First-Ever Novus Summit at the United Nations General Assembly Hall July 17 Honors 17 Science, Innovation, and Technology Leaders for 17 UN Global Goals to Transform Our World featuring Keynote by Peter Diamandis


NEW YORK, July 08, 2016 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The first-ever Novus Summit http://www.novussummit.org/#intro, will take place at the United Nations General Assembly Hall on the 17th of July, in New York City.  The Novus Summit will be a special event in partnership with the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, held during the UN High Level Political Forum for Sustainable Development (HLPF) week. The Summit will leverage Science, Innovation, and Technology to unite Humanity around the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) https://sustainabledevelopment.un.org/sdgs to transform our World. Heads of State and Government on September 25, 2015 adopted the 17 SDGs, also known as the 2030 Agenda. The new agenda is expected to stimulate action over the next fifteen years in areas of critical importance for humanity and the planet and shift us onto a more sustainable and resilient path.

Presented by Co-Chairmen Kunal Sood, Founder of X Fellows, and Sony Mordechai, Chairman and CEO, Global Eye Investments, the Novus Summit will showcase 17 voices of positive change, and will be an annual summit. “There’s never been a better time for us to achieve the UN Global Goals by leveraging technological innovation and creating a conversation to solve our global grand challenges,” Kunal Sood noted, “empowering people to improve their quality of life, protecting our planet from the adverse effects of climate change, and strengthening international cooperation using science, education, and technology. I’m so honored that visionaries from all generations will join us to unite in taking action around the UN Global Goals.”

The Novus Summit, curated by Sood, will honor such notables as Anousheh Ansari, spaceflight participant, Iranian-American engineer and member of X PRIZE Foundation’s Vision Circle, as well as its Board of Trustees and co-founder and chairwoman of Prodea Systems; Martin Seligman, founder of the Positive Psychology Center at the University of Pennsylvania, Scott Parazynski, former astronaut and award winning medical doctor; Robert Swan, founder of 2041, a company dedicated to the preservation of the Antarctic, and first person to ever walk unsupported to both North and South Poles; Isabel Behncke Izquierdo, TED resident, and Chilean primatologist and member of the Social and Evolutionary Neuroscience Research Group, at the University of Oxford; Lakshmi Puri, Assistant Secretary-General for Intergovernmental Support and Strategic Partnerships at the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and Empowerment of Women; Roya Mahboob, Afghan entrepreneur and businesswoman, one of TIME Magazine’s 100 Most Influential People, founder and CEO of Afghan Citadel Software Company, in Herat, Afghanistan; Peter Diamandis, engineer and entrepreneur founder and chairman of the X PRIZE Foundation; Parisa Khosravi, for 27 years head of newsgathering for CNN; Vikram Gandhi, current producer and director of HBO’s VICE; Maye Musk, fashion model and dietician, Mother of Elon Musk founder of Tesla motors and SpaceX, and more.

The Novus Summit begins at 8:00 am on Sunday, July the 17th, and concludes at 7:00 pm, with an immersive and purpose-driven program. Registration will start outside the Visitors Entrance at the UN headquarters at 7:30 am, with photo opportunities and press meet for all official invited delegates. 

About Novus Summit
On July 17, 2016, Novus will organize the first-ever annual summit at the United Nations General Assembly Hall, as a special event during the United Nations High Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development, honoring 17 innovators alongside performing artists to inspire positive change for a sustainable and resilient future. Supported by UN DESA, the Novus Summit is where science, technology and innovation unite humanity to transform the world. It will serve as an intergenerational platform to inspire humanity to unite in action for positive impact, and stimulate action around the 2030 Agenda by sharing stories of hope, transformation, and resilience in a highly immersive environment. Website: www.novussummit.org

 


            

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