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Agenda 2018

Agenda

Atlantic Dynamics: Overcoming the Choke Points
Marrakesh, Morocco


*All times are subject to change

09:15-10:30
Plenary VIII: Climate Finance in the South

Moderator

  • Uduak Amimo, Consultant, Uduak Amimo Consulting (Kenya)

Speakers

  • André    Caillé, Board Member, Junex 
  • R. Andreas Kraemer, Founder & Chairman,     Ecologic Institute 
  • Josefa Sacko, Commissioner, Rural Economy and Agriculture, African Union Commission
  • Teburoro Tito, Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Permanent Representative to the UN; Former President, Republic of Kiribati
10:30-11:00
Coffee Break
11:00-12:15
Plenary IX: The Role of Culture in Atlantic Relations

Moderator

  • Claude Grunitzky, Chairman and Editor-in-chief, True Africa

Speakers

  • Mohamed Benaissa, former Minister of Foreign Affairs, Kingdom of Morocco
  • Assia Bensalah Alaoui, Ambassador at Large of HM the King of Morocco
  • Vasco Alves Cordeiro, President, Regional Government of the Azores 
  • Paulo Paranagua, Independent Scholar
12:15-13:50
Parallel Breakfast Side Event III – AfroChampions to Global Giants: The rise and prospects of African globalizers in an era of global trade wars – By Invitation

Moderator

  • Anne-Elvire Kormann-Esme, Programs Coordinator, The AfroChampions Initiative

Speakers

  • Michael Kottoh, Managing Partner, Konfidants
  • Eric Ntumba, Head of Corporate, Private and Diaspora Banking, Equity Bank Congo
  • Rafael Obonyo, CEO, The Youth Congress
12:15-13:50
Parallel Lunch Side Event IV: China’s Ascension: The Road Ahead? – By Invitation

Moderator

  • Marcus Freitas, Senior Fellow, Policy Center for the New South

Speakers

  • Sun Jisheng, Vice President, China Foreign Affairs University
  • Bouchra Rahmouni, Senior Fellow, Policy Center for the New South
  • El Mostafa Rezrazi, Senior Fellow, Policy Center for the New South
  • Plamen Tonchev, Head of the Asia Unit, Institute of International Economic Relations
14:00-15:15
Plenary X: Brazil: What Next?

Moderator

  • Richard Lui, Anchor,    MSNBC / NBC News

Speakers

  • Laura Albornoz, Senior Fellow at the Adrienne Arsht Latin America Center, Former Minister of Women's Affairs, Chile 
  • Geraldo Alckmin, Governor of São Paulo, Brazil 
  • Alfredo G. A. Valladão, Professor at Sciences PO Paris, Senior Fellow, Policy Center for the New South
15:15-15:45
Coffee Break
15:45-16:15
AD Talk: Learning from Experience for New Joint Development: Perspectives from Former Latin American Presidents (in Spanish)

Moderator

  • Lourival Sant’Anna, Foreign Affairs Reporter and Analyst, O Estado de Sao Paulo newspaper and CBN radio, Speaker and Author

Speakers

  • Luis Osvaldo Hurtado Larrea, Former President, Republic of Ecuador 
  • Federico Ramón Puerta, Former President and current Ambassador to Spain, Republic of Argentina 
16:15-16:45
AD Talk: Psychosocial Dynamics and Reparative Leadership

Moderator

  • Lourival Sant’Anna, Foreign Affairs Reporter and Analyst, O Estado de Sao Paulo newspaper and CBN radio, Speaker and Author

Speakers

Bruno Boccara, Founder, Socio-Analytic Dialogue 

16:45-17:15
Coffee Break
17:15-18:30
Plenary XI: Emerging Leaders Closing Plenary

Moderator

  • Zeinab Badawi, Director, Kush Communications

Speakers

  • Durotoye Oluwatosin, Consultant Strategist, Founder, Bloom Africa
  • Barreto Ana Paula ; Intern - Gender, Human Rights and Advocacy,; United Nations Human Rights Office of the Higher Commissioner
  • Wondimu Hallelujah Lulie , Program Director, Amani Africa Media and Research Services
  • Vuong Kevin , Executive Lead - International & Lecturer, University of Toronto
  • EL Hajji Asmae Social activist and Phd researcher, TIZI - Tariq Ibnou Ziyad Initiative (Morocco)
18:30-18:45
Closing RemarksKarim El Aynaoui, Managing Director, Policy Center for the New South
19:30-23:00
Gala Dinner