Exploring Curricular Synergy Between ACM CS2023 Knowledge Areas and the UN Sustainable Development Goals

The United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) call for global action to address interconnected challenges such as poverty, inequality, climate change, economic growth, and access to quality education and healthcare systems. As computing disciplines and technologies increasingly underpin critical sectors of sustainable development and play a vital role in solving complex problems, integrating the SDGs into computing education has become imperative. This paper briefly summarize the key points of a keynote speech presented at the International Conference on IT Innovation and Knowledge Discovery (ITIKD 2025). It explores the conceptual and curricular synergy between the ACM Computer Science 2023 (CS2023) Knowledge Areas and the SDGs. By aligning SDGs with CS2023 domains, the paper provides insights for a structured perspective to incorporate sustainability into undergraduate computing curricula. This proposed alignment aims to serve as a foundation to guide educators, curriculum designers, and institutions in rethinking computing education to equip future professionals and leaders with both technical expertise and sustainability awareness and competencies for systemic thinking, and interdisciplinary impact.