High-Level Event on SDG Innovation

UN High-Level Event on Innovation and Technology, convened by the Executive Office of the Secretary-General’s Global Pulse and the SDG Action Campaign

Monday, 18 September 2017

10:30 – 13:00

UN Headquarters, Conference Room 2

Event registration is closed, but a livestream will be available at: http://webtv.un.org/ and social media coverage with hashtag: #SDGInnovation 

OPENING SESSION

• Opening remarks by H.E. Miroslav Lajčák President of the United Nations General Assembly
• Keynote Address by Reid Hoffman, Founder and Chair of LinkedIn
• Marc Benioff, CEO and Founder of Salesforce in conversation with Ashish Thakkar, Founder of Mara Group and Chair of the UN Foundation’s Global Entrepreneurs Council

11:00 – 11:30 PANEL DISCUSSION

How can governments and innovators effectively partner in solving pressing global challenges?

• H.E. Kersti Kaljulaid, President of Estonia
• H.E. Lars Løkke Rasmussen, Prime Minister of Denmark
• Mitchell Baker, Executive Chairwoman Mozilla (Firefox)
• Aliko Dangote, Founder and Chair of Dangote Group
• Sunil Bharti Mittal, Founder and Chair of Bharti Enterprises
• Jimmy Wales, Founder of Wikipedia and WikiTribune

Moderator: James Manyika, Chairman, McKinsey Global Institute

11.30 – 12.50 INTERACTIVE DIALOGUE

What needs to be done to co-create innovation hubs in diverse countries and transfer skills from current epicentres, such as Silicon Valley, to the rest of the world and vice versa?

Moderator: David Wallerstein, Chief Exploration Officer, Tencent