CEENRG is delighted to be supporting the latest in the series of the University of Cambridge Lectures on Globalisation, Sustainability and the Power of Ideas, which this year will be given by the Director-General of the World Trade Organization Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala. The lecture will take place on Friday, 19 July, at 5-7.30pm BST, live on YouTube. Learn more and register for your place in the lecture here.

About Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala

Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala is the Director General of the World Trade Organization, the first woman and African in the role. She is an economist and international development expert with more than 40 years of experience. Dr Okonjo-Iweala twice served as Nigeria's Finance Minister and briefly as Foreign Minister, the first woman to hold both positions. After a distinguished 25-year World Bank career, she became Managing Director in 2007. She currently serves on the Board of Trustees of the World Economic Forum, co-chairs the Global Commission on the Economics of Water. Dr Okonjo-Iweala is the recipient of numerous honours and accolades. For more information, please see Dr Okonjo-Iweala's profile here.

About the University of Cambridge Lecture Series on Globalisation, Sustainability and the Power of Ideas

Since 2019, the University of Cambridge has hosted a lecture series on Globalisation, Sustainability and the Power of Ideas. Its aim is to bring together international students, researchers and the wider community to consider emerging international policy, law and scientific trends and innovative solutions related to sustainability and globalisation, and to debate how such ideas emerge, are shared, and can change the world. Previous lecturers have included Lord Nicholas Stern (2019) and Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus (2022).

The lecture series is driven by the urgency to inspire and innovate the world’s best and brightest minds – current and future generations of leaders, teachers and researchers – to help find ways to support globalisation that is open, inclusive and sustainable. Speakers address such questions as: What are the key challenges of globalisation for sustainability? What are the most innovative and exciting new ideas, tools and strategies in the global public interest? How to build educational opportunities, research, practice and careers that make a contribution?