Chris Szymczak: Helping People Take Control of Their Own Digital Destiny

Feb 12, 2024 Posted by: Daniela Vega All SDGs, Chris Szymczak, Sweden

Chris: Thanks for having me, Spiffy! In a poll made by UNICEF, 67% of young people feel they have limited to no control over how technology will impact their lives in the next 10 years. How can they think otherwise if they didn’t participate in designing it? Today's youth is largely excluded from taking control of their own digital destiny. UNICEF supports youth who want to build technology that benefits public good—digital public goods (DPGs). At the end of the nineteenth century, western world-dominating countries colonized nations under the premise that they had no sovereignty and resources to properly manage their own affairs; we are facing a digital version of this process today. Digital public goods developed locally, by the future generation, fast forward digital development towards equity.

Patty Alleman: Forging Alliances to Help Innovators Drive Social Change

Oct 05, 2023 Posted by: Sujit Kunte Patty Alleman, SDG 17, Sweden

Patty: It’s great to be here, Spiffy! We want all innovators, who have a purpose to impact social change, to design with a lens on children. And all, who have a purpose to deliver a world of equal opportunity for every child, to embrace innovation as the bold accelerator to that global reality.

Tomer Shalit: Encouraging Cities to Tackle Climate Change, One Step at a Time

Dec 16, 2020 Posted by: Jill Jha Gaingels, LGBT Entrepreneur, SDG13, Sweden, Tomer Shalit

Tomer: It’s great to be here, Spiffy. You know, climate change is the biggest, most complex challenge of our era. In fact, it’s a complexity that has paralyzed and prevented progress for too long. I founded ClimateView based on agile methodologies because climate change is a challenge that desperately requires a new approach.

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