Join the action to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals by 2030 

We are honoured to invite you to attend the event ‘Transform your World’ at the Erasmus University Rotterdam on December 8, 2016.

The aim is to have by the end of the day:

• Plan for joint action on national SDG priorities
• Solution partnerships of SDG Charter partners
• Solutions by students for SDG challenges as presented by DSGC companies

We are honoured to have a high level panel and special guests: Dutch Minister for Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation Lilianne Ploumen, Bart Romijn (Director Partos), Feike Sijbesma (CEO DSM, initiator Dutch SDG Charter), Paul Polman (CEO Unilever, UN SDG Advocate), Frans van Houten (CEO Philips), Marjan van Loon (President-Director Shell NL), David Nabarro (UN Special Advocate for the SDGs, t.b.c.) Maria van der Heijden (Director MVO Nederland), Hugo von Meijenfeldt (National Coordinator Implementation of the SDGs), Hans de Boer (VNO-NCW), Danielle Hirsch (Both Ends), Sahar Afzal (UN Youth Representative) and Jan Peter Balkenende (Chair of the Dutch Sustainable Growth Coalition).

Programme

09:00  Registration
09:30  National dialogue and breakouts: action on priorities for national implementation of the SDGs
12:00  Lunch
12:30  Breakouts: DSGC SDG Challenge for students / SDG Charter Solution Partnerships
14:30  Panel discussion ‘Joint action to achieve the SDGs by 2030’. Moderator: Jan Peter Balkenende
16:00  DSGC SDG Challenge: students pitch their solutions
17:15  Networking and drinks
18:00  Closing

Click here for a more detailed programme. Working language will be Dutch (morning) and English (afternoon).

Registration

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 DSGC                                   SDG Charter                                       EFR                                       Rijksoverheid