America in 2020: Mobilizing for a Decade of Sustainable Development
Agenda
Thursday, January 23
Van Metre Hall - Auditorium
1:00 - 1:30 PM
Welcome & Introductions
Jeffrey Sachs (Columbia University), Dan Esty (Yale University), Gordon McCord (University of California, San Diego), Aurali Dade (George Mason University), Tom Lovejoy (George Mason University)
1:30 - 2:30 PM
Pittsburgh and the SDGs
Pittsburgh Mayor Bill Peduto and Tony Pipa (Brookings Institute)
2:30 - 4:00 PM
US Pathways Project
Jim Williams (University of San Francisco), Elena Crete (SDSN), Jeff Sachs (Columbia University), Dan Esty (Yale University), Gordon McCord (University of California, San Diego)
4:00 - 4:30 PM
Break, Relocate to Multipurpose Room
4:30 - 5:30 PM
University SDG Reporting Fishbowl
Sarah Mendelson (Carnegie Mellon University), Jolynn Shoemaker (University of California, Davis)
5:30 - 7:00 PM
Networking Happy Hour hosted by GMU’s Business for a Better World Center
The Business for a Better World Center, housed in the School of Business at George Mason University, recognizes that business is a force for good in the world, leading the charge to address the world's wicked problems. The Center will: educate the next generation of leaders ready to take on complex challenges, generate knowledge that transforms business "as usual", convene leaders across sectors, effective positive change in the world by engaging with action-oriented partnerships, and lead a global movement to reshape business education for the world.
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Friday, January 24
Van Metre Hall Multipurpose Room
8:30 - 9:00 AM
Continental Breakfast & Networking
9:00 - 9:30 AM
SDSN Global Networks Update
Elena Crete (SDSN)
9:30 - 10:15 AM
Lightning Presentations
Engaging Students and Academic Institutions to Achieve Zero Hunger - Alicia Powers (Auburn University)
Universities Fighting World Hunger (UFWH) and Presidents United to Solve Hunger (PUSH) offer students and academic institutions strategic ways to engage in SDG 2 both locally and globally. Learn more about how UFWH student grassroots chapters and PUSH university administrators are working to achieve of SDG2.
Advancing SDG 17: Partnership for the Goals through the RCE Greater Atlanta Regional Sustainability Network - Jennifer Hirsch (Georgia Tech)
Officially acknowledged by the United Nations University in December 2017, RCE Greater Atlanta is one of 168 RCEs across the world and 7 in the U.S. RCEs support implementation of the SDGs at the regional level through education and training. RCE Greater Atlanta brings together nine universities and colleges with nonprofit, community, government, and business partners - and we are the only RCE in the U.S. with strong leadership and participation from HBCUs (Historically Black Colleges and Universities). This short presentation will provide an overview of our efforts to build relationships and collaborations during our first two years.
SUNY Global Health Institute: A Statewide Health Research Network to Advance Sustainable Development in New York State and with Global Partners - Gene D Morse, Jack DeHovitz, Marianne Hassan, Cynthia Proctor, Tod Laursen (University at Buffalo; Downstate Health Sciences Center; State University of New York)
As a contributor to the SDSN and the growing SDSN-USA, the SUNY Global Health Institute plans to utilize a collaborative online international collaborative network integrated with a microcredentialing certificate program to build the urban and rural health research workforce. The workforce will work with regional community groups to address sustainable health, education, nutrition and economic development goals in New York State.
Campuswide Year on Climate Change - Dano Weisbord (Smith College)
Smith College's President Kathleen McMartney asked what an "institutional response to climate change" might look like. Of all the ideas tested by a Study Group on Climate Change, the Year on Climate Change had the greatest institutional interest. Smith is half-way through the year, and this presentation will include the intentions, the activities and the plan to measure impact.
10:15 - 10:30 AM
Break
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Breakout Discussion Sessions
12:00 - 1:00 PM
Networking Lunch
1:00 - 2:00 PM
US SDG Indices
Alainna Lynch (SDSN), Vana Zervanos (Saint Joseph’s University), David DuBois (Kent State University)
2:00 - 3:00 PM
Sustainable Development & University Partnership in Louisville
Louisville Mayor Greg Fischer, Lauren Anderson (University of Louisville), Tony Pipa (Brookings Institute)
3:00 - 3:30 PM
Morning Workshop “Reporting”
3:30 - 4:30 PM
Brainstorming & Next Steps
Jeffrey Sachs, Dan Esty, Gordon McCord, and Caroline Fox