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Sustainability Agenda

Who

Visionary leaders, activists, entrepreneurs, academicians, artists and policymakers join the annual World Woman Sustainability Agenda during the World Sustainability Day celebration in San Diego.

Why

The World Woman Sustainable Agenda calls for action to address the impact of climate change on women and girls, forging a gender-responsive plan for a sustainable future – a bold, transformative path forward.

 

 

when

Thurs, Oct 26th, 2023

11:00 am -6:00 pm

Fri, Oct 27, 2023

8:00 am -6:00 pm

where

UC San Diego Park & Market

1100 Market St, San Diego, CA 92101

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WORLD WOMAN FUTURE FORUM

SEPT 19, 2022

MICROSOFT, 11 TIMES SQ, NEW YORK

NORMAL IS OVER
CHANGE IS HERE

The “normal” era is done. Change is here for a sustainable planet that empowers women and girls.

Climate change affects women and girls in many ways. It’s time to demand radical transformation with gender-responsive policies, women’s leadership, equal resources, and inclusive decision-making.

Together, we can overcome challenges and create a planet that benefits everyone.

BOLD IDEAS for
sustainable FUTURE

World Woman Sustainability Agenda fosters collaboration and multistakeholder impact, redefining global responsibility and cooperation in pursuing a sustainable and gender-balanced future. With a focus on #EqualFuture, it aims to create a harmonious planet, flourishing economy, and peaceful world.

HER SUSTAINABILITY AGENDA

Sustainability & Gender Equality

Energy Equality & Just Transistion

Inclusive Innovation & Technology

Waste Management
& Circular Economy

Healthier
Planet

Green Building
Movement

Science
& Sustainability

Big Data
& ESG

TRACKS

IT'S TIME TO BUILD INCLUSIVE GREEN ECONOMY

CELEBRATE WORLD WOMAN HEROES

To recognize the important work and support extraordinary women heroes who have dedicated their lives to transforming the lives of women and children; have the courage to fight, the power to survive, and the leadership to inspire, they become the recipient of the World Woman Hero Awards. During the World Woman Sustainability Agenda will celebrate our heroes for their commitment to gender equality in a bold new way.

AGENDA

Speakers:
  • Rupa Dash
    Co-Founder & CEO, World Woman Foundation
  • Reshma Ramachandran
    Board Member & Chair of World Woman Davos Agenda
  • Carolyn Kissane
    Associate Dean of the NYU SPS Center for Global Affairs

Speakers:
  • HEADLINE PARTNER
    Organon & Co
  • Brianna Newland
    Clinical Associate Professor and Academic Director of Undergraduate Programs for the Tisch Institute for Global Sport( Moderator)
  • Geralyn Ritter
    Executive Vice President, External Affairs & ESG Organon
  • Erin Hulme
    Director of Global Philanthropy at the WHO Foundation
  • Ramsey Alwin
    President and CEO, National Council on Aging
  • Säbeen Fatima Haque
    CEO of doctHERs

Speakers:

How can women move from being short-changed to being in charge?

Speakers:
  • OFFICIAL ACADEMIC PARTNER
    NYU School of Professional Studies
  • Carolyn Kissane
    Associate Dean of the NYU SPS Center for Global Affairs ( Moderator)
  • Helen Clark
    Former Prime Minister of New Zealand

Speakers:
  • HEADLINER PARTNER
    Organon & Co.
  • Geralyn Ritter
    Executive Vice President, External Affairs & ESG Organon
  • Gabriela Ramos
    Assistant Director-General for the Social and Human Sciences of UNESCO
  • Federica Marchionni
    CEO, Global Fashion Agenda
  • Heba Aly
    CEO, The New Humanitarian
  • Carolyn Kissane
    Associate Dean of the NYU SPS Center for Global Affairs ( Moderator)

Speakers:

Speakers:
  • HEADLINE PARTNER
    NDTV
  • Sonia Singh
    Editorial Director, NDTV Group ( Keynote + Moderator)
  • Divya Gokulnath
    Co-founder and Director of Byju's
  • Seema Kumar
    Chief Executive Office Cure
  • Mirai Chatterjee
    Director of the Social Security Unit, Self-Employed Women's Association
  • Reshma Ramachandran
    Board Member & Chair of World Woman Davos Agenda
  • Navroop Sahdev
    Founder and CEO, The Digital Economist

Speakers:

Speakers:
  • HEADLINE PARTNER
  • Sonia Singh
    Editorial Director, NDTV Group
  • Jeanne Bourgault
    President and Chief Executive Officer, Internews
  • Ghada Owais
    Lebanese broadcast journalist, Al-Jazeera
  • Gloria Loman
    Executive President of 50&50 Gender Leadership
  • Fabienne Kinzelmann
    International correspondent, Handelszeitung ( Moderator)

Speakers:

Speakers:
  • OFFICIAL ACADEMIC PARTNER
    NYU School of Professional Studies
  • Ghosson G. Al Khaled
    Deputy CEO of ACICO Industries Company
  • Fatma Al Nuaimi
    Communications Executive Director at the Supreme Committee for Delivery & Legacy, Qatar
  • Ghada Owais
    Lebanese broadcast journalist, Al-Jazeera
  • Malak Al Akiely
    Managing Director of Golden Wheat for Grain Trading, Co-Founder of Golden Kayan for Oil & Energy , Young Global Leader with World Economic Forum
  • Carolyn Kissane Clinical Professor, Global Affairs, NYU SPS
    Associate Dean of the NYU SPS Center for Global Affairs ( Moderator)

Speakers:

Speakers:
  • Alison Moore
    CEO, Comic Relief US
  • Najoh Tita-Reid
    Global CMO, Logitech
  • Gina Badenoch
    Young Global Leader WEF & Founder, Capaxia
  • Claudia Romo
    Edelman, Founder & Executive Chairwoman, We Are All Human
  • Chandra Guinn
    Executive Director, Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, & Belonging (EDIB), McKinney
  • Megan Cunningham
    Award-winning Author, Producer, Director, and Media Entrepreneur
  • Adrianne C. Smith
    SVP/Senior Partner and Chief Diversity and Inclusion Officer, FleishmanHillard (Moderator)

Speakers:

Speakers:
  • OFFICIAL ACADEMIC PARTNER
    NYU School of Professional Studies
  • Carol Chen
    CMO Shell Mobility and Chairman Shell Brand International
  • Lauren Tilstra
    Chief of Staff & Executive Director, Strategic Communications, Office of the Chairman and CEO · Verizon
  • Dr. Anna Zeiter
    Associate General Counsel and Chief Privacy Officer, eBay Inc
  • Dr. Lea Sonderegger
    CDO/CIO, Member of the Executive Committee, SWAROVSKI
  • Carolyn Kissane Clinical Professor, Global Affairs, NYU SPS
    Associate Dean of the NYU SPS Center for Global Affairs ( Moderator)

Speakers:
  • OFFICIAL ACADEMIC PARTNER
    NYU School of Professional Studies
  • Annika Ojala,
    Rights & Democracy Campaigner, Greens/EFA in the European Parliament European Parliament
  • Carolyn Kissane Clinical Professor, Global Affairs, NYU SPS
    Associate Dean of the NYU SPS Center for Global Affairs
  • Elena Balbekova
    Energy and Climate Change Adviser at British Embassy Kyiv
  • Serap Altinisik
    CEO, Oxfam Germany
  • Zuzanna Lewandowska Lewandowska Soclal Entrepreneur, Media and NGO Executive
    Soclal Entrepreneur, Media and NGO Executive ( Moderator)

Speakers:
  • OFFICIAL ACADEMIC PARTNER
    NYU School of Professional Studies
  • Carolyn Kissane Clinical Professor, Global Affairs, NYU SPS
    Associate Dean of the NYU SPS Center for Global Affairs

Speakers:
  • Helen Clark
    Former Prime Minister of New Zealand
  • Federica Marchionni
    CEO, Global Fashion Agenda
  • Nicola Mendelsohn
    VP Global Business Group, Meta
  • Ghada Oueiss
    Lebanese Broadcast Journalist, Al-Jazeera
  • Fatma Al Nuaimi
    Communications Executive Director, Supreme Committee for Delivery & Legacy, Qatar
  • Geralyn Ritter
    Executive Vice President, External Affairs & ESG Organon ESG, Organon

Speakers:
  • Gina Badenoch Badenoch Young Global Leader WEF & Founder, Capaxia
    Young Global Leader WEF & Founder, Capaxia
  • Aayati Dash Kar Dash Kar Creator Queendom Metaverse & Asst.Creative Director World Woman LEADhER Book
    reator Queendom Metaverse & Asst.Creative Director World Woman LEADhER Book

headliners

08:45 AM - 09:00 AM

OPENING REMARKS & KEYNOTE

Rupa Dash Co-Founder & CEO, World Woman Foundation

Reshma Ramachandran, Board Member & Chair of World Woman Davos Agenda

Carolyn Kissane Clinical Professor, Global Affairs, NYU SPS

09:00 AM- 10:00 AM

HEALTH EQUALITY MOONSHOT

HEADLINE PARTNER

Organon & Co

Brianna Newland Clinical Associate Professor and Academic Director of Undergraduate Programs for the Tisch Institute for Global Sport.

Moderator

Geralyn Ritter Executive Vice President, External Affairs & ESG Organon

Dr. Nono Simelela Assistant Director-General for Strategic Priorities: Cervical Cancer Elimination. Women’s Health. Youth. Health Rights, WHO

Erin Hulme, Director of Global Philanthropy at the WHO Foundation

Ramsey Alwin President and CEO, National Council on Aging

Säbeen Fatima Haque CEO of doctHERs

10:00 AM- 10:15 AM

BREAK

10:15 AM - 10:45 AM

FIRESIDE CONVERSATION How can women move from being short-changed to being in charge?

OFFICIAL ACADEMIC PARTNER

NYU School of Professional Studies

Carolyn Kissane Clinical Professor, Global Affairs, NYU SPS

Moderator

Helen Clark Former Prime Minister of New Zealand

10:45 AM - 11:45 AM

GLOBAL CO-OPERATION & EQUALITY MOONSHOT

HEADLINER PARTNER

Organon & Co.

Geralyn Ritter Executive Vice President, External Affairs & ESG Organon

Gabriela Ramos Assistant Director-General for the Social and Human Sciences of UNESCO

Federica Marchionni CEO, Global Fashion Agenda

Heba Aly CEO, The New Humanitarian

Kristen Edgreen Kaufman, Deputy Commissioner of Public Private Partnerships & Economic Development, NYC Mayor’s Office for International Affairs

Carolyn Kissane Clinical Professor, Global Affairs, NYU SPS

Moderator

11:45 AM- 12:00 PM

BREAK

12:00 PM - 12:45 PM

INDIA'S EQUALITY MOONSHOT

HEADLINE PARTNER

NDTV

Sonia Singh Editorial Director, NDTV Group

Keynote Address + Moderator

Divya Gokulnath Co-founder and Director of Byju's

Seema Kumar Chief Executive Office Cure

Chetna Gala Sinha Co-Chair, World Economic Forum and Founder / Chair, Mann Deshi Bank

Reshma Ramachandran, Board Member & Chair of World Woman Davos Agenda

Navroop Sahdev Founder and CEO, The Digital Economist

Mirai Chatterjee Director of the Social Security Unit, Self-Employed Women's Association

12:45 PM- 01:00 PM

BREAK

01:00 PM - 01:45 PM

NEW ERA DEMOCRACY, MEDIA FREEDOM & EQUALITY MOONSHOT

Sonia Singh Editorial Director, NDTV.Anchor,The NDTV Dialogues

Jeanne Bourgault President and Chief Executive Officer, Internews

Ghada Owais Lebanese broadcast journalist, Al-Jazeera

Gloria Loman Executive President of 50&50 Gender Leadership

Fabienne Kinzelmann International correspondent, Handelszeitung

Moderator

01:45 PM- 02:00 PM

BREAK

02:00 PM - 02:45 PM

MIDDLE EAST & EQUALITY MOONSHOT

OFFICIAL ACADEMIC PARTNER

NYU School of Professional Studies

Ghosson G. Al Khaled Deputy CEO of ACICO Industries Company

Fatma Al Nuaimi Communications Executive Director at the Supreme Committee for Delivery & Legacy, Qatar

Ghada Owais Lebanese broadcast journalist, Al-Jazeera

Carolyn Kissane Clinical Professor, Global Affairs, NYU SPS

Moderator

02:45 PM- 03:00 PM

BREAK

03:00 PM- 3:45 PM

POWER OF INCLUSION & EQUALITY MOONSHOT

Alison Moore CEO, Comic Relief US

Najoh Tita-Reid Global CMO, Logitech

Gina Badenoch Young Global Leader WEF & Founder, Capaxia

Claudia Romo Edelman, Founder & Executive Chairwoman, We Are All Human

Chandra Guinn Executive Director, Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, & Belonging (EDIB), McKinney

Megan Cunningham Award-winning Author, Producer, Director, and Media Entrepreneur

Adrianne C. Smith, SVP/Senior Partner and Chief Diversity and Inclusion Officer, FleishmanHillard

Moderator

03:45 PM- 04:00 PM

BREAK

04:00 PM - 04:45 PM

INCLUSION INNOVATION, WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT & EQUALITY MOONSHOT

OFFICIAL ACADEMIC PARTNER

NYU School of Professional Studies

Carol Chen CMO Shell Mobility and Chairman Shell Brand International

Lauren Tilstra Chief of Staff & Executive Director, Strategic Communications, Office of the Chairman and CEO · Verizon

Dr. Anna Zeiter Associate General Counsel and Chief Privacy Officer, eBay Inc

Dr. Lea Sonderegger CDO/CIO, Member of the Executive Committee, SWAROVSKI

Carolyn Kissane Clinical Professor, Global Affairs, NYU SPS

Moderator

4:45 PM - 05:30PM

EUROPE'S EQUALITY MOONSHOT

OFFICIAL ACADEMIC PARTNER

NYU School of Professional Studies

Annika Ojala, Rights & Democracy Campaigner, Greens/EFA in the European Parliament European Parliament

Carolyn Kissane Clinical Professor, Global Affairs, NYU SPS

Elena Balbekova Energy and Climate Change Adviser at British Embassy Kyiv

Serap Altinisik CEO, Oxfam Germany

Zuzanna Lewandowska Soclal Entrepreneur, Media and NGO Executive

Moderator

05:30 PM - 05:45 PM

CLOSING REMARKS

OFFICIAL ACADEMIC PARTNER

NYU School of Professional Studies

Carolyn Kissane Clinical Professor, Global Affairs, NYU SPS

6:30 PM - 9:00 PM

VIP RECEPTION & AWARDS

Helen Clark, Former Prime Minister of New Zealand

Dr. Nono Simelela, Assistant Director-General , Strategic Priorities, Cervical Cancer Elimination. Women’s Health. Youth. Health Rights, WHO

Federica Marchionni, CEO, Global Fashion Agenda

Nicola Mendelsohn, VP Global Business Group, Meta

Ghada Oueiss, Lebanese Broadcast Journalist, Al-Jazeera

Fatma Al Nuaimi, Communications Executive Director, Supreme Committee for Delivery & Legacy, Qatar

Geralyn Ritter, Executive Vice President, External Affairs & ESG Organon ESG, Organon

Chetna Gala Sinha, Founder & Chair, Mann Deshi Bank

6:30 PM- 9:00 PM

LEADher BOOK LAUNCH

Gina Badenoch Young Global Leader WEF & Founder, Capaxia

Moderator

Aayati Dash Kar Creator Queendom Metaverse & Asst.Creative Director World Woman LEADhER Book

THE VENUE

UC SAN DIEGO PARK AND MARKET

Park & Market brings UC San Diego downtown—in a glorious new state of the art building in East Village. Here, experts, community leaders, artists, entrepreneurs, and visionaries will mingle and confer

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WHY ATTEND

GET INSPIRED.

Prepare to be inspired by an unprecedented lineup of leaders, on and off the stage. They’ll share their stories—and lessons learned along the way—about defying the odds and reinventing business their own way.

GET EMPOWERED.

Surround yourself with savvy leaders with diverse backgrounds, passions, and pursuits for a day of dynamic exchanges and innovative business ideas. They’ll have you energized and empowered to build a thriving economy, sustainable planet and inclusive world women and girls.

GET EQUIPPED.

Have your most-pressing world challenges, concerns, and questions addressed in this open forum. You will receive practical advice, feasible solutions, and innovative ideas on how to fund, launch and solve humanity’s grand challenges that women and girls face around the world

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