The speakers

A multi-actor event

On 11 November, decision-makers and officials, NGO and private sector leaders, academics and experts will come together at the Palais de Chaillot for high-level discussions under the theme “Wanted: A Functioning Global Order”.

With the participation of:

Wafa Abdel Rahman

Founder and Director General, Filastiniyat; Editor in-chief, NAWA

Speaker

Adrien Abecassis

Chief Policy Officer, Paris Peace Forum

Moderator

Patrick Achi

Special Envoy for the 80th Anniversary of Bretton Woods, World Bank and International Monetary Fund (IMF); Former Prime Minister, Republic of Côte d’Ivoire

Speaker

Abdihakim Ainte

Envoy for Food Security and Climate change, Prime Minister Office, Federal Republic of Somalia

Speaker

Noura Al Kaabi

Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, United Arab Emirates

Speaker

Abdulla Al Shehhi

Acting Executive Director, Abrahamic Family House

Speaker

Mayra Ameneiros

Senior fellow, International Biosecurity and Biosafety Initiative For Science (IBBIS)

Speaker

Maha Aziz

Professor, New York University

Speaker

Fatih Balyeli

Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer, Exaion

Speaker

Karim Beguir

Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Instadeep

Speaker

Alexandra Belias

Head of Product Policy, Google DeepMind

Speaker

Anne Bouverot

Special Envoy for the Summit on AI Action, Office of the President, French Republic

Speaker

Francesco Branca

Director, Department of Nutrition and Food Safety, World Health Organization

Speaker

Mary Burce Warlick

Deputy Executive Director, International Energy Agency (IEA)

Speaker

Agnès Buzyn

Counselor, Court of Auditors; Former Minister of Solidarity and Health, French Republic

Speaker

Nick Cain

Vice President, Strategy and Innovation, Patrick J. McGovern Foundation

Speaker

Siméon Campos

Founder and Executive Director, SaferAI

Speaker

Guilherme Canela de Souza Godoi

Chief, Section for Freedom of Expression and Safety of Journalists, United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)

Speaker

Theodore Caponis

Founding Partner, Siren Analytics

Speaker

Aisha Dabo

Co-Founder and Programs Coordinator, AfricTivistes

Speaker

Sam Dick

Co-Director of Campaigns, Global Witness

Speaker

Rosalie Adjuayi Diop

Director, Institute for Training and Research in Population, Development and Reproductive Health, Cheikh Anta Diop University

Speaker

Cosmin Dobran

Director for Peace, Partnerships and Crisis Management, European External Action Service (EEAS)

Moderator

Anneliese Dodds

Minister for Development, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Speaker

Gareth Evans

President Emeritus, International Crisis Group; Former Minister of Foreign Affairs, Commonwealth of Australia

Speaker

Tatjana Evas

European AI Office

Speaker

Joel Flores Carpio

Chief Executive Officer, Strategis Global Advisors

Speaker

John Frank

Chief Executive Officer, Frank Strategies

Moderator

Fu Ying

Former Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs, People’s Republic of China

Speaker

Juliette Garside

Financial Affairs Editor, Europe, The Guardian

Moderator

Sandrine Gaudin

Vice Governor Financial Strategy, Council of Europe Development Bank

Speaker

Stefania Giannini

Assistant Director-General for Education, United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)

Speaker

Amandeep Singh Gill

Special Envoy of the Secretary General on Technology, United Nations

Speaker

Olga Givernet

Minister Delegate for Energy, French Republic

Speaker

Mariana Gonzalez Carrillo

Technical Advisor, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) Gmbh

Speaker

Mark Gray

Head of Unit, Political Strategy and Communication, Directorate-General for International Partnerships, European Commission

Moderator

José Ángel Gurría

President, Paris Peace Forum

Speaker

Jean-Marie Guéhenno

Professor, Kent Global Leadership Program on Conflict Resolution, Columbia University; former Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping, United Nations

Moderator

Hilde Hardeman

Director-General, Publications Office of the European Union

Moderator

Shayda Hessami

Founder and General Director, Aide Humanitaire et Journalisme

Speaker

Teresa Hutson

Corporate Vice President, Technology for Fundamental Rights, Microsoft

Speaker

Mo Ibrahim

Founder and Chair, Mo Ibrahim Foundation

Speaker

Elissa Jobson

Chief of Advocacy, International Crisis Group (ICG)

Speaker

Sylvie Kauffmann

Editorial Director, Le Monde

Moderator

Afshan Khan

Assistant Secretary-General and Coordinator, Scaling Up Nutrition (SUN) Movement, United Nations

Speaker

Lynn Kuok

Lee Kuan Yew Chair in Southeast Asian Studies, Brookings Institution

Speaker

Alexia Latortue

Assistant Secretary for International Trade and Development, Department of the Treasury, United States of America

Speaker

Daniel Levy

President, U.S./Middle East Project (USMEP)

Speaker

Mai Lu

Former Vice Chairman, China Development Research Foundation (CDRF)

Speaker

Jan Lublinski

Head of Department Policy and Learning, Deutsche Welle Akademie

Moderator

Jun Ma

Founding Director, Institute of Public and Environmental Affairs (IPE)

Speaker

Susana Mabel Malcorra

President and Co-Founder, GWL Voices for Change and Inclusion; Former Minister of Foreign Affairs and Worship, Argentine Republic

Speaker

Diego Martínez Belío

State Secretary for Foreign and Global Affairs, Kingdom of Spain

Speaker

Oleksandra Matviichuk

Laureate of the Nobel Peace Prize 2022; Head, Center for Civil Liberties

Speaker

Ibrahim Mayaki

Special Envoy for Food Systems, African Union; Former Prime Minister, Republic of Niger; Former Chief Executive Officer, African Union Development Agency (AUDA-NEPAD)

Speaker

Rob McEwen

Chairman and Chief Owner, McEwen Mining

Speaker

Daniela Mera

Chief Marketing Officer, Astralintu Space Technologies

Speaker

Chris Meserole

Executive Director, Frontier Model Forum

Speaker

Nicolas Miailhe

Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer, PRISM Eval

Speaker

Mabel Miao

Co-Founder and Secretary-General, Center for China and Globalization

Speaker

Sahar Moukaddem

Project Manager, Aide Humanitaire et Journalisme

Speaker

Annette Mummert

Director of the Governance and Conflict Division, GIZ

Moderator

Luis Gilberto Murillo Urrutia

Minister of Foreign Affairs, Republic of Colombia

Speaker

Pauliina Murphy

Co-founder, Engagement and Communications Director, World Benchmarking Alliance

Moderator

Arnaud Ngatcha

Deputy to the Mayor of Paris in charge of Europe, International Relations and Francophonie, City of Paris

Speaker

Michelle Nogales Cardozo

Chief Executive Officer, Muy Vaso

Speaker

Quentin Parrinello

Policy Director, EU Tax Observatory

Speaker

Stewart Patrick

Senior Fellow and Director, Global Order and Institutions Program, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (CEIP)

Moderator

Nataša Pirc Musar

President, Republic of Slovenia

Speaker

Brieuc Pont

Special Envoy, Secretary General, Nutrition for Growth Summit, Ministry of Europe and Foreign Affairs, French Republic

Speaker

Mohamud Rage

Program Associate, Elman Peace and Human Rights Centre

Speaker

Tanuja Randery

Managing Director, Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA), Amazon Web Services (AWS)

Speaker

Kelly L. Razzouk

Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for Democracy and Human Rights, the White House National Security Council

Speaker

Rob Reich

McGregor-Girand Professor of Social Ethics of Science and Technology, Stanford University

Speaker

Alma Eunice Rendón Cárdenas

General Coordinator, Red Viral

Speaker

Ana Revenco

Director, Centre for Strategic Communications and Combating Disinformation, Republic of Moldova

Speaker

Sasha Rubel

Head of AI Generative, AI Policy, Europe, Middle East, and Africa, Amazon Web Services (AWS)

Speaker

Ghassan Salamé

Professor Emeritus of International Relations, Sciences Po Paris

Speaker

Chris Seiple

Principal Advisor, Templeton Religion Trust's "Covenantal Pluralism Initiative"

Speaker

Michael Sellitto

Head of Global Affairs, Anthropic

Speaker

Obada Shtayah

Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Institute for Social and Economic Progress

Speaker

Barbara Smith

Vice President, The Carter Center

Speaker

Thani Mohamed Soilihi

Minister Delegate in charge of Francophonie and International Partnerships, Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs, French Republic

Speaker

Youba Sokona

Chair of the African Institute for Sustainable Energy and System Analysis (AISESA), and Former Vice-Chair, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)

Speaker

Ben Solomon

Documentary filmmaker, cinematographer and correspondent

Speaker

Emily Iona Stewart​​​​

Head of policy and EU relations, Transition Minerals, Global Witness

Speaker

Keith Strier

Senior Vice President Global AI Markets, Advanced Micro Devices (AMD)

Speaker

Alexandre Stutzmann

Representative of the European Union to the West Bank, the Gaza Strip and UNRWA

Moderator

Fraser Sugden

Associate Professor, University of Birmingham

Speaker

Izabella Teixeira

Co-Chairperson, International Resource Panel

Speaker

Piera Tortora

Head of the Secretariat, Paris Pact for People and Planet (4P)

Moderator

Brad Tytel

Deputy Director, Program Advocacy and Communications, Global Health Innovations, Gates Foundation

Speaker

Shalini Unnikrishnan

Global lead for sustainable food and agriculture, Boston Consulting Group

Moderator

Jutta Urpilainen

Commissioner for International Cooperation and Development, European Union

Speaker

Elina Valtonen

Minister of Foreign Affairs, Republic of Finland

Speaker

Henri Verdier

Ambassador for Digital Issues, Ministry of Europe and Foreign Affairs, French Republic

Speaker

Micah Walter-Range

Chairman of The Board, Caelus Foundation

Speaker

Annette Weber

European Union Special Representative for the Horn of Africa

Speaker

Lene Wetteland

Head of Documentation and Accountability Hub, Norwegian Helskinki Committee (NHC)

Speaker

Zeshan Zafar

Commissioner, AI Faith Civil Society Commission

Moderator

Yi Zeng

Professor at Chinese Academy of Science, Founding Director of Beijing Institute of AI Safety and Governance, Member of UN Advisory Body on AI

Speaker

Julia d'Astorg

Head, AXA Research Fund

Moderator

Henry de Zoete

Senior Adviser, Oxford Martin AI Governance Initiative

Speaker

Mercedes de los Santos

Project Director, Open Data Charter

Speaker

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