Cognitive empires, Colonising the mind

This session examined the challenge to the most fundamental human freedom, human agency, in the rise of “cognitive empires” - systems of power that influence societies not through coercion, but through how reality is interpreted.

12th Annual Symposium, Religion and Faith-Based International Affairs

Partnering with the United Nations, the multi faith sponsored Annual Symposium focused on “Faith Meets Global Values: Crisis and Promise of Multilateralism.” F4G advocated for the UN to transform into a ’system of systems’, functioning as a self-adaptive organism, aiming to mobilise every individual across the world as a change agent.

Global Turbulence, Special Session, NGIC-WAAS

Former presidents and prime ministers from a dozen nations joined UN leaders, World Bank veterans and senior policy thinkers in Baku yesterday for a closed, day-long reckoning with what organisers called a world in metacrisis - multiple civilisational stresses hitting simultaneously, with no adequate institutional response in sight

Origination, Stockholm

The Origination forum for Financing our Future was held in Stockholm drawing together entrepreneurs, industrialists, family offices, academics and government to look at funding and solutions for a multi-generational security.

Doha Forum, Qatar

The Doha Forum, under the theme “Justice in Action: Beyond Promises to Progress” discussed the major security issues of our times with leading figures from around the world.

UN Climate Change Conference Belem, Brasil

United Nations Climate Change Global Innovation Hub Strategic Global Mobilisation Investments for Development & Climate: Launching World Investment Plan.

UN Climate Change Global Innovation Hub COP 30 Dialogues.

SALT, London, UK

SALT hosted a series of political, economic, markets, technology and investing discussions in London.

Weathering the Future

The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) hosted a group of high-level participants to discuss climate security and investment.

UN Consultative Meeting with Civil Society

The UN High Representative held a consultative meeting to discuss peace and disarmament agenda amid the serious pressures on multilateralism and international security.

STS Forum, Kyoto, Japan

One of the largest gatherings in the world looked at AI, climate, biotech and other major science and technology issues

UN General Assembly and Climate Week

Launch of F4G Report, The World Investment Plan

In a series of engagements, Force for Good launched and engaged on its report on what it takes to create worldwide boom that profitably invests in the world’s transition to the information era, creating new markets for a secure sustainable and superior world for all.

Global Turbulence

The World Academy of Art and Science’s WAAS@65 Conference, Force for Good partnered.

The primary objective of WAAS@65 is to develop concrete measures to address the root causes of the unprecedented global challenges and turbulence threatening peace, stability, human security, and sustainable development. The conference will critically examine these challenges, identify their fundamental origins, formulate actionable strategies for their resolution, and explore the potential catalytic role of WAAS and its partner organizations in this endeavour.

UN, 4th International Conference on Financing for Development Sevilla, Spain

The Fourth International Conference on Financing for Development (FFD4) focused on financing our future, including the reform of the international financial architecture and financing the SDGs.

International Conference on Sustainable Cities Interdisciplinary Approaches

With global mass urbanization, cities have become central to tackling climate change, promoting social equity, and ensuring economic resilience. This conference hosted interdisciplinary dialogue, collaboration and focused on the transition toward sustainable urban development.

Chatham House, London conference 2025

The 2025 London Conference, the 10th edition of Chatham House’s flagship event, brought together leading voices to examine the challenge of building global governance in a world without rules. Force for Good participated in a follow-up discussion on International Order without leadership.

EarthX, Dallas, US

EarthX is an international environmental organization dedicated to educating and inspiring people and organizations to take action towards a more sustainable future worldwide.

XII Global Baku Forum, Baku, Azerbaijan

The Baku Global Forum is the leading geopolitical gathering in the region covering Eastern Europe, South Caucasus, Central Asia and the Middle East.

CES, Las Vegas

CES is the largest gathering for the tech industry. Force for Good participated on the Great Minds platform

Christ the Redeemer Sanctuary Making a Difference, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

The MAD Foundation aims to spur climate action, catalysing COP30; Force for Good is supporting the initiative

COP29, Baku Azerbaijan

High-level session on Accelerating Transformative Climate and Sustainability Innovations | COP 29, Baku, Azerbaijan

Science and Technology in Society Forum 21st Annual Meeting

Kyoto

The Science and Technology in Society forum (STS Forum) hosts the world’s leading scientists and multidisciplinary experts from diverse fields and countries from across the world. Force for Good participates to learn and contribute.

Family Offices for Sustainable Development Summit

New York

PUBLIC Foundation created a series of strategic events that align with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) including hosting the SDG Media Zone for the ninth time, The Family Offices for Sustainable Development (FOSD) Summit and Reception, and the Cumbre de Impacto Iberoamericano Spanish-language at UNGA.

Climate Week, The NEST Climate Campus

New York

Force for Good joined ESG News on their platform to interview on insights and strategies to address the urgent challenges of climate change.

Mass Mobilisation of Global Solutions, Private Event

New York

Force for Good worked with 12 influential leading international thinkers to discuss the Capital as a Force for Good 2024 report’s nine scalable initiatives which have the potential to progress global SDG achievement to nearly 90% in total if deployed globally, from 66% today, and enhance human security for all, to determine how best to roll them out.

UN, Summit of the Future

New York

World leaders adopt a Pact for the Future that includes a Global Digital Compact and a Declaration on Future Generations (A/RES/79/1), covering a broad range of themes including peace and security, sustainable development, youth and future generations, and the transformation of global governance. Force for Good attended and participated in the side discussions.

The World Academy of Art and Science

General Assembly

The World Academy of Art and Science, founded by Oppenheimer, Einstein, Russell among others following World War II to address the major issues facing the world in achieving peace, held its General Assembly. Force for Good participated in the opening and a number of key events.

Humanity 2.O, Human Flourishing Forum

Pontifical Academy of Sciences, Vatican

A two-day program on human flourishing hosted at the Vatican, with Humanity 2.O, invited a selected group of leaders to consider this critical topic in partnership with The Human Flourishing Program at Harvard University, The Positive Psychology Center at the University of Pennsylvania, and the Pontifical Gregorian University. Force for Good participated with its ideas and perspectives.

EarthX 2024

Congress of Conferences

EarthX hosted a Congress of Conferences of environmentalists, corporations, government agencies, policy-makers, and other stakeholders where Force for Good participated across the board, including the audience at large and wealthy individuals.

United Nations HQ, New York

SDG Investment Fair

The UN SDG Investment Fair brings together 5,000 participants from governments and the private sector, with 100 SDG-aligned projects presented with a total investment scope of US$50 billion.

The Doha Forum

Diplomacy, Dialogue and Diversity Building Shared Futures

“The world is grappling with unprecedented forces of fragmentation and great power competition, while emerging technology threatens to divide and polarize the global order. Pro-active engagement, systems-level thinking, and results focused dialogue are more important now than ever.

Global Futures, UNGA Week,

Just Economies That Operate Within Planetary Boundaries, and its Funding Challenge

The panel focused on specific actions needed as a global society to achieve the goal of Just Economies That Operate Within Planetary Boundaries.

Human Security for All, CTA-WAAS

Force for Good is a partner of the HS4A campaign. Our Chair is a director of the campaign. This discussion explores how to better understand the pivotal role technology plays in solving the world's biggest problems in support of the United Nations Human Security for All campaign.

Peace, Human Security and Sustainability for People and the Planet | Conference of NGOs

Force for Good contributed to the Fourth Conference of Non-Governmental Organizations Global Thematic Webinar on Peace, Human Security, and Sustainability for People and the Planet on September 7, 2023

Driving Mass Financial Inclusion, India’s Contribution to the World

India’s technology stack relating to mass financial inclusion has resulted in nearly half a billion people with bank accounts in India, supplying them also with payment systems access, debit cards, basic insurance, social security payments, and more. This initiative has the potential to make a global impact on mass financial inclusion as we had hoped for in our Force for Good work. We are pleased to announce an event hosted by Ambassador Ruchira Kamboj, Permanent Representative of India to the UN, in the UN ECOSOC Chamber, New York, on the 4th May, 10am ET, where this important initiative and its potential importance worldwide will be shared with the audience.

SDG Investment Fair
Force for Good Contributing to Progress on the SDGs

The UN SDG Investment Fair promotes high impact sustainable development projects in emerging and frontier markets. It is a platform for connecting investors, private and public institutions, and representatives from UN agencies to facilitate dealmaking in investment projects that advance the Sustainable Development Goals. Force for Good is delighted to have Ketan Patel, Chair, participate in this event as a keynote speaker.

CES, 'The Most Influential Tech Event in the World'

This year's, CES was themed Human Security for All (HS4A) in support of the HS4A campaign, an initiative of the UN Trust Fund for Human Security and the World Academy of Art and Science. Force for Good supported the initiative with the launch of its report on Technology as a Force for Good at CES, and led and participated in the 'Great Minds' series.

State of SDG Finance and Investment 2022, SDG Investment Fair

The SDG Investment Fair is a global platform that connects stakeholders and brokers investment opportunities in emerging and frontier markets. It consists of matchmaking and investor exchanges, project pitches of bankable investment opportunities presented to global investors, and capacity building activities.
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Ketan Patel’s keynote address on State of SDG Finance and Investment 2022 and full proceedings of the event can be viewed here:

COP27, Global Financial Solutions Summit, UN Climate Change Global Innovation Hub, Egypt

As part of the Jeffrey Sachs led the panel to discuss the funding of the SDGs. Phoebe Koundouri moderated. Force for Good spoke of the conditions in the world leading to a financing challenge, the capital available, the need for systemic change and its six breakthrough initiatives. See https://www.timesofisrael.com/israeli-climate-finance-experts-gather-some-of-worlds-top-brains-at-cop27-event/.

Club de Madrid, Leading in a World of Converging Crises, Annual Policy Dialogue, World’s Largest Forum of Democratic Former Presidents and Prime Ministers

Club de Madrid is the world’s largest forum of democratic former presidents and prime ministers. Its policy dialogue has a cross-section of members and invitees to discuss the key policy issues of our times, bringing the rigour, real politik of having led nations, as well as ethical and moral perspectives to the exchange.

Financing the joint implementation of the SDGs and the European Green Deal

The European Green Deal is one of the world’s most advanced programmes in sustainability and is designed to transform the EU into a modern, resource-efficient and competitive economy. A subset of the authors of the SDSN’s report to the EU discuss the substantial alignment of the European Green Deal with the SDGs, the challenges that need to be tackled and the huge financing needs. The session was chaired by lead author Phoebe Koundouri, Athens University of Economics and Business and president-elect of the European Association of Environmental and Resource Economists. Members of the Force for Good team were co-authors and presented on the panel.

SALT Conference, New York, 2022

Salt SALT is a global thought leadership and networking forum encompassing finance, technology and geopolitics. Salt hosted a panel to discuss capital as a force for good, comprising expert practitioners drawn from the UN, asset management and insurance. Panelists: Chantal Line Carpentier, Chief, UNCTAD New York; Marina Severinovsky, Head of Sustainability, North America, Schroders; and Raman Srivastava, Executive Vice President & Global Chief Investment Officer, Great West Lifeco. Hosted and moderated by Ketan Patel, Chair of Force for Good.

SDSN Europe: 2nd European Green Deal Report by the Senior Working Group

“The UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network has launched its second report of its Senior Working Group, focuses on how to finance the joint implementation of the SDGs and the European Green Deal. Force for Good is a member of the Senior Working Group and contributed to this report.”

Earthx, Dallas, Texas

EarthX is an international nonprofit environmental organization dedicated to educating and inspiring people and organizations to take action towards a more sustainable future worldwide

Force for Good initiative was represented at the 2022 Conference and participated in multiple events with the aim of presenting the role of capital as a force for good towards meeting the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals

The CityUK International Conference 2022 Panel: Global Trade and Investment Megatrends

The CityUK’s 2022 International Conference focused on the UK’s role as an international financial centre and the opportunities and challenges to tackle if it is to retain its world-leading status. Force for Good participated in the event with Ketan Patel speaking on panel about global trade and investment megatrends

2022 Doha Forum
Creating Sustainable Growth in the Gulf as the World Transitions to Net Zero

Doha Forum is one of the world’s pre-eminent platforms for geopolitical dialogue, bringing together leaders in policy to discuss critical challenges facing our world, and to build innovative and action-driven networks. Ketan J Patel, Chair, Force for Good, participated in the 2022 Forum, speaking on a panel about the energy transition and Gulf States’ efforts to increase productivity and sustainable growth for future generations.

I love this Planet: The SDG Media Summit at COP26

The Force for Good leadership team launched the ‘I love this planet’ initiative at COP26 as part of the SDG Media Summit. See https://www.pvblic.org/sdgmediasummit. ‘I love this planet’ is a campaign designed to empower each of us as individuals, and as collective individuals forming groups, to do good with the aim of creating a movement for good. See www.ilovethisplanet.org). COP26 was a watershed moment for agreements on deforestation, phasing out coal, commitments to NetZero, a methane emission pledge and a carbon market deal. It also left much unsolved. For a summary of the status see https://www.forcegood.org/COP26.

Capital As A Force For Good
7th World Investment Forum, Untied Nations Conference On Trade And Development

The Force for Good Initiative has hosted a series of high impact sessions at UNCTAD’s World Investment Forum in support of the UN Secretary General's strategy and roadmap for sustainable development to 2030, exploring the the challenges facing the world, the current efforts of finance industry leaders to address these, and the big ideas for the world to transition to a more sustainable and inclusive future.

A New Capitalism from Japanese and Global Perspectives Webinar: Co-hosted by Force for Good and the Government of Japan.

Sustainability is a megatrend of our times which is set to split the world into countries, industries and companies that are aligned on the direction of change, rise to lead that change and those that do not adapt. This important session considers the profound nature of the change and the implications for leaders, drawing on latest engagements with successful institutions that are managing this transition.

Force for Good and the Government of Japan are co-hosting a webinar to explore these topics and Japan's critical role as a change agent in the shift to a more sustainable world.

Leaders on Purpose, 2021 CEO Summit

The Fourth Annual Leaders on Purpose CEO Summit brings together the world’s top thought leaders, business visionaries, multilateral leaders, academics and CEOs, accelerating a new kind of leadership at the forefront of the new business logic, integrating purpose and profit. This year's Leaders on Purpose summit will focus on creating a shared vision as we look at building better for the future we all want.

Force for Good led the summit's Capital Markets & Sustainable Finance session, which focused on the global multi-stakeholder effort required to fund the world's urgent challenges, bringing together asset owners, financial services, technology, governments and multi-lateral institutions.

Global Leadership for the 21st Century

GL-21, a joint project of United Nations Office in Geneva and the World Academy of Art & Science, is a transdisciplinary, multisectoral, multistakeholder initiative to address the leadership vacuum preventing effective progress on pressing global challenges, identifying catalytic strategies and initiatives that can be taken to accelerate global and national progress.

Force for Good participated in the event session “Leadership for financing implementation of the SDGs” leading a panel of experts from the private sector, multi-lateral development banks, academia and the United Nations.