Expert Events
Solving for Humanity is not your typical “case competition”.
We organized an incredible series of high-level speaker panels, workshops, and other events that provide opportunities for the next generation of global changemakers to get honest feedback and hear directly from leading scholars, executives, activists, scientists, and founders.
Young leaders brought their own questions to our virtual dialogues, focused on unconventional insights and actionable steps to re-imagine your education and career.
Insights to transform our knowledge and careers.
High-level Expert Panels
High-Level Speaker Panel #4
How does empowering women lead to human development?
MONDAY, JULY 17
10 AM - 11 AM USA Eastern Time
3 PM - 4 PM West Africa Time
7:30 PM - 8:30 PM India Standard Time
Is your team working on a proposal related to gender equity and other complex social issues?
Or just want to hear first-hand how deeply gender inequity impacts human development, from rates of education and innovation to policymaking trends?
Bring your questions to this virtual high-level speaker panel, featuring:
Yasmin Poole (current Rhodes Scholar, award-winning youth influencer at Oxford University)
Rehana Mohammed (Research Fellow at the United Nations Development Programme, MA in International Policy from Stanford University)
High-Level Speaker Panel #3
AI, digitalization, decarbonization: Why do these matter?
MONDAY, JULY 3
10 AM - 11 AM USA Eastern Time
3 PM - 4 PM West Africa Time
7:30 PM - 8:30 PM India Standard Time
Is your team working on a proposal about the role of technology or finance and want to know what world-class experts would include?
Or just want to hear insights on the worldwide impact of digitalization, decarbonization, and renewable energy — plus what YOU can do to become a leader in these fields?
Bring your questions to this virtual high-level speaker panel, featuring:
Dee Yang (Partner at global management consulting firm McKinsey & Co. forcused on natural capital and climate risk)
Tochi Ginigeme (Deputy Managing Director at Oxford Seed Fund, an Oxford University venture capital fund)
Daniela Sardón (Consultant at The World Bank focused on poverty and gender equality)
High-Level Speaker Panel #2
Is sustainable development possible in the Anthropocene?
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 28
10 AM - 11 AM USA Eastern Time
3 PM - 4 PM West Africa Time
7:30 PM - 8:30 PM India Standard Time
Is your team working on a proposal in the Anthropocene challenge theme and want to know what world-class experts would include?
Or just want to know how to achieve sustainable and equitable human development in the Anthropocene?
Bring your questions to this virtual high-level speaker panel, featuring:
Priyanka Soni (Middle East and North Africa sustainable finance strategic analyst, United Nations Development Programme)
Enrique Peñalosa (Former mayor of Bogota, Colombia and urban sustainability consultant and advocate)
High-Level Speaker Panel #1
Institutions and Human Development
THURSDAY, JUNE 22
10 AM - 11 AM USA Eastern Time
3 PM - 4 PM West Africa Time
6:30 PM - 7:30 PM India Standard Time
Is your team working on a proposal in the Institutions challenge theme and want to know what world-class experts would include?
Or just curious about the role of political, social, and cultural institutions in achieving more sustainable and equitable human development?
Bring your questions to this virtual high-level speaker panel, featuring:
Dr. Eddy Malesky (Director, Duke Center for International Development)
Dr. Sabina Alkire (Director, Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative)
Ajay Jha (Co-chair, United Nations Major Groups and Other Stakeholders; Programme Lead, Public Advocacy Initiative for Rights and Values in India)
Tope Imasekha (Founder, Women Impacting Nigeria)
Kick-off Event
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 21
9 AM - 10 AM USA Eastern Time
2 PM - 3 PM West Africa Time
5:30 PM - 6:30 PM India Standard Time
Don’t miss out on your chance to engage directly with United Nations experts at the official Solving for Humanity virtual kick-off event.
We’ll be joined in conversation by two leading experts, Fernanda Pavez Esbry and Josefin Pasanen, from the United Nations Development Programme, who will discuss their ongoing work in human development, share important ideas for your proposals, and talk about what it’s like to work at the United Nations.
Bring your questions and meet young leaders around the world! We hope to see you there.
Registered after June 21? We’re glad to have you! Please view the kick-off event here.
Are you an expert? Work with us to share your expertise
Are you a experienced development practitioner, researcher, advocate, or executive advancing innovative solutions for human development? Do you want to inspire the next generation of young leaders?
We invite you to contact us to discuss bringing your background and impact to our global audience of young leaders through an expert session with participants in the first two weeks of July.