WGS Dialogues - Agenda
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17:00 - 17:10Virtual HallVirtual Or Online
2021: Megatrends That Will Shape the Next Decade
H.E. Mohammad Abdullah Al GergawiMinister of Cabinet Affairs and Chairman, World Government Summit organization of Ministry of Cabinet Affairs -
17:10 - 17:30Virtual HallVirtual Or Online
Embedding Trust and Authenticity in the Next Generation of Leaders
Mina Al-OraibiEditor In ChiefRichard EdelmanChief Executive Officer of Edelman -
17:30 - 17:50Virtual HallVirtual Or Online
Africa's Future Post 2021
Eleni GiokosAnchor of CNNTony ElumeluChairman of Heirs Holdings, the United Bank for Africa, Transcorp and Founder of The Tony Elumelu Foundation -
17:50 - 18:10Virtual HallVirtual Or Online
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18:10 - 18:20Virtual HallVirtual Or Online
Decentralizing Finance for an Inclusive Economy
Jutta SteinerCo-founder and Chief Executive Officer of Parity Technologies -
18:20 - 18:40Virtual HallVirtual Or Online
Is Crypto the New Currency Beyond 2021?
Saqr EreiqatBlockchain Aficionado, Government and Public Sector Consulting of IBMBrock PierceFounder of Blockchain Capital, IGEDenelle DixonChief Executive Officer and Executive Director of Stellar Development FoundationAnthony IorioFounder and Chief Executive Officer of Decentral, Co-founder of Ethereum of Ethereum -
18:50 - 19:10Virtual HallVirtual Or Online
2021: Crafting Decisions in Times of Uncertainty
Becky AndersonAnchorDaniel KahnemanNobel Prize-Winning Psychologist, Behavioral Economist, and Author of "Thinking, Fast and Slow" -
19:10 - 19:30Virtual HallVirtual Or Online
Finding Peace Within a Crisis... Moving Beyond the Pandemic
Becky AndersonAnchorMaurice LévyChairman of Publicis GroupeNechemia PeresChairman of of the Peres Center for Peace & Innovation -
19:30 - 19:50Virtual HallVirtual Or Online
2021: Forecasting the Year Ahead
Corinne IozzioEditor-in-Chief of Popular SciencePaul SaffoFuturist, Consulting Professor in the School of Engineering at Stanford University
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17:00 - 17:05Virtual HallVirtual Or Online
Keynote by H.E. Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus
H.E. Dr. Tedros GhebreyesusDirector General of World Health Organization -
17:05 - 17:50Virtual HallVirtual Or Online
Will the Earth's Population Be Vaccinated by 2021?
David NabarroSpecial Envoy on COVID-19 of the World Health OrganizationH.E. Henrietta ForeExecutive Director of the UNICEF -
17:50 - 18:10Virtual HallVirtual Or Online
Global Digital Infrastructures that will Redefine the New Decade
Rajesh SubramaniamPresident, Chief Operating Officer and Member of the Board of Directors of FedEx CorporationHadley GambleAnchor -
18:20 - 18:40Virtual HallVirtual Or Online
Youth Powering the Next Decade
H.E. Noura Al KaabiMinister of Culture and Youth of UAEH.H. Shaikh Nasser bin Hamad Al KhalifaHis Majesty the King’s Representative for Humanitarian Work and Youth Affairs of Government of the Kingdom of Bahrain -
18:40 - 19:00Virtual HallVirtual Or Online
Navigating 2020's Data for a Prosperous 2021
Saeed Al GergawiDirector of the Dubai Future AcademyParag KhannaFounder and Managing Partner of FutureMap -
19:00 - 19:20Virtual HallVirtual Or Online
2021: Redesigning the World of Business and Entrepreneurship
Alia Al MurChief Marketing Officer of the Dubai Future FoundationDamian BradfieldChief Creative Officer and Co-Founder of WeTransfer and WePresent -
19:20 - 19:40Virtual HallVirtual Or Online
Powering the Decade with Renewables
Christian BurchPresident and Chief Executive Officer of Siemens Energy -
19:40 - 20:00Virtual HallVirtual Or Online
How Can We Innovate Through Nature?
Corinne IozzioEditor-in-Chief of Popular ScienceJanine BenyusCo-Founder of the Biomimicry 3.8 Institute -
20:00 - 20:15Virtual HallVirtual Or Online
Space Exploration in 2021 and Lessons Learnt
Corinne IozzioEditor-in-Chief of Popular ScienceH.E. Sarah Al AmiriMinister of State for Advanced Technology of United Arab Emirates and Chairwoman of the UAE Space Agency -
20:15 - 20:35Virtual HallVirtual Or Online
2021: The Race to Space and Humanity's Future
Patrick NoackExecutive Director of Centre for Fourth Industrial Revolution, UAELord Martin ReesAstrophysicist, Cosmologist and 60th President of the Royal SocietyNeil deGrasse TysonAstrophysicist of Hayden Planetarium