Global Goals Jam – Perth

A two-day hackathon where creative teams work together to tackle wicked problems and translate them into local challenges.  

Murdoch x Spacecubed

<h1>Calling all designers, creators, economists, researchers, change makers, engineers, storytellers, public servants and everyone in between.</h1><h3>Want to create sustainable impact?</h3>You're invited to participate in WA’s first Global Goals Jam and co-create solutions for Climate Action (SDG13) + Life on Land (SDG15) with the local community and industry.You’ll contribute to these Sustainable Development Goals by designing short-term interventions with long-term impact.The climate crisis, like many of the challenges before us, is so complex that no single discipline, mindset, or expertise will be able to solve it. To address social challenges globally, we need to collaborate and learn from local ideas that are being developed across the globe.Let’s #design2030now!<h3>Format</h3><li>2 days of jamming over the weekend of November 28th and 29th, 2020.</li><li>You’ll be in a multidisciplinary team of good humans (up to 5 people)</li><li>2 design sprints per day (4 in total spread across the weekend)</li><li>The processes and results are shared so that the community can build upon each other’s work</li><h3>Featuring local legends:</h3>⚡️Dr Sandy Chong, <a href="https://www.unaa-wa.org.au" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">UNAAWA</a> [speaker]President of the United Nations Association Western Australia, Harvard Alumnus, award-winning advisor, educator and active philanthropic contributor. ⚡️Daniel Mackey, <a href="https://www.impactseed.org" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Impact Seed</a> [facilitator]Sustainability and policy professional bringing people and organisations together to solve economic, social and environmental problems through collaboration and engagement.⚡️Dr Vanessa Rauland, <a href="https://www.climateclever.org/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">ClimateClever</a> [speaker]Empowering schools, homes, businesses and communities to reduce their carbon footprint and utility bills. Adjunct Research Fellow at Curtin University Sustainability Policy Institute, Founding Board Director of WA Social Enterprise Council (WASEC).⚡️Januka Gunasena, <a href="https://www.sustainableplatform.com/home/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Sustainable Platform</a> [facilitator]Sustainability professional specialising in developing policies and strategies that assist governments and corporates to meet their climate change and sustainability objectives.⚡️Cettina Raccuia, <a href="https://rac.com.au/about-rac/purpose" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">RAC</a> [facilitator]Senior leader across innovation and transformation, enabling the discovery, design and development of new opportunities and ways of working. Advisory Board and leadership team for the WA Innovation Hub.⚡️Hon Tim Clifford MLC, <a href="https://greens.org.au/wa/person/tim-clifford-0" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Greens WA</a> [speaker]The Greens (WA) MLC for the East Metropolitan region of WA + "here to solve problems – homelessness, inequality, climate change, growing the renewable energy market and transforming Perth into a more liveable city."⚡️ Jasmin Ward, <a href="https://www.bloom.org.au/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Bloom </a>[facilitator]Startup program facilitator, mentor, entrepreneur, 3x founder, ex-Navitas Ventures.⚡️ Alexander Karan, <a href="https://www.climateclever.org/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">ClimateClever </a>[facilitator]Co-founder and CTO, full stack developer communicating complicated tech in a simple and accessible way, passionate about making a positive difference.<h3>About the Global Goals Jam</h3><a href="https://globalgoalsjam.org" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">The Global Goals Jam</a> was founded by Marco van Hout and Gijs Gootjes of Digital Society School (DSS), Boaz Paldi, Simon van Woerden and Hana Omar of UNDP and has been further developed and coordinated by Anneke van Woerden (DSS). Established in 2016, the 2019 jams saw 90+ cities participating, connecting over 5000 change makers.Thousands of change makers have used this methodology and are now part of a growing learning community around the SDGs, ready to design 2030 now.More than an event, it is a network of cities and organisations that are excited to engage their local communities to create real impact for the Global Goals.<h3>About our Sponsors</h3><a href="https://spacecubed.com/space/murdoch/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Murdoch x Spacecubed</a> facilitates stronger connections with industry, government and business; offer alternative learning opportunities; and foster innovation through new activations and learning experiences.Murdoch has partnered with Spacecubed to activate the CBD space through their pioneering work in Perth in bringing together business start-ups and innovators in shared spaces. The space features seminar, teaching and modern learning areas, hot desks and offices that will allow staff, students and alumni to meet and engage in an open and innovative way.By registering to this event, which is kindly sponsored by partners Murdoch University x Spacecubed, you agree to receive information about Murdoch University and Spacecubed, and have read, understood and accept the respective Privacy Policies for <a href="https://policy.murdoch.edu.au/dotNet/documents/?docid=2155&public=true" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Murdoch University</a> and <a href="https://spacecubed.com/privacy-policy/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Spacecubed</a>. Please tick the box if you wish to opt-out of receiving communications and marketing materials.

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