January 14-16, 2015 LESSONS LEARNED FROM THE MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS: PERSPECTIVES FOR THE POST 2015 DEVELOPMENT AGENDA

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1 LESSONS LEARNED FROM THE MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS: PERSPECTIVES FOR THE POST 2015 DEVELOPMENT AGENDA IN COOPERATION WITH ACUNS VIENNA UN CONFERENCE January 14-16, 2015 Vienna International Centre Wednesday, January 14, :00-9:30 Registration (Gate 1) 10:00-12:00 Opening Session Welcoming Remarks Opening Mr. Taizo Nishikawa, Deputy to the Director-General, UNIDO Ms. Amina Mohammed, Assistant Secretary-General, Special Advisor on Post-2015 Development Planning (video message) Chair: Mr. Abiodun Willams, Chair, Board of Directors, Academic Council on the United Nations System (ACUNS); President, The Hague Institute for Global Justice Mr. Yury Fedotov, Director-General of the United Nations Office in Vienna; Executive Director, UNODC Dr. Lassina Zerbo, Executive Secretary, CTBTO Ms. Simonetta Di Pippo, Director, UNOOSA Ms. Margit Bruck-Friedrich, Chief of Protocol & Senior External Relations Officer, Director General s Office for Coordination, IAEA Mr. Michael Platzer, Chair, Vienna Alliance of NGOs on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice; ACUNS Vienna Liaison Representative KEYNOTE SPEECH Special Guest H.E. Mr. Peter Launsky Tieffenthal, Director-General for Development Cooperation and Humanitarian Affairs, Austrian Federal Ministry for Europe, Integration and International Affairs H.E. Mrs. Margareta Timofti First Lady of the Republic of Moldova

2 Wednesday, January 14, 2015 (Continued) 13:00-14:30 United Nations Industrial Development Chair: H.E. Ms. Lourdes O. Yparraguirre, Organization (UNIDO) Ambassador of the Philippines to Austria, Inclusive and Sustainable Permanent Representative to the United Nations and Industrial Development other International Organizations in Vienna Mr. Kitaoka Kazuki, Coordinator of the Strategic Planning Unit, UNIDO Ms. Petra Bayr, Member of the Austrian Parliament, Spokeswoman for Global Development Mr. Uwe Schubert, Professor; Vice President of Society for Industrial Development 15:00-16:30 United Nations Organization on Chair: Drugs and Crime (UNODC) Peaceful and Inclusive Societies for Sustainable Development Mr. Jean-Luc Lemahieu, Director, Division for Policy Analysis and Public Affairs, UNODC Mr. Michael Obrovsky, Head of Research Department, Austrian Foundation for Development Research Ms. Maria Pushkina, Laboratory of Political Consulting, Saint Petersburg State University Mr. Ugljesa Zvekic, Senior Advisor, Global Initiative Mr. Michael Platzer, Chairperson, Vienna Alliance of NGOs on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice; ACUNS Vienna Liaison Representative 17:00-18:00 Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban-Treaty Organization (CTBTO) Briefing: The Contribution of the CTBT to International Peace, Security and Development Mr. Cormac O Reilly, External Relations Officer, CTBTO 19:00 Reception (Courtesy of the Permanent Mission of Austria to the International Organizations in Vienna) Welcoming speech: Future of Rule- based Societies H.E. Mr. Hans Winkler, Director, Diplomatic Academy of Vienna

3 Thursday, January 15, :30-9:30 Registration (Gate 1) 10:00-11:30 International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Chair: H.E. Ms. Bente Angell-Hansen, Science and Technology - The unique Ambassador of Norway to Austria, Contributions of Nuclear Techniques Permanent Representative to the United Nations and to the Post 2015-Agenda other International Organizations in Vienna Short film: Food for the Future Mr. Ferenc Toth, Planning and Economic Studies Section, Department of Nuclear Energy, IAEA Mr. Carl Blackburn, Acting Section Head, Food and Environmental Protection Section, Department of Nuclear Sciences and Applications, IAEA Mr. Neil Victor Jarvis, Section Head, Division of Africa, Department of Technical Cooperation, IAEA (SE4ALL) tbc 12:00-13:30 United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs Chair: H.E. Mr. Walther Lichem (UNOOSA) Space Policy, Science and Technology: Accelerating Development in the post-2015 era Mr. Niklas Hedman, Chief Committee, Policy and Legal Affairs Section, UNOOSA Ms. Irmgard Marboe, Professor of International Law, University of Vienna Mr. Tommaso Ghidini, Head of the Materials Technology Section,European Space Agency - ESA/ESTEC Mr. Luc St- Pierre, Senior Programme Officer, Space Applications Section, UNOOSA Mr. Werner Balogh, Programme Officer, Space Science & Technology Space Apps. Section, UNOOSA 13:30-14:30 Lunch Break 14:30-15:50 UN Commission on International Trade Law Chair: Ms. Irina Donciu, (UNCITRAL) Deputy Permanent Representative of Romania The Importance of a Solid Commercial Legal to the United Nations and other International Framework for Sustainable Development Organizations in Vienna Mr. Timothy Lemay, Principal Legal Officer and Head, Legislative Branch, UNCITRAL Mr. Jernej Sekolec, Former Secretary UNCITRAL, Independent Arbitrator

4 Thursday, January 15, 2015 (Continued) 16:00-17:30 The United Nations Entity for Gender Chair: H.E. Ms. Anu Laamanen, Equality and the Empowerment of Women Ambassador of Finland to Austria, (UNWOMEN) Permanent Representative to the United Nations and Gender Equality and the Post-2015 Agenda other International Organizations in Vienna 18:30 Social Event (Courtesy of the City of Vienna) H.E. Mrs. Margareta Timofti, First Lady of the Republic of Moldova Ms. Ursula Bauer, Chief Executive Office, Executive Group for Organisation, Safety and Security, City of Vienna Ms. Lilly Sucharipa, President, Austria National Committee for UN Women Ms. Dorota Gierycz, Professor, Webster University Mr. Daniil Chugunov, Psychologist, Associate Professor of the Institute of Management and Law, St. Petersburg Friday, January 16, :30-8:00 Registration (Gate 1) 8:30-10:00 United Nations Information Service (UNIS), Chair: Mr. Martin Nesirky, Director, UNIS Vienna United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), United for Education and Sustainable Futures (UESF), International Association for the Advancement of Innovative Approaches to Global Challenges (IAAI) Youth Engagement and Volunteerism in UN Post-2015 Development Agenda Welcoming Remarks Mr. Ahmad Alhendawi, UN Secretary- General s Envoy on Youth (video message) Mr. Alistair Edgar, Executive Director, Academic Council on the UN System (ACUNS); Associate Professor Ms. Somaya Moll, International Expert,UNIDO Ms. Hanna Heikkila, Associate Expert, Prevention, Treatment and Rehabilitation Section, UNODC Ms. Kehkasan Basu, UNEP Major Group Children and Youth (tbc) Mr. Billy Batware, UESF and Regional Coordinator, Regional Academy on United Nations, RAUN Ms. Milica Dimitrijevic, IAAI Representative Ms. Viktoriia Shvydchenko, Ms. Viktoriya Luchka, 2014 Ukranian Youth Delegates to the UN GA 10:00-10:15 RAUN Opening Ceremony Ms. Mirella Dummar Frahi, Civil Affairs Officer, Team leader, UNODC

5 Friday, January 16, 2015 (Continued) 10:15-13:00 RAUN Post-2015 Development Agenda Inclusive and Sustainable Business Strategies: The Role Working Group I - of Self-Regulation - UNIDO I International Development and Trade Financing Young Entrepreneurs and Young Enterprises: Review of needs, difficulties, and challenges that young enterprises face when accessing finance UNIDO II New Eye: A look from above on the Post-2015 Development Agenda, and the growing relevance of UNOOSA UNOOSA Transparency and Data Revolution in Treaty-based Investor-State Arbitration UNCITRAL Judges: Mr. Jacek Cukrowski, Chief, Institute for Capacity Development, UNIDO Ms. Aygul Duysenhanova, Programme Officer, UNOOSA Mr. Werner Balogh, Programme Officer, Space Applications Section, UNOOSA Ms. Katharine Sarikakis, Professor, Institute for Publication and Communication, University of Vienna Ms. Margarete Maria Grandner, Professor and Program Director, Department of International Development, University of Vienna Mr. Grzegorz Donocik, Former Chief, Europe and NIS Programme, UNIDO 13:00-14:00 Lunch Break 14:00-15:45 RAUN Post-2015 Development Agenda Modern Forms of Slavery and Human Trafficking Female Working Group II - offenders in the trafficking of persons for the purpose of sexual exploitation Victims or perpetrators? UNODC I Human Rights Irregular Migration in the Mediterranean: problems, questions and possible solutions in light of the Post-2015 Development Agenda IOM The Humanitarian Dimension of Nuclear Testing: How the nuclear test-ban treaty adds to the realization of the UN Post-2015 Development Agenda, and how international humanitarian law can be useful for enforcing non-proliferation CTBTO Post-2015 Development Agenda within the United Nations Policy Framework: Towards a future without violence against women UNWOMEN Judges: Ms. Irmgard Marboe, Professor, University of Vienna Mr. Cormac O Reilly, External Relations Officer, CTBTO Ms. Dorota Gierycz, Professor, Webster University Mr. Fabrizio Sarrica, Research Officer, Global Report on Trafficking in Persons Unit, UNODC Mr. Gunther Hauser, National Defence Academy, Vienna Mr. Diman Dimov, Project Coordinator, DTA/OSB/ISS, UNODCAAI 15:45-16:00 Coffee Break

6 Friday, January 16, 2015 (Continued) 16:00-17:30 RAUN Post-2015 Development Agenda Benefits of Nuclear Energy to Overcome Climate Change, Working Group III - the example of China IAEA Energy, Environment and Safety Evaluation of Battery Storage Technologies: Sustainable, rural electrification in Sub-Saharan Africa SE4ALL Sustainable Cities and Personal Security: Goals, approaches, outcomes Why is it worth keeping sustainable cities in the Post-2015 Development Agenda? - UNODC II Judges: Mr. Alistair Edgar, Executive Director, Academic Council on the UN System (ACUNS); Associate Professor Mr. Manfred Groening, Head, Terestrial Environment, Laboratory/ Seibersdorf, IAEA Ms. Sigrid Stagl, Professor, WU Vienna University of Economics and Business Mr. Antony Kamara, Advocacy & Communications Coordinator, SE4ALL Ms. Tamara Mitrofanenko, UNEP Vienna, Regional Office for Europe Mr. Slawomir Redo, Senior Programme Adviser (ACUNS Vienna); Visiting Scholar, John Jay College of Criminal Justice (CUNY, NY, USA) 17:30-18:00 RAUN Award Ceremony Mr. Martin Nesirky, Director, UNIS Vienna DATE/TIME TOPIC Tuesday, January 13, 2015 (Additional Events) 8:00 9:15 Registration (Gate 1) 9:30 12:30 IAAI ACUNS Workshop: Innovative Resource Mobilization for Post Multi-Stakeholder Action and Youth Engagement (Conference Room C5) 12:30 14:00 Lunch Break 14:00 16:00 ACUNS Academic Forum Target & Indicators for peaceful, inclusive, justice societies for sustainable development (Goal 16) (Conference Room C5) 16:00 18:00 Young Adults Drug Forum Drug Knowledge, Use, and Policy Changes (Conference Room C5) Additional support provided by: