2020 SDG CONFERENCE BERGEN

Remembering 2020 SDG Conference Bergen

In February 2020, the third national SDG Conference at the University of Bergen took place. More than 300 delegates met to discuss technologies and partnerships. Find the programme and other information from the conference collected on this page.

Left to right: Rector Dag Rune Olsen from the University of Bergen, Minister of Local Government and Modernisation Nikolai Astrup and Professor Peter Messerli from the University of Bern at the 2020 SDG Conference Bergen.

DEMANDING ACTION ON SUSTAINABILITY: Rector Dag Rune Olsen from the University of Bergen, Minister of Local Government and Modernisation Nikolai Astrup and Professor Peter Messerli from the University of Bern at the 2020 SDG Conference Bergen (left to right).

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Paul S. Amundsen for the University of Bergen

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The conference theme was Action/Inaction: Technologies and Partnerships.

The annual national SDG Conference Bergen was initiated by the University of Bergen and planned in dialogue with other Norwegian universities, the Ministry of Education and Research, and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Following up on the inaugural 2018 conference, a national committee from the university sector in Norway was appointed to oversee the conference. SDG Bergen, a strategic initiative of the University of Bergen, acted as the day to day programming committee and secretariat for the conference.

The official hashtag for the conference was #SDGbergen20

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University of Bergen

DAY ZERO 2020

Day Zero 2020: Summary

The university sector demands action on SDGs

Moving from inaction to action was the overarching theme at the third national SDG Conference Bergen in February 2020. The debate was on what role technology can play to achieve the 2030 Agenda.

Watch the 2020 SDG Conference Bergen

Action was the key word at the 2020 SDG Conference Bergen, the national conference for the university sector in Norway. Stream the entire conference here.

The University Aula in Bergen is lit up in the colours of the 2019 SDG Conference Bergen, inspired by the colours of the Sustainable Development Goals.

Action/Inaction – concept note

Read the concept note for the 2020 SDG Conference Bergen, Action/Inaction – Technologies and Partnerships.

Pro-Rector Margareth Hagen moderating the session after Professor Peter Messerli's Bergen SDG Lecture at the 2020 SDG Conference Bergen, with respondents Stefania Giannini of UNESCO and Bård Vegar Solhjell of Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation.

2020 SDG Conference programme

The programme for the 2020 SDG Conference Bergen: Wednesday 5 (Day Zero), Thursday 6 and Friday 7 February.

Vice-Rector for Global Relations Annelin Eriksen speaking to close the 2019 SDG Conference Bergen in February 2019.

Scientific Committee SDG 2020

The leader of the Scientific Committee for the 2020 SDG Conference Bergen is Vice-Rector for Global Relations, Professor Annelin Eriksen.

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