The online survey, which goes live on 1st August: http://survey.positiveimpactevents.com/ will provide anyone working in the meetings and events industry the ability to contribute opinions and commitments to how the global event industry could achieve the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. This survey has been created as part of the My World Global Citizen Survey to bring peoples voices into official debates about the SDGs and will be available in 22 languages. Survey?s completed before 1st September will be used to form an ?acceleration action? which will be shared with the United Nations.

Cvent, a market-leading meetings, events, and hospitality technology provider, is one of the partners supporting the creation of an acceleration commitment, which will communicate to the United Nations how engaging the event industry could lead to achieving the sustainable development goals by 2030. Other partners include IMEX, Maritz and Oregon Convention Center.

Positive Impact, a global not for profit which exists to engage, educate and collaborate to create a sustainable event industry will analyse all survey responses and create content for an ?Acceleration Commitment? which will identify key action items to take to create a sustainable event industry. The report will be submitted to the United Nations as part of their call for commitments to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals which will be discussed at their summit in New York in September.

Heads of State and Government will gather at the United Nations Headquarters in New York to progress the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The SDGs address everything from gender equality and an end to food poverty to responsible production and sustainable communities (see: www.sustainabledevelopment.un.org). The event is the first UN Summit on the SDGs since the adoption of the 2030 Agenda in September 2015.

Full details of the acceleration commitment will be presented across Positive Impact?s network and at Cvent CONNECT Europe, 14-16 October at the InterContinental O2 in London.