Together 2018: Collaboration, Innovation, and the SDGs

We are pleased to announce that Together 2018: Collaboration, Innovation and the Sustainable Development Goals—the second annual, internationally recognized symposium dedicated to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) — will be hosted on November 5th & 6th 2018 at the UAlberta campus in partnership with the Alberta Council for Global Cooperation.

In October 2017, the first-ever multi-stakeholder symposium on the Global Goals was held in Calgary, Alberta. Together 2017: Collaboration, Innovation and the Sustainable Development Goals bridged the gap across sectors about the importance of collaboration and innovation in achieving the 2030 Agenda. 300 delegates attended, representing 150 organizations. The United Nations named Together 2017 one of the top 7 SDG convening events in 2017.

Building on the foundation of partnership, innovation, and cross-sector collaboration, Together 2018 calls on delegates to explore their role in advancing the SDGs in Canada and around the world. This symposium will examine Canada’s progress on achieving the SDGs, acknowledge new leaders that have joined the movement, and identify innovative ways to tackle the 2030 Agenda.

Together 2018 will enable attendees to develop their roles as leaders in the implementation, monitoring and evaluation of the SDGs, both within Canada and abroad, through opportunities to:

? Learn about current work by all levels of government, civil society, and the private sector, leveraging regional and global knowledge to strengthen relationships and present new possibilities for increased collective impact;

? Share good practices and lessons learned between organizations, institutions, communities and individuals, including methods and tools for effective research and policy work;

? Create new partnerships and forward-thinking solutions for the achievement of the SDGs, looking at possibilities and opportunities both locally and globally;

? Measure progress on the SDGs and report that progress on a periodic basis;

? Advance together using the knowledge, skills, tools and networks gained in your communities and organizations.

Join us this November in Edmonton, Alberta as we convene decision makers, leaders and influencers from across Canada and around the world, representing the private sector, civil society, government, Indigenous peoples, academia, and youth, to explore a whole-of-society approach to the SDGs from a multitude of perspectives and scales.

Submit a proposal abstract here.