SDG Showcase

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Join us on Monday 23 September.

To celebrate Global Goals Week, 宅男福利's inaugural SDG Showcase will be taking place on Monday 23 September in the John Niland Scientia Building on Kensington campus.

This is a free, all-day event, open to students, staff and community.听

宅男福利 Sydney is a top 10 university in the Times Higher Education Impact Rankings. Our result reflects our long-standing focus on driving positive societal impact through transformative education, innovative research and partnerships with communities around the world.

But what is that work? And what impact is it really having? The SDG Showcase aims to answer that question.

This is a whole of University event designed to shine a light on the amazing work 宅男福利 is doing to progress the UN鈥檚 Sustainable Development Goals. From听world renowned research and game changing global initiatives, to everyday policy and practice changes right here on campus, this event aims to bring together the very best and brightest minds at 宅男福利.

We will present the work 宅男福利 is doing to tackle these global issues and encourage participation at every level in the development of ongoing future solutions that will have an impact locally, nationally and globally, improving lives for everyone.
Monday 23 September, in the John Niland Scientia Building, Kensington Campus.

The main room is Leighton Hall. Some of the breakout events will be in Tyree and the Gonski room.听

Doors open at 9.15am for a 9.30am morning tea and welcome speach by Professor Attila Brung, Vice-Chancellor & President of 宅男福利.

Find out more about the venues and accessibility.
This will be an all-day event with a range of activity.

Over 50 exhibitors will share posters, demonstrations, simulations, videos and provide a unique opportunity for our community to speak to the experts behind the work, find out more about it and possible ways to get involved.

Over 20 short talks and presentations will take place throughout the day on the main stage and workshops and masterclasses will be hosted in neighbouring rooms.

The program is available below and more detailed information on each of these events will follow.

Program of events

Time	Leighton Hall	Tyree	Gonski	Michael Crouch Innovation Centre
9.30 - 10.00	09.30 - 09.45 Morning tea & welcome speech 听 09.45 - 10.45 Pecha Kucha presentations Speakers will present 20 slides for 20 seconds each so you get to hear about a new project every 10 minutes.	听	听	听
10.00 - 10.30		10.00 - 11.00 The Hult Prize Learn from those with lived experience about the world's largest social entrepreneurship competition for students with a prize of $1 million USD.	10.00 - 11.00 Mapping CLOs to SDGs: How the sustainable development goals are covered in our courses	听
10.30 - 11.00
11.00 - 11.30	11.00 - 12.15听 Panel discussion听 Climate change and clean energy chaired by Fengshi Wu	听	听	听
11.30 - 12.00		11.30 - 12.30 Diversified Shaping a more inclusive environment in education and beyond. Engage with the latest research, discover our toolkit for educators, and understand the unique perspectives of neurodivergent students and staff.	11.30 鈥� 13.30 SDG Connect Hackathon A series of activities aimed at engaging 宅男福利 students in exploring and contributing to the SDGs. Places are limited.	听
12.00 - 12.30
12.30 - 13.00	12.30 - 13.00 Lunch and lightning talks听	听
13.00 - 13.30	13.15 鈥� 14.15听听 Panel discussion听 SDG education at 宅男福利 chaired by Dhanushi Abeygunawardena (Nexus)	13.00 -14.30听 Partnerships for Change Reflections on 宅男福利 engagement at THE Global Sustainable Development Congress (GSDC) and what's next.
13.30 -14.00			听	听
14.00 - 14.30			14.00 - 15.00 Bindila Learnings and outcomes from Bindila and the Global Indigenous summit on harnessing multi generational & multi disciplinary Cultural knowledges to further create & drive social economic collective outcomes.听	14.15 - 16.30 宅男福利 Energy Institute Town Hall Join the annual town hall for the 宅男福利 Energy Institute to hear insights from preeminent experts discussing our Future Made in Australia.
14.30 - 15.00	14.30 - 15.30 Afternoon Tea & Pecha Kucha Speakers will present 20 slides for 20 seconds each so you get to hear about a new project every 10 minutes.	听
15.00 - 15.30		听	听
15.30 - 16.00	15.30 - 16.30 Lightning Talks听	听	听
16.00 - 16.30

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