Agenda:
This symposium focuses on the recent United Nations Summit for the Future, and its main outcomes – the Pact for the Future, the Global Digital Compact, and the Declaration on Future Generations. This symposium will analyse the negotiations over the Summit for the Future, and critically evaluate the key themes and outcomes of the event.
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres emphasized at the Summit for the Future: ‘We can’t create a future fit for our grandchildren with systems built for our grandparents.’ He highlighted that people are ‘crying out for global action to solve the climate crisis, tackle inequality, and address new and emerging risks that threaten everyone.’ Guterres emphasized that ‘the Summit of the Future is a chance to create more effective and inclusive institutions.’
The Pact for the Future will actively seek to transform and scale-up existing commitments for the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The Pact for the Future will seek to bolster international peace-making and security. The Pact for the Future promotes the sharing of the benefits of technology, science, and innovation, and encourages digital co-operation. The Pact for the Future aims to support youth and future generations. The Pact for the Future seeks to transform global governance and improve the operation of international institutions, such as the Security Council, the Peacebuilding Commission, and
international financial architecture. It also aims to strengthen human rights, gender equality and the empowerment of women, and protect Indigenous Knowledge and rights.
This symposium will also evaluate the Global Digital Compact – which seeks to establish an inclusive global framework, essential for multi-stakeholder action required to overcome digital, data and innovation divides. The Global Digital Compact seeks to govern artificial intelligence (AI), with a road map that includes an International Scientific Panel and a Global Policy Dialogue on AI.
The symposium will also evaluate the Declaration on Future Generations – which seeks to provide better representation of children, youth, and future generations in national and global decision-making.
This event will feature a range of academic, student, government, and civil society speakers, with a range of expertise. The symposium will be of interest to those interested in energy transition and climate change, sustainable development, international law and humanitarian action, technology regulation, and international institutions.
The event is an in-person event, which will not be live-streamed. The event is free but registration is required. There will be light catering for the event.
This event is hosted by the QUT Energy Transition Centre. The Centre’s vision is to be at the forefront of the global energy transition, pioneering innovative solutions to secure sovereign supply lines of critical minerals and energy technologies, promote renewable energy adoption, enhance energy security, and ultimately provide real-world opportunities to achieve net zero emissions by 2050. The Centre’s co-directors are Professor Sara Couperthwaite and Professor Raja Jurdak.
Speakers
Dr Muhammad Zaheer Abbas, QUT Faculty of Business and Law
Associate Professor Justine Bell-James, the University of Queensland
Electra Carpenter, QUT
Dr Samuli Haataja, Griffith University
Associate Professor Steven Hail, Torrens University and the Modern Money Lab
Associate Professor Marianne Hanson, the University of Queensland, and the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN)
Amy Jones, QUT
Professor Raja Jurdak, Co-director of the QUT Energy Transition Centre
Abigail Loxley, QUT
David Mejia-Canales, Human Rights Law Centre
Professor Matthew Rimmer, QUT Faculty of Business and Law
Russell Rollason, Peace-Building Initiative, the University of Melbourne
Himani Sabharwal, PhD Candidate, QUT Faculty of Business and Law
Professor Tapan Sarker, University of Southern Queensland
Dr Viviana Muñoz Tellez, The South Centre
Fien Van den Steen, the University of the Sunshine Coast
Professor Clevo Wilson, QUT Faculty of Business and Law
Details:
| Location: | QUT Gardens Point [" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">link to map] |
| Start Date: | 29/11/2024 [add to calendar] |
| Start Time: | 9:00 am |
| End Date: | 29/11/2024 |
| End Time: | 5:00 pm |
| Cost: | Free |
| Organiser: | QUT Energy Transition Centre - Professor Matthew Rimmer |
| Enquiries: | Professor Mather Rimmer |
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