2018 SDG Conference Bergen

Remembering 2018 SDG Conference Bergen

On Thursday 8 and Friday 9 February 2018, the University of Bergen organised the first annual national conference on the role of Norwegian universities in relation to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Find the programme and other information from the 2018 conference on this page.

Close-up of the SDG wheel on the attire of one of the speakers at the 2018 SDG Conference Bergen in February 2018.

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Eivind Senneset for University of Bergen

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The conference was called Knowledge for Our Common Future: Norwegian Universities and the Sustainable Development Goals.

The objective of the conference was to engage Norway's research and higher education communities, politicians, government officials, NGOs and industry in discussion on how universities can contribute towards implementation of the SDGs.

The hashtag for the conference was #SDGbergen

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UiB

Tilknyttet innhold

Knowledge for our common future

Norwegian Universities and the Sustainable Development Goals: conference at the University of Bergen, 8-9 February, 2018.

Prime Minister Erna Solberg, Government of Norway.

Prime minister to speak at SDG conference

Prime Minister Erna Solberg is one of the key note speakers at the Sustainable Development Goals conference at the University of Bergen, 8-9 February, 2018.

Plenary programme SDG 2018

From a global perspective, the conference addresses Norwegian universities and their role in the implementation of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, officially known as “Transforming our World: the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development”.

Prime Minister Erna Solberg, Government of Norway, at the SDG Conference Bergen on Friday 9 February 2018.

Speakers plenary panels SDG 2018

The list of the plenary speakers at the 2018 SDG Conference Bergen. The photo shows Norway's Prime Minister, Ms. Erna Solberg, on the second day of the conference.

Photo from the 2018 SDG Conference Bergen in the University Aula, Thursday 8 February 2018.

The workshop programme SDG 2018

There were 10 parallel workshops at the 2018 SDG Conference Bergen. Find listed a presentation of each and every one as well as the speakers in each workshop.

A student asks a question at the 2018 SDG Conference Bergen in the University Aula.

Student workshop at SDG 2018

As part of the 2018 SDG Conference Bergen on the Sustainable Development Goals and academia in Norway there was a student meeting Wednesday 7 February.

Vice Rector for Global Relations Annelin Eriksen, University of Bergen, closing the inaugural SDG Conference Bergen on 9 February 2018.

Scientific Steering Committee SDG 2018

The leader of the Scientific Steering Committee at the 2018 SDG Conference Bergen was Vice-Rector for Global Relations, Professor Annelin Eriksen.

Delegates registering for the inaugural 2018 SDG Bergen Conference in the University Aula in Bergen on Thursday 8 February 2018.

The Conference Secretariat

Contact information for the SDG Conference Bergen secretariat.

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