The speakers
A multi-actor event
On 11 November, decision-makers and officials, NGO and private sector leaders, academics and experts will come together at the Palais de Chaillot for high-level discussions under the theme “Wanted: A Functioning Global Order”.
With the participation of:
Wafa Abdel Rahman
Founder and Director General, Filastiniyat; Editor in-chief, NAWA
Speaker
Adrien Abecassis
Chief Policy Officer, Paris Peace Forum
Moderator
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
Speaker
Noura Al Kaabi
Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, United Arab Emirates
Speaker
Abdulla Al Shehhi
Acting Executive Director, Abrahamic Family House
Speaker
Nasser Al-Qidwa
Former Palestinian Minister of Foreign Affairs
Speaker
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
Speaker
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
Speaker
Karim Beguir
Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Instadeep
Speaker
Ryan Beiermeister
Vice-President Product Policy, OpenAI
Speaker
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)
Speaker
Agnès Buzyn
Counselor, Court of Auditors; Former Minister of Solidarity and Health, French Republic
Speaker
Nick Cain
Vice President, Strategy and Innovation, Patrick J. McGovern Foundation
Speaker
Siméon Campos
Founder and Executive Director, SaferAI
Speaker
Guilherme Canela de Souza Godoi
Chief, Section for Freedom of Expression and Safety of Journalists, United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
Speaker
Theodore Caponis
Founding Partner, Siren Analytics
Speaker
Clara Chappaz
Secretary of State for Artificial Intelligence and Digital Affairs, French Republic
Speaker
Aisha Dabo
Co-Founder and Programs Coordinator, AfricTivistes
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 (BCG)
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
Speaker
Juliette Garside
Financial Affairs Editor, Europe, The Guardian
Moderator
Sandrine Gaudin
Vice Governor Financial Strategy, Council of Europe Development Bank
Speaker
Stefania Giannini
Assistant Director-General for Education, United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
Speaker
Amandeep Singh Gill
Special Envoy of the Secretary General on Technology, United Nations
Speaker
Olga Givernet
Minister Delegate for Energy, French Republic
Speaker
Mariana Gonzalez Carrillo
Technical Advisor, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) Gmbh
Speaker
Arancha González Laya
Dean, Paris School of International Affairs (PSIA), Sciences Po Paris; Former Minister of Foreign Affairs, Kingdom of Spain
Speaker
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
José Ángel Gurría
President, Paris Peace Forum
Speaker
Jean-Marie Guéhenno
Professor, Kent Global Leadership Program on Conflict Resolution, Columbia University; former Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping, United Nations
Moderator
Hilde Hardeman
Director-General, Publications Office of the European Union
Moderator
Océane Herrero
Journalist, POLITICO
Moderator
Markus Herrmann Chen
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 for 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
Jun Ma
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, Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (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)
Speaker
Rob McEwen
Chairman and Chief Owner, McEwen Mining
Speaker
Daniela Mera
Chief Marketing Officer, Astralintu Space Technologies
Speaker
Chris Meserole
Executive Director, Frontier Model Forum
Speaker
Nicolas Miailhe
Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer, PRISM Eval
Speaker
Mabel Miao
Co-Founder and Secretary-General, Center for China and Globalization
Speaker
Sahar Moukaddem
Project Manager, Aide Humanitaire et Journalisme
Speaker
Annette Mummert
Director of the Governance and Conflict Division, GIZ
Moderator
Luis Gilberto Murillo Urrutia
Minister of Foreign Affairs, Republic of Colombia
Speaker
Pauliina Murphy
Co-founder, Engagement and Communications Director, World Benchmarking Alliance
Moderator
Arnaud Ngatcha
Deputy to the Mayor of Paris in charge of Europe, International Relations and Francophonie, City of Paris
Speaker
Michelle Nogales Cardozo
Chief Executive Officer, Muy Vaso
Speaker
Bruno Oberle
President, World Resource Forum Association (WRF)
Speaker
Ehud Olmert
Former Prime Minister of Israel
Speaker
Quentin Parrinello
Policy Director, EU Tax Observatory
Speaker
Stewart Patrick
Senior Fellow and Director, Global Order and Institutions Program, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (CEIP)
Moderator
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, Ministry of the Economy, Finance and Industry, French Republic
Speaker
Sasha Rubel
Head of AI Generative, AI Policy, Europe, Middle East, and Africa, Amazon Web Services (AWS)
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Ghassan Salamé
Professor Emeritus of International Relations, Sciences Po Paris
Speaker
Chris Seiple
Principal Advisor, Templeton Religion Trust's "Covenantal Pluralism Initiative"
Speaker
Michael Sellitto
Head of Global Affairs, Anthropic
Speaker
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
Minister Delegate in charge of Francophonie and International Partnerships, Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs, French Republic
Speaker
Youba Sokona
Chair of the African Institute for Sustainable Energy and System Analysis (AISESA), and Former Vice-Chair, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)
Speaker
Ben Solomon
Documentary filmmaker, cinematographer and correspondent
Speaker
Emily Iona Stewart
Head of policy and EU relations, Transition Minerals, Global Witness
Speaker
Keith Strier
Senior Vice President Global AI Markets, Advanced Micro Devices (AMD)
Speaker
Alexandre Stutzmann
Representative of the European Union to the West Bank, the Gaza Strip and UNRWA
Moderator
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, Gates Foundation
Speaker
Shalini Unnikrishnan
Global lead for sustainable food and agriculture, Boston Consulting Group
Moderator
Jutta Urpilainen
Commissioner for International Cooperation and Development, European Union
Speaker
Elina Valtonen
Minister of Foreign Affairs, Republic of Finland
Speaker
Philippe Varin
President, International Chamber of Commerce (ICC); Chairman, World Materials Forum (WMF)
Speaker
Justin Vaïsse
Founder and Director General, Paris Peace Forum
Speaker
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
Speaker
Mercedes de los Santos
Project Director, Open Data Charter
Speaker
Sigrid van Aken
Chief Executive Officer, Postcode Lottery Group
Speaker
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