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June 20–23, 2023
Cannes, France




The SDG Lounge returns to the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity!
Following its remarkable launch last year during Cannes, the SDG Lounge is back in action, bringing together advertising, marketing, and impact leaders to tackle the world's most urgent issues. This year, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), PVBLIC Foundation and Deloitte Digital join forces to make an impact at the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity, the largest and most important annual gathering in the creative marketing community.
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This year, the SDG Lounge will deliver daily thought-provoking content, delving deep into discussions on how businesses, major brands, the United Nations, and NGOs can become catalysts for change.
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Organized and managed by PVBLIC Foundation, the SDG Lounge emerges from the success of the SDG Media Zone and SDG Media Summit, high-level events which have traditionally been held at the United Nations headquarters and major convenings around the world to discuss how we can best achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
HIGHLIGHTED SPEAKERS

Ulrika Modéer
Assistant Secretary General & Director of Bureau of External Relations & Advocacy, UNDP

Boaz Paldi
Chief Creative Officer, UNDP

Heather Rangel
Global Lead Client Services Partner, Deloitte Digital

Sergio Fernandez de Cordova
Executive Chairman PVBLIC Foundation

Stephen Keppel
President, PVBLIC Foundation

Eric Hawkins
Vice President, Government and Social Impact, Meta Platforms

Nneka Henry
Head of the UN Road Safety Fund Secretariat

Denise Pearl
Global ISV Lead, Sustainability, Google

Daniel Wilkins
Founder, Executive Director, Agency672, PVBLIC Foundation

Nelson Kunkel
Chief Marketing Officer, Sustainability, Deloitte
AGENDA
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TUESDAY, JUN 20
11:00 CEST– Getting Real on Sustainable Innovation
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Barbara Venneman, Head, Deloitte Digital, Global (moderator)
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Nelson Kunkel, Chief Marketing Officer, Sustainability, Deloitte
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Sergio Fernández de Córdova, Executive Chairman, PVBLIC Foundation
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Ulrika Modéer, Assistant Secretary General and Director of Bureau of External Relations & Advocacy, United Nations Development Programme
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Boaz Paldi, Chief Creative Officer, UNDP
11:20 CEST - Centering Equity Throughout the Creative Process
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Rita Ferro, President Advertising Sales and Partnership, The Walt Disney Company
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Colie Edison, Senior Vice President and Chief Growth Officer, Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA)
11:40 CEST – Advocating Ocean Rights through the Ocean Race
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Boaz Paldi, Chief Creative Officer, UNDP (moderator)
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Johan Strid, Director Ocean Policy and The Ocean Race Summits, Ocean Race
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Boris Herman, Skipper for Team Malizia, Ocean Race
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Will Harris, Co-skipper for Team Malizia, Ocean Race
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Rosalin Kuiper, Co-skipper for Team Malizia, Ocean Race
12:05 CEST – Unlocking the Power of Social Channels to Advance the SDGs
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Erik Hawkins, Vice President, Government and Social Impact, Meta
12:30 CEST – A new leadership archetype for the SDGs
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Terry Savage, Founder, Savages Unlimited (moderator)
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Sara Beck, Executive Coach
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Sherilyn Shackell, Founder & CEO, The Marketing Academy
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Dr Andrew White, CEO Trancend.Space, Senior Fellow University of Oxford
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Leanne Fremar, Chief Brand Officer, JPMorgan Chase
12:50 CEST – The SDG Midpoint
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Ulrika Modéer, Assistant Secretary General and Director of Bureau of External Relations & Advocacy, United Nations Development Programme
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Sam Roddick, Chief Strategy Officer at Deloitte Consulting
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WEDNESDAY, JUN 21
11:00 CEST – Trailblazing Entrepreneurs Delivering Sustainable and Equitable Futures
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Polly Sumner, Chief Adoption Officer, Salesforce (moderator)
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Siddhant Sachdeva, Co-Founder, Rocket Learning
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Thomas Canguilhem, Co-Founder & CEO, EcoTree
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Louisiane Guezel, Head of Innovation & Impact, EcoTree
11:25 CEST – Resilience Against All Odds: How Individuals Can Drive Sustainable Transformation
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Stacy Kemp, Principal, Marketing & Customer Strategy, Deloitte Consulting LLP (moderator)
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Michael Johnson, Four-time Olympic Gold Medallist
11:45 CEST – Breaking the Glass Ceiling: The Role of Gender Equity in Sustainable Transformation
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Sergio Fernández de Córdova, Executive Chairman, PVBLIC Foundation (moderator)
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Kathryn Jacob, Chief Executive Officer Pearl & Dean UK, President SAWA
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Bex Kelly, Executive Producer, The Finch Company & Correct the Internet
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Adrianne Smith, SVP & Senior Partner, Chief Diversity & Inclusion Officer, FleishmanHillard
12:05 CEST – Activating the Ambition Loop: Putting Creative Transformation in Motion
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Nelson Kunkel, Chief Marketing Officer, Sustainability, Deloitte (Moderator)
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Denise Pearl, Global ISV Lead, Sustainability, Google
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Orli Robin, Head of Strategy and Communication, Airbus Ventures
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Boaz Paldi, Chief Creative Officer, UNDP
12:25 CEST – Becoming a Climate Hero
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Boaz Paldi, Chief Creative Officer, UNDP
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Gilad Regev, Founder & CEO, Kora Sustainability
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Michelle Clarke, Founder, Project Zero
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Mik Thobo-Carlson, Founder & CEO, Mitoca
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JC Jung, Managing Director, Global Sustainable Future
12:45 CEST – The Art of Sustainable Innovation
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Ayo Odusote, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion lead, Deloitte (moderator)
THURSDAY, JUN 22
11:00 CEST – Driving Transformation through Creative Magic
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Boaz Paldi, Chief Creative Officer, UNDP (moderator)
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Sir John Hegarty, Co-founder and Creative Director, The Garage Soho & The Business of Creativity
11:20 CEST – In Conversation with Phil Thomas; How Cannes Lions Festival influences leading brands to drive sustainable actions
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Nick Garrett, Global Leader of Marketing & Commerce, Deloitte Digital (moderator)
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Phil Thomas, CEO & Chairman, Ascential Intelligence & Cannes Lions
11:40 CEST – The Importance of Transparency in the Evolution of Sustainability
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Dominic-Madori Davis, Senior Reporter, TechCrunch (moderator)
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Sean Boyle, Co-founder, unitmode
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Sweta Chakraborty, CEO, We Don't Have Time US
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Sam Roddick, Global Head, Deloitte Digital
12:00 CEST – Creating Impact by Connecting Emission Data with Financial Data
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Ingmar Rentzhog, CEO & Founder, We Don't Have Time
12:15 CEST – Inner Growth for the Common Good
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Andy Sandoz, Global Chief Creative Officer, Deloitte (moderator)
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Jakob Trollback, Founder & Chief Creative Officer, Trollbäck+Company
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Nadja Taranczewski, CEO, ConsciousU
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Stephen Keppel, President, PVBLIC Foundation
12:35 CEST - Innovative Fundraising for Sustainable Projects with AJ Coyne
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Andy Sandoz, Global Chief Creative Officer, Deloitte (moderator)
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AJ Coyne, VP Head of Global Brand & Creativity, Klarna
12:50 CEST – How to Don’t Choose Extinction
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Dominic-Madori Davis, Senior Reporter, TechCrunch (moderator)
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Nick Garrett, Global Leader of Marketing & Commerce, Deloitte Digital
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Sergio Fernández de Córdova, Executive Chairman, PVBLIC Foundation
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Boaz Paldi, Chief Creative Officer, UNDP
FRIDAY JUN 23
11:00 CEST – Media Collaboration for the SDGs
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Daniel Wilkins, Founder & Executive Director, Agency672, PVBLIC Foundation
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Frances Skinner-Lewis, CEO, Global Action Initiatives
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Nneka Henry, Head, UN Road Safety Fund
11:20 CEST – In conversation with Terry Savage
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Boaz Paldi, Chief Creative Officer, UNDP (moderator)
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Terry Savage, Founder, Savages Unlimited
11:40 CEST – In conversation with Florian Weischel and Rupen Desai
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Boaz Paldi, Chief Creative Officer, UNDP (moderator)
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Florian Weischel, Co-Chairman, Weischer.Media GmbH & Co. KG
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Rupen Desai, CMO and Venture Partner, Una Terra
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More to come...
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