The 2017 International Association for Community Development (IACD) and Aotearoa Community Development Association’s (ACDA) joint Community Development Conference was held at Unitec in Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland from 15-17 February 2017. The conference brought together community development practitioners from around the world to discuss the application of the UN’s recently-established Sustainable Development Goals. These proceedings draw together five papers delivered at the conference along with abstracts and bios from all presenters.