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AGENDA
GLOBAL SOLUTIONS SUMMIT 2018
June 4, 2018
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9:00 - 9:30
Welcome and Opening Remarks/Reflections from Co-Organizing Member States and Co-Hosts of Global Solutions Summit 2018
9:30 – 10:30
Business Models for Potable Water Delivery
Moderator: Dan Bena, Retired leader of the Sustainable Development agenda for Pepsico's Global Operations
10:30 - 10:40
Innovator Roundtable 1
10:45 - 11:45
Business Models for Off-Grid Electricity
Moderator: George Owusu Essegbey, Director, Science and Technology Policy Research Institute (STEPRI), Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), Ghana
11:45 - 12:00
Technological Change: Challenges and Opportunities for Sustainable Development Targets
Remarks by Ambassador Juan José Gómez Camacho, Permanent Representative of Mexico to the United Nations, Chair of the UN Ambassadorial Core Group on the Impact of Exponential Technological Change on Sustainable Development
12:00 – 12:45
The Human Connection for Last Mile Deployment
Moderator:
12:45-13:00
Innovator Roundtable 2
13:00 - 15:00
Lunch
15:00 – 15:30
ICT for the Last Mile
Moderator: Sonia Kabir, Managing Director, Microsoft Bangladesh, Nepal, Bhutan and Laos
15:30 - 16:30
Business Models for Smallholder Farmers
16:30 - 16:40
Innovator Roundtable 3
16:40 – 17:40
Finance for Smallholder Farmers and Community Based Projects
Moderator:
17:40 – 18:00
Wrap Up – Next Steps and Introduction to STI Forum
GLOBAL SOLUTIONS SUMMIT 2018
June 4, 2018
Click here to download the PDF version
9:00 - 9:30
Welcome and Opening Remarks/Reflections from Co-Organizing Member States and Co-Hosts of Global Solutions Summit 2018
- Ambassador Toshiya Hoshino, Deputy Permanent Representative of Japan to the United Nations and Co-chair of UN STI Forum 2018
- Ambassador Juan Sandoval-Mendiolea, Deputy Permanent Representative of Mexico to the United Nations and Co-chair of UN STI Forum 2018
- Mr. Juwang Zhu, Director, Division for Sustainable Development Goals, Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN-DESA)
- Alfred Watkins, Chairman, Global Solutions Summit
9:30 – 10:30
Business Models for Potable Water Delivery
Moderator: Dan Bena, Retired leader of the Sustainable Development agenda for Pepsico's Global Operations
- Kurt Soderlund, CEO, Safe Water Network
- Randy Welsch, Cofounder and President, Jibu
- Lars Willi, Founder, Weconnex
10:30 - 10:40
Innovator Roundtable 1
- Elevator pitches by three innovators selected by the UN
10:45 - 11:45
Business Models for Off-Grid Electricity
Moderator: George Owusu Essegbey, Director, Science and Technology Policy Research Institute (STEPRI), Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), Ghana
- Patrina Eiffert, Senior Director, NRECA International
- Laura Koch, Ignite Power
- Katherine Lucey, CEO, Solar Sister
11:45 - 12:00
Technological Change: Challenges and Opportunities for Sustainable Development Targets
Remarks by Ambassador Juan José Gómez Camacho, Permanent Representative of Mexico to the United Nations, Chair of the UN Ambassadorial Core Group on the Impact of Exponential Technological Change on Sustainable Development
12:00 – 12:45
The Human Connection for Last Mile Deployment
Moderator:
- Jonathan Papoulidis, Executive Advisor on Fragile States, World Vision
- Mark Grobmyer, CEO, Global Technology Deployment Initiative
- Katherine Lucey, representing Global Distributors Collective
12:45-13:00
Innovator Roundtable 2
- Elevator pitches by three innovators selected by the UN
13:00 - 15:00
Lunch
15:00 – 15:30
ICT for the Last Mile
Moderator: Sonia Kabir, Managing Director, Microsoft Bangladesh, Nepal, Bhutan and Laos
- Andrew Beard, CEO and Co-Founder, Vanu
- Syed Farhad Ahmed, Managing Director, Aamra Group
15:30 - 16:30
Business Models for Smallholder Farmers
- Martha Hirpa and Hilary Haddigan, Heifer International
- Kate Granger, Feed the Future Partnering for Innovation
- Shaun Ferris, Director of Agriculture & Livelihoods Program, Catholic Relief Services
16:30 - 16:40
Innovator Roundtable 3
- Elevator pitches by three innovators selected by the UN
16:40 – 17:40
Finance for Smallholder Farmers and Community Based Projects
Moderator:
- Donna Katzin, Founding Executive Director, Shared Interest
- Fan Gao, SVP, CreditEase
- Chris Walker, Social Innovations Director, Mercy Corps
17:40 – 18:00
Wrap Up – Next Steps and Introduction to STI Forum
