2022
Agenda

Thursday
1 December 2022

GLC Preparation Session

Prepare yourself for a rewarding, global experience at the GLC. The organising team will answer any questions you may have during this onboarding session.

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Thursday
08 December 2022

Ice Breaker Session

Meet GLC Members from around the world and share your story with your peers.

GLC Opening Ceremony LIVE from the University of Oxford

Welcome remarks, followed by a moderated conversation on leadership and global challenges
Dr Edward Brooks (Executive Director, Oxford Character Project at the University of Oxford) and
Arunma Oteh (Former Vice President and Treasurer, World Bank)

Senior Advisor Dialogue: SDG Challenges

What's our latest knowledge regarding this year's four GLC challenges related to SDGs 3, 4, 5 and 13? And what are some promising ways to address them? Meet your first Senior Advisor and engage in a thought-provoking dialogue.

Senior Advisors:

Dixon Chibanda (African Mental Health Research Initiative), Prof. Sabine Seufert (University of St. Gallen), Prof. Jody McBrien (University of South Florida), Steve Smith (Oxford Net Zero and CO2RE)

Design Thinking Session: Defining Your Challenge

Enter the world of design thinking and start developing your project idea. This session will introduce tools to move from a broad SDG towards defining a specific problem to address through your project.

with Alex Grots (EWOR Education)

A New Generational Contract:
Global Fireside Chat 1

Engage in a deep conversation on cross-generational leadership.

with Luis Guillermo Solis (Former President of Costa Rica)

Friday
9 December 2022

How GLC Works:
Q&A with the Organisers

Talk to the GLC Organisers for actionable recommendations on how to develop a great SDG Impact project. The organisers will help you to prepare for the second GLC day and answer any questions you may have at this point.

GLC Talks:
Celebrating our differences

Engage with someone from another part of the world who has a very different perspective. In collaboration with ZEIT ONLINE, this session will match GLC Members with a conversation partner with different views from your own on controversial questions, to cultivate empathy and cross-cultural understanding.

Design Thinking Session:
Ideating Solutions

Put your brainstorming hat on and ideate potential solutions to address the specific problem you are workin on. This session will introduce tools and processes for idea generation and project development, putting purpose at the center.

with Alex Grots (EWOR Education)

Responsible Leadership Workshop

Develop a deep sense of purpose and responsibility that will drive and direct your actions as a leader. Building on research at the University of Oxford, this session will focus on questions and values that form the core of responsible leadership.

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With
Dr Edward Brooks (The Oxford Character Project)
Dr Adeyinka Adewale (Henley Business School)
Anjali Sarker (The Oxford Character Project)

A New Generational Contract:
Global Fireside Chat 2

Engage with leaders from business and technology to explore what responsible leadership looks like in the private sector.
 

with
Dr Edward Brooks (The Oxford Character Project),

Kalyan Kumar (HCLTech),

Tanuj Kapilashrami (Standard Chartered)

Weekend
10 & 11 December 2022

Self-managed Group Work
We advise you to coordinate with your group and use some of this time to develop your project

Monday
12 December 2022

Senior Advisor Dialogue:
From Ideas to Action

Present your project idea and receive feedback from leading experts and practitioners.
 

With
Nancy Hey (What Works Centre for Well Being),

Alexa Joyce (Microsoft),

Justine Sass (Section of Education for Inclusion and Gender Equality, UNESCO),

Farwiza Farhan (HAkA)

Finishing your Project:
Self-Managed Work

Finalise and submit your project using the presentation template provided.

SDG Project Pitch Session

Pitch your SDG Impact Project idea to be one of the three GLC 2022 finalist teams.

Internal Selection of Three Finalists

​The GLC organising team will select three finalists to present their project in the ensuing Closing Ceremony.

GLC Closing Ceremony LIVE from St. Gallen

SDG Impact Project pitches from Three Finalists
Conversation with

Simona Scarpaleggia (EDGE Strategy),

moderated by Kaylin Barell

Award Ceremony, with

Doyin Atewologun (Rhodes Scholarship Programme at the University of Oxford),

Prof. Alex Betts (University of Oxford) and

Prof. Amanda Shantz (University of St. Gallen)

Moderated by Gunnar Hauptmann (St. Gallen Symposium),

LIVE from the Lokremise, St. Gallen