10:00 - 12:00
VPS Healthcare Hall
09:00 - 18:00
Annual Meeting of the MENA-OECD Working Group on Open and Innovative Government (Closed Session)
Round Table
Round Table
Jumeirah Beach Hotel
18:30 - 19:30
Dialogue of the Future with H.H. Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, UAE Vice President, Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai, via Social Media
Plenary Session
Plenary Session
Social Media
H.H. Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum
UAE Vice President, Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai
17:30 - 18:00
Dubai Municipality Hall
Dr. Roger L. Michel Jr
Founder & Executive Director at The Institute for Digital Archaeology (IDA)
Dr. Emma Dench
Professor of the Classics and History at Harvard University
Dr. Alexy Karenowska
Research Fellow in the Department of Physics at the University of Oxford
17:30 - 18:00
Networking Area
Rod Beckstrom
Cybersecurity Expert and Former President and Chief Executive Officer of ICANN.
Peter Schwartz
Futurist and Senior Vice President of Strategic Planning at Salesforce
17:00 - 19:30
SDGs in Action @WGS in Collaboration with the United Nations and the World Bank Grop (Closed Sessions)
Round Table
Round Table
Abu Dhabi Fund For Development Hall
16:50 - 17:10
Arena Hall
H.H. Sheikh Saif Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan
UAE Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior
16:20 - 16:50
Arena Hall
H.E. Dr. AbdulLatif Al Zayani
Secretary General of the Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf
H.E. Dr. Nabil ElAraby
Secretary General of the Arab League
15:30 - 16:00
Arena Hall
H.E. Saeed Mohammad Ahmad Al Tayer
Dubai Electricity & Water Authority’s Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer
Joe Kaeser
President and Chief Executive Officer of Siemens AG
15:00 - 16:15
DEWA Hall
Sir John Elvidge
Former Permanent Secretary of the Scottish Government, Scotland
H.E. Liliana Caballero
Minister, Administrative Department of the Public Function, Colombia
Luiz de Mello
Deputy Director, Public Governance and Territorial Development, OECD
H.E. Ana Gabriel Zuñiga Aponte
Vice Minister on Political Affairs and Citizen Dialogue at Ministry of the Presidency of the Republic of Costa Rica
H.E. Kristina Persson
Minister for Strategic Development and Nordic Cooperation in Sweden
H.E. José Ángel Gurría
Secretary General of the OECD
15:00 - 15:30
Arena Hall
Peter Schwartz
Futurist and Senior Vice President of Strategic Planning at Salesforce
14:00 - 16:00
GEMS Education Hall
14:00 - 16:30
VPS Healthcare Hall
13:25 - 13:35
Arena Hall
H.E. Stefan M. Selig
Under Secretary for International Trade at the US Department of Commerce
12:30 - 13:00
Dubai Municipality Hall
Rod Beckstrom
Cybersecurity Expert and Former President and Chief Executive Officer of ICANN.
12:00 - 12:30
Dubai Municipality Hall
Professor Arun Sundararajan
Professor of Information, Operations and Management Sciences at NYU Stern Business School
11:30 - 12:00
Dubai Municipality Hall
Tim O'Reilly
Founder and Chief Executive Officer of O'Reilly Media
10:30 - 12:00
SDGs in Action @WGS in Collaboration with the United Nations and the World Bank Group (Closed Sessions)
Round Table
Round Table
GEMS Education Hall
10:00 - 11:00
Arena Hall
Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson
Director of the Hayden Planetarium at the American Museum of Natural History.
10:00 - 11:30
VPS Healthcare Hall
09:20 - 10:00
Arena Hall
Professor Jim Al-Khalili
Professor of Physics and Public Engagement in Science at the University of Surrey
09:00 - 09:20
Arena Hall
Professor Klaus Schwab
Founder and Executive Chairman of the World Economic Forum.
17:00 - 19:30
SDGs in Action @WGS in Collaboration with the United Nations and the World Bank Group (Closed Sessions)
Round Table
Round Table
Abu Dhabi Fund For Development Hall
16:50 - 17:20
Networking Area
Dr. Peter Diamandis
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of X-Prize
Professor Nicholas Negroponte
Co-Founder and Chairman Emeritus of MIT Media Lab.
16:10 - 16:25
Arena Hall
Kathy Calvin
President and Chief Executive Officer of the United Nations Foundation
15:50 - 16:10
Arena Hall
H.H. Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum
President, Dubai Civil Aviation Authority, Chairman & Chief Executive Emirates Airline & Group, and Chairman Dubai Airports
14:40 - 15:10
Arena Hall
Professor Hashim Sarkis
Dean of the School of Architecture and Planning at MIT
Mohammad Gawdat
VP Business Innovation at Google X
Dr. Fadlo Khuri
President of the American University in Beirut
14:00 - 14:40
Arena Hall
Professor Muhammad Yunus
Founder of Grameen Bank and Nobel Peace Prize Laureate
H.E. Dr. Mahmoud Gebril
Former Prime Minister of Libya
H.E. Dominique De Villepin
Former Prime Minister of France
H.E. Mary Robinson
Former President of Ireland and President of Mary Robinson Foundation - Climate Justice.
13:30 - 15:30
VPS Healthcare Hall
11:00 - 11:30
Dubai Municipality Hall
Dr. Peter Diamandis
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of X-Prize
11:00 - 11:30
DEWA Hall
Brogan Bambrogan
Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer of Hyperloop Technologies
10:30 - 11:00
Dubai Municipality Hall
Professor Sugata Mitra
Professor of Educational Technology at Newcastle University
10:30 - 12:00
GEMS Education Hall
10:00 - 11:00
Improving Human Resources Productivity and Service Quality in the Public Sector (Closed Session)
Round Table
Round Table
VPS Healthcare Hall
09:20 - 10:00
Arena Hall
Professor Nicholas Negroponte
Co-Founder and Chairman Emeritus of MIT Media Lab.
09:00 - 09:10
Arena Hall
H.E. Ahmad Bin Byat
Chairman of Emirates Integrated Telecommunications Company PJSC (du)
12:00 - 13:10
Arena Hall
H.H. Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum
UAE Vice President, Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai
10:50 - 11:20
Dubai Municipality Hall
Dr. Brad Perkins
Chief Medical Officer at Human Longevity Inc.
10:20 - 10:50
Dubai Municipality Hall
Dr. Anthony Atala
Director of the Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine
10:20 - 10:50
DEWA Hall
Neil Jacobstein
Co-Chair of the Artificial Intelligence and Robotics Track at Singularity University
10:00 - 10:40
GEMS Education Hall
09:30 - 10:10
The UN Sustainable Development Goals in Action: Transforming our Global Vision into Reality
Plenary Session
Plenary Session
Arena Hall
H.E. Sheikha Lubna Bint Khalid Al Qasimi
UAE Minister of International Cooperation and Development.
Dr. Mahmoud Mohieldin
Senior Vice President for the 2030 Development Agenda, United Nations Relations, and Partnerships at the World Bank
Honorable Joseph Muscat
Prime Minister of Malta
H.E. Jan Eliasson
Deputy Secretary General of the United Nations
09:10 - 09:30
Arena Hall
H.E. Felipe Calderon
Former President of Mexico and Chair of the Global Commission on the Economy and Climate
09:00 - 11:30
VPS Healthcare Hall
09:00 - 09:10
Arena Hall
H.E. Sultan Ahmed bin Sulayem
Chairman of DP World and Chairman of Ports, Customs and Free Zone Corporation (PCFC)in Dubai