RISE World Summit 2022 Announced: “Innovation and Diversity” to be this Year’s Theme

New Delhi: The RISE World Summit is organized by RISE Infinity Foundation and Idobro Impact Solutions today announced its 2022 edition, with an ambitious goal of 100+ countries, 15 co-hosts, 20 workshops, 10 roundtable discussions, 10 Earth tours and 80+ showcases, all engaging 120+ partners. This year’s speakers include Prof. Philip Kotler, Father of Modern Marketing, Gopal Shankar Narayan, Advocate at Supreme Court of India, and Elizabeth A. Vazquez, CEO & Co-Founder, WEconnect International. The Summit is one of a kind co-created and co-located convening of thought leaders, experts and learners that influence action and outcomes on the SDGs for the year ahead, is to be held on February 3-5 th 2022. The theme for the year is “Innovation and Diversity – Time to change from D&I to I&D”.

The 2021 summit was a resounding success; held with 1000+ participants from 55 countries and 36 hours relay programming across 8 time zones led by 65 visionary partners and Thought leaders such as Prof. Philip Kotler, Cherie Blair, Amitabh Kant, Ambassador Gideon Behar, Dr. Yasmin Ali Haque, Prof. K. VijayRaghavan, Cheryl Pinto, Yosef Abramowitz and more.

This year, the summit will be onboarding Gurgaon-based Jajabor Brand Consultancy as its communications partner. Commenting on this, Upasna Dash, Founder & CEO, Jajabor Brand Consultancy said, ”We are thrilled to be partnered with Rise World Summit 2022, both organisations are deeply committed to driving change and making an impact. At Jajabor, we are cognizant of the power that storytelling has in this endeavour. The Rise World Summit 2022 with its unique platform are champions of change through communication. We are excited to see the impact we will make.”

The summit will host subject matter experts to conduct workshops on various topics like:

• Financial literacy: Community financial well-being

• Climate & Disaster Resilience in a Changing World

• Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems in Global South

• Supply Chain Diversity: Building gender-responsive value chain

• Healthcare innovations to overcome health disparities

• Back to School: Learning Recovery

• Right-Skilling and Digital transformation

• Infodemic and Media Literacy: The problem before policymakers

• Youth Changemakers shaping Policy and Programs

• Diversity Driven Innovation: CXO Conclave

Karon Shaiva, Convenor, RISE PECOWorld said, “It will take a network of networks to find solutions that cover every person, region, and issue the world faces. So partnership is the only real answer to leave no one behind as envisaged in the SDGs and make things work. After all, for a Better World and a Greener Planet, It takes Action ….. and Collaboration.”

The RISE World Summit is also anchored by Steering Council members – Rajeshwari Chandrasekar, Chief of Office, UNICEF – Maharashtra, Anna Lekvall, Consul General – Sweden Consulate in Mumbai, Cheryl Kiser – Executive Director, Lewis Institute & Babson Social Innovation Lab, Prof. N. Vinod Chandra Menon – Founder Member, National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA), Govt of India Council, Vineet Patni – Former president of Bajaj Allianz Life Insurance, Anshu Gupta, Founder-Goonj and Magsaysay awardee, and Dev Bhattacharya – Business Head, New Ventures – Aditya Birla Group.

Philip Kotler, Father of Modern Marketing said, “I am so impressed with the people-power that is shown here, in India and in the world; the heroes who have come here to help others. It is very simple. It is what makes us a civilization! Those who are fortunate enough to have our needs met care about the needs of others. The whole idea of the Common Good is basically to always think about how do we help people lead a happier, more fruitful life, and more meaningful life.”

Registrations for the summit are open now at https://risepeco.world/community/. For more information please visit https://www.risesummit.in/