Agenda

• Marcus Vinicius de Freitas, Senior Fellow, Policy Center for the New South

Speakers

• Anabel González, Former Minister of Foreign Trade, Costa Rica
• Len Ishmael, Senior Fellow, Policy Center for the New South
• Rida Lyammouri, Senior Fellow, Policy Center for the New South
• Olisaeloka Okocha, Managing Partner and Co-Founder, PS Nutraceuticals International
• Aminata Touré, Former Prime Minister, Senegal

• Debisi Araba, Director for Africa, International Center for Tropical Agriculture – CIAT; Member, Malabo Montpellier Panel

Speakers

• Muhammadou M.O. Kah, Vice President of Academic Affairs & Provost, American University of Nigeria
• Saïd Mouline, Managing Director, Moroccan Agency for Energy Efficiency – AMEE
• Aminata Touré, Former Prime Minister, Senegal
• Isabelle Tsakok, Senior Fellow, Policy Center for the New South

• Lilia Rizk, Emerging Leaders Program Coordinator, Policy Center for the New South

• Karim El Aynaoui, President, Policy Center for the New South

• Richard Lui, Journalist and News Anchor, MSNBC

Speaker

• Olusegun Obasanjo, Former President, Federal Republic of Nigeria

• Richard Lui, Journalist and News Anchor, MSNBC

Speakers

• María Eugenia Brizuela de Ávila, Former Minister of Foreign Affairs, El Salvador
• Ana Palacio, Former Minister of Foreign Affairs, Spain
• J. Peter Pham, United States Special Envoy for the Great Lakes Region of Africa
• Paulo Portas, Former Minister of Foreign Affairs, Portugal
• Ignacio Walker, Former Minister of Foreign Affairs, Chile

• Claude Grunitzky, Founder, TRACE and True Africa

Speakers

• Didier Acouetey, President and Founder, AfricSearch Group
• Obiageli Katryn Ezekwesili, Former Minister of Education, Nigeria
• Gregory Nguyen Tien Hung, Former Minister of Economic Development and Planning, Vietnam
• Najat Vallaud Belkacem, Former Minister for Education, Higher Education and Research, France

Chair

• Andres Schipani, Brazil Correspondent, Financial Times

Speakers

• Theodore Ahlers, Senior Associate, Emerging Markets Forum
• Sergio Gusmão Suchodolski, President, Development Bank of Minas Gerais – BDMG
• Joseph Olaoye Jaiyeola, Chief Executive Officer, Nigerian Economic Summit Group – NESG

2. Circular Economy: Making Wealth from Waste

Chair

• Paul Isbell, Adjunct Professor, IE University School for Global and Public Affairs

Speakers

• Pushpam Kumar, Chief Environmental Economist and Senior Economic Advisor, United Nations Environment Programme – UNEP
• Noura Mansouri, Senior Research Associate, King Abdullah Petroleum Studies and Research Center – KAPSARC
• Mehmet Öğütçü, Chairman, Global Resources Partnership

3. Youth, Innovation and Entrepreneurship

Chair

• Mosun Layode, Executive Director, African Philanthropy Forum – AFP

Speakers

• Linus Gitahi, Executive Chairman, Tropikal Brands
• Candide Leguede, Founder and Managing Director, ARCANDIA and INNOV’UP
• Ade Mabogunje, Senior Research Scientist, Stanford University
• Yvonne Quahe, Founder and President, Reimagine Life

4. Asian Powers in The South

Chair

• William Zartman, Jacob Blaustein Distinguished Professor Emeritus, SAIS Johns Hopkins University

Speakers

• Samuel Arnaud, Political Analyst, NATO Strategic Direction South Hub
• Canan Atilgan, Director, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung – KAS
• Mvemba Phezo Dizolele, Professorial Lecturer in African Studies, SAIS Johns Hopkins University
• Yali Zhao, Former Ambassador of China to Uganda, China

5. The Digital Revolution in Government

Chair

• Adil Diani, Former Advisor to the Secretary of State for Foreign Trade, Ministry of Industry, Trade and Investment and the Digital Economy

Speakers

• Brigette Hyacinth, International Keynote Speaker; Author
• Diya Obeid, Founder and CEO, JobDiva
• Lex Paulson, Director, School of Collective Intelligence, Mohammed VI Polytechnic University

6. Financing Public Services

Chair

• Moubarack Lo, Senior Fellow, Policy Center for the New South

Speakers

• Karim Hajji, Managing Director, Casablanca Stock Exchange
• Reta Jo Lewis, Director of Congressional Affairs, The German Marshall Fund of the United States – GMF
• Jean-Louis Sarbib, Distinguished Fellow, Emerging Markets Forum
• Hung Tran, Senior Fellow, Global Business & Economics, Atlantic Council

7. The South in Global Value Chains

Chair

• Hinh Dinh, Senior Fellow, Policy Center for the New South

Speakers

• Daniel Hamilton, Senior Fellow, Johns Hopkins University
• Abdelghni Lakhdar, Managing Director, Millenium Challenge Account-Morocco
• Greg Mills, Director, Brenthurst Foundation

8. Bolsonaro: 1 Year After

Chair

• Pedro da Motta Veiga, Director, Center for Studies in Integration and Development – CINDES

Speakers

• Jean-François Daguzan, Vice President, Choiseul Institute
• João Bosco Monte, President, Brazil Africa Institute
• Ana Santos Pinto, Assistant Professor, Department of Political Studies, NOVA University

9. Cultural Diplomacy

Chair

• Mohammed Loulichki, Senior Fellow, Policy Center for the New South

Speakers

• Jorge Castañeda, Former Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mexico
• Doru Costea, Former President, UN Human Rights Council – UNHRC
• Youssef Mahmoud, Senior Advisor, International Peace Institute – IPI
• Bernardo Sorj, Director, The Edelstein Center for Social Research

10. Political Transition and Violence

Chair

• Tigist Yeshiwas Engdaw, Assistant Professor, Institute for Peace and Security Studies – IPSS

Speakers

• Rudolph Atallah, Chief Executive Officer, White Mountain Research
• Mats Karlsson, Special Advisor, Swedish Ministry for Foreign Affairs
• Bruno Tertrais, Deputy Director, Foundation for Strategic Research – FRS

11. The Future of the European Union

Chair

• Dominique Bocquet, Senior Fellow, Policy Center for the New South

Speakers

• Luiz Felipe de Alencastro, Director of the Center for South Atlantic Studies, São Paolo School of Economics – FGV
• Pol Morillas, General Director, Barcelona Center for International Affairs – CIDOB
• Nuno Severiano Teixeira, Former Minister of Defense, Portugal
• Antonio Villafranca, Co-Head of the Center on Europe & Global Governance, Italian Institute for International Political Studies – ISPI

12. The Spread of Discontent and Social Unrest

Chair

• Andrés Rozental, Founder, Mexican Council on Foreign Relation

Speakers

• Mohamed Cherkaoui, Director Emeritus, National Centre for Scientific Research – CNRS
• Dominique Guillo, Professor, Mohammed VI Polytechnic University – UM6P
• Trisha Shetty, Founder & CEO, SheSays

13. رهانات الامن و التنمية (in Arabic)

مسير الجلسة

• خالد الشڭراوي، باحث، مركز السياسات من أجل الجنوب الجديد

المتحدثون

• يونس أبو أيوب، مدير دائرة الحوكمة وبناء الدولة لمنطقة الشرق الأوسط وشمال أفريقيا، الأمم المتحدة
• عبد الحق باسو، باحث، مركز السياسات من أجل الجنوب الجديد
• ماجد عبد العزيز، مندوب جامعة الدول العربية لدى الأمم المتحدة

Chair

• Jamira Burley, Head of Youth Engagement and Skills, Global Business Coalition for Education

Speakers

• Kassie Freeman, President and CEO, African Diaspora Consortium
• Jesko Hentschel, Country Director for the Maghreb and Malta, The World Bank Group
• Mabingue Ngom, Director, Regional Bureau for West and Central Africa, United Nations Population Fund – UNFPA
• Nicholas Rémillard, President and CEO, International Economic Forum of the Americas – IEFA
• Alfredo Valladão, Senior Fellow, Policy Center for the New South

2. Les Accords Post-Cotonou : Quel Renouveau du Partenariat ? (En partenariat avec l’Institut Montaigne) – in French with simultaneous translation

Chair

• Richard Werly, Correspondent, Le Temps

Speakers

• Larabi Jaidi, Senior Fellow, Policy Center for the New South
• Dominique Lafont, Founder and CEO, Lafont Africa Corporation
• Alioune Sall, Executive Director, African Futures Institute

3. Foreign Military Interventions in Africa

Chair

• Ian Lesser, Vice President, The German Marshall Fund of the United States – GMF

Speakers

• Younes Abouyoub, Director of the Governance and State-Building Division for the MENA Region, United Nations
• Bronwyn Bruton, Director of Programs and Studies, Atlantic Council
• Nkosana Donald Moyo, Founder and Chairman, Mandela Institute for Development Studies – MINDS
• Alessandro Minuto-Rizzo, President, Nato Defense College Foundation
• Francis Ofori, Commandant, The Kofi Annan International Peacekeeping Training Center – KAIPTC

• Uduak Amimo, Uduak Amimo Coaching and Consulting

Speakers

• André Caillé, Senior Strategic Advisor, Junex
• R. Andreas Kraemer, Founder and Director Emeritus, Ecologic Institute
• Thione Niang, Co-Founder and Co-CEO, Akon Lighting Africa
• Francis Perrin, Senior Fellow, Policy Center for the New South

• Sarah Glover, Manager of Social Strategy, NBC Owned Television Stations

Speakers

• Bruno Boccara, Founder, Socio-Analytic Dialogue
• María Teresa Fernández de la Vega, President, Council of State, Spain
• Serigne Gueye Diop, Minister Advisor to the President of the Republic, Senegal
• Sunjoy Joshi, Chairman, Observer Research Foundation – ORF

• R. Andreas Kraemer, Director, Oceano Azul Foundation

Speakers

• Martin Obermaier, International Expert on Climate Adaptation and Communication, GOPA
• Victor Borges, International Consultant, Instituto Pedro Pires
• José Joaquín Hernández Brito, CEO, Air Center
• João Bosco Monte, President, Brazil Africa Institute
• Torsten Thiele, Senior Advisor, Blue Natural Capital Finance Facility

• Sarah Glover, Manager of Social Strategy, NBC Owned Television Stations

Speakers

• Chidiogo Akunyili-Parr, Founder, She ROARs
• Eniola Mafe, International Development Strategist, Global Leadership Fellow, the World Economic Forum
• Maximo Plo Seco, Business Development & Client Engagement Manager, Diversity Atlas at Cultural Infusion
• Chika Uwazie, HR Consultant Founder of Career Queen

• Borzou Daragahi, International Correspondent, The Independent

Speakers

• Laura Albornoz, Former Minister of State for the National Service for Women, Chile
• Mohamed Benaïssa, Former Minister of Foreign Affairs, Kingdom of Morocco
• Michelle Ndiaye, Director of the Africa Peace and Security Program, Institute for Peace and Security Studies – IPSS
• Trisha Shetty, Founder & CEO, SheSays

• Vera Kwakofi, Editor, Africa TV, BBC

Speakers

• Abdoullah Coulibaly, President, Bamako Forum
• Richard Danziger, Regional Director for West & Central Africa, International Organization for Migration – IOM
• Birame Diop, Special Chief of Staff to the President of the Republic
• Tesfahun Gobezay Kinfie, State Minister, National Security Advisor to the Prime Minister, Ethiopia
• Angel Losada, EU Special Representative for the Sahel, European Union

Moderator

• Isabelle Tsakok, Senior Fellow, Policy Center for the New South

Speakers

• Debisi Araba, Director for Africa, International Center for Tropical Agriculture – CIAT
• Muhammadou M.O. Kah, Vice President of Academic Affairs & Provost, American University of Nigeria
• Ihab Ibrahim Osman, General Manager, NADEC New Businesses
• Dimakatso Sekhoto, Co-Founder, GrowthShoot

5. History of Africa (Documentary Screening)

Speaker

• Zeinab Badawi, Director, Kush Communications

• Alan Kasujja, Lead Presenter, Newsday, BBC News

Speakers

• Rym Ayadi, Founder and Scientific Director, Euro-Mediterranean Network for Economic Studies – EMNES
• Otaviano Canuto, Senior Fellow, Policy Center for the New South
• Harinder Kohli, Founding Director and Chief Executive, Emerging Markets Forum
• Edward Scicluna, Minister of Finance, Malta

• John Yearwood, President and CEO, Yearwood Media Group

Speakers

• Uri Dadush, Senior Fellow, Policy Center for the New South
• Matthias Fekl, Former Minister for Foreign Trade, France
• Renato Flôres, Director, International Intelligence Unit, Fundação Getulio Vargas

• Uduak Amimo, Uduak Amimo Coaching and Consulting

Speakers

• Maged Abdelaziz, Permanent Observer of the League of Arab States to the United Nations
• Bineta Diop, Special Envoy on Women, Peace, and Security, African Union Commission
• Mohamed Znagui Sid' Ahmed Ely, Brigadier General, Mauritania Permanent Secretary, G5 Sahel
• João Vale de Almeida, EU Ambassador to the United Nations, European Union
• Hubert Védrine, Former Minister of Foreign Affairs, France

• Lourival Sant’Anna, Periodista de Asuntes Exteriores, O Estado de Sao Paulo y CBN Radio

Ponentes

• Jamil Mahuad, Expresidente, República del Ecuador
• Federico Ramón Puerta, Expresidente; Embajador de la República Argentina en España

• Zeinab Badawi, Director, Kush Communications

Speakers

• Chidiogo Akunyili-Parr, Founder, She ROARS
• Chaimae Bourjij, National Project Coordinator, Friedrich Naumann
• Omayra Issa, Investigative Journalist, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
• Emmanuel Lubanzadio, Government Relations & Public Policy Specialist
• Edna Liliana Valencia Murillo, Journalist, France 24

• Karim El Aynaoui, President, Policy Center for the New South