Penny Abeywardena
Commissioner - NYC Mayor’s Office for International Affairs
Biography
Penny leads New York City's global platform for promoting its goals for a more just society, showcasing the diversity of New Yorkers and sharing policies and best practices with the world. Her agency serves the largest diplomatic corps in the world, including strategic partnerships and programming reaffirming NYC’s local leadership on global issues.
From 2009-2014, Penny was the Director of Girls and Women Integration at the Clinton Global Initiative, where she led the program's evolution into one of CGI's most successful efforts.
Penny is a French-American Foundation Young Leader (2017) a WEF Young Global Leader (2016) and a Co-Chair on WEF’s Global Future Culture.
Keynote release date
Keynote presentations will be released prior to the Symposium date so that delegates can have maximum opportunity to view these presentations before the live panel discussions at the live online event.
Monday 7 September | Penny Abeywardena, Commissioner - NYC Mayor’s Office for International AffairsTopic: SDGs and Cities |
Session details
Thursday 1 October 10:00 am | Responding panel to KeynoteSDGs and Cities - Penny Abeywardena, Commissioner - NYC Mayor’s Office for International Affairs Moderator: Michele Acuto, Director - Connected Cities Lab Panellists: Director General Chingyu Yao, City of New Taipei Tony Pipa, Senior Fellow - Global Economy and Development, Brookings Penny Abeywardena, Commissioner - NYC Mayor’s Office for International Affairs |