Timetable for the day

Co-creation Factory detailed timetable

The Geneva Global Goals Innovation Day has two core parts – the Co-Creation Factory with 5x4 participatory workshops starting at 14.15 in the afternoon and the Solutions Fair which is open from 10.00 to 19.00.

The Solutions Fair is a 500 sqm exhibition space where over 60 organisations showcase an idea, a project or a product that addresses the Sustainable Development Goals. Details of all the stands and activities are available here.

You will find 40 interactive stalls presenting innovative solutions - sustainable local currencies, intelligent plug-and-play electric grids for refugee camps, eco-villages, robotics programming for children, an interactive game on fair labour over 55 sqm, a walk-in bus for education on sustainable development and many more.

In addition, there will be discussion rounds, demonstrations and pop-up events throughout the day – a workshop on visual communication for sustainable lifestyle choices and coaching how to successfully pitch an idea, a silent climate change classroom training and many more. A Speakers’ Corner offers a space to pitch ideas and create new partnerships.

Solutions Fair

Co-Creation Factory

Speakers Corner

  • Climate Change Classroom (in Entrance Hall)

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    UNITAR Training. Climate finance, and the role of the private sector, in meeting the 2 degrees challenge.

  • Sustainability Map: your roadmap to sustainable trade!

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    A solution for businesses to leverage their sustainability commitments and develop strategies towards implementation of standards, codes and market requirements.

  • How to change the world 1 bottle at a time?

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    Raising awareness about the Global Water Crisis, through an eco-friendly brand of water, produced by using machines that extract the humidity from the air using renewable energies

  • How does well-being lead to co-creation?

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    It is only through having the personal mindset for collaboration that a leader can work with their team to be open to effective collaboration with other organizations. Find out how to create a bigger collective impact through working on personal well-being with intandem!

  • LED there be light!

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    We have developed a DIY, fun and easy to make solar lamp. We not only use this to educate students in developing countries about solar energy but also they can build a solar lamp to study. LEDsafari is an educational start-up based out of Lausanne, Switzerland that assimilates clean energy and sustainable innovation education through a unique science and design training. LEDsafari is listed in Forbed30under30 and active in Switzerland, India and East Africa.

  • WHOSE goals are this?​

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    Put forward the challenge that SDGs are defined \'somewhere by some-one\' and it is up to \'us\' to reach the goals. But if you would ask \'us\' what our sustainable development goals for Geneva would be? What would be our vision, and how would we get there?

  • Stimulating sustainable behaviour

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    Electronic platform aiming to present factual information, in a user friendly way, concerning the sustainability of a brand and its perception by consumers

  • Waterforeveryone: Every step counts, so does every drop!

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    A social-entrepreneurial platform to learn, share, connect and empower innovative solutions related to Water

  • Condoms without toxic chemicals? Hell yeah!

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    Discover how healthy condoms are manufactured and the steps taken to reduce your exposure to endocrine disruptors in this very sensitive area.

  • Activating 1.8 billion youth for the SDGs

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    Youth for Global Goals is a multi-sector partnership that aims to activate youth for the SDGs. The \'Leave no one Behind\' concept of the SDGs demands us to look at youth not longer just as beneficiary but also as a change agent or activist.

  • Building Bridges

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    Building bridges for collaboration between technology and communities

  • Climate Change Classroom (in Entrance Hall)

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    UNITAR Training. Climate finance, and the role of the private sector, in meeting the 2 degrees challenge.