The speakers
A multi-actor event
Brace yourself for an extraordinary lineup of thought leaders, decision-makers and visionaries! For its 6th edition, centered around the theme “Seeking Common Ground in a World of Rivalry”, the Paris Peace Forum will convene representatives from states, international organizations, businesses, development banks to foundations and NGOs and more from around the world.
With the participation of:

Jacinda Ardern
Dame
Former Prime Minister of New Zealand

Emmanuel Macron
President of the French Republic

Dr. Jane Goodall
Founder of the Jane Goodall Institute & UN Messenger of Peace

Comfort Ero
President & CEO of the International Crisis Group

Nana Akufo-Addo
President of the Republic of Ghana

Charles Michel
President of the European Council

Louise Mushikiwabo
Secretary General of the Organisation internationale de la Francophonie

Shunichi Miyanaga
Chairman of the Board of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries

Brad Smith
Vice-Chair and President of Microsoft

Anne Hidalgo
Mayor of Paris

Chen Qiufan
Science fiction writer, columnist, and scriptwriter

Angel Gurría
President of the Paris Peace Forum

Henry Wang
Founder and President of the Center for China and Globalization

Ghassan Salamé
Professor Emeritus of International Relations

Maria Fernanda Garza
Chair, International Chamber of Commerce

Maria Ressa
CEO, Rappler; 2021 Nobel Peace Prize laureate

Francisco Vera
UNICEF First Youth Advocate for Environmental and Climate Action for Latin America and the Caribbean and Spain

Mia Mottley
Prime Minister, Barbados

Sarah Wayne Callies
Actress and Ambassador, International Rescue Committee (IRC)

Ivan Krastev
Chairman, Centre for Liberal Strategies

Razan Al Mubarak
President, International Union for Conservation of Nature; UN Climate Change High-Level Champion

Nikol Pashinyan
Prime Minister, Armenia

Marlène Harnois
Representative of the Champions for Peace Club - Peace and Sport

Mary Schapiro
Vice Chair of Global Public Policy, Special Advisor to the Founder and Chairman, Bloomberg

Nazanin Boniadi
Actress and Ambassador, Amnesty International UK

Guy Ryder
Under-Secretary-General for Policy, United Nations

Kristalina Georgieva
Managing Director, International Monetary Fund (IMF)

Celso Amorim
Advisor of the President of the Federative Republic of Brazil, Former Minister of Foreign Affairs

Ian Bremmer
President and Founder, Eurasia Group and GZERO Media

Agnès Callamard
Secretary-General, Amnesty International

Jin Liqun
President, Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB)

María Fernanda Espinosa
Former President, UN General Assembly
Ma Jun
Founding Director, Institute of Public and Environmental Affairs (IPE)

Tony Estanguet
President, Paris 2024; Triple Olympic medallist

Mabel Miao
Co-founder and Secretary-General of the Center for China and Globalization (CCG)

Arancha González
Dean, Paris School of International Affairs, Sciences Po

Yann Le Cun
Chief AI Scientist at Meta, Turing Award Laureate
And many others…

Kimberley Abbott
Chief Executive Officer and Founder, Vested Impact
Moderator

Adrien Abecassis
Moderator

Meghna Abraham
Executive Director, Center for Economic and Social Rights
Speaker

Rachel Adams
Director, AI and Global Programmes, Research ICT Africa
Speaker

Mirna Adjami
Principal Programme Manager, Business & Security Division, DCAF
Speaker

Faten Aggad
Member, African High Level Panel of experts on the reforms of the multilateral system
Speaker
Kaarlep Agne
Head of Policy and Advisory Services, Tremau
Speaker

Mohammed Faisal Abdulaziz Ahmed
Executive Director, Mwatana for Human Rights
Speaker

Nana Akufo-Addo
President, Republic of Ghana
Speaker

Razan Khalifa Al Mubarak
UN Climate Change High Level Champion for COP28, President, International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources
Speaker

Basem Al Salem
Chairman, Capital Bank of Jordan and National Bank of Iraq
Speaker

Fatema Al-Baker
Managing Director, Doha Forum
Moderator

Shaikha Al-Shaibi
Global Advocacy Researcher, Qatar Fund for Development
Speaker

Marco Aliberti
Research Fellow, European Space Policy Institute (ESPI)
Moderator

Hani Alsafadi
Syria Programs Coordinator, SAWA for Development and Aid
Speaker

Carole Alsharabati
Founding Partner, Siren Analytics
Speaker

Elena Ambrosi
Advisor on human rights, victims rights, security and peacebuilding. Former member of the Colombian government delegation in the peace process with the FARC-EP.
Speaker

Dario Amodei
CEO and Co-Founder, Anthropic
Speaker

Ralph Amoussou
Actor
Speaker

Anne-Claire Amprou
French Ambassador for Global Health
Speaker

Kendall Ananyi
CEO, Tizeti
Speaker

Widya Anggraini
Project Manager, Kemitraan
Speaker
Ajimandiram Krishnankutty Nair Anilkumar
Associate Director, ISTRAC and Chief General Manager, Safe & Sustainable Space Operations Management, ISRO
Speaker

Albert Antwi-Boasiako
Director-General, Cyber Security Authority of Ghana
Speaker

Jacinda Ardern
Former Prime Minister, New Zealand; Special Envoy, Christchurch Call
Speaker

Essie Assibu
Journalist, Brut
Moderator

Jennifer Baarn
Director of Partnerships, AGRA
Speaker

Zeinab Badawi
President, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London
Moderator

Niagalé Bagayoko
Chair, African Security Sector Network
Speaker

Joanne Bajjaly
CEO and Founder, BILADI
Speaker

Nayan Bakhadyo
Satellite Research Fellow, Antarikchya Pratisthan Nepal
Speaker

Silvana Baldovino
Director of the Biodiversity and Indigenous Peoples Program, Peruvian Society for Environmental Law (SPDA)
Speaker

Priya Basu
Executive Head of the Secretariat, Pandemic Fund
Speaker

Violeta Belver
Communications Coordinator, ILDA
Speaker

Assia Ben Salah
Ambassador of His Majesty Mohammed VI, Kingdom of Morocco
Speaker

Omer Benjakob
Cyber & Disinformation Reporter, Haaretz
Speaker

Renato Manuel Berrino Malaccorto
Research Manager, Open Data Charter
Speaker

Alain Berset
President, Swiss Confederation
Speaker

Theo Bertram
Vice President, Government Relations and Public Policy for Europe, TikTok
Speaker

Emmanuel Besnier
Deputy Director for Africa and the Indian Ocean, Ministry of Europe and Foreign Affairs
Speaker

Ralf Beste
Director-General and Head of Department for Culture and Communication, Federal Foreign Office of the Federal Republic of Germany
Speaker

Hatice Beton
Executive Director, The G20 Health and Development Partnership
Speaker

Carlos Márcio Bicalho Cozendey
Secretary for Multilateral Political Affairs, Federative Republic of Brazil
Speaker

Maher Bitar
Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for Intelligence Programs at the National Security Council, White House
Speaker

Catherine Boemare
President, Cité du Développement Durable
Speaker

Federico Bonaglia
Deputy Director, OECD Development Centre
Speaker

Nazanin Boniadi
Actress and Activist
Speaker

Pascal Boniface
Director, Institut de relations internationales et stratégiques (IRIS)
Moderator

Linda Bonyo
Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Lawyers Hub
Speaker

Tamzin Booth
Partner, Brunswick Group
Moderator

Kirk Boyd
Executive Director, Legal Pact for the Future
Speaker

João Brant
Secretary of Digital Policies, Secretariat of Social Comunication of the Presidency
Speaker

Ian Bremmer
President, Eurasia Group and GZERO Media
Speaker

Karen Lorena Brugés Solórzano
Director General, Women Economic Forum Colombia
Speaker

Rinaldo Brutoco
Founding CEO and Chief Technology Officer, H2Clipper, Inc.
Speaker

Gabriela Bucher
President and Chief Executive Officer, Fund for Global Human Rights
Speaker

Sohel Busheha
Deputy Minister of Economy and Trade, State of Libya
Speaker

Anne-Marie Buzatu
Executive Director, ICT4Peace
Speaker

Yohann Bénard
Director of Public Affairs Europe, Digital, Amazon
Speaker

João Samuel Caholo
Executive Secretary, International Conference on the Great Lakes Region
Speaker

Agnès Callamard
Secretary General, Amnesty International
Speaker

Matías Campos
Chief Executive Officer, Astralintu Space Technologies
Speaker

Mariana Campos
Director, Mexico Evalua
Moderator

Allison Carlson
Executive Vice President, Foreign Policy
Speaker

Éléonore Caroit
Vice-Chairwoman of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, National Assembly, French Republic
Moderator

Assheton Carter
Executive Director, Fair Cobalt Alliance
Speaker

Clovis Casali
Reporter, France 24
Moderator

Amber Charlesworth
Head of Space Spectrum Policy, Amazon
Speaker

Qiufan Chen
Novelist
Speaker

Celina Chien
Founder and Director, Overstories; Board Member, Panthera
Moderator

Hervé Chneiweiss
Head of Research, CNRS
Moderator

Naureen Chowdhury Fink
Executive Director, Global Internet Forum to Counter Terrorism
Speaker

Ian Christensen
Director of Private Sector Programs, Secure World Foundation (SWF)
Moderator

Shirmai Chung
Member of the Youth Engagement Group, Climate Overshoot Commission
Speaker

Kaja Ciglic
Senior Director, Digital Diplomacy, Microsoft
Speaker

Edwige Cishimbi
Advocacy, gender and communication officer, International Alert
Speaker

Elisabeth Claverie de Saint-Martin
Chief Executive Officer, Centre de coopération internationale en recherche agronomique pour le développement (CIRAD)
Speaker

Jonathan Cohen
Executive Director, Conciliation Resources
Speaker

Catherine Colonna
Former Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs, French Republic
Speaker

Adam Cooper
Director, Digital Conflict, The Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue (HD)
Speaker

Constance Cordier
Youth Ambassador, Jane Goodall Institute France
Moderator

Mathias Cormann
Secretary General, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
Speaker

Rose Croshier
International Relations Specialist at U.S. Department of Commerce
Speaker

Nina Dabboussi
Programme coordinator, Terrains d'Avenir, Kabubu
Speaker

Marie Dancer
Economic Journalist
Moderator

Osman Dar
Member, One Health High Level Expert Panel
Speaker

Ludovic Dau
Head of Programs, Peace and Sport
Speaker

Emmanuelle David
Executive Director, EPFL Space Center (e-Space)
Speaker

Alexander De Croo
Prime Minister, Kingdom of Belgium
Speaker

Nathalie Delapalme
Executive Director, Mo Ibrahim Foundation
Moderator

Christophe Deloire
Secretary General, Reporters Without Borders (RSF)
Speaker

Zhongli Ding
Vice-Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, People's Republic of China
Speaker

Eileen Donahoe
Special Envoy and Coordinator for Digital Freedom, Bureau of Cyberspace and Digital Policy, U.S. Department of State
Speaker

Frédérick Douzet
Director, GEODE Center
Speaker

Iain Drennan
Executive Director, WeProtect Global Alliance
Speaker

Stéphane Duguin
Chief Executive Officer, CyberPeace Institute
Moderator

Jeff Dunn
Vice-President, Trust, Safety and Support, Hinge
Speaker

Stéphanie Dupuy-Lyon
Chief Sustainability Officer, La Poste Groupe
Speaker

Alain Délétroz
Director General, Geneva call
Speaker

Harlem Désir
Senior Vice President for Europe, International Rescue Committee (IRC)
Moderator

Mariana Díaz Kraus
Institutional and Strategic Alliances Director, Movilizatorio
Speaker

Ali Ehsassi
Chairman of the Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Development, House of Commons of Canada
Speaker

Omnia El Omrani
Youth Envoy for the President of the 27th UN Climate Change Conference
Speaker

Anne Marie Engtoft Meldgaard
Tech Ambassador, Kingdom of Denmark
Speaker

Natalia Espitia
Founder and General Director, Fundacion Ninas Sin Miedo
Speaker

Xavier Espot Zamora
Prime Minister, Principality of Andorra
Speaker

Tony Estanguet
President, Paris 2024
Speaker

Pascal Faucher
Chair, European Union Space Surveillance and Tracking (EUSST)
Speaker

Fabio Ferrari
CEO, aDryada
Speaker

Raushan Firaq
Director, Maldives Space Research Organisation
Speaker

Margarita Focas Licht
Manager, Partnership Engagement, Global Partnership for Education
Speaker

Manuel Fontaine
Special Advisor for Child Rights, UNICEF
Speaker

Mads Frederiksen
Executive director at Arctic Economic Council
Speaker

Irakli Garibashvili
Prime Minister, Georgia
Speaker

Pilar Garrido
Director for Development Co-operation, OECD
Speaker

Maria del Pilar Garrido Gonzalo
Director for Development Co-operation, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
Speaker

Maria Fernanda Garza
Chairwoman, International Chamber of Commerce
Speaker

Prakriti Gautam
CEO, Khetipati Organics
Speaker

Denis Geffroy
Public Affairs and Sustainability Advocacy Director, L'Occitane Group
Speaker

Robin Geiss
Director, United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research - UNIDIR
Speaker

Kristalina Georgieva
Managing Director, International Monetary Fund
Speaker

Daniel Giorev
Head of Unit - Resilence, Peace, Security, European Commission
Speaker

Mariana Gonzalez Carrillo
Technical Advisor, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) Gmbh
Speaker

Jane Morris Goodall
Founder, The Jane Goodall Institute
Speaker

Cécile Goubet
Managing director, Institut de la finance durable
Speaker

Courtney Gregoire
Chief Digital Safety Officer, Microsoft Corporation
Speaker

Irena Grizelj
Author, Global 5-year Strategic Action Plan for Youth-Inclusive Peace Processes; Mediation Support Officer, Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue
Speaker

Charlotte Groen
Executive Director, Circus Zambia
Speaker

Steven Gruzd
Head of African Governance and Diplomacy Programme, South African Institute of International Affairs
Speaker

Valerie Guarnieri
Assistant Executive Director for Programme and Policy Development, World Food Programme (WFP)
Speaker

Christophe Guilhou
Director of Sustainable development, Ministry of Europe and Foreign affairs, France
Speaker

Fabienne Hara
Deputy Director General, Paris Peace Forum
Moderator

Marlène Harnois
Olympic Athlete and Representative of the Champions for Peace Club, Peace and Sport
Speaker

Matthew Hart
Executive Director, Global Philanthropy Project
Speaker

Ines Hassan
Director, The Global Health Security Consortium
Speaker

Roberto Hernández Juárez
Climate Activist-Researcher, Founder of Youth Building The Future Global (YBTFG)
Speaker

Aarti Holla-Maini
Director, United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA)
Moderator

Eduard Hulicius
Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Czech Republic
Speaker

Benjamin Hurlbut
Co-Director, Global Observatory for Genome Editing
Speaker

Ahmed Hussen
Minister of International Development, Canada
Speaker

Udo Jude Ilo
Interim Executive Director, Centre for Civilians in Conflict (CIVIC)
Speaker

Bogdan Ivanel
Founder & CEO, Commit Global
Speaker

Maxime Jambon
Vice President Public Affairs, Exotrail
Speaker

John Janka
Chief Officer for Global Government Affairs and Regulatory, Viasat
Speaker

Tatiana Jean
Director, Centre Russia/Eurasia, Ifri
Moderator

Robert Jenkins
Assistant to the Administrator, Bureau of Conflict Prevention and Stabilization, US Agency for International Development (USAID)
Speaker

Yuan Jiakai
Founder, Shanghai Ethno Philanthropy Fund
Speaker

Christopher Johnson
Space Law Advisor, Secure World Foundation (SWF)
Speaker

Craig Jones
Director of Cybercrime, Interpol
Speaker

Memory Kachambwa
Executive Director, The African Women's Development and Communication Network (FEMNET)
Speaker

Kaja Kallas
Prime Minister, Republic of Estonia
Speaker

Alinah Kallon
Co-founder, Senior Journalist & Project Manager, Media Matters for Women
Speaker

Alan Katz
Paris Bureau Chief, Bloomberg News
Moderator

David Kaye
Professor of Law at UC Irvine and former UN Special Rapporteur on freedom of expression
Moderator

Martin Kessler
Executive Director, Finance for Development Lab
Speaker

Karim Asad Ahmad Khan
Prosecutor, International Criminal Court (ICC)
Speaker

Jack Kimani
CEO, Climate Action Platform For Africa (CAP-A)
Speaker

Kathryn King
General Manager, Technology and Strategy Group, eSafety Commissioner, Australia
Speaker

Katayoun Kishi
Head of Data Science, Armed Conflict Location and Event Data Project (ACLED)
Speaker

Aïcha Koraïchi
President, Action contre la Faim
Speaker

Ivan Krastev
Chairman of the Board, Centre for Liberal Strategies (CLS)
Speaker

Famke Krumbmüller
Associate Partner, EMEIA Geostrategy Leader, EY
Speaker

Albin Kurti
Prime Minister, Republic of Kosovo
Speaker

German Laborda
President, Fundacion Empate
Speaker

Nishant Lalwani
Chief Executive Officer, International Fund for Public Interest Media
Moderator

Tomas Lamanauskas
Deputy Secretary General, International Telecommunication Union
Speaker

Geert Laporte
Senior Executive, European Centre for Development Policy Management, Former Director of European Think Tanks Group
Moderator

Vanina Laurent-Ledru
Executive Director, Foundation S – The Sanofi Collective
Speaker

Yann Le Cun
Vice-President and Chief AI Scientist, Meta
Speaker

Bruno Le Maire
Minister of the Economy, Finance and industrial and digital Sovereignty, France
Speaker

Léah Le Piver
Projects Officer, Paris Peace Forum
Moderator

Alain Le Roy
Former United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping operations
Speaker

Giorgio Leali
Reporter, Politico
Moderator

Kristian Lempa
Director Global Policy, Governance, Cities, GIZ
Moderator

Bertrand Levant
Head of project, Lutte contre la désinformation, Organisation internationale de la francophonie (OIF)
Speaker

Alvaro Leyva Duran
Minister of Foreign Affairs, Republic of Colombia
Speaker

Charlotte Lindsey
Chief Public Policy Officer, CyberPeace Institute
Moderator

Katherine Littler
Co-Unit Head, Health Ethics
Speaker

Hongqiao Liu
Director, Shuang Tan
Speaker

Nathalie Loiseau
Chairperson of the Subcommittee on Security and Defence, European Parliament
Speaker

Françoise Lombard
Director General, Proparco
Speaker

Svitlana Lukiachenko
Vice Head of the Board, Power of the future (GIZ Civil Peace Service)
Speaker

Louise Mabulo
Member of the Youth Engagement Group, Climate Overshoot Commission
Speaker

Ahmad Makaila
Ambassador of the Republic of Chad to the French Republic
Speaker

Balbine Pascaline Makani Omgba
President, Association of Women In Mining in Africa (AWIMA)
Speaker

Marija Manojlovic
Executive Director, Safe Online
Speaker

Stefano Manservisi
Chair of the Governing Board, The Global Community Engagement and Resilience Fund (GCERF)
Moderator

Mirko Manzoni
Under Secretary General, Personal Envoy of the United Nations Secretary-General for Mozambique
Speaker

Jean-Luc Maria
CEO and Co-founder, Exotrail
Speaker

Heloisa Massaro
Director, InternetLab
Speaker

Tanja Masson-Zwaan
Assistant Professor and Deputy Director, International Institute of Air and Space Law (IIASL)
Speaker

Tim Maurer
Senior Fellow, Technology and International Affairs Program, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Speaker

Fabien Mayani
Director of Extractive Industries Governance Program, The Carter Center DRC
Speaker

Sameera Mehra
Collective Intelligence and Advocacy Director, WINGS
Speaker

Mathieu Michel
Secretary of State for Digitization, Kingdom of Belgium
Speaker

Charles Michel
President, European Council
Speaker

Will Middleton
Cyber Director, United Kingdom Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Speaker

Celestino Migliore
Apostolic Nuncio of the Holy See to the French Republic
Speaker

Elsy Milan
PhD Candidate from Lebanon, involved in climate action and the energy transition
Speaker

Jakov Milatović
President, Montenegro
Speaker

Piers Millett
Executive Director, International Biosecurity and Biosafety Initiative for Science
Speaker

Mira Milosevic
Executive Director, Global Forum for Media Development (GFMD)
Speaker

Bathylle Missika
Head of Division – Networks, Partnerships and Gender, OECD Development Centre
Moderator

Shunichi Miyanaga
Chairman of the Board, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.
Speaker

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

Miguel Ángel Molina Cobos
Deputy General Manager, Chairman of Space Council, GMV
Speaker

Loreto Moraga
President, ACHIDE
Speaker

Pedro Manuel Moreno
Deputy Secretary General, United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
Speaker

Mia Amor Mottley
Prime Minister, Barbados
Speaker

Hanane Mourchid
Chief Sustainability & Innovation Officer and Strategic Committee Member, OCP Group
Speaker

Melanie Mueller
Head of Project Research Network Sustainable Global Supply Chains, German Institute for International and Security Affairs (SWP)
Speaker

Gulnora Mukhamadieva
Global Lead for Gender, Aga Khan Foundation
Speaker

Amon Murwira
Minister of Higher and Tertiary Education, Science and Technology Development, Republic of Zimbabwe
Speaker

Benjamin Mwape
Youth and Partnerships Expert, AU-EU Youth Cooperation Hub
Speaker

Hanna Möllers
Deputy General Secretary, Deutsche-Journalisten-Verband (DJV)
Speaker

Leïla Mörch
Moderator

Haby Niakaté
Editor in Chief, Brut Africa
Moderator

Iliya Nickelt
Chief Data Scientist, German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ)
Speaker

Peter Ambang Njume
Memebr of Parliament, National Assembly of Cameroon, Founder and Executive President, Parliamentary Network on the SDGs
Speaker

Kazuo Noguchi
Senior Manager R&D, Hitachi America
Speaker

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

Delphine O
Ambassador / Secretary General of the Generation Equality Forum, French Ministry of Europe and Foreign Affairs
Moderator

Simon O'Connell
Chief Executive Officer, Netherlands Development Organisation (SNV)
Speaker

Tolu Ogunlesi
Director, WoweMedia
Speaker
Henry Oryem Okello
Minister of State for International Affairs, Republic of Uganda
Speaker

Kamal Omari
Director, Namene
Speaker

Kojo Oppong Nkrumah
Minister of Information, Republic of Ghana
Speaker

Temitope Osunrinde
Vice President, Sales and Marketing, Tizeti
Speaker

Jéan-Jérôme PERRIN-MORTIER
Chief Executive Officer, Peace and Sport
Speaker

Agnès Pannier-Runacher
Minister for Energy Transition, French Republic
Moderator

Laurence Pantin
Justice Transparency Program Coordinator, México Evalúa
Moderator

Lucy Parker
Senior Partner, Brunswick Group
Speaker

Nikol Pashinyan
Prime Minister, Republic of Armenia
Speaker

Dino Patti Djalal
Founder and President, Foreign Policy Community of Indonesia (FPCI)
Speaker

Gilles Pecassou
Deputy director general, Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)
Speaker

Jérémie Pellet
Director General, Expertise France
Speaker

Eric Pelofsky
Deputy Chief of Staff and Vice President in the President's Office, The Rockefeller Foundation
Speaker

Yves Perrier
Honorary Chairman, Amundi and President, Sustainable Finance Institute
Speaker

Karine Perset
Head of AI Unit and OECD.AI, OECD Digital Economy Policy Division, OECD
Speaker

Giacomo Persi Paoli
Head of Programme Security and Technology, United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research (UNIDIR)
Speaker

Elsa Pilichowski
Director for Public Governance, Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)
Speaker

Richard Ponzio PhD
Director, Global Governance, Justice & Security Program and Senior Fellow, The Stimson Center
Moderator

Richard Ponzio, PhD
Director, Global Governance, Justice & Security Program and Senior Fellow, The Stimson Center
Moderator

Nicu Popescu
Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Foreign Affairs and European Integration, Republic of Moldova
Speaker

Lorrayne Porciuncula
Executive Director, Datasphere Initiative
Speaker

Mathieu Pourchier
Executive Director, Tournons La Page
Speaker
Hacina Py
Chief Sustainabilty Officer, Société Générale
Speaker

Xing Qu
Deputy Director General, United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
Speaker

Courtney Radsch
Member of the steering committee, Observatory on Information and Democracy
Speaker

Bouchra Rahmouni
Director, Social Innovation Lab & CoopLab, Full Professor of Social Entrepreneurship & Head of Diversity Research Stream at Africa Business School – UM6P, Office of the President - UM6P
Speaker

Edi Rama
Prime Minister, Republic of Albania
Speaker

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

Sandra Ramírez Lobo Silva
Member of the Senate, Colombia, Former Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) Combattant
Speaker

Aakash Ranison
Director of Greener Earth Foundation
Moderator

Shri S Niranjan Reddy
Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha, India
Speaker
Paul-David Regnier
Délégué général aux Relations internationales, Mairie de Paris
Speaker

Odile Renaud-Basso
President, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)
Speaker

Maria Ressa
Nobel Peace Price Laureate 2021; Chief Executive Officer and President, Rappler Inc.
Speaker

Ana Ribeiro
Vice-minister for Education and Culture, Oriental Republic of Uruguay
Speaker

Carlos Eduardo Ribeiro Jr
Project coordinator and founding member, Canoa de Tolda
Speaker

Signe Riisalo
Minister of Social Protection, Republic of Estonia
Speaker

Christian Ritscher
Special Adviser and Head, UNITAD
Speaker

Magda Robalo
President, Institute for Global Health and Development
Speaker

Nelly Robin
President, Pour le sourire d’un enfant
Speaker

Leonard Rolland
Sous-directeur de la Cybersécurité, Ministère de l'Europe et des Affaires étrangères, France
Speaker

Roman Romanov
Human Rights and Justice Program Director, International Renaissance Foundation
Speaker

Jason Ruger
Chief Information Security Officer, Lenovo
Speaker

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

Guy Ryder
Under-Secretary-General for Policy, Executive Office of the UN Secretary-General (EOSG)
Speaker

Alberto Saavedra Olavarrieta
Trustee, Fideicomiso Pro-Bosque de Chapultepec
Speaker

Pascal Saint-Amans
Partner, Brunswick Group
Speaker

Antonino Salmeri
Director, Lunar Policy Platform (LPP)
Moderator

Peter Sands
Executive Director, The Global Fund
Speaker

Marie-Ange Saraka Yao
Chief Resource Mobilisation and Growth Officer, GAVI
Speaker

Oulimata Sarr
Former Minister of Economy, Planning and Cooperation, Republic of Senegal
Speaker

Audrey Schaffer
Vice-President, Slingshot Aerospace
Speaker

Eric Scherer
Director of News MediaLab and International Affairs, France Télévisions
Speaker

Vanessa Scherrer
Vice-President for International Affairs, Sciences Po
Moderator

Zazie Schäfer
Director of the Bureau of Strategic Planning, United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
Speaker

Paul Sebastien
Director and Co-founder, Carbon Offset Certification
Speaker

Papa Seck
Advisor to the President of the Republic of Senegal in charge of Animal Health and Global Health Security Focal Point, Presidency of the Republic of Senegal
Speaker

Stéphanie Seydoux
WHO Envoy for Multilateral Affairs, Office of the Director General, World Health Organization (WHO)
Speaker

Anirudh Sharma
Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Digantara
Speaker

Ken Shibusawa
Senior Advisor, Brunswick Group
Speaker

Pierre Siankowski
Managing Editor, Brut
Moderator

N.K. Singh
President, Institute of Economic Growth
Moderator

Virginijus Sinkevičius
Commissioner for the Environment, Oceans and Fisheries, European Union
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James Skea
Chairperson, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
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Brad Smith
President and Vice Chairman, Microsoft Corporation
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Brett Solomon
Executive Director, Access Now
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Marta Solsona
Program Manager, "la Caixa" Foundation
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Tingting Song
Vice President, Beijing Kuaishou Technology Co. Ltd.
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Agnès Soucat
Director of the Health and Social Protection Division, Agence française de développement (AFD)
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Brad Staples
Chief Executive Officer, APCO Worldwide
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Carsten Staur
Chair, Development Assistance Committee, Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)
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Jurgen Stock
Secretary General, International Criminal Police Organization (Interpol)
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Barbara Stocking
Chair, Panel for a Global Public Health Convention
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Eli Sugarman
Director of the Cyber Initiative, William and Flora Hewlett Foundation
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Lihui Sun
Director of the Development Department, CCCMC Founder and Chairman of Responsible Critical Mineral Initiative (RCI)
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Charles Tellier
Chief of Staff in the Office of the President and Vice President,International Fund for Agricultural Development
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Lyric Thompson
Founder and CEO, Feminist Foreign Policy Collaborative
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Alioune Tine
Founder, Afrikajom Center, UN Independent Expert on the human rights situation in Mali
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Eloise Todd
Co-Founder, Pandemic Action Network
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Sébastien Treyer
Executive Director, IDDRI
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Laurence Tubiana
Director General, European Climate Foundation; Member, Climate Overshoot Commission
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Zeynep Tüfekçi
Co-chair, Global Tech Thinkers
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Pleun Vaartjes
Swiss Youth Representative to the United Nations
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Najat Vallaud-Belkacem
Former minister of National Education, Higher Education and Research, France
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Stientje Veldhoven
Vice President and Regional Director for Europe, World Resources Institute
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Jamila Venturini
Executive Director, Derechos Digitales
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Francisco Javier Vera Manzanares
First youth advocate for environmental and climate action in Latin America and the Caribbean
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Olivia Irina Vereha
Co-founder and VP of Product, Commit Global
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Agi Veres
Director of UNDP Geneva Representation Office, UNDP
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Quentin Verspieren
PROTECT Accelerator Coordinator, European Space Agency (ESA)
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Olha Vesnianka
Combatant, military volunteer, Defense Headquarters of Zaporizhzhia region, Ukraine
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Marcy Vigoda
Director, Scaling Up Nutrition
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Bertrand Walckenaer
Deputy general manager, French Development Agency
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Wang Huiyao
Founder and President, Center for China and Globalization
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Sarah Wayne Callies
Actress and Ambassador, International Rescue Committee (IRC)
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Claire Waysand
Deputy Director General, ENGIE
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Annette Weber
European Union Special Representative for the Horn of Africa
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Peter Weiss
Founder and CEO of Spartan Space
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Isabel Whisson
Head of Policy Initiatives, BRAC
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Anna Winger
Producer and Screenwriter
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Daniel Gebreselassie Woldeyohanes
President, Justice for all
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Frédéric Worms
Director, Ecole Normale Supérieure (ENS)
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Jean-Claude Worms
Executive Director, Committee on Space Research (COSPAR)
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Moctar Yedaly
Special Envoy for the Global Conference on Cyber Capacity Building
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Daphne Yong-d'Hervé
Director, Global Policy, International Chamber of Commerce
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Heela Yoon
Founder and Director, Afghan Youth Ambassadors for Peace Organization / 2022 UN SDG Young Leader
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Nudhara Yusuf
Executive Coordinator Global Governance Innovation Network (GGIN), The Stimson Center
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Chrysoula Zacharopoulou
Secretary of State for Development, Francophonie and International Partnerships, French Republic
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Antonio Zappulla
Chief Executive Officer, Thomson Reuters Foundation
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Jinfeng Zhou
Secretary-General, China Biodiversity Conservation and Green Development Foundation (CBCGDF)
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Wei Qing (Susan) Zhu
Board Chairman & CEO, Shanghai Treasure Carbon New Energy Environmental Protection Technology Ltd.
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Salome Zourabichvili
President, Georgia
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Gabriel Zucman
Director, EU Tax Observatory
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Aurélia de Lapeyrouse
Partner, Brunswick Group
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Alexandre du Garreau
Member of the Executive Committee and Spokesperson for sports, Allianz France
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Alexandra van Huffelen
State Secretary for Kingdom Relations and Digitalisation, Kingdom of the Netherlands
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Stientje van Veldhoven
Vice President and Regional Director for Europe, World Resources Institute
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