Business, the MDGs and Beyond

Over 120 leaders from business, government and civil society will convene in New York City on 25 September to discuss the powerful role that business can play in accelerating progress towards the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and developing a post-2015 agenda for development.

The day is being organized by a coalition of leading international business and development organisations including: the Business Call to Action, Business Fights Poverty, the Overseas Development Institute, the United Nations Development Programme and UNGlobal Compact. Event partners include Business Action for Africa, Harvard Kennedy School's CSR Initiative, Initiative for Global Development, the International Business Leaders Forum, ONE and Business Council for the United Nations.

The day is being organized by a coalition of leading international business and development organizations including: the Business Call to Action, Business Fights Poverty, theOverseas Development Institute, the United Nations Development Programme and UNGlobal Compact. Event partners include Business Action for Africa, Harvard KennedySchool's CSR Initiative, Initiative for Global Development, the International BusinessLeaders Forum, ONE and Business Council for the United Nations.

This event is by invitation only. For event videos, summary report, and other information please click here.

Speakers include:

Business leaders

  • John Fallon, Chief Executive, Pearson International

  • Miguel Pestana, Vice President, Global External Affairs, Unilever

  • Dieter May, Senior Vice President, Mobile Phone Services, Nokia

  • Lise Kingo, Executive Vice President, Chief of Staff (COS), NovoNordisk

  • Abayomi Awobokun, CEO, Oando Marketing PLC

  • Eduardo Ferreira, CEO of Microinvest, ItaúUnibanco

  • Beatrice Perez, Chief Sustainability Officer, The Coca-Cola Company

  • Rick Hooper, CEO, Barefoot Power

  • Jim Ayala, Founder and CEO, Hybrid Social Solutions

Government and Civil Society

  • Hans-Jürgen Beerfeltz, State Secretary of the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development, Germany

  • Deborah Dugan, CEO, RED

  • Shinichi Iida, Director, Global Issues Cooperation Division Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs

  • Christopher Jurgens, Global Partnerships Division Director, USAID

  • Sigrid Kaag, Assistant Secretary-General and Assistant Administrator, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)

  • Georg Kell, Executive Director, UN Global Compact

  • H.E. Wycliffe Musalia Mudavadi, Deputy Prime Minister, Kenya

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