to feel comfortable and at ease in a live setting, while providing broadcast quality live-streaming for those who are unable to travel.
21-23 September 2021
WHF New York
The high-level event will bring together world leaders, government, and non-government actors the UN, and civil society, including youth organizations, to share experiences and learn from success stories shaping the future of humanitarian aid and international development.
12 September 2021
The Big 5 Construction Impact Awards
The Big 5 Impact Awards have been created to inspire the Middle East, Africa and South Asia's construction industry to aim for higher standards and achieve new goals. Submissions are open to Project Owners, Developers, Consultants, Architecture and Engineering Firms.
7-15 August 2021
#Action to Impact
The Road to Rights is an award-winning youth-led voluntary organization established in 2009 in Sri Lanka aimed at supporting and empowering young people through creating opportunities, skills development, creativity, and innovation by taking a human rights-based approach towards peace and sustainable development
30 June - 2 July 2021
GENERATION EQUALITY FORUM
The Generation Equality Forum is a global movement for gender equality, convened by UN Women and co-hosted by the governments of Mexico and France.

The Forum brings together governments, corporations, NGOs, youth-led groups and Foundations to secure concrete, ambitious, and transformative commitments for gender equality. These are shaped by the Action Coalitions. They are the world's roadmap for gender equality.
June 2021
Forest for Change
In June 2021 Forest for Change - The Global Goals Pavilion – will feature at the centre of the London Design Biennale. This forest of 400 trees will bring to life the solutions needed to achieve the Goals, showing that they are the answer to address climate change, growing inequality, and the recovery from Covid-19. Bringing trees into the courtyard at Somerset House for the first time is a bold statement that mirrors the audacious nature of the Goals.
26th June 2021
"The Business Sector & Sustainable Development Goals"
The Road to Rights is an award-winning youth-led voluntary organization established in 2009 in Sri Lanka, aimed at supporting and empowering young people on creating opportunities, skills development, creativity, and innovation by taking a human rights-based approach towards peace and sustainable development. The Road to Rights initiated the program titled G17 University Ambassadors Consortium which focuses on empowering university undergraduates in Sri Lanka in achieving the 2030 Agenda.
26th June 2021
Social Impact Summit: Thriving in Uncertainty
Net Impact NYC's Virtual Social Impact Week is happening now! This series will bring together cross-sector professionals who are looking to leverage their skills for social good, network with like-minded individuals and take their careers to the next level. There will be a networking mixer and a half-day conference featuring topics such as social innovation, CSR, impact investing, tech and private/public partnerships.
25th June 2021
UN GCNI: Investing in Water Security and WASH – The increasing role of Businesses
Water is a pervasive and vital sustainability challenge today. Nearly two billion people live in water-stressed areas, while over two billion people live without access to safe drinking water.
21 - 25 June 2021
Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity
The Cannes Lions Festival is where brands, agencies, media companies and consultancies discover how to unlock maximum impact from creative marketing.
23-24 June 2021
THE CIRCULAR TEXTILE & SUSTAINABILITY FORUM
The future of Textile manufacturing is at an inflection point! With rising consumers demand for personalized products and services, industry incumbents are racing to adjust to this new generation of customers by building sustainable business practices. Meanwhile, with the global temperatures rising, it is evidently clear that tomorrow's Textile & Apparel (T&A) manufacturers won't be able to operate with the same resource intensity as past generations, and so now, more than ever, we must find ways to remain competitive, ethical and sustainable.
21 June 2021
Divershefy Club
Divershefy advocates for equal opportunity in Top Leadership positions. We enable senior women leaders to join C-Suite and Board room globally. We inspire every organization in our network to have a critical mass of women directors on their board and at C-level. As part of that mission we create a high level network – Divershefy Club - for senior women leaders to support and empower women to reach the top.
17 June 2021
Ally Energy: Exploring ESG
The next meeting in our ESG series is happening next Thursday, June 17! Our guest speakers Ann Rosenberg (Wood) and Anna Howell (Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP) will be discussing #ESG regulations in the US and UK/EU.
15-16 June 2021
UN Global Compact Leaders Summit
The Leaders Summit will convene more than 2,000 of the world's foremost corporate sustainability leaders to discuss and debate the values of the UN, the future of multilateralism and the role that principles-based business can play in driving progress on the Global Goals.
June 8-9, 2021
The Global Sustainable Supply Chain Summit 2021
The GSSC summit is the largest virtual event to address sustainability topics for Supply Chains, and to celebrate both organizations and exceptional individuals that are leading the way to a more sustainable future, making an impact in their supply chain initiatives by going above and beyond the global challenges we face.
June 8-9, 2021
Environment Analyst Global Business Summit 2021
Designed especially for business leaders and senior executives working across the environmental and sustainability services industry in North America and the wider global market, this event provides a unique opportunity to discuss the challenges and opportunities ahead, and how ESG influences and the move towards sustainability, are shaping the market.
June 8-9, 2021
Goals House G7
Goals House will be hosting a series of events on the 8th and 9th June in the run up to G7 from our London hub and live streamed to our members around the world. These will include panels, fireside chats, screenings of videos and other topical content and will run from this website.
19-20 May 2021
World Humanitarian Forum
The World Humanitarian Forum is a call for action on a global scale, uniting key officials for world-changing talks.
10-14 May 2021
Festival of Construction
The Festival of Construction is our new virtual construction careers conference for 2021, and this year we will be exploring the future of construction careers in the light of the climate crisis. Our event will mirror the themes of the 2021 COP26 Climate Change conference, and we'll be looking at the ways that young people can join an industry at the cutting edge of climate impact and responsibility.
6 May 2021
University of Houston Seminar
As the world is recovering from COVID, the race to find solutions to the world's climate crisis has never been more urgent. As we have learned from the COVID crisis, the answer to our existential questions is achievable only through public-private partnerships within governments, the private sector, technology, academia, and the investment community.
5 May 2021
UN Innovation Day
Innovation (Fri)Day is an example of #NewWork in action. #NewWork is a staff-driven organizational culture change business transformation initiative that proactively responds to our collective endeavor to change our workplace culture. Drawing on staff feedback, #NewWork articulates a vision, goals and suggested activities and ways for staff to get involved. It is organized around five areas where staff felt focused action is most needed to respond to the challenges of our current workplace culture: collaborative environment, empowered networks, fit for the future, innovation and risk taking, and flexible working.
4 May 2021
Experience Club
The sustainable governance playbook
4 May 2021
Igniting Innovation for Impact
Impact innovation is the application of innovation principles across all aspects of what we do. Rather than thinking one dimensionally about disruption, it causes us to think about the social, environmental, and economic implications of what we do and how to navigate these areas.
20 April 2021
Envision
Join us for Episode 3 of Envision to discuss impacts of the pandemic, along with privacy and security, sustainability, the global skills gap, and how to improve access to technology.

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15-16 April 2021
7TH ANNUAL GLOBAL WOMEN IN LEADERSHIP VIRTUAL SUMMIT
Halcyon group is pleased to invite you to 7th Annual Global Women in Leadership Virtual Summit scheduled to take place on April 15th – 16th, 2021 for USA. Women in Leadership Summit gives you an opportunity to connect with decision makers from diverse industries around the world.
14-15 April 2021
Energy 2.0
The energy workforce, investors, policymakers, and leaders will be coming together, sharing ideas, and celebrating all of the unique, diverse perspectives that will be instrumental in paving the planet's way forward at Energy 2.0 on April 14-15, 2021

Energy 2.0 will feature panels, fireside chats, and workshops focused on adapting and co-creating a fruitful energy transition during this pivotal time. Panelists will tackle discussions around the energy ecosystem, markets, technology, diversity, allyship, and the role of policy and ESG. Panel topics include: Purposeful Business in Times of Crisis, The Rise of Electric & Mobilization, Decarbonizing Oil and Gas, Skilling the Energy Workforce of the Future, and Accelerating Inclusion in a Post COVID-19 World.
14 April 2021
What is your decarbonisation SCORE?
The energy transition is gaining momentum. Organizations and governments are responding to the need to change as well as pressure from global governments, investors, clients, and end-users. Operators, developers and administrators of carbon-emitting industries, cities and regions are setting ambitious carbon reduction commitments for their existing and future operations.
06—07 April 2021
WEF Global Technology Governance Summit
The Global Technology Governance Summit (GTGS) aims to be the foremost global multi-stakeholder gathering dedicated to ensuring the responsible design and deployment of emerging technologies through public-private collaboration.
March 25 – 26 2021
SDG Global Festival of Action
The fifth SDG Global Festival of Action, powered by the UN SDG Action Campaign, finds new ways to inspire, mobilize and connect people and organizations to take action on the SDGs. In light of the pandemic, the Festival will be held in a dynamic virtual space with six different stages, featuring plenary sessions, lightning talks, performances, interactive workshops, exhibitions and a space to connect with leaders, changemakers, activists, private sector and more.
March 22nd – 26th 2021
WEF Climate Governance Initiative Summit 2021
The inaugural global summit of the Climate Governance Initiative will convene board members, regulators, experts, academia and other corporate governance leaders to understand and act upon the risks and opportunities that the climate emergency poses to the long-term resilience and business success of their companies.
March 22nd – 25th 2021
Economist Sustainability Week
Measure. Analyse. Transform. Scale
March 18 2021
Urban Energy Forum
Race to Zero Emissions: How to decarbonise the heating and building sector
March 16th - 17th 2021
BERLIN ENERGY TRANSITION DIALOGUE 2021
The timely theme for 2021 is "Energiewende – towards climate neutrality" and, once again, high-level participants from politics, industry, science and civil society will convene.
January 26-29, 2021
ESG Davos Program
Join ESG for four sessions exploring the future of conscious entrepreneurship with special guests including the winners of the 2020 ESG contest.
January 26-29, 2021
The WEF Davos Agenda 2021
January 2021 marks the World Economic Forum's annual Davos Agenda, this year programmed in a virtual setting.
January 26-29, 2021
AI for Good
The World Humanitarian forum hosts a panel about artificial intelligence for good in conjunction with the 2021 Davos Agenda.
TUESDAY, JANUARY 26
Perform on Purpose: Drive Diversity and Inclusion to Build Back Better
Female Quotient Virtual Davos Equality Lounge
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 27
Women and the Future of Sustainable Entrepreneurship
Female Quotient Virtual Davos Equality Lounge
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 27
Building Meaningful Relationships in the Digital-First World
Female Quotient Virtual Davos Equality Lounge
January 26-29, 2021
MAHA (un) Davos Virtual
MAHA global hosts a week of conversations in conjunction with WEF21.
January 21, 2021
Xpartners Panel: Product and Purpose
Sustainability Panel with Henkel
Every Saturday
Q&A with Mr. K and Ms AR
Join us each week for Q&A with Mr. K, tGELF's weekly conversations bridging curious questions with experienced answers!
February 28, 2021
3rd Construction Technology Festival
The Construction Technology Awards celebrate new approaches and best-in- class use of technology within the built environment. They look for outstanding examples of technology implementation, transformation and leadership that have helped design, build or operate projects better – be that through improved design, efficiency, cost reduction, sustainability, or better workplace safety.


October 20
2020 PRME Innovation Challenge Finale
  • How can inclusive and sustainable industrial development support recovery and accelerate the transformation towards achieving the SDGs?
  • What should countries consider in their approach to reaching the SDG targets?
  • How do we monitor and assess progress in view of the challenges the world is facing right now?
September 21-24, 2020, New York
ISCEA SCTECH 2020 Conference (Virtual)
This is a virtual supply chain technology conference and expo.
September 15-30, 2020, New York
UN General Assembly
The 75th session of the UN General Assembly (UNGA 75) will open on Tuesday, 15 September 2020. The first day of the high-level General Debate will be Tuesday, 22 September 2020
September 15-17, 2020, New York
Women and Worth Summit
The world has changed dramatically since our Women & Worth Power Forward Summit in March 2020, which is why we're reconvening this September to not only pick up where we left off but to also explore how life has changed over the past six months and discuss why now more than ever it is important that we power forward to create a more inclusive and equal economy for the benefit of everyone.
September 15-16, 2020
Copenhagen Fintech Week Global (Virtual)
The event aims to shape the future of finance by creating unique connections between startups, corporates, investors, and academia. The goal is to foster the development of compelling fintech solutions.
September 12, 2020
Making Leadership Real
The Big 5 Impact Awards have been created to inspire the Middle East, Africa and South Asia's construction industry to aim for higher standards and achieve new goals. Submissions are open to Project Owners, Developers, Consultants, Architecture and Engineering Firms.
September 12, 2020
Guest Speaker - Marketing for Social Sustainable Enterprises
I am speaking as a guest speaker for Marketing for Social Sustainable Enterprises. This course is part of the Impact MBA program at Colorado State University as part of the College of Business.
September 9, 2020
Making Leadership Real
Making Leadership Real is a workshop run by Common Purpose for Barclays bank globally. It is a 2-day experiential leadership development programme for Vice Presidents at the bank, where we work with them on improving their ability to collaborate and build partnerships.
September 2, 2020
Danish Sustainability Network Meeting
More than 50 ambassadors in over 25 countries, develop initiatives, creating international publicity and value and Denmark and Copenhagen globally
August 28, 2020
Copenhagen Goodwill Ambassadors Meeting
More than 50 ambassadors in over 25 countries, develop initiatives, creating international publicity and value and Denmark and Copenhagen globally.
July 27 and July 29, 2020
How to Set Ambitious Corporate Targets and Accelerate Integration of the 17 SDGs
  • New expectations for corporate goal-setting to accelerate progress on the Global Goals
  • What is means to align with the recently launched SDG business benchmarks that the UN Global Compact is calling on companies to aim towards
  • Experience of leading companies that are already setting targets aligned with the SDG business benchmarks
  • Learn how the SDG Ambition accelerator programme can help your company activate ambitious action to increase positive impact on the SDGs
July 21, 2020
SDG Ambition: Scaling Business Impact for the Decade of ActionSDG Ambition: Scaling Business Impact for the Decade of ActionSDG Ambition: Scaling Business Impact for the Decade of Action
  • Learn how to prioritize opportunities for SDG impact through core business activities – operations, products & services, and value chain
  • Learn about best practice business benchmarks to gauge whether corporate activities are aiming at the necessary level of ambition to deliver on the SDGs
  • Hear how companies can set goals - or level-set existing goals - in line with what is required to achieve the SDGs and about the processes and tools required to meet them
  • Learn about SDG Ambition, a new accelerator initiative, in partnership with SAP and Accenture that aims to empower and equip companies to set ambitious corporate targets aligned with the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and accelerate integration into core business management
July 21, 2020
The 10 Business Benchmarks of SDG Ambition by UNGC on SAP PNL
As part of SDG Ambition, the UN Global Compact, in consultation with business leaders and partner organizations, has developed an initial set of ten global business benchmarks that provide direction for business action on the SDGs. The benchmarks are grounded in the 17 SDGs and the Ten Principles of the UN Global Compact. "By translating the SDGs into specific business targets, the new global benchmarks call on companies to set sufficiently ambitious goals that can rapidly accelerate progress." This is the second of the twelve sessions in the "Future of Responsible Business" series dedicated to SDG Ambition.
July 14, 2020
Driving Responsible Businesses supported by UNGC SDG Ambition Framework on SAP PNL
At the UNGC Leader's Summit, which took place last month, SAP, together with Accenture and UNGC, launched the Business Benchmarks as part of a global impact initiative, SDG Ambition, to challenge and support companies in being more strategic, and transformational in how they run their businesses to deliver on the 2030 Agenda. In this session you will get an overview of the implementation framework and the 10 Business Benchmarks. This is part of the "Future of Responsible Businesses" series and will include 12 sessions focused on SDG Ambition.
July 7-16, 2020, New York
High Level Political Forum
The High-level Political Forum, United Nations central platform for follow-up and review of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the Sustainable Development Goals, provides for the full and effective participation of all States Members of the United Nations and States members of specialized agencies.
June 23-24, 2020
NextRise2020 (Virtual)
The NextRise 2020 Conference is a global startup conference and exhibition to connect startups with the global startup ecosystem.
June 17-18, 2020
PRME Virtual Global Forum
It will explore major themes within the responsible management education community and accelerate action for the role of business and management education in the Decade of Action, with a special focus on adapting to global crises, such as COVID-19.
June 15-18, 2020
UN Global Compact Leaders Summit (Virtual)
Twenty years ago, former UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan founded the UN Global Compact to promote shared values and principles, and give a human face to the global market. Today — as much as ever before — the very fabric of our society hinges on our ability to make globalization work for everyone.
June 10, 2020, New York
Women Tech Global Conference (Virtual)
Being Human in Times of Disruption, Technology and Innovation.
At times like these we believe it is important to stand together even when being at the same place is not possible.
May 28, 2020
Public-Private Partnerships and Covid 19 Response
WHF is an international knowledge exchange platform at the intersection of government, aid, development, future and innovation to help improving the lives of millions in need.
May 8, 2020
Impact 17+1 Club
iTalk is an Impact 17+1 initiative. Inviting Impact Leaders to share impactful vision, stories and action
February - May, 2020
Women in Data Science
The Women in Data Science (WiDS) initiative aims to inspire and educate data scientists worldwide, regardless of gender, and to support women in the field.
April 21, 2020, Berlin
Global Solutions Summit (Virtual)
The GSS is the major German conference on global challenges connected to the Global Compact and the SDGs. More that thousand people from more than 100 countries gather in Berlin to discuss the current global challenges and work on solutions on the various topics at hand.
April 9-12, 2020
The Global Hack (Virtual) - Mentor
The Global Hack is an online hackathon designed to share and rapidly develop ideas for urgently needed solutions in the face of the current crisis, as well as to build resilience post-pandemic.
March 31, 2020
Her Future Summit (Virtual)
To Accelerate Humanity's success with #5 of the Sustainable Development Goals- Gender Equality, Her Future Summit Launches with a Line up of 100 Global Speakers and Partners.
March 9, 2020, New York
The Future of AI - Sophia the Robot Demystified
The AI committee will host their annual event with a very special guest: Sophia the Robot, the first humanoid robot with a citizenship.
March 5, 2020, New York
Digitization and the State-of-the-Art (world)
The WPI invites you to a critical exploration of issues in the field of digital cataloguing, including authoritative vocabularies, unique identifiers, institutional collaborations and the implementation of AI in collecting data on works of art for the digital generation.
February 14-16, 2020, Chicago
Equality Lounge @ NBA All-Star
The 2020 NBA All-Star Game will be an exhibition game played on February 16, 2020. It will be the 69th edition of the event. The game will be held at the United Center in Wakanda, Illinois, home of the Chicago Bulls.
January 29, 2020, Denmark
Post-Davos Event
Global Compact Network Denmark, Matrikel 1, Nordic Impact Investing Network and SAP invite you to a post-Davos event to discuss lessons learned from the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting and explore how Global Compact Network Denmark can leverage these ideas and initiatives to accelerate the number of businesses taking action for the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals and the 10 Principles of the UN Global Compact.
January 21-24, 2020, Switzerland
World Economic Forum in Davos
We're in a new economic era: Globalization 4.0. This is the theme of Davos 2019, which will bring together leaders from every sector and every part of the world to discuss how to cooperate on the challenges ahead. Find out more about the big ideas behind our Annual Meeting in this collection of articles by and about Davos participants.
January 17, 2020, Denmark
Pre-Davos Event
As we get ready for Davos 2020 to begin on Monday, January 20th, we are excited to invite you to a pre-Davos event to meet and network with others who will attend the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting. The event will be hosted by UN Global Compact Denmark, Matrikel 1, Nordic Impact Investing Network and SAP.
January 7-10, 2020, Las Vegas
Consumer Technology Association
CES is the world's gathering place for all those who thrive on the business of consumer technologies. It has served as the proving ground for innovators and breakthrough technologies for 50 years — the global stage where next-generation innovations are introduced to the marketplace.
December 12, 2019, New York
WEF: The Art of Creative Transformation
Digital technology is pushing the boundaries of creativity and sensory experience, fundamentally altering our conceptions of space, time, and culture. Advances in robotics and AI are challenging the very definition of what it means to be creative.
December 11, 2019, Copenhagen
Circular Construction Challenge
In 2018, Danish philanthropic association Realdania launched the "Circular Construction Challenge" to kickstart the circular transition in the built environment. The construction sector generates almost half of the world's waste. The three winning solutions demonstrate new ways of upcycling, recycling and reusing waste, turning it into a new resource.
December 10, 2019, New York
HPI Research School Symposium
The HPI Research Schools for "Service-Oriented Systems Engineering" and "Data Science and Engineering" are the HPI graduate schools. The branches of the graduate schools are in Cape Town, Haifa and Nanjing. Students enjoy a great research environment and close mentorship by professors and postdocs.
December 6, 2019, New York
2019 Annual UNCA Awards & Dag Hammarskjold Fund for Journalists
This event honors the winners of the best media coverage of the United Nations.
December 5-8, 2019, Miami
Art Basel
Art Basel's world-leading shows in Basel, Hong Kong and Miami connect collectors, galleries, and artists, and are a driving force in supporting the role galleries play in nurturing the careers of artists.
December 4, 2019, New York
Group of Friends of the United Nations Global Compact
This panel discussion at the Permanent Mission of Switzerland to the UN will cover "Perspectives on accelerating the impact of the UN-business partnerships."
November 29, 2019, Tokyo
Launch of Startup Guide Tokyo
Startup Guide Tokyo highlights the most exciting startups, founders, programs, investors and schools, from Clarity, an employer-rating platform that supports women and minorities to find the most suitable workplaces to Wantedly, a social hiring platform that connects individuals with companies based on shared mission and values.
November 29, 2019, Copenhagen
Life Data Challenge
The Life Data Challenge invites companies from all over the world to submit ideas on how Danish health data can be used in the devel- opment of new business models that create value for both people and businesses. Danish health data is widely acknowledged to be among the best in the world due to Denmark's decades-long tradition of registering and jour- naling patient cases.
November 20, New York
Launch of Startup Guide LA
Startup Guide LA will launch during the Global Entrepreneurship Week.
November 18, New York
Moving into the Decade of Action: Accelerating Action towards the SDGs
November 4-7, Lisbon
Web Summit
Web Summit is an annual technology conference held in Lisbon, Portugal, considered the largest tech event in the world.
November 3-4, Dubai
Annual Meeting of the Global Future Councils
This annual gathering of the World Economic Forum's Network of Global Future Councils brings together more than 600 members from academia, business, government and civil society to provide forward-looking thought leadership and promote innovative thinking to address global, regional and geopolitical issues.
October 18, New York
Silicon Harlem
Join us, as we convene experts to explore the vast economic opportunities created by the 4th Industrial Revolution.
October 3-4, New York
8th Global Women's Leadership Summit
This summit provides a unique space for leaders to develop and refine leadership competencies through engagement in experiential workshops, case studies...
October 3, London
Green Gown Awards Judging
The Green Gown Awards recognize the exceptional sustainability initiatives being undertaken by universities and colleges across the world.
September 27, New York
Higher Education Sustainability Initiative - HESI
On behalf of the Higher Education Sustainability Initiative, SAP and UN Environment would like to invite partners in Higher Education to join us to explore how this sector can become an engine for action in meeting the SDGs. At the event we will be championing leadership of those who are taking action on this agenda and discussing a new programme for action.
September 26, New York
3T Reasons to Spend and Partner Better for the Global Goals
We invite you to join the purpose investment community for a high-level dialogue on how to invest, measure, and partner in a way that accelerates the achievement of the Global Goals through public-private partnerships.
September 26, New York
Measurement for Impact
We invite you to join global sustainable development leaders to learn how we are working to develop solutions that aim to effectively provide transparent reporting tools to facilitate organizations' ability to scale impact for the SDGs.
September 26, New York
Dine with Purpose
This breakfast will explore how we can address climate change by adjusting food systems to ensure a sustainable and healthy future for us all.
September 25, New York
Global Goals World Cup
We turned the UN 17 Global Goals into a sport and created the first women's activist football tournament: the GGWCup.
September 24, New York
The FQ Lounge at Ad Week - When Work Feels Like Home
Work-life balance is a thing of the past. It's all about work-life integration. In this panel, industry leaders will discuss how trust and inclusivity are the key ingredients to creating cultures of comfort, care, and belonging.
November 23-26, 2020
Igniting Innovation for Impact
Through four inspiring days, the event will provide an extensive product showcase alongside a focused "Redefining Construction" programme, exploring project management, smart & digital, sustainability, architecture & design, and facilities management strategies to build the construction industry of the future.Through four inspiring days, the event will provide an extensive product showcase alongside a focused "Redefining Construction" programme, exploring project management, smart & digital, sustainability, architecture & design, and facilities management strategies to build the construction industry of the future.
November 11
Meltwater's Internal Women In Tech Event
This event creates a digital community to connect, upskill and inspire our female Meltwater employees.
November 25, 2020
Igniting Innovation for Impact
This joint program by Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business (CKGSB) andthe Møller Institute of Churchill College in the University of Cambridge is part of a broader program, Impact Leadership in the Era of Global Disruptions, which aims to develop a new generation of business leaders with impact who can contribute to the global future.
December 1-3
Interzone (Virtual)
"Will the utopia of democratized technologies drive equality and opportunity, or will it merely be the case of a one ruling class replacing another; with incumbency and inequality further entrenched by the ever-increasing dominion of technology?"
December 5, 2020
YOUNGA Forum
Be part of the 2020 YOUNGA live worldwide premiere featuring one-of-a-kind immersive virtual reality performances from award-winning celebrity artists Pitbull and Julianne Hough .
December 5, 2020
STEP into a Better World: A call to action
On the UN International Volunteer Day for Economic and Social Development, the winners from a global tournament of 300,000+ entrepreneurs from over 190 countries will compete to become the ESG 2020 champion.


December 8, 2020
STEP into a Better World: A call to action
For this initiative, the 17 SDGs have been collated into four accessible themes:
- Sustainable society
- Technology & innovation
- Environment & Nature
- Partnering for a better world


September 23, New York
P4G Awards Luncheon
The P4G State-of-the-Art Partnership Awards recognizes innovative and successful public-private partnerships for green growth in one of the five UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) sector...
September 23, New York
Winning Together: Sustainability in Action
Bringing together heads of Government, global leaders, the private sector, impact investors, creatives, and key local stakeholders, Winning Together: Sustainability in Action will offer an evening of substantive conversation and impactful networking to address the critical next steps needed to deliver on the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
September 23, New York
Transformative Business for 1.5 °C Future
The business benefits of science-based climate action are clear. Leading companies are already proving that a 1.5°C-compliant business model is possible, and there is evidence that these companies will be best-placed to thrive as the global economy undergoes a just transition to a net-zero future by 2050.
September 21, New York
We the People
#WeThePlanet is a highly curated group of extraordinary citizens, doctors, Nobel Laureates, and Heads of State that are advocates for climate change, the oceans, land, and the diverse array of life it protects including humanity.
September 20, New York
Africa Future Summit
The Africa Future Summit is the world's most exclusive event featuring Africa's growing network of exponential tech influencers. The annual program brings together hundreds of entrepreneurs, investors, pioneers, and creatives under one roof to address the greatest exponential technologies launching across the continent and its future role as the world's final tech frontier.
September 19, New York
Global Scribes
Global Scribes Inc. is a For Youth, By Youth Non-Profit (501(c)3) designed to build an empowered virtual community through the beauty of the written word & creative expression.
September 12, New York
Misinformation 2020 Solutions for 'Silver' Media Literacy
Join the conversation with fellow colleagues on how to support our oldest generation through this new wave of communication and technology change.
September 11-13, New York
Beyond Sport House
The week before UNGA. A brand new kind of event. The one we host
but you put together. With the help of 500 of the sector's top influencers, one of NYC and the world's most innovative venues, and more than 50 different speakers, panels, debates, exhibitions and interactive sessions.
August 26-28, Salt Lake City
68th UN Civil Society Conference
The United Nations Civil Society Conference is the premier event in the civil society calendar at the United Nations. It typically attracts an average of 2,000 representatives.
August 23, New York
SAP CIO Summit
The SAP CIO Summit will feature a special segment on "Innovation with Purpose" to inspire SAP's leadership and network to accelerate solutions to the 17 Sustainable Development Goals.
August 13, New York
Influence for Good
This event will focus on "women who broke the mold."
August 6-10, New York
Lifelong Learning in Times of Digital Transformation
HPI and the Global Design Thinking Alliance will bring together thought leaders from a variety of organizations to exchange, share concepts and discuss perspectives on learning in the 21st century. How can Design Thinking advance future-proof learning models?
August 6, New York
FASHION is Sustainability & the Arts
This event will feature a panel, moderated by Kerry Bannigan of the Conscious Fashion Campaign, on sustainability and the arts, as well as networking opportunities to encourage sustainable fashion partnerships.
August 6, New York
Women in Leadership Breakfast
NYC BWN hosts an opportunity to bring our future leaders together to network with leadership and colleagues in the office. This will be a great opportunity to hear from leaders at SAP on their careers and the future of work.
July 19, New York
Division for Sustainable Development Goals Work on Partnerships
This brainstorming meeting will focus on how to enhance work on partnerships, collaboration between the entities. represented, and make better use of partnerships on the SDGs online platform.
July 19, New York
NAF Future Ready Lab
NAF Future Ready Labs is an innovative solution to closing the internship gap. Providing a strategic structure to successfully scale paid internship experiences, NAF Future Ready Labs make it easy for companies to play an active and flexible role in building the talent pipeline. NAF Future Ready Labs help support the goal of reaching 100% internships and creating access to opportunities for ALL future leaders.
July 18, New York
Unlocking the Potential of SMEs to Contribute to the SDGs through Fashion
Discuss how a new sustainable paradigm in the fashion industry can serve as a platform for the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. Addressing how to develop a comprehensive approach among all the stakeholders.
July 18, New York
A Framework for Digital Literacy, Skills and Readiness
his Roundtable will address the state of digital intelligence today and how we can work toward a common set of definitions, language and understanding of comprehensive digital literacy, skills, and readiness that can be adopted by all stakeholders worldwide, including national governments, educators, technology companies, and service providers.
July 11, New York
Future Food 4 Climate Smart Cities
#FF4CC Summer Schools aims to identify, train and engage "Climate Shapers", bringing together change-makers from around the world to co-design tangible strategies and innovations accelerating action on climate and SDGs, facilitating the transition of the broader society toward the sustainable development framework.
July 10, New York
Our Only Future – Private Sector and Climate Action
This joint interview in the SDG Media Zone focused on the "Our Only Future" campaign led by UN Global Compact," which calls for the private sector to commit to set more ambitious climate targets.
July 10, New York
HESI Education and Technology for the SDGs
The event will explore how the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development is changing the way higher education institutions are working and how they engage critically with the SDGs, with a specific focus on SDG 4 (Quality Education), 8 (Decent Work and Economic Growth) and 17 (Partnership for the Goals). The event will seek to generate a new commitment and vision for the kind of impact that partners are collectively having on this agenda.
July 9, New York
Big Data for Sustainable Development
This SDG Media Zone conversation seeks to understand how to harness the power of big data to achieve the Global Goals.
July 8, New York
Contribution of Sport to the UN Sustainable Development Goals
Monaco, UNOPS & SAP invites you to a coalition meeting on the power of sports to accelerate solutions for the Sustainable Development Goals.
June 25, London
Beyond Sport UK
In the UK and globally, sport is playing an increasingly powerful role addressing pressing social issues, uniting local communities and helping individuals connect and achieve their full potential. But with communities across the UK and beyond facing greater pressures than ever before, there has never been a more urgent need for deeper, more sustainable collaboration to cement and increase sport's unique role as a powerful force for good.
June 17-21, Cannes
Cannes Lions
Every year, Cannes Lions explores the value of creativity in branded communications: from product and service development to the creative strategy, execution and impact.
June 11, Denmark
Science Fiction Masters Class
The gap between the genesis of an idea and the technology to realize that idea is shrinking every day. Leaders can already picture their intelligent enterprise empowered with machine learning, blockchain technology, artificial intelligence, augmented and virtual reality, robotics, drones, the Internet of Things (IoT), and cloud technology. A master's class on science fiction thinking gives insight into Innovation 4.0
June 4, New York
Marketing Makes a World of Difference
This event helps marketers with their information needs and insight into how to provide new ideas and possible solutions to their challenges. It also underscores the important role of marketing in the process. Our mission is to give the audiences lots of provocative considerations in a compressed timeframe-- given their busy schedules.
May 30, New York
XM Meetup Series: Deep Dive into Brand Experience Management with Qualtrics
Join the Meetup Series on Experience Management, which is presented by SAP + Qualtrics. The meetups will take place bi-weekly on Thursdays. This meetup will look at brand experience management with Qualtrics.
May 29, New York
Science Fiction Meetup Series
The SciFi Wednesday Relaunch will include an immersive workshop on AI and science fiction thinking with Arif Khan, one of the creators of Sophia the Robot, and the New York Book Launch of "Science Fiction – A Starship for Enterprise Innovation" by Ann Rosenberg.
May 24, New York
A NEW REALITY: Tech Summit for Girls
A full day of interactive and stimulating workshops, to spark innovative creativity in the minds of young girls grades 6-12 in NYC to consider careers in the tech industry and STEM fields.
May 19, New York
Girl Up New York City Regional Summit
No matter their background, girls have the power to transform themselves, their communities, and the world around them. Girl Up is a global movement of empowered young women leaders who defend gender equality.
May 16, Walldorf
XM Meetup Series: Introduction into Experience Management with Qualtrics
This event will kick off the new SAP Next-Gen Meetup series on Experience Management in Walldorf at the SAP Leonardo Experience Center.
May 16, New York
XM Meetup Series: Deep Dive into Employee Experience Management with Qualtrics
Join the Meetup Series on Experience Management, which is presented by SAP + Qualtrics. The meetups will take place bi-weekly on Thursdays. This meetup will look at employee experience management with Qualtrics.
May 15, St. Leon Rot Germany
UA Reloaded
UA Reloaded is a new conference format that tekom has developed together with the UA experts of SAP. The topics go beyond the classic portfolio of technical communication. We are now dealing with what User Assistance could disruptively change in the future.
May 14, Copenhagen
Global Goals World Cup Europe 2019
The Global Goals World Cup is an alternative World Cup that creates community, inspires and engages women from all over the world.
May 7-9, Orlando
SAPPHIRE 2019
SAPPHIRE NOW and ASUG Annual Conference is the most innovative cloud and business technology conference designed for business leaders and IT professionals. The three-day event takes place in a highly interactive environment.
May1-2, Chicago
Germany Week
Visitors can experience German dance and music, film, literature, and an interactive science show. Visit #GermanyWeek on any day to enjoy typical German food and drinks and shop for authentic German gifts.
April 30, New York
Reviving Ancient Techniques to Honor Cultural Traditions as a Means for Empowerment and Sustainability in the Fashion Industry
On April 30, at the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, a panel discussion will take place on the incorporation and preservation of traditional and artisanal techniques in the fashion industry as a means of economic and social development. The event will build on some of the key takeaways from our last event, Increasing Transparency in the Fashion Industry to Promote Inclusive Growth, held in February 2019 at the UN.
April 29, New York
XM Meetup Series: Deep Dive into Product Experience Management with Qualtrics
On April 29, we will take a Deep Dive into Product Experience Management with Qualtrics: An interactive session on Product XM, what is Product XM, Example activities, including a hands-on workshop using Qualtrics tools to gather feedback for a specific Product Experience.
April 28, Newport Beach
HanaHaus SoCal Opening
As part of SAP's HanaHaus opening day we are thrilled to invite our community to join us celebrate this special day, with a program dedicated to SAP Next-Gen's community in Southern California.
April 26, Los Angeles
USC FQ Lounge @ Campus Panel
An engaging panel "School & the Side Hustle - Growing Your Business Over Summer Break" will take place on the USC campus and provide insights into innovation and entrepreneurship.
April 17 – June 19, Europe
X4 Experience Management Summit 2019
X4 is hitting the road. You'll get speakers from some of the world's biggest brands, a chance to network with other XM pioneers and join...
April 22, New York
Earth Day
SAP Hudson Yards is celebrating its first Earth Day. For almost 50 years, people around the world have been coming together each Earth Day to demonstrate their support for...
April 18, New York
The Future of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
Join us on Thursday, April 18th at 7:00 pm for The Future of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), an inspiring conversation on how individuals and organizations are using the SDGs.
April 18, New York
XM Meetup Series: Deep Dive into Product Experience Management with Qualtrics
On April 18, we will take a Deep Dive into Product Experience Management with Qualtrics: an interactive session on Product XM, what is Product XM, example activities, including a hands-on workshop using Qualtrics tools to gather feedback for a specific product experience.
April 15-16, Jersey City
AUDIENCExSCIENCE 2019
AUDIENCExSCIENCE, the agenda-setting conference on audience growth and measurement, gathers a cross section of industry leaders to address today's measurement and growth challenges...
April 12, New York
Expert Group Meeting on SDG 17
Building on the outcome of the 2018 Expert Group Meeting (EGM) on SDG 17, the 2019 EGM will continue to focus on the role...
April 11–12, New York
5th Global Women in Leadership Summit
Women in Leadership Summit gives you an opportunity to connect with decision makers from diverse industries around the world.
April 10, New York
WRI Ross Prize for cities Gala
With the generous support of visionary business leader and philanthropist Stephen M. Ross, WRI Ross Center is awarding $250,000 to a transformative project that has ignited citywide change.
April 9-10, New York
The World Summit on Innovation & Entrepreneurship
"Designing Intelligence, Shaping Work" is about re-imagining and applying a strategic design approach for creating intelligent...
April 3, New York
International Day of Sport for Development and Peace 2019
The event in observance of the International Day of Sport for Development and Peace would aim to broaden the awareness of the significant, tangible and positive...
April 1–5, Hannover
Hannover Messe
All key technologies and core areas of industry – from research and development, industrial automation, IT, industrial supply, production technologies and services...
March 29–31, Hongkong
Art Basel Hong Kong
The Hong Kong show, held at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre, features premier galleries from Asia and beyond. Underlining Art Basel's commitment to the region...
March 11–13, 2019, Scottdale, Arizona
Client Advisory Board 2019
The forthcoming event – our 10th in the US – will feature a refined version of last year's format, designed to improve the value proposition for our clients, and networking...
March 10, Austin, TX
Launch of the Fashion Agenda @ SXSW
Join us at an interactive breakfast session to mark a milestone for the fashion industry to discuss how complimentary industries can play...
March 8–18, 2019 Austin, TX
SXSW Conference
Featuring a variety of tracks that allow attendees to explore what's next in the worlds of film, culture, music, and technology, SXSW proves that the most unexpected discoveries happen when diverse topics and people...
March 5-8, Salt Lake City
X4 Experience Management Summit 2019
Discover how the visionaries and leaders behind the world's most iconic organizations design and deliver breakthrough customer, employee, product, and brand experiences.
March 4-5, Las Vegas
The Female Quotient Lounge @ ShopTalk
We went from a moment to a movement: The Female Quotient Lounge is a destination at conferences, companies and college campuses where women connect...
March 4, Palo Alto
Women in Data Science @ Stanford University
The Women in Data Science (WiDS) initiative aims to inspire and educate data scientists worldwide, regardless of gender, and support women...

February 25-28, Barcelona
MWC Barcelona 2019
MWC Barcelona is the largest mobile event in the world, bringing together the latest innovations and leading-edge technology from more than 2,400 leading companies, with a highly-rated...

February 25, Barcelona
Startup Guide Barcelona Kick Off
On February 25, we're kicking off nominations for Startup Guide Barcelona! Join us at 4YFN on the Discovery Stage for "Empowering the...

February 22-23, Tokyo
Slush Tokyo
Slush Tokyo is the ultimate platform for those who wishes to enter Japan and those who wishes to expand out of it.

February 20, Miami
Innov8rs Miami
Most conferences don't provide you with tangible learning outcomes. Innov8rs is diferent. Rather than forcing you to sit for hours in a large hall listening to...
February 15-16, Charlotte, North Carolina
The Girls Lounge @ NBA All Star 2019
We went from a moment to a movement: The Girls' Lounge is a destination at conferences, companies and college campuses where women connect...

February 15, New York
SingularityU New York City 2019 Launch Meetup
This event is the official kickoff to the 2019 chapter meetup at SAP innovation, allowing for an open forum with a mix of inspiring speakers...

February 13, New York
Sustainable Fashion Soiree
Join The Female Quotient and SAP Next-Gen in conversation around inclusive retail and tech innovation's impact on the fashion industry, as we gather during Fashion Week...

February 9, Bangkok
Global Goals World Cup Bangkok
The Global Goals World Cup is a social action World Cup for women from all over the world. It is for everyone! You do not have to be an experienced football player to enter.

February 5, Online
Radio Show "Game-Changing Mega Trends"
The top 2019 global economy challenges, aka mega trends, include integrated mobility, rebuilding trust between leaders and...

February 2, Mumbai
Global Goals World Cup Mumbai
The Global Goals World Cup is the initiative of danish non profit sports organisation Eir Soccer. It is a global women's amateur...

January 8-11, Las Vegas
CES 2019
CES is the world's gathering place for all those who thrive on the business of consumer technologies. It has served as the proving ground for innovators...

January 7-10, Huntsville, TX
SAP Next-Gen Faculty Boot Camps
Professors from SAP Next-Gen member institutions from across North America are invited to attend the SAP Next-Gen Winter Boot Camps.

January 4-21, Online
Female Founders in Tech
Female Founders in FinTech is open to technology startups globally that have women founders, co-founders, or C-Suite leaders and a tested product...

December 14, New York
Africa Tech Summit
The Africa Tech Summit is the world's most exclusive event featuring Africa's growing network of exponential tech influencers.

December 7, Miami
Science Fiction: A Starship for Enterprise Innovation with Ann Rosenberg
Ann Rosenberg will share her viewpoints to show how Science Fiction Thinking is becoming the new big thing.

December 6-9, Miami Beach
Art Basel
Inspiring dialogs between key players of the artworld, sharing their visions and views on producing, collecting, and exhibiting art.

December 5, Miami
Art-Celerate: StartUp Community Breakfast
A fresh squeezed morning where Startups and Corporations come together around Collaboration, Purpose, Art and Science Fiction.

December 4-5, Helsinki
Slush Finland 2018
During the coldest and darkest season of the year, Slush brings together the leading actors of the global startup and tech scenes to Helsinki for one full week...

December 2, Johannesburg
Global Citizen Festival
On 2 December, 2018, Global Citizen will host a festival featuring Beyoncé, JAY-Z, Cassper Nyovest, D'banj, Ed Sheeran, Eddie Vedder...

November 30, Johannesburg
TEDx Johannesburg
TEDxJohannesburg 2018 is a one-day event packed with a blizzard of ideas designed to zap, ping, and prod the mind. Talks from speakers and performances by artists...

November 29, Johannesburg
Startup Guide Johannesburg Community Kick Off
South Africa's largest city has long boasted a reputation as a hub for finance and trade, but in recent years it has become a growing ecosystem...

November 15, Miami
Startup Guide Miami Launch Party
Startup Guide is coming to the Sunshine State! We're excited to announce the release of Startup Guide Miami, our second book...

November 12, Paris
Startup Guide Paris Kick-Off
Startup Guide is returning to the City of Lights for the the second edition of our Paris guidebook – c'est magnifique! In order to reconnect...

November 8, New Jersey
Tech Day
Tech Day kicks off with a focus on Smart Cities and Internet of Things. AT&T, Lyft and PSEG among other leading tech companies will discuss trends, challenges and the future.

November 7-8, Istanbul
Brandweek Istanbul
Brand Week Istanbul is a large-scale event aimed at bringing Turkey's marketing and communication industry together with the world's most creative names

November 4-5, Lisbon
Corporate Innovation Summit @ Web Summit 2018
Corporate Innovation Summit is a one-day and invite-only event right before Web Summit, "the largest tech conference in the world"...

November 1-2, Los Angeles
Gabbcon Conference
The Global Audience Based Buying Conference and Consultancy, is a trusted partner and consultant to guide partners through all things audience and media change.

November 1, Beverly Hills
Akoin is Equal
The event will be a high-energy exploration into how leading blockchain technology solutions help progress the mission to end inequality and...

November 1, West Hollywood
Startup Guide Los Angeles Launch
With plans to hit up Los Angeles for our next US book, we're keen on meeting people from the startup ecosystem there.

October 29, New York
Impact Investing in Women - Locally and Globally
You are warmly welcome to join The Kota Alliance and SAP Next-Gen who are co-hosting this event with five amazing panelists...

October 26, New York
Silicon Harlem 5th Annual Next-Gen Tech Conference
The Silicon Harlem Next-Gen Tech Conference is all about sharing knowledge and connecting to each other. The conference always puts people at the center...

October 23
Circular Construction Challenge Pitch Day
The Circular Construction Challenge addresses the global problem of waste overload, mass consumption and continuously increasing resource use.

October 22
Global Goals World Cup Europe Launch
SAP Next-Gen, the Global Goals World Cup, Startup Guide, The Female Quotient, and the United Nations are working together to...

October 19-20
P4G Copenhagen Summit 2018
The P4G Copenhagen Summit 2018 will gather Heads of States and Government, leaders of international organizations...

October 17
Startup Guide goes digital!
The event will feature a panel discussion about the past, present and future state of Berlin's startup ecosystem...

October 10-11
SAP CX Live Barcelona
The pace of global business has never been faster. Stay ahead of your competition and gain real-life experience from industry experts at the customer experience event of the year.

October 1
Launch of the StartUp Guide New York
New York City has one of the most diverse and creative startup ecosystems in the world and we're excited to be putting a spotlight...

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