BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//132.216.98.100//NONSGML kigkonsult.se iCalcreator 2.20.4// BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20251208T234504EST-0028uvnlkJ@132.216.98.100 DTSTAMP:20251209T044503Z DESCRIPTION:Jeffrey D. Sachs is the Director of The Earth Institute\,\nQuet elet Professor of Sustainable Development\, and Professor of\nHealth Polic y and Management at Columbia University. He is also\nSpecial Advisor to Un ited Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon.\nFrom 2002 to 2006\, he was Di rector of the UN Millennium Project and\nSpecial Advisor to United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan on\nthe Millennium Development Goals\, the i nternationally agreed goals\nto reduce extreme poverty\, disease\, and hun ger by the year 2015.\nSachs is also President and Co-Founder of Millenniu m Promise\nAlliance\, a nonprofit organization aimed at ending extreme glo bal\npoverty.  Professor Sachs is widely considered to be the\nleading int ernational economic advisor of his generation.  For\nmore than 20 years Pr ofessor Sachs has been in the forefront of the\nchallenges of economic dev elopment\, poverty alleviation\, and\nenlightened globalization\, promotin g policies to help all parts of\nthe world to benefit from expanding econo mic opportunities and\nwellbeing.\nCo-sponsored with the Sauvé Scholars Fo undation.\n DTSTART:20090415T133000Z DTEND:20090416T021500Z LOCATION:Stewart Biology Building\, CA\, QC\, Montreal\, H3A 1B1\, 1205 ave nue du Docteur-Penfield SUMMARY:What Canada Can Do to Help Achieve the Millennium Development Goals . A guest lecture by Prof. Jeffrey Sachs URL:/channels/event/what-canada-can-do-help-achieve-mi llennium-development-goals-guest-lecture-prof-jeffrey-sachs-105979 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR