Exceptional times need exceptional solutions.
UN 2.0 Week showcased:
UN 2.0 Week: virtual, free, and open for everyone!
In case you missed it, explore the programme, watch the recaps, and sign up for future opportunities!
High-level panels and solution expos
Side events hosted by UN teams and partners
World-renowned speakers
Stakeholders connected
The first-ever UNÂ 2.0 Week featured data, digital, innovation, foresight, behavioural science, and culture in action in a High-Level opening event, 8 thematic sessions, and over 30 side-events!
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22 Apr, 9 AM – 10 AM ET
UNÂ WebTVÂ Broadcast
Hear from UN Secretary-General António Guterres, as well as the UN Deputy Secretary-General, the Under-Secretary-General for Policy, the UNDP Administrator and other inspiring speakers as they lay out the vision for a modernized United Nations – ready to face the challenges of our era!
22 Apr, 11 AM – 12 PM ET
Virtual Event
All Session & Side-Event Recaps
23 Apr, 9 AM – 10 AM ET
Virtual Event
Sign-up now to explore the pressing issue of food security with the Global Head of Innovation in IFAD's Innovation Unit, the Director of the Office of Innovation at FAO, speakers from WFP and more! Join the conversation about how data and innovation are transforming food systems and food security around the world.
23 Apr, 11 AM – 12 PM ET
Virtual Event
All Session & Side-Event Recaps
24 Apr, 9 AM – 10 AM ET
Virtual Event
250 million children–many of them girls–do not have access to basic education. Join the Chief of Executive Office at UNESCO's Social and Human Sciences Sector, the Co-Lead of UNICEF's Giga Initiative and speakers from ILO and more to learn how connectivity and digital transformation can reimagine how children learn!
24 Apr, 11 AM – 12 PM ETÂ
Virtual Event
All Session & Side-Event Recaps
25 Apr, 10 AM – 11 AM ET
Virtual Event
25 Apr, 11 AM – 12 PM ET
Virtual Event
All Session & Side-Event Recaps
26 Apr, 10 AM – 11 AM ETÂ
Virtual Event
All Session & Side-Event Recaps
Over 40 speakers from more than 30 organisations across the United Nations system spoke at UNÂ 2.0 Week 2024, including UNDP, UNFPA, UNHCR, the UNÂ Secretariat, UNICEF, the World Bank, the UN Youth Office, IFAD, FAO, WFP, UN Women and more!
Our annual UNÂ 2.0 Week connects thousands of UN system colleagues and partners in a series of virtual events: hosting transformative dialogues, inspiring expos, and hard facts on how data, digital, innovation, foresight and behavioural science can makes our joint work for the Sustainable Development Goals more effective in today's exceptional times!
Five high-level panels will feature senior leaders in conversation with practitioners sharing how UNÂ 2.0 can deliver for impact. Â
Across the UN 2.0 Week agenda, breakouts in expos, Q&As and interactive side events provide space for inter-agency and cross-sector collaboration.
In digital expos and side events, teams across the globe will showcase the UN's most impactful solutions - so we can learn, collaborate, and adopt!
UN 2.0 is the UNÂ Secretary-General's vision of a modernized UN system for stronger results and greater SDG impact - powered by better capabilities in Data, Digital, Innovation, Foresight and Behavioural Science.
Looking for an intro? Hear from UN Secretary-General AntĂłnio Guterres and other senior UN leaders as they are discussing the potential and outlook for a UN 2.0.
Have questions about UNÂ 2.0 Week? Here is some information about the event!