THE FUTURE OF A GLOBALIZED ECONOMY
AGENDA
DAY 1
NOVEMBER 1, 2023
Time Zone: Central European Time (CET)
Opening Remarks
- Chairperson, Frannie Leautier
- Vice Chairperson, H.K. Pradhan
- Vice Chairperson, Jennifer Banke
- 09.35 – 09.45
Remarks About ICCE
- Paul Frimpong, Global Head of Membership, ICCE
- 09.45 – 10.55
PLENARY SESSION 1
- FOCUS: DIGITAL ECONOMY
TOPIC: The Promise and Peril of the Digital Economy: How frontier technology is shaping the global economy.
- SPEAKER: Solomon Adegbie-Quaynor
VP, Private Sector, Infrastructure & Industrialization, African Development Bank Group
- SPEAKER: Dare Okoudjou
Founder and CEO, MFS Africa
- SPEAKER: Anja Kaspersen
Director for Global Markets Development, IEEE
- MODERATOR: Jennifer Blanke
Vice Chairperson, GEIF 2023
- 13.45 – 14.55
PLENARY SESSION 2
- FOCUS: GLOBALIZATION
TOPIC: Leaving no one behind: Rethinking globalization in a fragmented world.
- SPEAKER: Katrin A. Kuhlmann
Visiting Professor of Law, Georgetown University Law
- SPEAKER: M. Azhar Hussain
International Board of Standards, ICCE
- MODERATOR: Dr. Frannie Leautier
Chairperson, GEIF 2023
- 15.30 – 16.40
PLENARY SESSION 3
- FOCUS: CHINA | AFRICA | INDIA
TOPIC: The promise of shared prosperity: Africa's future and the role of China and India
- SPEAKER: Leslie Massdorp
VP and CFO, New Development Bank
- SPEAKER: Shanta Devarajan
Professor of International Development, Georgetown University
- 17.00 – 18.10
PLENARY SESSION 4
- FOCUS: FINANCIAL MARKETS
TOPIC: The Future of the Global Financial Markets: Rethinking sustainability amidst uncertainties
- SPEAKER: Jingdong Hua
Former VP & Treasurer, World Bank Group
- SPEAKER: Harris Karen
Managing Director, Macro Trends Group, Bain & Company
- MODERATOR: H.K. Pradhan
Vice Chairperson, GEIF 2023
DAY 2
NOVEMBER 2, 2023
Time Zone: Central European Time (CET)
- 11.00 – 12.15
PLENARY SESSION 1
- FOCUS: SDG & CLIMATE FINANCE
TOPIC: SDG and Climate Financing: Stepping up climate finance actions to build a sustainable future
- SPEAKER: Burrows Brindusa
Founder & CEO, The Ground Up Project
- SPEAKER: Lesley Ndlovu
CEO, ARC Limited
- SPEAKER: DOMINIC O’NEILL
Executive Director
, UN’s Sanitation and Hygiene Fund (SHF )
- MODERATOR: Jennifer Blanke
Vice Chairperson, GEIF 2023
- 13.15 – 14.15
PLENARY SESSION 2
- FOCUS: BRICS | CHINA
TOPIC: The BRICS at the forefront of a new global development agenda: What next?
- SPEAKER: Nancy A. Lohalo
Senior Research Fellow, Africa-China Centre for Policy & Advisory
- SPEAKER: Joao Monte
President, Brazil Africa Institute
- SPEAKER: Ramaswami Balasubramaniam
Development Scholar
- MODERATOR: Paul Frimpong
Global Head of Membership, ICCE
- 13.00 – 14.15
PLENARY SESSION 3
- FOCUS: TRADE / GLOBAL
TOPIC: The future of global trade: building resilience amidst crisis
- SPEAKER: Admassu Tadesse
Group MD & President, Trade & Development Bank (TDB)
- SPEAKER: Benedict Orama
President, Afreximbank
- SPEAKER: Shubhada Rao
Founder, QuantEco Research
- MODERATOR: Rania Makarem
Member of ICCE.