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Spring Sustainability Webinar

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Spring Sustainability Webinar: The importance of SDGs in developing a business idea

Speaker: Omar Hernandez, Program Manager of the United Nations Academic Impact Initiative
Tuesday, January 31, 2023
4:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. (CT)

The Jindal School of Management at The University of Texas at Dallas are pleased to announce that a Sustainability Webinar will be held on January 31, 2023. This webinar is a kickoff event for our annual Sustainability Competition that will be held in April 2023. Through this webinar, our students will learn about the importance of sustainability through the UN’s SDGs, and be inspired to innovate and enter the Case Competition in April with their own sustainability proposals.

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For more information, please contact Imelda Freddy at Imelda.Freddy@utdallas.edu.

Featured Speaker

Omar Hernandez

Omar Hernandez

Program Manager of the United Nations Academic Impact Initiative

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Omar Hernández works in public information as the Program Manager of the United Nations Academic Impact initiative and focal point on Sustainable Development Goals and institutions of higher education. Previously he served as Volunteer and Conference Management Specialist at the United Nations Climate Change Secretariat and as a Consultant for the Education for Justice initiative of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime.

Moreover, Omar volunteered with the Liaison Office of the United Nations Agency for Palestine Refugees, the World Federation of United Nations Associations, and the United Nations Association of Venezuela. In his home country, Venezuela, he worked as an International News Analyst and Editor for the local media, including various assignments as a Temporary Correspondent at the United Nations in Geneva, and was a Professor at the Andrés Bello Catholic University, teaching courses of International Journalism, International Public Law, and International Human Rights Law, while being an active member of the Academic Council on the United Nations System.

Omar has a Master’s degree in Cooperation for Development with a Specialization in International Humanitarian Aid from the Jaume I University in Spain, a Diploma of Advanced Studies in Freedom of Expression and Right to Information from the Andrés Bello Catholic University in Venezuela, and a Bachelor’s degree in International Studies from the Central University of Venezuela.