SEforALL High-Level Event at the Post-2015 Summit in New York, 25-27 September 2015

Event
Date
16:00 UTC
25 Sep 2015
End
18:00 UTC
25 Sep 2015

“Implementing Sustainable Development Goal 7: Financing Sustainable Energy for All”

Venue: Kaufman Auditorium (capacity app. 85), Institute of International Education, 809 UN Plaza Host: The Secretary-General’s Sustainable Energy for All Initiative

Program:

Welcome:
  • Jonah Kokodyniak, Deputy Vice President, Strategic Development, Institute of International Education
Opening Remarks:
  • Kathy Calvin, President and Chief Executive Officer, United Nations Foundation
  • Rachel Kyte, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Sustainable Energy for All and CEO designate
Scene setter:
  • Vivien Foster, Lead Economist, World Bank: “Global Tracking Framework– where are we, where are we going”
  • Mohinder Gulati, Chief Operating Officer, Sustainable Energy for All “Scale, Speed, and Sustainability of Financing for SDG-7”.
Panel:
  • Moderator: Chad Holliday, Chair of the Board, Royal Dutch Shell (former Chair of the Board, Bank of America)
  • Purna R. Saggurti, Chairman, Global Corporate & Investment Banking, Bank of America Merrill Lynch
  • Klaus Rudischhauser, Deputy Director General, Directorate-General for Development Cooperation, European Commission
  • Sheila Oparaocha, International Coordinator, ENERGIA
  • Eric Postel, Associate Administrator, Power Africa, USAID
  • Savas Alpay, Chief Economist, Islamic Development Bank Group
  • Kyung-Ah Park, Head of the Environmental Markets Group, Goldman Sachs
  • Jonathan Taylor, Vice President, European Investment Bank
  • Peter Damgaard Jensen, Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director at Pensionskassernes Administration A/S