Remembering 2019 SDG Conference Bergen

2019 SDG CONFERENCE BERGEN

Remembering 2019 SDG Conference Bergen

In February 2019, the second National SDG Conference at the University of Bergen took place. More than 300 delegates participated. Find the programme and other information from the 2019 conference on this page.

Vice-Rector for Global Relations Annelin Eriksen speaks at the second National SDG Conference at the University of Bergen on 8 February 2019.

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Eivind Senneset for the University of Bergen

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The conference was called re:thinking/re:working 鈥� addressing the inequality of knowledge.

The annual National SDG Conference Bergen聽was聽initiated by 幸运飞艇计划 and planned in dialogue with other Norwegian universities, the Ministry of Education and Research, and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Following up on the inaugural 2018 conference, a聽national committee from the university sector聽in Norway was appointed聽to oversee the conference.聽SDG Bergen, a strategic initiative of the University of Bergen, acted聽as the day to day programming committee and secretariat for the conference.

The official hashtag for the conference was

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University of Bergen

Rethinking for a new education

From building a global student movement to the crucial role of universities, the first day of the 2019 SDG Conference Bergen was diverse in its engagement with global sustainability.

Katherine Richardson of University of Copenhagen and UN DESA's Shantanu Mukherjee discuss science and policy at the 2019 SDG Conference Bergen.

Reworking towards science advice

The second day of the 2019 SDG Conference Bergen focussed on how the academic community can bring its knowledge to decision-makers locally and globally.

Victoria W. Thoresen (right) and Jakob Grandin at the UN high-level political forum in July 2018, where they co-arranged a workshop on SDG11 as part of building a global network for sustainability.

Building a sustainable world

In February 2018, Victoria W. Thoresen and Jakob Grandin were key participants in the inaugural SDG Conference Bergen. The first national conference in the world bringing the university sector together in critical debate to engage with the UN's 2030 Agenda.

Watch the 2019 SDG Conference here!

Stream the entire 2019 National SDG Conference Bergen here.

View of the Aula during the second SDG Conference at the University of Bergen, on 8 February 2019.

re:thinking/re:working 鈥� concept note

Read the concept note for the 2019 SDG Conference Bergen, re:thinking/re:working 鈥� addressing the inequality of knowledge.

State Secretary to the Norwegian Minister of Research and Higher Education Ms Rebekka Borsch opens the 2019 SDG Conference Bergen on Thursday 7 February.

2019 SDG Conference programme

The programme for the 2019 SDG Conference Bergen: Thursday 7 and Friday 8 February.

Anthropologist Jason Hickel was the opening keynote in the second session at the 2019 SDG Conference Bergen, on Thursday 7 February 2019.

Keynotes and panellists SDG 2019

Keynote speakers, panellists and other speakers at the National SDG Conference Bergen 2019.

The University Aula in Bergen just before the opening of the 2019 SDG Conference Bergen on Thursday 7 February 2019.

Presentations SDG 2019

PPT/PDF presentations from speakers at the 2019 SDG Conference Bergen are available here.

Researcher Charles Ogunbode from the University of Bergen speaks at the workshop 鈥淧ublic perceptions of climate change鈥� on Wednesday 6 February 2019, a pre-conference event to the 2019 SDG Conference Bergen.

Day Zero: Wednesday 6 February 2019

As a warming up to the 2019 SDG Conference Bergen there will be a pre-conference day of workshops and other events 鈥� Day Zero on 6 February.

Leader of the Scientific Committee at the 2019 SDG Conference Bergen, Vice-Rector for Global Relations, Professor Annelin Eriksen, closing the conference on Friday 8 February 2019.

Scientific Committee SDG 2019

The leader of the Scientific Committee at the 2019 SDG Conference Bergen is Vice-Rector for Global Relations, Professor Annelin Eriksen.

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