On September 23, 2015, the ICSD’s Kapuscinski Development Lecture Series included several keynote addresses, a presentation of the Sustainable Development Goals, and a panel discussion on “How We Get Started.”
Introduction: Klaus Rudischhauser, Deputy Director-General International Cooperation and Development, European Commission
Kapuscinski Keynote Lectures
Her Excellency Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, President of the Republic of Liberia
Jeffrey Sachs, Director, Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN); Director, The Earth Institute, Columbia University; Special Advisor to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on the Millennium Development Goals
Irina Bokova, Director-General, UNESCO
Mary Robinson, Former President of the Republic of Ireland; President and Chair of the Board of Trustees, Mary Robinson Foundation
Presentation of the Sustainable Development Goals
Jan Eliasson, Deputy Secretary-General, United Nations
Kapuscinski Keynote Discussants: How We Get Started: Perspectives from the Experts
Amina Mohammed, Secretary-General’s Special Adviser on Post-2015 Development Planning, United Nations
Savas Alpay, Chief Economist, Islamic Development Bank (IDB)
Stephen P Groff, Vice-President (Operations 2), Asian Development Bank (ADB)
Peter Bakker, President, World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD)
Pavel Kabat, Director, International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA)
Johan Rockström, Director, the Stockholm Resilience Centre
James E. Hansen, Director, Climate Science Awareness and Solutions Program, The Earth Institute, Columbia University