8:30am -9:30am

Registration and Networking Breakfast

9:30am

Opening and Overview Remarks

• Luis Neves,  Group Sustainability and Climate Protection Officer at Deutsche Telekom, and GeSI Chairman
• Joan Krajewski, General Manager DSC Safety, Compliance & Sustainability, Microsoft
• Dr. Vaughan Turekian, Science and Technology Adviser to the Secretary of State, U.S. Department of State

10:15am

The role of ICT in advancing the SDGs – key findings from GeSI’s research

Comments: this session provides context on what promising ICT-related innovations will be essential to meet SDG and Paris Agreement objectives

• Jessica Long, Managing Director, Accenture
• Chris Lloyd, Director of Global Corporate Citizenship Verizon & Vice-Chairman, Global e-Sustainability Initiative

11:00am

Implementation of the SDGs and linkages to technologies

• Daniella Ballou-Aares, Senior Advisor for Development, U.S. Department of State

11:15am

Building sustainable cities and communities with ICT enabled innovation and infrastructure (Goals 11 and 9)

• Amanda Chiampi, Director of Sustainability, AT&T 
• Matt Swibel, Director of Sustainability, Lockheed Martin

12:15pm

Break moving into a working lunch

12:30pm

Promoting Sustainable Growth while Breaking the Carbon Connection: ICT innovations to reduce carbon emissions / energy efficiency (Goal 13)

• Nancy Gillis, CEO, Green Electronics Council
• Kevin Moss, Global Director of the Business Center, World Resources International
• Greg Wetstone, CEO,  American Council On Renewable Energy

1:30pm

Using ICT to Advance Quality Education (Goal 4)

Kate Krukiel,  Director of Strategic Partnerships, Microsoft

Panel:
Michelle Brown, Founder, President & CEO, CommonLit
Gary Fowlie, Head Liaison Office to the United Nations, International Telecommunication Union (ITU)
Frances Holuba, Director of Social Enterprise, Politico
Sean Walsh, Corporate Communications Strategist, Duke Energy

2:30pm

Using ICT to Advance Opportunities for Good Health and Well Being (Goal 3)

• Steve Hellen, Director ICT4D & GIS, Catholic Relief Services
• Rebecca Weissburg,  Vice President of Strategic  Partnerships, VOTO Mobile
• Kate Wilson, CEO, Digital Impact Alliance (DIAL)

3:30pm

Using ICT to promote decent work and economic growth (Goal 8)

• Dr. Robert D. Atkinson, Ph.D. President, Information Technology and Innovation Foundation
• Dr. Mark Drapeau, Sr. Director of Membership, North America, Application Developers Alliance
• Nilmini Gunaratne Rubin, Senior Advisor for Global Economic Competitiveness, U.S. House Foreign Affairs Committee
• Ingvild A. Sørensen, Senior Manager, Global Compact LEAD, United Nations Global Compact

4:15pm 

Next Steps
Luis Neves, GeSI Chairman