UN Day 2025 - 'Education shapes the Future'

Celebration of United Nations Day (UN Day) 2025 with the awarding of the "Local Agenda Dresden Prize 2025" on October 24, 2025.

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Technology and science have a long tradition in Saxony. But there is still a gender imbalance in career choices in our region. How does this come about? On UN Day 2025 in Dresden, we will be exploring the question of how early the gender gap in the STEM subjects( science, technology, engineeringandmathematics) arises, what global differences exist and how innovative teaching and learning formats can help to overcome educational inequalities.

In 2015, the member states of the United Nations adopted the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development with a total of 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). In line with this year's focus topic "Education shapes the future", UN Day 2025 will specifically address SDG 4 "Quality education " .

We are looking forward to an exciting panel discussion, which will be introduced by Prof. Christian Leßmann (Professor of Economics, in particular International Economic Relations, TUD Dresden University of Technology) with a short keynote speech to get the audience in the mood for the topic and the discussion. Together with Prof. Edeltraud Günther (Director of UNU-FLORES), he will moderate the panel. Frank Bösenberg, Managing Director of Silicon Saxony, will shed light on the topic from the perspective of companies in Saxony. There will also be a welcome address from Jan Donhauser, First Mayor of the State Capital of Dresden and Alderman for Education, Youth and Sport.

The panel discussion will be followed by the 26th Local Agenda Awards Ceremony in the second part of the event.

Registration form

We look forward to receiving your registration for the United Nations Day with award ceremony of the 26th Local Agenda Prize.

Due to the limited number of places, we will provide you with a livestream on the YouTube channel of the state capital Dresden. The recording will also be available after the event via the same link.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZZXKNxOMkOg

Program

• Opening by Jan Donhauser (First Mayor of the City of Dresden, Alderman for Education, Youth and Sport)
• Panel discussion with:

  Prof. Dr. Edeltraud Günther (Director UNU-FLORES) - Moderation
  Prof. Dr. Christian Leßmann (Chair of Economics, esp. International Economic Relations, TUD Dresden University of Technology) - impulse and moderation

  Henriette Greulich (Head of Center for Interdisciplinary Learning and Teaching (ZiLL), TUD Dresden University of Technology)
  Prof. Dr. Kamila Cygan-Rehm (Chair of Quantitative Methods, esp. Econometrics, TUD Dresden University of Technology)
  Frank Bösenberg (Managing Director of Silicon Saxony)
• Presentation of the 26th Local Agenda Award
• Musical support by Musaik e. V.
• Reception with drinks and a small snack

The event will be held in German with simultaneous translation into English.

We look forward to your participation - on site or via livestream!

Note on accessibility:
The plenary hall of Dresden City Hall is barrier-free. There are elevators, wheelchair-accessible seats and an inductive hearing system for people with hearing aids. If you require assistance, our staff will be happy to help you on site. If you have any special requirements, please let us know when you register - we will be happy to assist you.

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