IKNS Conversations That Matter:
Connecting The Dots - Building networks among the world’s small island developing states (SIDS) to create sustainable development solutions
When: Thursday, January 21, 2021
Where: Online (link will be provided prior to the event)
Time: 12:00pm-1:00pm EST (Virtual Reception 11:45am-12:00pm)
Key Topics: Social Impact, Networks, Collaboration, Innovation, Small Island Developing States (SIDS), Sustainable Development, Knowledge Strategy
Increasingly, humanity is facing major global challenges that cannot be solved by a single government or institution acting alone. As we confront these, we must harness diverse intelligence, large multidisciplinary data sets, and novel product ideas. In a word: Networks. Networks involve people engaging across perspectives, organizations, and geographies to create shared solutions, and to support each other.
Columbia University’s M.S. in Information and Knowledge Strategy program invites you to join a “Conversation That Matters” with Arno Boersma, Founder of Island Impact, and Former Director of the COE for Small Island Developing States of the UNDP, as he shares his experiences in creating networks of Island nations as they tackle challenges in economic development, sustainability, and plastic pollution.
Speaker:
Arno Boersma
Founding Partner, Island Impact
Former Director, COE for Small Island Developing States of the UNDP
Moderated by:
Katrina Pugh
Lecturer, Information and Knowledge Strategy
President, AlignConsulting
For questions, please contact Michael Karbowiak at [email protected].
