JULY 12th, 2023
SDG Conference
AGENDA
TIME
ACTIVITY / TOPIC
UB LOCATION
8:00 AM - 9:00 AM
Registration
Main Foyer
Keva Bethel Building
9:00 AM – 9:45 AM
Opening Ceremony
Her Excellency Lachezara Stoeva, United Nations Economic and Social Council
Vincent Sweeney, United Nations Resident Coordinator
Diane Quarless, United Nations Economic Commission for Latin American and Caribbean
Performance Art Center
Keva Bethel Building (A Block)
9:45 AM - 10:00 AM
What are the Sustainable Development Goals?
Sustainable Development Goals Unit, Office of the Prime Minister
Performance Art Center
Keva Bethel Building (A Block)
THEME: SOCIAL INCLUSION
10:00 AM – 10:10 AM
Interactive Activity (Polls)
Social Inclusion Technical Committee
Performance Art Center
Keva Bethel Building (A Block)
10:10 AM - 10:50 AM
Equality, Education, Health, Justice.
PANEL DISCUSSION
Ministry of Social Services
Organization for Responsible Governance
Ministry of Education
Performance Art Center
Keva Bethel Building (A Block)
10:50 AM - 11:10 AM
Interactive Activity - Social Inclusion
Social Inclusion Technical Committee
Performance Art Center
Keva Bethel Building (A Block)
Break (10 mins)
THEME: ECONOMIC PROSPERITY
11:20 AM - 11:30 AM
Interactive Activity - Polls
Performance Art Center
Keva Bethel Building (A Block)
11:30 AM - 12:20 PM
Economy, Energy, Innovation, Communities
PANEL DISCUSSION
Bahamas Development Bank
Access Accelerator Small Business Development Center
Fidelity Bank & Trust International Limited
Performance Art Center
Keva Bethel Building (A Block)
12:20 PM - 12:30 PM
Interactive Activity - Economic Prosperity
Performance Art Center
Keva Bethel Building (A Block)
Lunch Break (12:30 PM - 1:30 PM)
PRIME MINISTER’S PANEL
1:30 PM - 2:15 PM
Prime Minister’s Priorities and the SDGs
PANEL DISCUSSION
Hon. Philip Davis, KC, Prime Minister of The Bahamas
Hon. Glenys Hanna-Martin, MP, Minister of Education
Hon. Obediah Wilchcombe, MP, Minister of Social Services
Sen. Hon. Michael Halkitis, Minister of State of Economic Affairs
Performance Art Center
Keva Bethel Building (A Block)
2:15 PM - 2:30 PM
Prime Minister’s Interactive Activity
Delivery Unit, Office of the Prime Minister
Performance Art Center
Keva Bethel Building (A Block)
Break (10 mins)
2:40 pm - 3:40 pm
Partnerships for The Goals
PANEL DISCUSSION
United Nations Country Office
Ministry of Social Services
Erin Brown Connects
Office of the Attorney General & Ministry of Legal Affairs
Performance Art Center
Keva Bethel Building (A Block)
3:40 PM - 4:20 PM
Partnership Round Table Discussion
PANEL DISCUSSION
Diane Quarless, ECLAC
Dr. Stuart Davies, UN RCO
Sumayyah Cargill, Committee Chair
Matt Aubrey, Committee Chair
Performance Art Center
Keva Bethel Building (A Block)
4:20 pm - 4:50 pm
Interactive Activity - Partnership
Sustainable Development Goals Unit, Office of the Prime Minister