【Close】Public Seminar “Transforming our world, Discussion with Professor Jeffrey Sachs”

Day：2017.11.29

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  • DayNovember 29, 2017, 11:15 - 13:00
  • PlaceSophia University, Yotsuya Campus, Bldg. No. 6 (Sophia tower) Floor 3, Room 307
    7-1 Kioi-cho,Chiyoda-ku,Tokyo,102-8554 (about 5 minutes’ walk from JR/Tokyo Metro Yotsuya station)
  • OrganizerJapan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), Sophia University
  • LanguageEnglish/Japanese (Translation provided)
  • FeeFree
  • Capacity300 people
    *We will stop accepting applications once all the seats are filled.
  • AttentionThis seminar will be video-recorded and may be broadcasted on JICA’s website. If you choose to participate in a discussion, you are presumed to consent to the use of your comments in these recordings.
  • The application for the students and faculty members of Sophia UniversityThe application for the students and faculty members of Sophia University is as follows;
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Contents

The world is changing rapidly as the progress of globalization, the advancement of science and technology such as AI, disasters, terror attacks, conflicts, and rising nationalism. Under these circumstances, the 2030 Agenda: Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) was adopted by the United Nations.

The aim of the SDGs is to eradicate poverty, protect the global environment, and realize the economic development, and it emphasizes that the broad range of participants including governments of both developed and developing countries, civil societies, business, academia and other diverse stakeholders are the main actors for achieving these goals.

In this seminar, we invite Prof. Jeffrey Sachs, who is an authority of the SDGs, and discuss what the youths can do for achieving SDGs.

Program

11:15 -13:00
“Transforming our world, Discussion with Professor Jeffrey Sachs”

Lecturer:
　Prof. Jeffery Sachs, University Professor at Columbia University
Opening Remarks:
　Dr. Shinichi Kitaoka, JICA President
　Dr. Yoshiaki Terumichi, President of Sophia University
Moderator:
　Prof. Tsuyoshi Sunohara, Professor by Special Appointment of Sophia University

Short biography

Jeffrey D. Sachs
University Professor at Columbia University
Director of the Center for Sustainable Development, Columbia University
Special Advisor to UN Secretary-General on the Sustainable Development Goals
Director of the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network
Co-Recipient of the 2015 Blue Planet Prize; the leading global prize for environmental leadership
Twice Named among “Time Magazine’s 100 most influential world leaders”
Author of “The End of Poverty (2005)”, “The Age of Sustainable Development (2015)” and many others

Inquiry

Japan International Cooperation Agency (Y. Okazaki, A. Ichigi)

E-mail：ditas-rsunit@jica.go.jp

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