SONSIEL United Nations (UN)

Immersion Program

October 17 - 18, 2024

The complexity of contemporary global challenges requires innovative, well-informed, complex approaches by non-governmental civil society activists. Who better poised to lead these efforts than nurses?

Challenging the status quo with innovative programs and actions is what nurses do best. During this immersion program, you will be introduced to the inner workings of the United Nations via private tours and briefings, in addition to a full-day educational program providing you with the knowledge and expertise to enhance further your role as Innovators, Advocates, and Activists.

Registration closed! See you at the United Nations!

Join us in advancing the nursing profession at a global level.

Agenda*

Day 1 - October 17, 2024 at United Nations Headquarters - New York, NY

8:30-10:30 AM Private tours

10:45-11:45 AM Briefing #1: Human Trafficking for Health Care Professionals - Implications for Nursing Policies, Practice, and Procedures in Health Care Settings

12 - 1 PM Briefing # 2: UNESCO Fake News & Disinformation

1 - 2 PM Lunch: UN Café, Book/Gift shop (self-funded)

2 - 3 PM Briefing #3

3 - 4:30 PM Private tour: Meditation Room, Lobby Exhibits, The UN Slavery Memorial: The Ark of Return in honor of the victims of slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade 

Evening Meet Up - Amaze Restaurant

Day 2 - October 18, 2024 at Microsoft, Times Square, New York, NY

 8 - 9 AM Registration & Breakfast

 9 - 9:15 AM Welcome & Overview Day 2

 9:15 - 9:30 AM Keynote: AI & Integrated Tech in Health Care Delivery;   Microsoft in Healthcare - Kathleen McGrow, DNP, MS, RN, PMP, FHIMSS, FAAN

9:30 - 11 AM Nursing at the UN: High-level Overview of the UN System & Agencies

11 - 12 PM Networking NGOs for Advocacy/Activism

  • Generative AI for Good​: Channeling the power of generative AI to catalyze global positive change: Shiran ​Mlamdocsky Someach 

  • EntreprenNursing: Empowering Global Innovators in Nursing (SDG 17, 3): Sigal ShafraCCRN, MPH, MHA, PhD, Founder/Head of Research & Innovation Center in Nursing at Hadassah Hospital

  • Be the Match; Save a Life with Organ/Stem Cell Donation (SDG 3): Everick Brown, Robert Chelsea, Robert Chelsea Foundation

  • I Support the Girls: Providing Homeless and Vulnerable Women with hygiene products (SDG 5) Dana Marlowe, President of Accessibility Partners, IT consultancy for tech accessibility for people with disabilities, helping to make websites & apps accessible for people with disabilities. 

12 - 1 PM Networking Lunch

 1 - 2:30 PM Pathways of UN Participation

  • Department of Global Communications (DGC)

  • Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC)

  • Conference of NGOs in Consultative Relationship with the UN (CoNGO)

  • NGO Committees

  • UN Academic Impact (UNAI)

  • Working Group on Girls (WGG)

  • SONSIEL UN Committee & Working Groups

2:30 -4 PM SONSIEL @ the UN:  Choose Your Mission

  • Bring it Home

  • (CSW) Commission on the Status of Women  

  •  Amplifying SDG Awareness through Art & Creative  Expression: Local, Global Projects  

  • UN Calendar Events

4 - 5 PM Summarizing, Spreading the Word, and Closing

*Please note, agenda subject to change