SDGs+Beyond Future Society for Life Week
Shaping the future: insights and innovations from 7 themes
Japan Association for the 2025 World Exposition
Discussion
- Others
| Transmission of simultaneous interpretation | Provided |
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| Language of interpretation | Japanese and English |
Reservations are required for this programme.
Booking typically opens with the '2-month advance lottery.' Click below for details.
* Arrive early; latecomers may not be admitted.
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2025.10.12[Sun]
16:30 ～ 18:30
(Venue Open 16:00)
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- Venue
- Theme Weeks Studio
Programme details
The programme, together with the General Sponsors, explores: 'Can we achieve the SDGs? What do we do beyond the goals?'
*Simultaneous interpretation is available in both English and Japanese. Please bring a smartphone, tablet or other internet-enabled device with earphones to listen.
Cast
Speakers
Nadia Verjee
Executive Director, Global Initiatives and Advisory, Expo City Dubai
Transformational leader across governance, global partnerships, and sustainable development, I partner with corporate and government CEOs, executive teams, and Boards to develop/redevelop enterprise direction and strategy. Known for crafting global vision with community outcomes, I champion new concepts and build new operational structures and team cultures. C-level executives value my ability to uncover and drive opportunities producing worldwide impacts.
Expo City Dubai:
Most recently, my efforts have been instrumental in moving the legacy of Expo 2020 Dubai toward long-term commercial success within the follow-up entity Expo City Dubai (ECD). As General Manager of the first commercially focused subsidiary division, Expo Dubai Group, I have leveraged the established innovation campus to launch commercial events, products, and services.
Expo 2020 Dubai:
As Chief of Staff to UAE Minister of International Cooperation and Director General of Expo 2020 Dubai, I recast the six-month Expo programme following advent of COVID-19 to prioritise policy, partnerships, and people in building coalitions to address global issues. With 192 participant countries and 24m+ visits, Expo 2020 Dubai has been hailed as a global success.
Aga Khan Development Network:
My work at the Aga Khan Development Network was key in securing the first-ever memorandum of understanding (MOU) between the European Union and a non-state actor, His Highness Aga Khan.
Additional Work:
It has been my great privilege to contribute within the UAE Prime Minister’s Office and the European Parliament. At the UAE Prime Minister’s office, I authored and delivered the strategy that delivered a landslide win for Dubai’s bid to host the World Expo. For the European Parliament, my work included support for the London Liberal Member of the European Parliament and the European Commission Delegation posted to Washington, DC.
Background:
Born and raised in London, of Kenyan and Indian heritage, my approach blends a unique global perspective and cultural sensitivity with intellectual rigour, a collaborative spirit, and an innate practical optimism.
My master’s degree is from The London School of Economics and Political Science. Since the beginning of 2024, I have been honored to speak at world forums, conferences, and events in the UAE, Egypt, Turkey, Ethiopia, Kenya and India. I am a Board Member of the UN Global Compact in the UAE.
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Özge Aydoğan
Beyond Lab Director & curator in chief
Driven by her commitment for positive societal change, Özge makes sure the Lab continues designing and contributing to creative, systemic solutions for the shift we need towards finding a balance between current and future generations, as well as the human and the natural world. An experienced navigator of the multilateral system, she uses her experience and creative imagination to build bridges between the United Nations, other multilateral organizations, academia, the private sector, and civil society to come together as a movement for defining what’s next for sustainable development, with a focus on promoting a values-based, regenerative approach to redefining systems.
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SDGs+Beyond Future Society for Life Week
Shaping the future: insights and innovations from 7 themes
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2025.10.12[Sun]
16:30～18:30
(Venue Open 16:00)
- Theme Weeks Studio
- * Programme times and content are subject to change. Any changes will be announced on this website and via the ticket booking system.
- * The schedule is subject to change depending on the organiser's circumstances.
Reservations are required for this programme.
Booking typically opens with the '2-month advance lottery.' Click below for details.
* Arrive early; latecomers may not be admitted.
For more information about making a reservation to watch a programme.
Please watch the Virtual Studio if you are outside the venue.
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