UN Week event: Good Servant, Poor Master: Capturing the Promise and Managing the Risk of Financial Technology for a Sustainable World

The Task Force’s Summit event delivered a line-up of more than 30 speakers—CEOs, heads of UN agencies, ambassadors, philanthropists, technologists, and entrepreneurs—to address an audience of nearly 150. Along with panel discussions and keynotes on “The Future of Money,” “The Role of Capital Markets in Financing the SDGs,” and “The Marriage of Finance and Technology,” the day included innovation pitches from the winners of tech sprint challenges in the US, China, India, Malaysia, Indonesia, Netherlands, and Uganda. The Task Force also published the Co-Chairs’ Progress Report: Harnessing Digitalization in Financing of the Sustainable Development Goals

The Task Force’s Summit event delivered a line-up of more than 30 speakers—CEOs, heads of UN agencies, ambassadors, philanthropists, technologists, and entrepreneurs—to address an audience of nearly 150. Along with panel discussions and keynotes on “The Future of Money,” “The Role of Capital Markets in Financing the SDGs,” and “The Marriage of Finance and Technology,” the day included innovation pitches from the winners of tech sprint challenges in the US, China, India, Malaysia, Indonesia, Netherlands, and Uganda. The Task Force also published the Co-Chairs’ Progress Report: Harnessing Digitalization in Financing of the Sustainable Development Goals