High-level senior officials, business leaders, academics, opinion shapers and civil society actors.
- 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