The 2024 Forum

Wafa Abdel Rahman

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

Speaker

Adrien Abecassis

Chief Policy Officer, Paris Peace Forum

Moderator

Pedro Abramovay

Vice-President of Programs, Open Society Foundations

Speaker

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

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Noura Al Kaabi

Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, United Arab Emirates

Speaker

Abdulla Al Shehhi

Acting Executive Director, Abrahamic Family House

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Nasser Al-Qidwa

Former Palestinian Minister of Foreign Affairs

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Mayra Ameneiros

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

Speaker

Celso Amorim

Chief Advisor of the President, Federative Republic of Brazil; Member of the Steering Committee, Paris Peace Forum

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Maha Aziz

Professor, New York University

Speaker

Shawn Baker

Chief Program Officer, Helen Keller Intl

Speaker

Fatih Balyeli

Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer, Exaion

Speaker

Jean-Noël Barrot

Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs, French Republic

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Karim Beguir

Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Instadeep

Speaker

Ryan Beiermeister

Vice-President Product Policy, OpenAI

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Alexandra Belias

Head of Product Policy, Google DeepMind

Speaker

Melissa Bell

Senior Paris Correspondent, CNN

Moderator

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)

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Agnès Buzyn

Counselor at the 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, UNESCO

Speaker

Theodore Caponis

Founding Partner, Siren Analytics

Speaker

Clara Chappaz

Secretary of State for Artificial Intelligence and Digital Affairs, French Republic

Speaker

Aisha Dabo

Co-Founder and Programs Coordinator, AfricTivistes

Speaker

Mercedes De Los Santos

Project Director, Open Data Charter

Speaker

Vilas Dhar

President and Trustee, Patrick J. McGovern Foundation

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

Michel Duclos

Special Advisor, Institut Montaigne

Moderator

Patrick Dupoux

Senior Partner Director, Boston Consulting Group

Speaker

Comfort Ero

President and Chief Executive Officer, International Crisis Group

Speaker

Maria Fernanda Espinosa

Executive Director, GWL Voices for Change and Inclusion; 73rd President, United Nations General Assembly; Former Minister of Foreign Affairs, Republic of Ecuador

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

Bruno Fuchs

Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee, Assemblée nationale, French Republic

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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, UNESCO

Speaker

Amandeep Singh Gill

Special Envoy of the Secretary General on Technology, United Nations

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Olga Givernet

Minister Delegate for Energy, French Republic

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Mariana Gonzalez Carrillo

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

Speaker

Arancha González Laya

Dean, Paris School of International Affairs (PSIA), Sciences Po Paris; Former Minister of Foreign Affairs, Kingdom of Spain

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Mary Beth Goodman

Deputy Secretary General, Organization for Economic Co-Operation and Development

Speaker

Mark Gray

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

Moderator

Rebeca Grynspan

Secretary General, United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD); Former Vice President, Republic of Costa Rica

Speaker

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

Océane Herrero

Journalist, POLITICO

Moderator

Markus Herrmann

Co-Founder and Managing Director, China Macro Group / Correspondent, Caixin

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

Marjeta Jager

Deputy Director-General, Directorate General for International Partnerships (DG INTPA), European Commission

Speaker

Elissa Jobson

Chief of Advocacy, International Crisis Group (ICG)

Speaker

Kate Kallot

Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Amini AI

Speaker

Sylvie Kauffmann

Editorial director, Le Monde

Moderator

Sheila Khama

Non-Executive Director, FTSE and NASDAQ

Speaker

Afshan Khan

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

Speaker

Raj Kumar

President and Editor in Chief, Devex

Moderator

Lynn Kuok

Lee Kuan Yew Chair in Southeast Asian Studies, Brookings Institution

Speaker

Christof Kurz

Chief of Party, Madini Kwa Amani Na Maendeleo project, International Alert

Speaker

Alexis Laffittan

Partnerships Manager, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)

Moderator

Pascal Lamy

Vice President, Paris Peace Forum; Former Director General, World Trade Organization (WTO); Former Commissioner for Trade, European Union

Speaker

Alexia Latortue

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

Speaker

Antón Leis García

Under Secretary, Director, Spanish Agency for International Cooperation and Development (AECID)

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

Ma Jun

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

Speaker

Tony Maciulis

Chief Content Officer, GZERO Media

Moderator

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

Louis Maréchal

Senior Advisor, Minerals and Extractives, OECD

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)

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Rob McEwen

Chairman and Chief Owner, McEwen Mining

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Daniela Mera

Chief Marketing Officer, Astralintu Space Technologies

Speaker

Chris Meserole

Executive Director, Frontier Model Forum

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Nicolas Miailhe

Co-Founder and CEO, 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

Bruno Oberle

President, World Resource Forum Association (WRF)

Speaker

Ehud Olmert

Former Prime Minister of Israel

Speaker

Quentin Parinello

Policy Director, EU Tax Observatory

Speaker

Stewart Patrick

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

Moderator

Dino Patti Djalal

Founder and President, Foreign Policy Community of Indonesia (FPCI)

Speaker

Eric Pelofsky

Former Senior Director, National Security Council, United States of America

Speaker

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

Guillaume Poupard

Deputy Director General, Docaposte

Moderator

Meredith Preston McGhie

Secretary General, Global Centre for Pluralism

Speaker

Hina Rabbani Khar

Chair of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, National Assembly; Former Minister of Foreign Affairs, Islamic Republic of Pakistan

Speaker

Mohamud Rage

Program Associate, Elman Peace and Human Rights Centre

Speaker

Gabriela Ramos

Assistant Director General for Social and Human Sciences, United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)

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

Matt Reed

Chief Executive Officer and Global Director of Institutional Partnerships, Aga Khan Foundation United Kingdom

Moderator

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

Rémy Rioux

Chief Executive Officer, Agence Française de Développement (AFD)

Speaker

Friederike Roder

Vice-President, Global Advocacy, Global Citizen

Speaker

William Roos

Assistant Secretary, Multilateral, Development and Trade Affairs, Direction générale du Trésor, France, Co-president of the G20 Working Group on Global financial Architecture

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

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Chris Sharrock

Vice President, UN Affairs and International Organisations, Microsoft

Speaker

Trisha Shetty

Founder and President, SheSays; President of the Steering Committee, Paris Peace Forum

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

Secretary of State for Francophonie and International Partnerships, 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

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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

Djaheezah Subratty

Programme Management Officer, United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)

Moderator

Fraser Sugden

Associate Professor, University of Birmingham

Speaker

Izabella Teixeira

Co-Chairperson, International Resource Panel

Speaker

Martin Tisné

Chief Executive Officer, AI Collaborative

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, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF)

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

Philippe Varin

President, International Chamber of Commerce (ICC); Chairman, World Materials Forum (WMF)

Speaker

Justin Vaïsse

Founder and Director General, Paris Peace Forum

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Henri Verdier

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

Speaker

Leonardus Vergütz

Director of Strategy, OCP

Speaker

Peter Wagner

Director and Head of Service, Service for Foreign Policy Instruments, European Commission (FPI)

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

George Zeidan

Country Director Israel Palestine, The Carter Center

Speaker

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

Hani al-Masri

Director General, Masarat, Palestinian Center for Policy Research and Strategic Studies

Speaker

Julia d'Astorg

Head, AXA Research Fund

Moderator

Henry de Zoete

Senior Adviser, Oxford Martin AI Governance Initiative

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Sigrid van Aken

Chief Executive Officer, Postcode Lottery Group

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