Day 1: March 20, 2023
In-person venues:
Church Center for the United Nations (CCUN), 777 United Nations Plaza, New York, NY 10017, which is located at the corner of 1st Avenue on 44th Street
Baha’i International Community (BIC), 866 United Nations Plaza #120, New York, NY 10017, which is located at the corner of 1st Ave. on 48th Street
9:00-9:30 EDT
Coffee & welcome (in person)
9:30-11:00 EDT
Opening Plenary: The Role of Civil Society in the SDG Summit and the Summit of the Future
Opening session to set the context for the Global Futures Forum, featuring a High-Level Panel.
In-person venue: 2nd Floor CCUN
Panel
●Moderator: Nudhara Yusuf, Global Futures Forum Coordinator
● H.E. Alya Al-Thani, Permanent Representative of Qatar to the United Nations
● H.E. Fergal Mythen, Permanent Representative of Ireland to the United Nations
● H.E. Guy Ryder, UN Under-Secretary-General for Policy
● Aishwarya Machani, UN Foundation Next Generation Fellow
● H.E. Danilo Türk, President, Club de Madrid and Member, High Level Advisory Board for Effective Multilateralism (TBC)
● Khalid Boudali, Presiding Officer, AU Economic, Social & Cultural Council (ECOSOCC)
● H.E. Maria Fernanda Espinosa, Co-Chair, Coalition for the UN We Need and Executive Director, Global Women Leaders: Voices for Change and Inclusion
11:00-12:00 EDT
Where we are: Briefings by Civil Society Representatives
Objectives: Brief updates on where we are till now (regional forums, e-consultations, youth research papers,
global policy dialogues, intergovernmental negotiation tracks, etc.) and outline of upcoming thematic tracks /
work sessions during the Global Futures Forum.
In person location: 2nd Floor CCUN
Panel
● Moderator: Sandrine Dixson-Declève, Co-President, Club of Rome
● Theory of Change: Kizito Byenkya, Director of Campaigns and Co-Director of the Washington D.C. Office, Open Society Foundations
● Youth Futures Initiatives: Sofia Bermudez, GFF Youth Coordinator and UNESCO SDG4Youth Network
● Regional Forums intervention: Jefferey Huffines, Senior Advisor ,Coalition for the UN We Need
● Feminist Framework for Our Common Agenda Policy Briefing: Soon-Young Yoon, UN Representative, International Alliance for Women
● E-Consultations and the People’s Pact Framework: Dan Perell, Co-Chair, Coalition for the UN We Need
Dan Perell Introduces:
● Futures Thinking Briefing: Jonas Gissel Mikkelsen, Director of Copenhagen Institute on Future Studies
● Respondent: H.E. Brian Wallace, Permanent Representative of Jamaica to the United Nations
12:30-13:45 EDT
Work in Tracks (Group A):
Each of the thematic tracks has identified speakers to lead-off discussions, building on extensive e-consultation inputs. For details and summaries of the seven thematic tracks.
Objectives: Discuss and concretize Interim People’s Pact recommendations.
Online participants will join via the link and enter their individually chosen breakout rooms.
- Human Rights & Participation (2nd Floor CCUN)
- Environmental Governance (10th Floor CCUN)
- UN & Global Governance Innovation (Large Room BIC)
Lunch (Group B)
13:45-15:00 EDT
Work in Tracks (Group B):
Each of the thematic tracks has identified speakers to lead-off discussions, building on extensive e-consultation inputs. For details and summaries of the seven thematic tracks.
Objectives: Discuss and concretize Interim People’s Pact recommendations.
Online participants will join via the link and enter their individually chosen breakout rooms.
- Peace & Security (2nd Floor CCUN)
- Development & HLPF (Large Room BIC)
- Global Economic & Financial Architecture (Medium Room BIC)
- Global Digital Compact (10th Floor CCUN)
Lunch (Group A)
15:15-15:45 EDT
Talanoa Dialogues: Stories from the Grassroots
Objectives: Storytelling dialogues featuring indigenous/minority groups to help expand perspectives.
- Global Economic & Financial Architecture + Environmental Governance (Medium Room BIC)
- Human Rights & Participation + Global Digital Compact (10th Floor CCUN)
- Development & HLPF (Large Room BIC)
- UN & Global Governance Innovation + Peace and Security (2nd Floor CCUN)
16:00-17:30 EDT
Interconnection panels
Participants break into four roundtables to articulate and discuss outcomes from Day One, in order to learn from the other groups and feed into Day Two and push discussions forward.
Roundtable 1: facilitated by Renata Juilotti, Georgios Kostakos (Large Room BIC)
Roundtable 2: facilitated by Tad Dailey, Fergus Watt, Anna Dupont (10th Floor CCUN)
Roundtable 3: facilitated by John Vlasto, Rosario Garavito, Sofia Garcia (2nd Floor CCUN)
Roundtable 4: facilitated by Rilli Lappalainan, Maddy Petersen, Sofia Bermudez (Medium Room BIC)
Roundtable 5 (Online only): Alyn Ware, Monique Cuillerier, Aline Burni, Tiago Masrour
17:45-19:00 EDT
Evening Reception: Women & Water
Venue: APCO Worldwide, 1250 Broadway 31st floor, New York, NY 10010, which is located on the corner of Broadway
and 31st Street.
Brief interventions from
● Maria Fernanda Espinosa, Co-Chair, Coalition for the UN We Need and Executive Director, Global Women Leaders: Voices for Change and Inclusion
● Lopa Banerjee, Director, Civil Society Division and Executive Coordinator of Generation Equality, UN Women
● Martha Rojas, Commissioner, Global Commission on the Economics of Water
● Judit Arenas, Executive Director, APCO Worldwide