The Speakers

Reinvent Diplomacy in a Changing World

On October 29-30, decision-makers and politicians, NGO and private sector leaders, academics, and experts gathered at the Palais de Chaillot for high-level discussions on the theme “New Coalitions for Peace, People, and the Planet”.

The Speakers

Rosine Atafeinam Abalo

Vice President, Association of Women in Mining in Africa

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Sultan Abbas

National Manager Program Development, Aga Khan Foundation, Afghanistan

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Balarabe Abbas Lawal

Minister of Environment, Federal Republic of Nigeria

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Abdullahi Abdirahman Ali

National Coordinator on Food Systems Resilience Project, Government of Somalia

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Haya Abdulrahman Al-Thani

Deputy Director General of Planning, Qatar Fund for Development

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Huma Abedin

Chief of Staff, Office of Secretary Hillary Rodham Clinton

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Pedro Abramovay

Vice-President of Programs, Open Society Foundations

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Aziz Abu Sarah

Peace activist; Journalist, Social entrepreneur ; Politician

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Dubai Abulhoul

Chief Executive Officer, Fiker Institute

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Mohammed Fathelrahman Mohammed Ahmed Adam

Co-Founder and Deputy Executive Director, Youth and Environment Society (YES)

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Vanessa Adams

Founder and CEO, Level4 International

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Younes Addou

Vice President, InnovX

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Mayada Adil

Young Leader for SDGs, United Nations

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Mario Aguilera

Chief Executive Officer and Founder, Tespack

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Blessing Akpan

Managing Director, Inyene Agro Processing Factory Ltd

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Mariam Al Hosani

Director of Programs, Erth Zayed Philanthropies

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Turki Al-Babtain

Deputy Minister for Mining Development, Ministry of Industry and Mineral Resources, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

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Ahmad Al-Naimi

Chief Envoy, QatarDebate

Moderator

Nasser Al-Qidwa

Former Palestinian Minister of Foreign Affairs

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Hajar Alafifi

Chief Executive Officer, OCP Africa

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José Manuel Albares

Minister of Foreign Affairs, European Union and Cooperation, Kingdom of Spain

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Alice Albright

Former Chief Executive Officer, Millennium Challenge Corporation

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Muez Ali

Senior Research and Policy Associate, EARTHNA, Qatar Foundation

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Rosa Altisent Rosell

Director General of Agriculture and Livestock, Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries and Food, Government of Catalonia

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Khadija Amahal

Project Coordinator “Get Heard”, Youth Empowerment Society

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Celso Amorim

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

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Vladimir Andrle

President, La Benevolencija

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Cécile Aptel

Deputy Director, UNICEF

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Jacinda Ardern

Former Prime Minister, New Zealand; Patron of the Christchurch Call

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Suzan Aref

Director and founder, Women Empowerment Organization

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Caroline Avan

Senior Advisor on Business and Human Rights, Business and Human Rights Resource Centre

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Zenzi Awases

President, Association of Women in Mining in Africa (AWIMA)

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Mukhtar Babayev

President, COP29; Minister of Ecology and Natural Resources, Republic of Azerbaijan

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Michelle Bachelet

Former High Commissioner for Human Rights, United Nations; Former President, Republic of Chile

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Zohreen Badruddin

Policy Manager, Childhood Initiative and International Development Funding, Paris Peace Forum

Moderator

Chernor Bah

Minister of Information and Civic Education, Republic of Sierra Leone

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Bertrand Bainvel

Director of Public Partnership, UNICEF

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Shawn Baker

Chief Program Officer, Helen Keller Intl

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Monique Barbut

Minister for Ecological Transition, Biodiversity, and International Negotiations on Climate and Nature, French Republic

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Jean-Noël Barrot

Minister of Europe and Foreign Affairs, French Republic

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Nicolas Barré

Executive Editor, Politico France

Moderator

Amélie Baudot

Deputy Chief Executive Officer, International Fund for Public Interest Media (IFPIM)

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Alain Beauvillard

Director of Strategy, Green Climate Fund

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Inbal Becker-Reshef

Managing Director, AI for Good Lab, Microsoft

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Sabine Becker-Thierry

Executive and Strategy Officer, United Nations University

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Ryan Beiermeister

Vice President of Product Policy, Open AI

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Jebessa Bekonjo Senbeta

Founder and Strategic Advisor, Development for All

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Melissa Bell

Senior International Correspondent, CNN

Moderator

Letícia Benavalli

Founder and Executive Director, Pró-Onça Institute

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Yoshua Bengio

Full Professor, Université de Montréal; Co-President and Scientific Director, LawZero; Founder and Scientific Advisor, Mila - Quebec AI Institute

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Julia Benn

Head of Secretariat, International Forum on TOSSD

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Yael Berda

Israeli Board Co-Chair, A Land For All - Two States One Homeland

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Irakli Beridze

Head of Centre for AI and Robotics, United Nations / UNICRI

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Jihad Bitar

Chief Executive Officer, Siren Analytics

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Gilles Bloch

President, National Museum of Natural History

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Shanti Bobin

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Multilateral Financial Affairs and Development, Ministry for the Economy, Finance, and Industrial and Digital Sovereignty / French Treasury

Moderator

Jean-Marc Boivin

Membre Conseil France, FORUS International

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Liseron Boudoul

Grand Reporter, TF1

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Clémence Boulle Martinaud

Program Team Leader Health, Nutrition and Social Protection, GRET

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Jill Bouscarat

Policy Analyst, Food Systems Transformation Team, OECD Sahel and West Africa Club (OECD/SWAC)

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Philippe Bousquet

Director, Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l'Environnement

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Sandrine Bouttier-Stref

Global Head Corporate Social Responsibility ; General Delegate Foundation S, the Sanofi collective

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Damien Braud

Head of Nature Based Solutions, Ardian

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Baiba Braže

Minister of Foreign Affairs, Republic of Latvia

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Florence Brillouin

Director, Economics and Digital, Organisation Internationale de la Francophonie (OIF)

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Ana Brnabić

President, National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia; Former Prime Minister

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Saskia Bruines

Deputy Mayor, The Hague

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Thibaut Bruttin

Director General, Reporters Without Borders

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Olivier Bruyeron

President, Coordination Sud

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Howard Buffett

Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Howard G. Buffett Foundation

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Maryam Bukar Hassan

United Nations Global Advocate for Peace

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Carmen Burbano de Lara

Director of School Meals Accelerator, World Food Programme

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Nicholas Butts

Director, Global AI and Cybersecurity Policy, Microsoft

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Michael Bąk

Head of Policy & Network, AI Safety Asia

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Bruno Cabrillac

Director General, Foundation for International Development Studies and Research (FERDI)

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Tatiana Carayannis

Global Affairs and Technology Advisor, Institute for Advanced Study

Moderator

Eléonore Caroit

Minister Delegate for Francophonie and International Partnerships, French Republic

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Mathilde Cerioli

Chief Scientist, everyone.ai

Moderator

Regina Cervera

Manager of Nature Innovation Programs, C Minds

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Manpreet Chadha

Nutrition Specialist and Technical Lead of the First Foods Africa initiative, UNICEF

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Clara Chappaz

Former Minister of State , French Republic

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Stéphane Charbit

Managing Partner, Government Advisory, Rothschild & Co

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Jérôme Chardon

Captain, French Ministry of Armed Forces

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Sawsan Chebli

Former Berlin State Secretary for Civic and International Affairs

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Gabriella Civico

President, Civil Society Europe

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Elisabeth Claverie de Saint-Martin

Chief Executive Officer, Centre de coopération internationale en recherche agronomique pour le développement (CIRAD)

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Edouard Clerfeuille

Head of Health Public Policies, Danone

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George Collins

Chair, Lotteries Council UK; Director, CFP Lottery and Raffles Ltd

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Jean-Sébastien Conty

Deputy Director for Global Affairs, Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs, French Republic

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André Aranha Corrêa do Lago

President, COP30

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Svetlana Cranga

Chief Executive Officer, NATIXAR

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Cesar Cunha Campos

Director, Fundação Getulio Vargas

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Laura Cunningham

President, Open Technology Fund

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Elsa Marie DSilva

Founder, Red Dot Foundation

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Nighat Dad

Executive Director, Digital Rights Foundation

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Karim Dahou

Deputy Director, Global Relations and Cooperation Directorate, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)

Moderator

Galip Dalay

Senior Consulting Fellow, Turkey Initiative, Middle East and North Africa Programme, Chatham House

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Andrew Dalgleish

Deputy Head of Mission, Embassy of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland to the French Republic

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Agnes Dasewicz

Chief Investment Officer, Global Energy Alliance for People and Planet

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Ruth Davis

Special Representative for Nature, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

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Peter De Roover

President of the House of Representatives, Kingdom of Belgium

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Thierry Deau

Founder, chairman and chief executive officer of Meridiam

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Bob Deen

Head of the Security Unit and Senior Research Fellow, Clingendael Institute

Moderator

Nathalie Delapalme

Executive Director, Mo Ibrahim Foundation

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Caroline Delgado

Director of the Food, Peace and Security Programme, Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI)

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Fanny Demassieux

Deputy Director, Crisis and Support Center, French Ministry of Europe and External Affairs

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Caroline Descombris

Executive Director, Whitaker Peace & Development Initiative

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Laurence Devillers

Professor of Artificial Intelligence, Sorbonne University/CNRS

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Qahir Dhanani

Managing Director & Partner, Boston Consulting Group

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Vilas Dhar

President and Trustee, Patrick J. McGovern Foundation

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Lanciné Diaby

Director General of the Finance Department, Republic of Côte d’Ivoire

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Stéphane Dion

Ambassador of Canada to the French Republic

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Hélène Djoufelkit

Deputy Executive Director, French Development Agency (AFD)

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Luc Dockendorf

Ambassador for Cybersecurity and Digitalisation, Luxembourg

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Frédérick Douzet

Director, GEODE Center

Moderator

John Dramani Mahama

President, Republic of Ghana

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Gabrielle Dreyfus

Chief Scientist, Institute for Governance & Sustainable Development (IGSD)

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Michel Duclos

Special Advisor, Institut Montaigne

Moderator

Vincent Dufief

Group Corporate Affairs Vice President, Imerys

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Stéphane Duguin

Chief Executive Officer, CyberPeace Institute

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André Dunham Maciel Siaines de Castro

Minister-Counselor, Embassy of the Federative Republic of Brazil to the French Republic

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Patrick Dupoux

Senior Partner Director, Boston Consulting Group (BCG)

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Arnaud Dupuis

Policy Advisor, Food Security and Nutrition, Ministry of Europe and Foreign Affairs

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Mehrdad Ehsani

Vice President, Food Initiative, The Rockefeller Foundation

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Hicham El Habti

President, University Mohammed VI Polytechnic (UM6P)

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Adane El Ktiri

Chief Integration Officer, SBU Mining, OCP Group

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Nora El Zokm

Senior Policy Advisor, The Carter Center

Moderator

Ismahane Elouafi

Executive Managing Director, Consultative Group for International Agricultural Research (CGIAR)

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Khalil Elouardighi

Director France, ONE

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Hala Elsadek

Head of The Central Division for Digital Community Development, Ministry of Communications and Information Technology - Egypt

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Kseniia Ermoshina

Research Officer, Internet and Society Center, National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS)

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Comfort Ero

President and Chief Executive Officer, International Crisis Group

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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

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Facundo Etchebehere

Co-Founder, Ambition Loop

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Laurent Fabius

President, COP 21/Paris Agreement and Circle of COP Presidents

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Moussa Faki Mahamat

Special Envoy, Pact for Prosperity, People and the Planet (4P); Former Prime Minister, Republic of Chad

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Claire Fehrenbach

Director, Engagement, Impact & Communication, Nutriset Group

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Giulia Ferrini

Head, International Methane Emissions Observatory

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Malcolm Fleming

President of the Association of Charity Lotteries in Europe (ACLEU)

Moderator

Margarita Focas Licht

Manager, Partnership Engagement, Global Partnership for Education

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Yannick Foing

Vice President, Nutrition Improvement, dsm-firmenich

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Camille Francois

Professor, Columbia University School of International & Public Affairs; Founding President, ROOST

Moderator

Matt Freeman

Executive Director, Stronger Foundations for Nutrition

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Mark Freeman

Founder & Executive Director, Institute for Integrated Transitions (IFIT)

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Bruno Fuchs

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

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Hanne Fugl Eskjær

Ambassador of the Kingdom of Denmark to the French Republic

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Dida Gardera

Senior Advisor for Connectivity and Service Sector, Republic of Indonesia

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James Gealy

Standardization Lead, SaferAI

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Robin Geiss

Director, United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research (UNIDIR)

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Morgan Gillespy

Executive Director, Food and Land Use Coalition (FOLU)

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Nils Gilman

Senior Vice President of Programs, Berggruen Institute

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Kayle Giroud

Director, Common Good Initiatives, Global Cyber Alliance

Moderator

Shikoh Gitau

Chief Executive Officer, Qhala

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Amandine Gnanguênon

Senior Fellow and Head, Geopolitics Program, Africa Policy Research Institute

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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

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Tim Gould

Chief Economist, International Energy Agency (IEA)

Moderator

Jean-Laurent Granier

Chief Executive Officer, Generali France

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Camille Grenier

Executive Director, Forum on Information and Democracy

Moderator

Gilles Gressani

Director, Le Grand Continent

Moderator

Guillaume Grosso

General Manager, EMEA and Global Policy & Advocacy, Global Citizen

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Ángel Gurría

President, Paris Peace Forum

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Thomas Gürber

Deputy State Secretary of the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs, Swiss Confederation

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Benjamin Haddad

Minister Delegate for Europe, French Republic

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Stephen Hall

Head of Partnerships, Nippon Foundation - GEBCO Seabed 2030

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Raphael Hara

Managing Director, Ksapa

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Rula Hardal

Co-Director, A Land For All

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Damir Hasanović

Fellow with UNDP Serbia on the Youth 4 Inclusion, Equality and Trust Peacebuilding

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Pierre Haski

Editorialist, France Inter

Moderator

Sophie Healy-Thow

Founder, Act4Food

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Gabriela Hearst

Creative Fashion Director, Gabriela Hearst; Member of the Steering Committee, Paris Peace Forum

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Océane Herrero

Journalist, POLITICO

Moderator

Markus Herrmann Chen

Co-Founder and Managing Director, China Macro Group (CMG); Advisor, Caixin

Moderator

Ina Heusgen

Humanitarian Director and Deputy Director-General for Stabilization, Humanitarian Assistance and Peace Building, Ministry of External Affairs, Germany

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Anne Hidalgo

Mayor, City of Paris

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Yoko Hirose

Professor, Faculty of Policy Management, Keio University

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Fiona Hoffman

Director for Strategic Growth, Pula

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Maha Hosain Aziz

MA IR Professor in Global Risk, New York University; Co-chair in AI policy, Digital Economist

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Xavier Hospital

Team Leader, School Health, M&E and Research, UNESCO

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Melanie Hui

Chief Executive Officer, Luminate

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Dorothee Hutter

Country Director Ethiopia, GIZ

Moderator

Shamil Idriss

Chief Executive Officer, Search for Common Ground

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Nafissatou Idé Sadou

Executive Director, NGO Women, Action, and Development

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Khaled Igué

Co-President, French-African Foundation

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Marjeta Jager

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

Speaker

Luis Jimenez-McInnis

Representative, Office in Europe, Inter-American Development Bank

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Lauren Jonas

Head of Youth, OpenAI

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Jackie Jones

Director, Women in Leadership Program & Adolescent and Youth Learning Agenda, Gates Foundation

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Frédéric Jung

Deputy Director for UN Affairs, Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs

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Eva Junyent Izquierdo

Programme Officer and Team EU HDP Nexus Coordinator, European commission - Delegation to Ethiopia

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María Mjöll Jónsdóttir

Ambassador of Iceland to the French Republic

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Bahadir Kaleagasi

President, Bosphorus Institute

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Kate Kallot

Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Amini AI

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Tatiana Kastoueva-Jean

Director, Centre Russia/Eurasia, Ifri

Moderator

Imke Kerber

Advisor Local Conflict Counselling, Pro Peace

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Hichem Khadhraoui

Executive Director, Center for Civilians in Conflicts (CIVIC)

Moderator

Carol Koech

Vice President Africa, Global Energy Alliance for People and Planet

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Nicolas Kompalitch

President, Canopy Energies

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Ivana Korajlić

Executive Director, Transparency International in Bosnia and Herzegovina

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Marta Kos

Commissioner for Enlargement, European Commission

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Johannes Koskinen

President of the Foreign Affairs Committee, Parliament of Finland; Former Minister of Justice

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Gunther Krichbaum

Minister of State for Europe at the Federal Foreign Office, Federal Republic of Germany

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Toru Kubo

Senior Director for Climate Change, Asian Development Bank (ADB)

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Raj Kumar

President and Editor in Chief, Devex

Moderator

Maria Teresa Kumar

President and Chief Executive Officer, Voto Latino

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Parvinder Kumar

Cofounder, Wayfield Agricultural Technology Pvt.Ltd

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Albin Kurti

Prime Minister, Republic of Kosovo

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Michał Kurtyka

President, COP24

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Christof Kurz

Chief of Party, project “Madini kwa Amani na Maendelo”, International Alert

Speaker

David Laborde

Director of the Agrifood Economics Division, FAO

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Alexis Laffittan

Partnerships Manager, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)

Moderator

Driss Lahlou Kitane

Chief Executive Officer, Ground Truth Analytics

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Nishant Lalwani

Chief Executive Officer, International Fund for Public Interest Media

Moderator

Tomas Lamanauskas

Deputy Secretary-General, International Telecommunication Union

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Pascal Lamy

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

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Nikolaus S. Lang

Managing Director and Senior Partner, Global Leader – BCG Henderson Institute and Global Vice Chair – Global Advantage Practice – The Boston Consulting Group

Moderator

Pauline Larat

Deputy manager, Energy Division, AFD

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Dominique Laresche

Journalist, TV5 Monde

Moderator

Renée Larivière

Senior Director of Programmes, Interpeace

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Christophe Lavelle

Biophysicist, Researcher at the CNRS, and Co-founder of Food 2.0 LAB

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Anton Leis Garcia

Director, Spanish Agency for International Development Cooperation (AECID)

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Benoit Lerosey

Head of the Development and Sustainable Solidarity Investment Department, Ministry of Europe and Foreign Affairs, French Republic

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Adeline Lescanne

Director General, Groupe Nutriset

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David Levaï

Director of Advocacy, Global Citizens Assembly

Moderator

Natali Levin Schwartz

Director of Impact and Policy Research, Alliance for Middle East Peace (ALLMEP)

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Minna-Liina Lind

Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Republic of Estonia

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Judith Lingeman

Director International Affairs, Postcode Lottery Group

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Christopher Locke

Executive Vice President, Internet Society

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Kheng Lork

Chairwoman of the Commission on Public Health, Social Work, Veteran, Youth Rehabilitation, Labor, Vocational Training and Women's Affairs, National Assembly of the Kingdom of Cambodia

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Racine Ly

Director, Data Intelligence and Governance, AKADEMIYA2063

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John Lyndon

Executive Director, Alliance for Middle East Peace (ALLMEP)

Moderator

Ma Jun

Founding Director, Institute of Public and Environmental Affairs

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Louise Mabulo

Youth Engagement Group Member, Climate Overshoot Commission

Moderator

Juliet MacDowell

Founder, Mission AI

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Tony Maciulis

Chief Content Officer, GZERO Media, Eurasia Group

Moderator

Rebecca Mackinnon

Special Advisor, Global Advocacy, Wikimedia Foundation

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Emmanuel Macron

President, French Republic

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Jean Madar

Chairman of the Board, Co-Founder & CEO of Interparfums

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Erkki Maillard

Senior Vice President, EU Affairs, EDF

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Sikama Makany

Project Manager, One Planet Sovereign Wealth Funds

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Emmanuel Makumba Mali

Director for Democracy and Good Governance Programme, International Conference on the Great Lakes Region (ICGLR)

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Nesmy Manigat

High-Level Envoy and Advisor for Education, Global Partnership for Education

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Emmanuel Marchant

Senior Vice President, Sustainability and Partnerships, General Manager, Danone Ecosystem

Speaker

Louis Maréchal

Senior Advisor, Minerals & Extractives, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)

Moderator

Frano Matušić

State Secretary for Political Affairs, Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs of the Republic of Croatia

Speaker

Achille Mbembe

Professor, Wits Institute for Social & Economic Research, University of the Witwatersrand

Speaker

Bandi Mbubi

Executive Director, Fair Cobalt Alliance (FCA)

Speaker

Milo McBride

Senior Fellow and Director, Sustainability, Climate and Geopolitics Program, Carnegie Endowment

Speaker

Rosalind McKenna

Senior Associate, CEO Office, Children's Investment Fund Foundation (CIFF)

Speaker

Marcelo Mena-Carrasco

Chief Executive Officer, The Global Methane Hub; Former Minister for the Environment, Republic of Chile

Speaker

Valentin Messmer-Kratzer

Programme Manager - Renewable Energies, Swiss Development Cooperation Agency

Speaker

Salaheddine Mezouar

President, COP22; Former Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation, Kingdom of Morocco; President and Founder, Ktrium Invest & Advisory

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Jakov Milatović

President, Montenegro

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Michelle Milford Morse

Vice President for Girls and Women Strategy, United Nations Foundation

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Paula Miraglia

Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Momentum Journalism and Tech Task Force

Speaker

Benoît Miribel

President, One Sustainable Health for All Foundation

Speaker

Alexandre Mirlesse

French diplomat, former special advisor for AI at the Paris Peace Forum

Moderator

Ararat Mirzoyan

Minister for Foreign Affairs, Republic of Armenia

Speaker

Olexandr Mischenko

Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine

Speaker

Leonard Mizzi

Head of Unit, Sustainable Agri-Food systems and Fisheries (DG INTPA), European Commission

Speaker

Lisa Monaco

President, Global Affairs, Microsoft

Speaker

Carlo Monticelli

Governor, Council of Europe Development Bank

Speaker

Chung-in Moon

Professor Emeritus of Political Science, Yonsei University

Speaker

William Moore

Chief Executive Officer and President, Eleanor Crook Foundation

Speaker

Oliver Morton

Senior Editor, The Economist

Speaker

Mia Amor Mottley

Prime Minister, Barbados

Speaker

Bienfait Hahozi Mugenza

Founder and Director, Congo Peace Academy

Speaker

Martha Mukai

Founder, Darubini Ya Afya

Speaker

Gulnora Mukhamadieva

Global Lead for Gender, Aga Khan Foundation

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Beatrice Nere

Deputy Director, Europe, Gates Foundation

Speaker

Paul Newnham

Chief Executive Officer, SDG2 Advocacy Hub

Moderator

Dagu David Justin Ngamunde

Country Manager, Whitaker Peace & Development Initiative

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Luca Niculescu

Secretary of State and National Coordinator for the OECD Accession Process, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Romania

Speaker

Ignacy Niemczycki

State Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Republic of Poland

Speaker

Sebastian Nieto Parra

Head of the Regional Development Dynamics Division, OECD Development Centre

Moderator

Kiara Nirghin

Scientist, Co-founder, Chima

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Valerie Nkamgang Bemo

Deputy Director, Global Development - Emergency Response, Gates Foundation

Speaker

Krystal Noiseux

Senior Associate Director, MIT Climate Pathways Project, MIT Climate Policy Center

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Ernst Noorman

Ambassador at Large for Cyber Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of The Netherlands

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Mamman Nuhu

Ambassador, Executive Secretary of Lake Chad Basin Commission and Head of Mission of the Multinational Joint Task Force

Speaker

Onyekachi Nwafor

Chief Executive Officer, KatexPower

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Bruno Oberle

President, World Resource Forum Association (WRF)

Speaker

Michael Obersteiner

Professor and Director of the Environmental Change Institute, Science Advisor Climate Overshoot Commission, University of Oxford

Speaker

Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa

Minister of Foreign Affairs, Republic of Ghana

Speaker

Krzysztof Olendzki

Ambassador, Department for Strategic Communication and the Prevention of International Disinformation in the Foreign Ministry, Republic of Poland

Speaker

Kajsa Ollongren

Special Representative for Human Rights, European Union

Speaker

Ehud Olmert

Former Israeli Prime Minister

Speaker

Ilaha Eli Omar

Co-Founder and Executive Director, Uplift Afghanistan Fund (UAF)

Speaker

Martina Otto

Head of Secretariat, Climate and Clean Air Coalition, United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)

Speaker

Aurélien Palix

Deputy Director for Networks and Digital Uses, Directorate General for Enterprises, French Ministry of Economy, Finance and Industrial and Digital Sovereignty

Speaker

Sara Pantuliano

Chief Executive, ODI Global

Speaker

Giórgos Papandréou

General Rapporteur for Democracy, Council of Europe's Parliamentary Assembly; Former Prime Minister, Hellenic Republic

Speaker

Nikol Pashinyan

Prime Minister, Republic of Armenia

Speaker

Ilgin Pasli Brombach

Board Member of the Youth Peace Ambassadors Network // Co-Founder, Director of the planIMPACT NGO for Human Rights, Peace and Development

Speaker

Dino Patti Djalal

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

Speaker

Emina Pašanović

Youth Delegate of Bosnia and Herzegovina to the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities, Council of Europe

Speaker

Matthieu Pegon

Deputy Chief Executive Officer, Climate Investment Funds (CIF)

Speaker

Jérémie Pellet

Executive Director, Expertise France

Moderator

Eric Pelofsky

Vice President, Global Economic Recovery, Rockefeller Foundation

Speaker

Karine Perset

Head of AI Unit and OECD.AI, Digital Economy Policy Division, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)

Speaker

Giada Pistilli

Principle Ethicist, Hugging Face

Speaker

Katherine Pittore

Head of Policy and Communications, Access to Nutrition initiative (ATNi)

Speaker

Cyrille Poirier Coutansais

Director, Research Department, Naval Strategic Studies Center

Speaker

Guillaume Poupard

Deputy Director General, Docaposte

Speaker

Patrick Pouyanné

Chief Executive Officer, TotalEnergies

Speaker

Christophe Prazuck

Director, Ocean Institute, Sorbonne University Alliance

Speaker

Michael Preston

Director, Sesame Workshop Joan Ganz Cooney Center

Speaker

Meredith Preston McGhie

Secretary General, Global Centre for Pluralism

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Manuel Pulgar-Vidal

Former Environment Minister, Republic of Peru; President, COP20; Director, WWF Global Climate and Energy Network

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Gautier Quéru

Director, Natural Capital, Mirova

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Sergey Radchenko

Wilson E. Schmidt Distinguished Professor, School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS), Johns Hopkins University

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Martin Raiser

Senior Representative for European Economic Cooperation, World Bank

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Linda Rama

Researcher and civic activist

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Edi Rama

Prime Minister, Republic of Albania

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Michael Ramirez Galeano

Advisor UN / Ambassador UNICEF et Association des alumnis Académie Notre Europe

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Gabriela Ramos

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

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Matt Reed

Chief Executive Officer & Global Director of Institutional Partnerships, Aga Khan Foundation (UK)

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Sven Renner

Program Manager, Energy and Extractives, World Bank

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Maria Ressa

Nobel Peace Prize Laureate; Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Rappler Inc. and Professor, Columbia University SIPA

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Saurav Rimal

President, Karmayog Foundation

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Rémy Rioux

Chief Executive Officer, Agence Française de Développement (AFD)

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Friederike Roder

Director of the secretariat, Global Solidarity Levies Task Force

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Romaric Roignan

Director for North Africa and the Middle East, Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs, French Republic

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Camille Romain des Boscs

General Director, World Vision France

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William Roos

Managing Director for Corporate Strategy and member of the Executive Committee, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)

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Antoine Rostand

President and Chief Executive Officer, Kayrros

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Adele Rouleau

Senior Environmental Consultant, Geosyntec Consultants

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Anu Saarela

Ambassador for School Meals, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Finland

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Eric Salobir

Chairman of the Executive Committee, Human Technology Foundation

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Nivine Sandouka

Regional Director, Alliance for Middle East Peace (ALLMEP)

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Damaris Guaza Sandoval

Service worker and facilitator of Peace Processes, International Service for Peace and the Mennonite Central Committee, Mexico

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Maia Sandu

President, Republic of Moldova

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Marietje Schaake

Fellow, Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence, Stanford University

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Rita Schwarzelühr-Sutter

Parliamentary State Secretary, Federal Ministry for the Environment, Climate Action, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety, Federal Republic of Germany

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Heffa Schücking

Executive Director, Urgewald

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Anne-Sophie Seret

Executive Director, everyone.ai

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Chloe Setter

Child Safety Public Policy, Google

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Chris Sharrock

Vice President, UN Affairs and International Organisations, Microsoft

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Vadym Shchokin

Director, Professor, Doctor of Science, Research Mining Institute of the Kryvyi Rih National University

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Trisha Shetty

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

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Caroline Siebold

Head of Foresight and Partner Intelligence Unit, United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)

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Raissa Sifa Kasongo

Project Manager and Member of the Steering Committee, Actions pour le Développement et l’Entrepreneuriat

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Svetlana Siljanoska

Strategic Communication Specialist, Metamorphosis Foundation

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Gordana Siljanovska-Davkova

President, Republic of North Macedonia

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Paul Simondon

Deputy Mayor of Paris in charge of finance, budget, green finance, and funeral affairs

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Kadri Simson

Former Commissioner for Energy, European Union; former Minister of Economic Affairs and Infrastructure, Republic of Estonia; Distinguished Visiting Fellow, Center on Global Energy Policy, School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University

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Gastón Siroit

Regional Director of the Methane Observatory LATAM & Caribbean (OEMLAC), OLADE

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Suzanty Sitorus

Executive Director, ViriyaENB

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Julia Skorupska

Head of Secretariat, Powering Past Coal Alliance (PPCA)

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Brett Solomon

Senior Research Fellow, Human Rights Center, Berkeley

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Mirjana Spoljaric-Egger

President, International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC)

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Jim Steinberg

Dean, School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University

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Hannah Stephenson

Global Head of Nutrition, Save the Children

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Paola Subacchi

Professor and Chair in Sovereign Debt and Finance, Sciences Po

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Djaheezah Subratty

Head, Consumption and Production Unit, United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)

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Cecilia Tam

Head of Energy Investment Unit, International Energy Agency (IEA)

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Julia Tasse

Head, Ocean Program, French Institute for International and Strategic Affairs

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Pegatha Taylor

Counselor, Embassy of Canada to the French Republic

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Mark John Thompson

Co-Chairman, International Fund for Public Interest Media

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Leonora Tima

Founder and Managing Director, GRIT - Gender Rights in Tech

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Martin Tisné

Chief Executive Officer, AI Collaborative

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Frank Tressler

Director of Multilateral Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Chile

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Sébastien Treyer

Executive Director, Iddri

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Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya

Head of the United Transitional Cabinet, Republic of Belarus

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Yuichi Tsuji

First secretary, Permament Delegation of Japan to OECD

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Laurence Tubiana

Director General, European Climate Foundation ; Special Envoy for Europe, COP 30

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William Tumawaku

Chief of Staff to the Minister of Hydrocarbons, Democratic Republic of Congo

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Hanadi Tutunji

Head of Technical Assistance, Foundation Grameen Crédit Agricole

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Yohei Ujita

Deputy General Manager, Nissin Foods Holdings Co. Ltd.

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Valdecy Urquiza

Secretary General, International Criminal Police Organization (Interpol)

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Philippe Varin

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

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Luis Vassy

Director, Sciences Po Paris

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Justin Vaïsse

Founder and Director General, Paris Peace Forum

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Leonardus Vergütz

Chief Science Officer, OCP Nutricrops

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Gilles Vermot-Desroches

Chief Corporate Citizenship Officer & SVP Institutional Affairs, Schneider Electric

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Florence Verzelen

Executive Vice President EMEA, Dassault Systèmes

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Myrtho Vlastou

Head of Sustainable Food Debt, Incofin

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Ivana Vučetić

Researcher and Journalist, Istinomjer - CA "Why not?"

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Peter Wagner

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

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Henry Wang Huiyao

Founder and President, Center for China and Globalization (CCG)

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Joel Weiler

Executive Director, Doctors of the World France

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Daniel Wilhelm

President, Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation

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Mike Wisheart

Director, Global Partnerships, World Vision International

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Frederic Worms

Director, Ecole Normale Supérieure (ENS)

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Mechthild Wörsdörfer

Deputy Director General, Directorate-General for Energy, European Union Commission

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Ana Yang

Director, Environment and Society Centre, Chatham House

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Angela Yoder Maina

Executive Director, Green String Network

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Kim Younes

Chief Executive Officer, TV5MONDE

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Jiakai Yuan

Executive Director, Finance Center for South-South Cooperation

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Chrysoula Zacharopoulou

Former Secretary of State for Development, Francophonie and International Partnerships, French Republic

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Grâce Sandrine Zancran

Project Coordinator, ONG Jeunesse et Emplois Verts pour une Economie Verte (JEVEV)

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Koffi Zougbede

Economist Agrifood systems and trade, OECD SWAC

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Stefan Zrinzo Azzopardi

Minister for European Funds and the Implementation of the Electoral Programme, Republic of Malta

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Hector de Rivoire

Director of Public Policy, Office of Responsible AI, Microsoft

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Sigrid van Aken

Chief Executive Officer, Postcode Lottery Group

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Benedikta von Seherr-Thoß

Managing Director, European External Action Service (EEAS)

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Soli Özel

Senior fellow, Institut Montaigne ; Visiting lecturer, Koç University in Istanbul

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