Social Good Summit 2012: Ericsson builds commitment to Technology For Good
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* Ericsson sets high engagement ambitions for its initiatives during
global
sustainability event
* Building on successful partnerships with Mashable, United Nations
Foundation, and 92nd Street Y and others following last year's Social
Good
Summit and Rio+Social
* Focus on education, refugee family reconnection, conflict resolution
and
peace, as well as development where mobile broadband is a key enabler
As the only private-sector partner involved in the Social Good Summit 2012
in
New York, Ericsson (NASDAQ: ERIC) will participate in discussions on how
mobile
broadband can be used as a tool for change in helping to tackle global
challenges.
The event, which takes place in New York on September 22-24, will be
complemented by Social Good Summit hub events on September 24 in Nairobi,
Kenya
and Beijing, China as well as "meet-ups" in nearly 100 countries.
At the Social Good Summit as well as other related events in New York
during the
same week, Ericsson President and CEO Hans Vestberg will discuss the impact
mobile broadband can have on a range of initiatives, and outline the key
role
technology can play in meeting global challenges.
Vestberg says: "Broadband is proven as a key infrastructure for social and
economic development. It positively impacts GDP, employment growth, and
supports
a low-carbon economy. During this week in New York we hope to raise
awareness of
the role mobile broadband and ICT can play on the global agenda."
At the Social Good Summit, Vestberg, who is a Broadband Commissioner, will
highlight the release of the Broadband Commission for Digital Development's
report, The State of Broadband 2012: Achieving Digital Inclusion for All,
together with Dr Hamadoun Touré, Secretary-General of the
International
Telecommunication Union. The report will be recognized by the United
Nations
Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, on September 23, at a meeting of the
Broadband
Commission.
Vestberg will also discuss the role of technology in development and peace
with
UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador Forest Whitaker, Founder and Chair of PeaceEarth
Foundation and Professor Jeffrey Sachs, Director of the Earth Institute at
Columbia University
The global education initiative "Connect To Learn" will also be highlighted
during the week, with new announcements and an outline of the milestones
achieved to date. Ericsson's Vice President of Sustainability and
Corporate
Responsibility, Elaine Weidman-Grunewald, will appear on a Social Good
Summit
panel to discuss ways to improve access to a 21st-century secondary
education
for girls on September 24.
Later that day, Weidman-Grunewald will also introduce a session at the
Summit on
refugee reconnection. Based on the successful introduction of the mobile
reconnection platform developed by Ericsson on behalf of Refugees United,
she
and co-founder Christopher Mikkelsen will discuss the importance of
public-private partnerships in achieving scale. This initiative will also
be
represented at the Clinton Global Initiative in New York later in the week,
which has the theme of Designing for Impact.
Vestberg and Weidman-Grunewald will also participate in the launch of the
Sustainable Development Solutions Network on September 22, the network
recently
announced by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and directed by Jeffrey
Sachs, in
his role as special advisor to the UN Secretary General. This initiative
is
part of the UN initiatives in support of the post-2015 development agenda
and
the outcome of the Rio+20 Conference.
The Social Good Summit will be webcast at and on
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NOTES TO EDITORS
Link to media and blogger kit:
Photos Hans Vestberg;
For more information on the Social Good Summit and for press to register,
please
visit:
All sessions will be webcast.
Ericsson participation highlights at the Social Good Summit:
September 22
16.00-16.30 EST
Venue: 92nd Street Y, 1395 Lexington Ave, New York
The future is broadband - a panel of the Broadband Commission
Hans Vestberg and Dr. Hamadoun Touré, Secretary-General, ITU. This
session will
delve into what it takes to build the Networked Society, a future where
people
benefit from this transformative tool, and channels of innovation are
opened.
The panelists will illustrate how broadband is already making a positive
impact
on communities around the world, and look at what the future might hold,
based
on The State of Broadband 2012: Achieving Digital Inclusion for All, a
report by
the Broadband Commission which will be recognized by the UN
Secretary-General on September 23.
This session will be webcast.
***
September 23
16.30-17.00 New York time
Venue: 92nd Street Y, 1395 Lexington Ave, New York
Session_ Peace, development and technology
Hans Vestberg, Forest Whitaker and Jeffrey Sachs discuss technology,
development
and peace. The panel will talk about ways in which today's modern
technology can
support and facilitate peace and development around the world, be it
troubled
urban neighborhoods in the US, border issues between the US and Mexico, or
rural
conflict areas in Africa such Liberia, the Democratic Republic of the
Congo,
Uganda and Sudan.
This session will be webcast.
***
September 24
14.30-15:00 EST
Venue: 92nd Street Y, 1395 Lexington Ave, New York
Session: Connected girls around the world
Elaine Weidman-Grunewald, Sarah Brown, wife of former UK Prime Minister
Gordon
Brown, and Holly Gordon, Executive Director of the 10x10 campaign on
girls, education and technology. The panel will focus on the importance and
impact of girls' education and how technology and advocacy can help meet
this
global challenge.
This session will be webcast.
September 24
16:55-17:05 EST
Venue: 92nd Street Y, 1395 Lexington Ave, New York
Session: Refugee reconnection
Elaine Weidman-Grunewald will introduce a session with Christopher
Mikkelsen,
co-founder of Refugees Reunited, on the refugee reconnections made possible
by
his organization's mobile platform.
This session will be webcast.
***
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