Yonsei University Opens the Stage for Innovation and Collaboration for a Sustainable Future with GEEF 2024

Key sessions include "Global Peace Building," chaired by Ban Ki-moon; "SDGs Stocktaking - The Global Landscape, Local Applications, and Future Directions," led by Kang Kyung-hwa, Distinguished Professor at the Institute for Global Engagement and Empowerment, Yonsei University and the 38^th Minister of Foreign Affairs, Republic of Korea; and "Mental Health and Population Crisis in Korean Society" by Jim Yong Kim, 12^th President of the World Bank, and Peter Jongho Na, Professor at Yale University. Additionally, sustainable societal construction through care and domestic labor, policy solutions for climate crisis, the positive impacts and social side effects of AI, and evidence-based policy decisions, as well as presentations on sustainable development research by scholars, are among the 21 sessions planned. These discussions aim to critically review our past approach to SDGs and forge substantial policies for the future. This forum is expected to be an international platform where various parts of the world including Asia, Africa, and South American regions could share discourses on sustainability.

Ban Ki-moon emphasized the forum's significance, stating, "GEEF will provide the opportunity for an inclusive and sustainable future by rebooting the SDGs. Every small action will lead to big changes." Dong-Sup Yoon, President of Yonsei University, expressed his hopes for the forum to serve as a platform of global cooperation towards the new journey of achieving the SDGs. "It is the time to unite and take decisive actions," he said.

Yonsei University, which ranked 14^th in the world and first among Asian private universities in last year's THE (Times Higher Education) Impact Rankings, has been contributing to solving social issues by utilizing the university's intellectual and human resources. Since 2017, with Ban Ki-moon as the honorary chairman, the university launched the Institute for Global Engagement and Empowerment and has been annually hosting the Global Engagement and Empowerment Forum on Sustainable Development (GEEF), playing a leading role in achieving sustainable development goals.

GEEF 2024 will be held both online and offline at Yonsei University's Sinchon Campus and the official YouTube channel of the Institute for Global Engagement and Empowerment. Participants can register in advance through the official website (http://www.geef-sd.org) until March 8 or register on-site on the day of the event.

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