Horasis Global Meeting 6-9 April 201 9, Cascais, Portugal a Horasis leadership event
Catalyzing the Benefits of Globalization
Co-hosts: City of Cascais Government of Portugal inspirin g our future
Upcoming Horasis events: Horasis India Meeting Segovia, Spain, 23-24 June 2019 Horasis China Meeting Las Vegas, USA, 28-29 October 2019 Horasis Asia Meeting Binh Duong New City, Vietnam, 24-25 November 2019
Horasis is a global visions community dedicated to inspiring our future. (www.horasis.org) Horasis Global Meeting 6-9 April 201 9, Cascais, Portugal a Horasis leadership event
Catalyzing the Benefits of Globalization
Co-hosts: City of Cascais Government of Portugal
Co-chairs: Esko Aho, Chairman Cinia Oy; Former Prime Minister Finland José Manuel Barroso Vice-Chairman, Goldman Sachs International, United Kingdom Galia Benartzi Co-Founder, Bancor, Switzerland Uzoma Dozie Chief Executive Officer, Diamond Bank, Nigeria Brian A. Gallagher President and Chief Executive Officer, United Way Worldwide, USA Megan Jing Li Managing Director, Shanghai iMega Industry Co., China Eva-Lotta Sjöstedt Chief Executive Officer, Georg Jensen, Denmark Nandini Sukumar Chief Executive Officer, The World Federation of Exchanges, United Kingdom Ann Winblad Managing Partner, Hummer Winblad Venture Partners, USA Deborah Wince-Smith President, United States Council on Competitiveness, USA Vladimir Yakunin Chairman, Dialogue of Civilizations Research Institute, Russia
Knowledge Partners: CIP – Confederation of Portuguese Business Estoril Sol IE University Oxford Analytica Publicize Turismo de Portugal
1 Welcome
I warmly welcome you to the 2019 Horasis Global Meeting and sincerely hope that you will enjoy the discussions. My thanks go to the City of Cascais and the Portuguese Government for co-hosting the event .
The Horasis Global Meeting aims to be the world ’s foremost annual gathering of business leaders who interact with heads of governments, key ministers and eminent thought leaders. The meeting’s purpose is to advance solutions to the most critical challenges facing corporations today. Participants share a common interest in mapping our global economies.
Under the theme ‘Catalyzing the Benefits of Globalization ’, participants will share insights on the current state of the world which seems to become more fragile and fractious. We must at this time re-generate the idea of globalization in the face of growing populism. This will ensure the future is more stable and will lead young people to be inspirational in the future.
The Horasis Global Meeting shall devise novel ideas to sustain and nurture our development in the future.
I wish you a thought-provoking and exceptional meeting.
Dr. Frank-Jürgen Richter Chairman Horasis: The Global Visions Community Switzerland
2 Dear friends,
It is with an enormous satisfaction that we welcome you to the Horasis Global Meeting. For the fourth time in a row, we host a Horasis event with open arms. This is starting to become a tradition – a healthy tradition.
This year we address the debate on Globalization. Thanks to Globalization humanity is healthier than ever. Citizens live much longer. Millions were pulled out of poverty. Interdependence made conflicts between nations more unlikely. Though all ideological disputes, these are undisputable gains from globalization.
However, growing levels of inequality gave globalization a bad reputation. We need to address these issues with political courage. If we want a liberal order to prevail, we may not be complacent with the globalization of inequality and indifference. We already have an economic globalization. Now it ’s time for a globalization based on values of solidarity, democracy and humanity.
On each edition, the cooperation between the Cascais City Council and Horasis has increased in success and ambition. In 2019 this initiative will again put Cascais in the centre of a worldwide debate for four days, including hundreds of hours of debate, with some political and trade agents from all around the planet gathered on the same stage.
Once upon a time, a famous US newspaper called Horasis a ‘miniature Davos ’. I apologise for my immodesty, but neither Cascais nor Horasis call for this comparison. In fact, we are not a «miniature» of anything. The relationship between Horasis and Cascais is a relationship between two superlatives, regarding: ideas, hours of debate, speakers and the life quality they embrace for a few days.
That this forum might be held in Cascais is, to us and to the world, a reason to be proud. Our motto is that we may be a better place to live in, be it for one day or a lifetime. And, in order to attain our ambition, we need to be the best place to invest in, to start a business or to raise a family. Those who repeatedly participate in Horasis, know what I am talking about. Those who do not know it yet, will soon find it out.
I bid you welcome to Cascais. May our home be your home.
Carlos Carreiras Mayor of Cascais
3 Programme Saturday, 6 April Day one Sunday, 7 April Day two Monday, 8 April Day three Tuesday , 9 April Day four Congress Centre /Hotel Palacio Congress Centre /Casino Congress Centre Congress Centre 07.30 -09.15 Breakfast Sessions 07.30 -08.45 Breakfast Sessions 07.30 -09.00 Breakfast Updates – Europe – Philanthropy – #meToo – Trade – Moral stand – Social media – USA – Sport – Wise investment – Children – Global innovation – Trust – Uberization – Women as Leaders – Next Big Idea
09 .15 -09.30 Break 08.45 -09.00 Break 09.00 -09.30 Contact Break – Speakers’ corner
09.30 -11.00 Dialogue Sessions 09.00 -10.00 Plenary Sessions 09.30 -11.00 Closing Sessions – Next Financial crisis – World Economic Outlook – Post-modern globalization – Immersive Technologies – Faith in Boardrooms – Blue jeans world 10.00 -10.30 Horasis Agora – Devising Standards – Migration – Personal Cornucopia 10.00 -10.30 Contact Break – Global supply chains 10.30 -12.00 Prologue Sessions – Innovation and Alliances – Speakers’ corner – Quarterly Returns – Learning from History – Global Food Chain – Briefing: Technology – Brexit Transitions – Briefing: SDGs 10.30 -12.00 Boardroom Sessions – Recycling Markets – FinTech – Intrapreneurs 12.00 -14.00 Lunches in parallel – Spying – Our Ocean – Mindfulness – Competitiveness 11.00 -12.00 Plenary Sessions – Future of work 11.00 -12.00 Plenary Sessions – Welcome Lunch – Catalyzing Globalization – Monitoring Supra-nationals – Nation building – Speakers’ corner – Leadership in the 2 1st century – Briefing: Democracy – Economic Growth
14.00 -15.30 Update Sessions 12.00 -14.00 Lunches in parallel 12.00 -14.00 Lunches in parallel 12.00 -13.00 Plenary Sessions – Where we are – Namibia – Caspian Sea – Benefits of Globalization – Open society – Networking Lunch – Networking Lunch – Corruption and Kleptocracy – Climate Change – Speakers’ corner – Speakers’ corner – Internet era – Artificial Intelligence 14.00 -15.00 Plenary Sessions 14.00 -15.00 Plenary Sessions 13.00 -15.00 Sightseeing – Technology start-ups – Shaping our Future – Global governance Visit Cascais – Briefing: Globalization – Digital Utopia – Mentoring clubs
15.30 -16.00 Contact Break 15.00 -16.30 Boardroom Sessions 15.00 -16.30 Boardroom Sessions – Speakers’ corner – Blockchains – Silk Road – Capital regulation – South East Asia 16.00 -17.30 Update Sessions – Venture capitalist – Middle East – Terrorism – Help for SMEs – Africa – Fundamentalism – The arts – Latin America – Communism – Enriching diversity – Russia – Populism – Briefing: Industry 4.0 – Briefing: Regional accords – Entrepreneurism – Alternative Investments 16.30 -17.00 Contact Break 16.30 -17.00 Contact Break – Briefing: Whistle-blowing – Speakers’ corner – Speakers’ corner
17.30 -18.00 Plenary 17.00 -18.00 Plenary Sessions 17.00 -18.00 Plenary Sessions – Welcome – World in transition – Transitioning globalization – Cities and Cluster Regions – Post-truth era
18.00 -19.00 Plenary 18.00 -19.30 Dialogue Sessions 18.00 -19.00 Plenary Sessions – Grand Opening – Corporate strategies – Transitioning globalization – Fossil fuels – Creative destruction 19.00 -20.00 Plenary – Social entrepreneurs – Governing Unbalanced World – Robots 19.00 -22.00 Dinners in parallel – Global illnesses – Closing Dinner Walk to Hotel Palacio – Critical thinking – Dinner: China – Briefing: The Un-banked – Dinner: Female Start-ups 20.00 -22.00 Dinners in parallel – Dinner: Machines – Opening Dinner Walk to Casino – Dinner: Inclusive Growth – Dinner: Corporate Strategies – Dinner: Cryptocurrencies 20.00 -22.00 Gala Dinner – Dinner: Peace Start-up Nation – Dinner: Future of Innovation
22.00 -23.00 Night Owl Session 22.00 -23.00 Night Owl Sessions 22.00 -23.00 Night Owl Session – Making More from Less – Nightmares – Brands – Impact Investing Co-hosts of the Horasis Global Meeting
The City of Cascais is a coastal town and a municipality in Portugal, 30 kilometres west of Lisbon. It is a cosmopolitan suburb of the Portuguese capital and one of the richest municipalities in Portugal. The former fishing village gained fame as a resort for Portugal’s royal family in the late 19th century and early 20th century. Nowadays, it is a popular vacation spot for both Portuguese and foreign tourists. www.visitcascais.com/en
Portugal is the westernmost country of mainland Europe, being bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the west and south and by Spain to the north and east. Most industries, businesses and financial institutions are concentrated in the Lisbon and Porto metropolitan areas. Since the 1990s, Portugal’s public consumption-based economic development model has been changing to a system that is focused on exports, private investment and the development of the high-tech sector. Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) is considered a priority by the Government of Portugal. www.portugal.gov.pt/en
5 Acknowledgements: Horasis would like to thank its knowledge partners for their support of the 20 19 Horasis Global Meeting
Knowledge Partners:
CIP – Confederation of Portuguese Business is the most representative Business Confederation in Portugal, a strong, homogenous and comprehensive associative employer structure, able to effectively defend and represent the interests of Portuguese companies in Portugal and abroad. CIP is also an agent of change, contributing to the progress of market economy and private initiative, advocating that social dialogue is a means of promoting social and economic cohesion.
cip.org.pt/en/
Estoril Sol is a Portugal-based holding company engaged in the leisure and tourism sector. Through its subsidiaries and associated companies, the Company is involved in the operation of casinos as well as in the management of real estate properties in the tourism sector.
www.estoril-solsgps.com
IE Reinventing Higher Education shapes leaders with global vision, an entrepreneurial mindset and a humanistic approach to drive innovation and change in organizations. IE provides a learning environment where techno - logies and diversity play a key role. IE offers programs in fields that include business administration, law, finance, international relations, architecture, big data and technology, communication and media, and human behaviour.
www.ie.edu
6 Oxford Analytica is an international consulting firm providing strategic analysis of world events. Its main activities are in the areas of geopolitics and macroeconomics, and its principal work comprises advisory work and a daily analysis service known as The Oxford Analytica Daily Brief. www.oxan.com
Publicize is a PR company providing effective visibility for organizations through long-term, tailored media strategies www.publicize.co
Turismo de Portugal is the central public authority responsible for promotion, enhancement and sustainability ofTourism activities in Portugal, aggregating within a single entity all the institutional competencies related to stimulation of tourism activities, from the supply sector to demand. Using its privilege relationship with other public bodies and economic agents in Portugal and abroad,Turismo de Portugal is dedicated to fulfilling its objective of strengthening tourism as one of the core growth engines of the Portuguese economy www.turismodeportugal.pt
7 Programme
Saturday, 6 April 2019
Arrival and check-in
From 10.0 0 Registration (Estoril Congress Centre, Avenida Amaral 2765, Estoril-Cascais)
10.0 0 -10.30 Horasis Agora (Estoril Congress Centre, Hall) With the Agora (Ancient Greek for ‘open place of assembly’), Horasis provides a platform where delegates can meet, develop their networks and share visions for the future. Participants will sit in circles of eight and discuss topics of their interest: others can sit around and possibly interject. Chaired by • Frank-Jürgen Richter , Chairman, Horasis, Switzerland
10.3 0 -12.00 Prologue Sessions (Estoril Congress Centre) Curtain up – the Horasis Global Meeting begins. The prologue sessions set the tone for the narrative of the 2019 Horasis Global Meeting.
Horasis Prologue – Learning from History (Room Cascais) Henry Ford once said “History is more or less bunk. It’s tradition. We don’t want tradition ”. What lessons can the Depression of 1920/30s (with tariffs being increased, trade war etc) help us to determine the future and re-invent a new Bretton Woods? Or is there no need to learn from history? • Kola Adesina , Group Managing Director, Sahara Power Group, Nigeria • Jean-Christophe Bas , Chief Executive Officer, DOC Research Institute, Germany • Michael Franck , Executive Producer, Franck Documentaries – Parad Fakta, Finland • Ravin Jesuthasan , Author and Managing Director, Willis Towers Watson, USA • Ana Paula Zacarias , Secretary of State for European Affairs, Portugal Chaired by • Alan Philps , Editor, The World Today Magazine, United Kingdom
Horasis Prologue – Brexit –Where do we Stan d? (Room London) With the formal date of Brexit just passed, we take stock and think forward into practicalities and implications: How will the UK develop its trade relations with the EU and globally? How will UK firms adjust to additional complexity complying with global regulations and standards for inwards and outwards flows? Will the UK economy falter or not? • Jeffries Briginshaw , Chief Executive Officer, Transatlantic Business Britain, United Kingdom • Stephen Castle , Correspondent, New York Times, United Kingdom • Peter Grant , Member of Parliament, Spokesperson on Brexit for the Scottish National Party, United Kingdom • Alexander Kulitz , Member of the German Parliament, Germany • Steven Woolfe , Member of the European Parliament, Belgium Chaired by • Brian Caplen , Editor, The Banker, United Kingdom 8 Horasis Prologue – Recycling Markets (Room Boston) We consume more as our global population increases and as nations create stronger economies. Key resources are limited yet we trash everything old in land-fill sites. How can we become more ecological without increasing total costs? What behavioral changes are needed to actively recycle? • Michele Bonanno , Founder, Impakter, United Kingdom • Lars Minth , Chief Executive Officer and Founder, Quantusec, Switzerland • Rabia Ahmad Mughal , Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Kinecto, Qatar • Nathaniel Peat , Chief Executive Officer, GeNNex Elite, United Kingdom • Pohamba Shifeta , Minister of Environment and Tourism, Namibia Chaired by • Wolfgang Lehmacher , Associate Director, Corporate Value Associates, Hong Kong SAR
12.0 0 -14.00 Lunches, Horasis Speakers’ Corner
Lunch: Our Ocean –The World ’s last Bastion of Globalization (Room Mumbai) The ocean as the world ’s largest ecosystem and source of oxygen is under threat – overfishing, pollution and climate change threaten its health. How to ensure the well-being of marine ecosystems? And how to globalize solutions for our maritime resources? What do we want a future blue economy to look like? • Ana Paula Vitorino , Minister of the Sea, Portugal • Bernard Esau , Minister of Fisheries and Marine Resources, Namibia Comments by • Pål Bakken , Co-founder, SeaForester, Portugal • Hassan Abd Elgadir Hilal , Former Minister of Environment, Natural Resources and Physical Development, Sudan • Shimrit Perkol-Finkel , Chief Executive Officer, ECOncrete Tech, Israel • Torsten Thiele , Founder, Global Ocean Trust, United Kingdom Chaired by • Axel Bugge , Chief Correspondent, Reuters, Portugal
Lunch: Advancing National Competitiveness (Room Sydney) Nations differ in their ability to compete in the international arena. How can nations manage their competencies to achieve long-term growth, generate jobs and increase welfare? And what are the key drivers of competitiveness in the context of globalization? • José António Vieira da Silva , Minister of Solidarity, Employment and Social Security, Portugal Comments by • Pier Luigi Gilibert , Chief Executive, European Investment Fund (EIF), Luxembourg • Domenico Lepore , Founder, Intelligent Management Inc., Canada • Margarida Matos Rosa , President, Portuguese Competition Authority, Portugal Chaired by • Nkem Khumbah , Chairman, Africa Development Futures Group, USA
9 Networking Lunch upon Arrival (Foyer)
Horasis Speakers’ Corner (Foyer) The Horasis Speakers’ Corner will permit talks by enthusiasts who wish to state a point, describe new work, or present an idea. 12.0 0 -12.30 Navigating the Disrupted Digital World • Yulia Petrossian Boyle , Senior Vice President, National Geographic Partners, USA
14.0 0 -15.30 Update Sessions (Estoril Congress Centre) The update sessions will review developments since last year’s Horasis Global Meeting and will assess the critical challenges of various global challenges in the short and long term.
Where are we? Where are we Going? (Room London) The world’s economic and geo-political framework is increasingly characterized by uncertainties. How and to where ought we to navigate? What are the choke-points and how might we redefine them as opportunities to establish confidence? • Francisco Pedro Balsemão , Chief Executive Officer, Grupo Impresa, Portugal • Viraj Phanse , Fellow, Berkeley Angel Network, USA • Yuliya Tarasava , Co-founder, CNote, USA • Mantas Zalatorius , President, Association of Lithuanian Banks, Lithuania With a special address by • Luca Jahier , President, European Economic and Social Committee, European Union Chaired by • Larry Yu , Business Writer and Thought Leadership Consultant, USA
Open Society Upended (Room Boston) The global rise in populism carries 20 percent of European voters, and has altered global demo cratic views. Has populism thrived only because democracies let it? What is the future of the Open Society concept? Will we all become more authoritarian? How can we present globalization as a savior for us all? • Kamal Benkoussa , Founder, Algerian League for Democracy (ALD), Algeria • Pedro Ferreira , Chief Executive Officer, Dominio Capital, Portugal • Anja Wyden Guelpa , Founder, CivicLab, Switzerland • Daniel Küng , Chief Executive Officer, Switzerland Global Enterprise, Switzerland • Sally Schwager , Former Director, Center for Teaching and Learning, Central European University, Hungary Chaired by • Vijay Poonoosamy , Director, QI Group, Singapore
10 The Politics of Climate Change (Room Shanghai) The climate change target is 2030 and still no road-maps for change are produced. How does the geo-politics of fossil fuel production impact on governments? And how do governments attempt to circumvent their targets? What role does Big Business play in guiding policy? Can we eventually control climate change? • Andreas Gürtler , Foundation Director, EiiF - European Industrial Insulation Foundation, Switzerland • Marjolein Helder , Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Plant-e, The Netherlands • Tomoko Hoshino , Founder, Choco-Revo, Japan • I. I. Mazur , President, Rosneftegazstroi, Russia • Eliot Whittingto n, Director, The Prince of Wales's Corporate Leaders Group, United Kingdom With a special address by • João Pedro Matos Fernandes , Minister of the Environment and Energy Transition, Portugal Chaired by • Bernardo Ferrão , Deputy Editor, SIC Television, Portugal
The Internet in the Era of Globalization (Room Nairobi) As the reach of the Internet increases digital markets have expanded greatly. As many e- marketers allow for cash transfers how do we ensure fair value, timely delivery and zero fraud? What is their weaknesses vs real markets? Have real brick & mortar markets failed? • Kemal Brown , President and Creative Director, Digita Global Marketing, Jamaica • Rui Costa , Chief Technology Officer, Veniam, Portugal • Stefano da Empoli , Founder and President, I-Com, Italy • Alex Rodriguez , Co-founder, Nanoboost, Spain • Victor Sabbia , Chief Executive Officer, Brokerware, Uruguay • Sinartus Sosrodjojo , Chief Executive Officer, Gilkor, Indonesia Chaired by • Conrad Egusa , Chief Executive Officer, Publicize, USA
AI as the Ultimate Challenge of the Human Condition (Room Lima) Artificial Intelligence (AI) has seen many optimistic waves, many simply being too difficult to realize. Now, with massive data, cheap computing power and algorithmic advances we see AI in a better light. In what ways will AI enhance and challenge us as humans – and by when? What new questions does it raise and what boundaries are we certain o f ? • Nicole Büttner , Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer, AlgorithmX, Germany • Jan Carbonell , Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer, TheAcademy.ai, Spain • Clara Durodie , Executive Chair and Founder, Cognitive Finance Group, United Kingdom • Moon Jerin , Founder, Doctrina, Canada • Paul Lee , Co-founder and CEO, Mind AI, Korea • Plamen Russev , Founder and Executive Chairman, Webit Foundation, Bulgaria • Julien Weissenberg , Founder, VisualSense AI, Switzerland Chaired by • Philipp Gerbert , Senior Partner and Managing Director, The Boston Consulting Group, Germany
11 Breeding Technology Start-ups (Room Dubai) The Silicon Valley is often cited as the ‘place to be’ if one is a tech start-up as its support infrastructure is mature. What have other potential innovation hotbeds that nurture the development of globally viable ideas? And how to develop and leverage new breakthrough technologies? • Hanna Aase , Chief Executive Officer, Wonderloop, Norway • Alok Medikepura Anil , Director, Next Big Innovation Labs, India • Elena Avramenko , Founder, TheTimeDonors, The Netherlands • Matt Kuppers , Chief Executive Officer, Startup Manufactory, United Kingdom • Johan Pardoel , Co-founder, Resilient Ventures, The Netherlands • Rafael Ruiz , Chief Executive Officer, TheGalaxy Venture Builder, Spain • Chaymae Samir , Founder, CS Ventures, Morocco Chaired by • Charlotte Jee , Staff Writer, MIT Technology Review, United Kingdom
Briefing Session: A Brief History of Globalization (Room Cascais) While globalized trade began in the 15th century when Portuguese traders discovered terra incognita the word has recently become prominent. Now globalization is taken to mean the interplay of markets, technology and the state involving complex supply chains. How to assess the effects of globalization across time and geography? • Alexander N. Chumakov , First Vice-President, Russian Philosophical Society, Russia • Janahim Figueira , Partner, Athena & Associates, Brazil • Fernando Costa Freire , Managing Partner, Edeluc, Portugal • Patrick Halford , Faculty Mobility, Singularity University Nordics, Finland • Jorge Saraiva , Chairman, Applied Dynamics, Portugal • Waldemar Schmidt , Chairman of Boards and Author, Denmark Chaired by • John Quelch , Dean, University of Miami Business School, USA
15.3 0 -16.00 Contact Break (Foyer)
Horasis Speakers’ Corner (Foyer) The Horasis Speakers’ Corner permit talks by enthusiasts who wish to state a point, describe new work, or present an idea. 15.3 0 -16.00 Metropolized World: From Nation State to City State • Goncalo Venancio , Mayor's Deputy Officer for Communications, City of Cascais, Portugal
16.0 0 -17.30 Update Sessions: Globalization Viewpoints These sessions will review several aspects liked into globalization that are widely worrying but revising their progress can be seen as opportunities for governments and business leaders. We review what impedes progress.
12 Globalized Terrorism (Room London) Terrorism destroys communities. Increasingly we find attacks in one place mimicked in others with the events perhaps claimed by a third party. Can one reason with ideologues, anarchists or nihilists? Why do individuals and families protect terrorists? How to open society to be honorable? • Raida Al-Awamle h, Editor in Chief, Anti-Financial Crimes Magazine, USA • Vasco Da Cruz Amador , Chief Executive Officer, Global Intelligence Insight, United Kingdom • Alia Brahimi , Managing Director, Legatus, United Kingdom • Arslan Chikhaoui , Executive Chairman, NSV Consultancy & Studies Centre, Algeria • Steven Greer , Professor of Human Rights, University of Bristol, United Kingdom • Venkat Matoory , Institutional Advisor, India • Inés Olza , Researcher, Public Discourse Project, University of Navarra, Spain • Philomena O ’Grady , Forensic Criminologist Advisor, Australia Chaired by • Jane Dudman , Public Leadership Editor, Guardian News & Media, United Kingdom
Non-globalized Fundamentalism (Room Boston) Unravelling modernity and reverting to fundamentals might be worthwhile but an unswerving belief in simple notions is retrograde. Where is the fine line to be drawn? How to persuade about modern truths without becoming condescending? • Sham Bathija , Senior Economic Adviser to the President of Afghanistan, Afghanistan • Asif Iqbal , Director General, Indian Economic Trade Organization (IETO), India • Tanja Faller , Co-founder, Ayadee, El Salvador • Gabriel-M. Lessard , President, Association Champlain Fondateur, Canada • Janice S Lintz , Chief Executive Officer, Hearing Access & Innovations, USA Chaired by • Julia Häusermann , Founder and President, Rights and Humanity, Switzerland
The Changing Face of Communism (Room Shanghai) Following the intellectual fervor of the early 1900 ’s and the Russian Revolution many nations took-up Communism: most have rescinded its core ‘... to have returned what you gave ’. What is its attraction? Can it work alongside Capitalism? What is the concept’s new future? • Joao Pedro Montes , Chief Executive Officer, Wine With Spirit, Portugal • Joël Ruet , Chairman, TheBridgeTank, France • Alex Sozonoff , Deputy Chairman, Alyssum Group, Finland • Kenji Yokoyama , President, Association of Asia Pacific Business Schools, Japan Chaired by • Jeffrey Gedmin , Editor-in-Chief, The American Interest, USA
13 Globalism vs. Populism (Room Nairobi) Many people have reacted against their government ’s long-term roles and demanded rights for the people to self-govern. What are the dangers of having governments controlled by amateurs? Can business leaders assume pseudo-control to preserve stability and growth? • Antonio Ambrosetti , Chief Executive Officer, The Ruling Companies, Italy • Harry Anastasiou , Professor, Portland State University, USA • John Blakey , Founder, The Trusted Executive Foundation, United Kingdom • Netanya Cummings , Founder, Adaptive Neural Interfaces Inc., Canada • Gonçalo Lage , Executive Board Member, PME investments, Portugal • Sasha Polakow-Suransky , Deputy Editor, Foreign Policy, USA Chaired by • Chris Morris , Correspondent, BBC News, United Kingdom
Entrepreneurism: The Enigma of Taking Risks (Room Lima) People who dedicate their lives to a start-up are inherently risk-takers and might ignore reason. How best to advise determined people? What advice might be best for the firms are not yet growing but wish to be global players? Do these individuals get enough mentoring? • John Chisholm , Chief Executive Officer, John Chisholm Ventures, USA • Marco Fernandes , Chief Executive Officer, PME Investimentos, Portugal • Till Helge Groß , Co-founder, Course Concierge, USA • Tom Simmons , Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Stem, United Kingdom • Alexander Spermann , Professor, FOM University of Applied Sciences Cologne, Germany Chaired by • Paulo Andrez , Chairman, Green Swan Group, Portugal
Alternative Investments: Disruption and Opportunity (Room Dubai) Alternative investment vehicles combine a range of investment strategies to offer financial backing to operating firms. What regulations and political environments could be eased to support these investments? And how to promote more efficient capital injection into the economy thus materially boosting the investment yields? • Angela Alvarez , Founder and Chairman, Aglaia Capital, Spain • Stefano Core , Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Corewell Group, Italy • Michel Freund , Operating Partner, Bain Capital, Brazil • Michael Johnston , Member of the Board, The Capital Group Companies, USA • Rishi Kapoor , Co-Chief Executive Officer, Investcorp, Bahrain • Daniel S. Kern , Chief Investment Officer, TFC Financial Management, USA Chaired by • Ayesha Javed , Deputy Editor, Wall Street Journal City, United Kingdom
14 Briefing Session: Whistle-blowing (Room Cascais) Sometimes a dynamic response by a member of staff to an outside authority will generate a good outcome: sometimes governments and companies react violently. How can we ensure incumbent authorities act decisively to obviate the need for activists? Will the media learn to be responsible, factual and not inflammatory? • Ali Fahimi , Advisor, Whistleblower-Netzwerk, Germany • Helen Edwards , Founder, Humanitarians Achieving Results Together, Australia • Rudolf Elmer , Swiss Whistleblower and Activist, Switzerland • Jamison Firestone , Managing Partner, FD Advisory LLP, USA • Reindorf B Perbi , Executive Chairman, CEDARS Investments Co, Ghana • Ilya Zaslavskiy, Head of Research, Free Russia Foundation, USA Chaired by • Wendy Dent , Journalist, Guardian US, USA
17.3 0-18.00 Welcome (Auditorium) Horasis welcomes participants to the 4 th annual edition of the Horasis Global Meeting. Horasis Chairman Frank-Jürgen Richter presents an overview of the Meeting. Vice Mayor of Cascais, Miguel Pinto Luz, welcomes participants on behalf of the host city. Chaired by • Frank-Jürgen Richter , Chairman, Horasis, Switzerland • Miguel Pinto Luz , Vice Mayor, Cascais, Portugal
18.0 0 -19.00 Plenary: Grand Opening of the Horasis Global Meeting (Auditorium) Delegates are invited to participate in the Grand Opening of the 2019 Horasis Global Meeting, one of the world ’s foremost annual gatherings of business leaders who interact with govern ment and thought leaders. The meeting’s theme ‘Catalyzing the Benefits of Globalization’ is chosen because we must at this time re-generate the idea of globalization in the face of growing populism. This will ensure the future is more stable and will lead young people to be inspirational in the future. • Michael D. Brown , United States Senator, District of Columbia, USA • Manuel Heitor , Minister for Science, Technology and Higher Education, Portugal • Jerzy Kwiecinski , Minister of Investment and Economic Development, Poland Chaired by • Axel Threlfall , Editor-at-Large, Reuters, United Kingdom
15 19.0 0 - 20.00 Plenary: Governing a World Out of Balance (Auditorium) We are facing a world that is increasingly complex and treacherous – and ultimately out of balance. As technology and globalization transform our world, what models of governance and collaboration are needed to support an equitable future? How to develop a global order that will ensure peace and allow countries to play by the rules? And how to stay true to our core values as we work to build a more focused life for ourselves and our societies? • Hage G. Geingob , President of Namibia, Namibia • Dhurata Hoxha , Minister of European Integration, Kosovo • HH Princess Märtha Louise of Norway , Norway Chaired by • Christian Broughton , Editor, The Independent, United Kingdom
From 20.0 0 Walk from the Congress Center to the Hotel Palacio
20.0 0 - 22.00 Dinners in parallel (Hotel Palacio)
Opening Dinner (Hotel Palacio, Atlantico) Participants are invited to meet in an informal atmosphere to enjoy a light buffet dinner. From the hotel ’s terrace, we can enjoy the spectacular views of the gardens, the ocean and the City of Cascais.
Working Dinner: Corporate Strategies in Times of De-globalization (Hotel Palacio, Tropical) Modern textbook theory on strategy and corporate planning is based on a world which is flat and highly globalized. How shall firms adjust to the new reality of protectionism, heightening uncertainty and creeping de-globalization? What will new theories on strategy look like? • Andrew Bate , Chief Executive Officer, Safely, USA • Sushil Choudhari , Founder, Scandid, USA • Brian Heywood , Chief Executive Officer, Taiyo Pacific Partners, USA • Katsuyuki Tochimoto , Founder, M-Theory Inc., Japan • Dmitry Zapol , Partner, IFS Consultants, United Kingdom Chaired by • Borja Gonzalez del Regueral , Vice Dean, IE School of Human Sciences and Technology, Spain
16 Working Dinner: The Lure of Cryptocurrencies (Hotel Palacio, Bridge) Cryptocurrencies have expanded significantly over the years but central banks advise against investing in these non-regulated artifacts. What is it that makes them attractive? How can we insure against theft of a digital currency or fraud? Are cryptocurrencies the true enablers of globalization or are they leading to the next crash of global financial markets? • Ara Brutian , Director, Sustainalytics, Canada • Olga Duka , Chief Executive Officer, Zeus.Exchange, Russia • Igor Izraylevych , Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer, S-PRO, Ukraine • Agne Kazakauskaite , Partner, Q4 Capital, United Kingdom • Zurab Tsitsuashvili , Chief Executive Officer, Cryptorion, USA Chaired by • Marta F. Belcher , Partner, Ropes & Gray, USA
Working Dinner: Peace – Looked for but Hardly Achieved (Hotel Palacio, Boganvilia) Everyone states they want peace – but this is hardly achieved: Despite our sophisticated global governance systems here is still much violence expressed by countries, regimes and individuals on others. Why is this? And where are the next wars in the making? Why can ’t we compromise instead of wanting to win at all costs? • Stephen Hecht , Co-Founder & Chief Executive Peacemaker, Million Peacemakers, Canada • Isabel Maxwell , Ambassador, Shared Studios, USA • Tate Nurkin , Founder and Chief Executive Officer, OTH Intelligence Group, USA • Canon Sarah Snyder , Archbishop of Canterbury ’s Adviser for Reconciliation, United Kingdom With a special address by • Ernest Bai Koroma , Former President of Sierra Leone, Sierra Leone Chaired by • Jasper Zimmermann , Senior Associate, Centre for the Future, Germany
Working Dinner: The Future of Innovation in a Globalized World (Hotel Palacio, Lucien Donnat) The complexity and scale of transformation taking place as a result of globalization require novel strategies for unlocking innovation. What are the major drivers transforming innovation globally and how should policy makers and entrepreneurs prepare for this new context? • William Bohnett , President, Whitecap Investments, USA • Melinda Briana Epler , Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Change Catalyst, USA • Stan Fung , Managing Director, FarSight Ventures, USA • Metin Guvener , Chairman, Triangle Group, United Kingdom • Florian Kemmerich , Managing Partner, Bamboo Capital Partners, Switzerland With a special address by • Dylan Jones , Deputy Minister for Western Economic Diversification, Canada Chaired by • Simone Kimpeler , Director of Foresight, Fraunhofer Institute for Systems and Innovation Research, Germany
17 22.0 0 - 23.00 Night Owl Session: Making More from Less (Hotel Palacio, Parque Suite) We live in a finite world with decreasing natural resources and soon fewer people. How do we learn to make more for all our well-being while consuming less? Can we do this while becoming more equal? • Edgar Bullecer , Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer, The Paglas Group, Philippines • Christian Busch , Co-Founder, Leaders on Purpose, United Kingdom • Yoanna Gouchtchina , Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Kozhya, USA • Mathias Kutzner , Founder and Partner, New Bridge Founders, Germany • Jack Risko , Chief Executive Officer, Windstar Capital Advisors, USA • Jonathan Yaffe , Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer, AnyRoad, USA Chaired by • John B. Kidd , Research Fellow, Aston Business School, United Kingdom
Sunday, 7 April 2019
from 07.0 0 Registration (Estoril Congress Centre)
07.3 0 - 09.15 Breakfast Updates We reflect upon the deconstruction of present-day globalization that could lead to a new more equal synthesis – as globalization must stay for the sake of everyone
2019 is the Year to Renew the European Union (Room London) The next elections to the European Parliament are held in May this year. Many commentators will look anxiously at the percentage of new members who are euro-critical . This could be a time of positive change – a blessing in disguise – for the EU, after BREXIT, to rebuild itself and affirm positive programs across all its reach. Will the EU become more federal? What are the prospects? • Björn Berge , Director General, Council of Europe, France • Dhurata Hoxha , Minister of European Integration, Kosovo • Bujar Osmani , Deputy Prime Minister, North Macedonia Chaired by • Anne McElvoy , Policy Editor, The Economist, United Kingdom
18 Re-globalizing Trade (Room Boston) Global trading was rocked by the failure of the WTO to secure the Doha Round. Is multi- or uni-lateral the best way to re-invigorate world trade? Where are the stumbling blocks? Is the world at the brink of trade war or can free trade as a paradigm continue? What are the best leads to the future? • Yonov Fred Agah , Deputy Director-General, World Trade Organization (WTO), Switzerland • Emmanuel Justima , Chief Executive Officer, Modricenir, Haiti • Viola A. Llewellyn , Co-Founder and President, Ovamba Solutions, Cameroon • Nuno Manalvo , Special Advisor to the President, CIP - Confederation of Portuguese Business, Portugal Chaired by • Raphael Minder , Correspondent, New York Times, Spain
The US and the Fragility of Globalization (Room Shanghai) The US economy, largest in the world, has upheld all others for decades: it has been the engine of globalization. Is the US going to reverse decades of trade liberalization? What is needed to make US-led globalization truly strong again? • Michael D. Brown , United States Senator, District of Columbia, USA • John D. Feeley , Commentator, Univision; Former US Ambassador to Panama, USA • Steve Waugh , Maryland State Senator, USA Chaired by • Asa Bennett , Commissioning Editor, Daily Telegraph, United Kingdom
09.3 0-11.00 Dialogue Sessions In these panels we will review trends that impinge on the worlds of commerce and business. What are the effects of Accords (global, regional: bi- or multi-lateral)? Whom do they benefit – and who is dis-benefited? Do they result in inequalities? And what are the policy options for supporting sustainable economic growth?
The Next Financial Crisis: No One Saw it Coming (Room London) The last financial crisis has altered many of our financial systems: they broke and regulators stepped in. Are the new foundations really solid? What insights have investors already forgotten? Is the century ’s longest stock market run finally come to an end? How can we guard against a new crisis? • Rogerio Alexandre , President, Barclays Portugal, Portugal • Erik Berglof , Professor, London School of Economics and Political Science, United Kingdom • Nicholas Johnson , Chief Executive Officer, Economists Without Borders, Australia • Peter V. Rajsingh , Partner, Alternative Investments, USA • Alejandro Valenzuela , Chief Executive Officer, Banco Azteca, Mexico Chaired by • Oksana Boyko , Author and Host ‘Worlds Apart ’, RT International, Russia
19 Assessing the Power of Immersive Technologies (Room Boston) Immersive technologies, namely virtual and augmented reality (VR/AR), give sense of being physically present in a non-physical world whereby the barrier between the real and virtual worlds is blurring. What is the transformative impact of VR/AR? And how can VR/AR help to make the world a better place to live on? • Ulf Beyschlag , Chief Executive Officer, Clipessence, Germany • Jyoti Anup Bishnoi , Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer, ByondReal, USA • Ilona Budapesti , Chief Story Teller, 1 Million Women To Tech, United Kingdom • Amir Bozorgzadeh , Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer, Virtuleap, Portugal • Emile Delam , Vice-President, Vilnius Blockchain Association, Lithuania • Barbara Lippe , Co-Founder, Holodeck VR, Germany • Alex Olegnowicz , Chief Executive Officer, Symmetrica, Canada • Ajay Ramachandran , Founding Partner, Happiness Ventures, USA Chaired by • Andrew McGregor , Co-Producer, Robot Film Festival, USA
Devising Standards (Room Shanghai) As industrialization grew the benefits of standardization and then globalization was learned. Some commonality is in place but large gaps exist. How can nations agree to use common standards, what slows progress? Would standardized interchangeability reduce global costs? • Christopher Boyejo , Executive Presidential Special Adviser, International Organization for Economic Development (IOED), Nigeria • Luciano Brunherotto , Member of the Board, Brasilian Facilities Association, Brazil • Jeffrey Conrad , Chairman, Kinecta Federal Credit Union, USA • Morgan Parnis , Chief Executive Officer, Business Leaders Malta, Malta • Isabella Qin , Vice Chair, United Nations Association UK Young Professionals Group, United Kingdom • Richard Mark Soley , Chairman, Object Management Group, USA Chaired by • Ray Walshe , Steering Group Member of Joint Initiative on Standardization (JIS), European Commission, Belgium
Our Personal Cornucopia: What drives us? (Room Nairobi) It can only be ourselves that creates our horn of plenty: we must all be innovative in this globalized world. What drives our success? And what are the values associated with our entrepreneurial journey? How to create a cornucopia of fortune and while being honest and ethical? • Murièle Solange Bolay , President, Bolay Management, Switzerland • Aristide Dago , Founder and Chief Executive Officer, B2B Connexion, Cote D’Ivoire • Denise Kenyon-Rouvinez , Wild Group Professor of Family Business, IMD, Switzerland • Shola Mos-Shogbamimu , Founder & Editor-in-Chief, Women in Leadership, United Kingdom • Miguel Neiva , Founder and President, ColorADD, Portugal Chaired by • Jorge Braga de Macedo , Former Minister of Finance, Portugal
20 Sustainable Progress through Innovation and Alliances (Room Lima) Innovation and strategic alliances are among the key pillars of sustainable progress in high- performing organizations. What specific initiatives and practices can transcend context to merit a universal consideration in charting growth and scaling a sustainable future through innovation and strategic alliances? • Sylvie Blanco , Executive Director for Innovation, Grenoble Ecole de Management, France • José Ramón Calvo , President, Institute of Multidisciplinary Research, Spain • Nouzha Chekrouni , 2016 Senior Fellow in Advanced Leadership, Harvard University, USA • Cecilia Kindelán , Associate Director, IESE Business School, Spain • Rob Stevens , Director, Applied Research & Development, Teck Metals, Canada • Pierre-André Térisse , Founder and Chairman, Mayi, France Chaired by • Alain Paul Martin , Chief Architect, Harvard University Global System, USA
Fixing the Global Food Chain (Room Dubai) The $5trillion food industry will need to satisfy nutritiously and sustainably a 6 0 % increase in food demand to feed 9bn people globally by 2030. How is the industry going to address the 8 mega trends of urbanization, aging population, protein crunch, Industry 4.0, personalized offerings by niche brands, volatile raw material supply and pricing, food safety and the eco no- mic shift to emerging markets? • Eran Baniel , Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder, DouxMatok, Israel • Michael Carlos , Member of the Supervisory Board, Givaudan, Switzerland • Marco Gualtieri , Founder and Chairman, Seeds&Chips, Italy • Anuj Maheshwari , Managing Director, Temasek, Singapore • Diana Sabrain , Co-founder, OneAgrix, Singapore • Howard Shapiro , Chief Agricultural Officer, Mars, USA • Bruno Meireles de Sousa , Venture Partner, Cargill Tech Ventures, Portugal • Sebastian Stricker , Chief Executive Officer, share, Germany • Andy Zynga , Chief Executive Officer, EIT Food, Belgium Chaired by • Erich Sieber , Founder & Managing Director, PeakBridge Partners, Malta
Briefing Session: Briefing Session: The Business of SDGs (Room Cascais) In September 2015 all nations adopted the UN Sustainable Development Goals with a target in 2030. Why has progression been slow? How can we ensure government and business think clearly about the SDGs and devise ways to meet these more easily with a good outcome for all parties? • Yilmaz Argüden , Chairman, ARGE Consulting, Turkey • Heli Bathija , Director, Geneva Foundation for Medical Education and Research, Switzerland • Laura Giadorou-Koch , Ambassador, B Lab.org, Argentina • Brice Lalonde , Minister of the Environment (ret.), France • Margherita Pagani , Founder, Impacton, Italy • Charlotte Salford , Associate Vice-President, International Fund for Agricultural Development, Italy • William Wescott , Chairman, BrainOxygen LLC, USA Chaired by • Joana Balsemão , Councillor, Cascais City Council, Portugal 21 11.0 0 -12.00 Plenary Sessions
Opening Plenary: Catalyzing Globalization ’s Rebirth (Auditorium) The globe’s trade is highly interconnected but benefits are unequal: populists are angry. How can globalization ’s benefits be better distributed? Would this alone pacify populist demands? What changes might bring this about? This opening plenary will set the scene and provide intellectual rigor for the delegates to incorporate the inspirations to develop and sustain our future embracing everyone. • Esko Aho , Chairman, Cinia Oy; Former Prime Minister, Finland • José Manuel Barroso , Vice Chairman, Goldman Sachs International; Former President, European Commission, Portugal • Ann Winblad , Managing Partner, Hummer Winblad Venture Partners, USA • Deborah Wince-Smith , President, United States Council on Competitiveness, USA Chaired by • Nik Gowing , Founder and Director, Thinking the Unthinkable, United Kingdom
Plenary: Leadership in the 2 1st century (Room Cascais) Today ’s complex global challenges require leadership that can drive systemic change. What does leadership look like in the successful 2 1st century organization? And what does it take to be a responsible and effective leader in both business and society? • Claude Beglé , President, SymbioSwiss, Switzerland • Cristina Fonseca , Co-Founder, Talkdesk, Portugal • Nirit Harel , Chief Executive Officer, Impact, Israel • Prakash Hinduja , Chairman Europe, Hinduja Group, Switzerland • Jerry Hultin , Co-founder, Global Futures Group, USA Chaired by • Andrei Sharonov , Dean, The Moscow School of Management SKOLKOVO, Russia
12.0 0 -14.00 Lunches in Parallel, Horasis Speakers’ Corner
Lunch: Update on Namibia (Room Mumbai)) Namibia ’s economy is based on agriculture, mining and tourism. It has been named as one of the world ’s top emerging nations over many criteria and is actively developing its role as major regional hub. What factors might aid its aims in these turbulent geo-political times? • Hage G. Geingob , President of Namibia, Namibia With • Bernard Esau , Minister of Fisheries and Marine Resources, Namibia • Obeth Kandjoze , Minister of Economic Planning, Namibia • Calle Schlettwein , Minister of Finance, Namibia • Pohamba Shifeta , Minister of Environment and Tourism, Namibia • Tjekero Tweya , Minister of Trade, Industrialization and SME Development, Namibia Chaired by • Anne McElvoy , Policy Editor, The Economist, United Kingdom
22 Networking Lunch (Foyer) An opportunity to share ideas and insights in an informal setting.
Horasis Speakers’ Corner (Foyer) The Horasis Speakers’ Corner permit talks by enthusiasts who wish to state a point, describe new work, or present an idea. 12.0 0 -12.30 Collective Intelligence: How Human and Machine Capabilities Working Together • Bruce Muirhead , Founder and Chief Executive Officer, MindHive, Australia
14.0 0 -15.00 Plenary Sessions
Plenary: Shaping the Future (Auditorium ) How to find our way through an increasingly volatile and complex world, proactively shaping the future? Panelists will discuss the most-pressing economic challenges and the greatest oppor - tunities for the development of globalization from both regional and global perspectives. • Dylan Jones , Deputy Minister for Western Economic Diversification, Canada • Armen Sarkissian , President of Armenia, Armenia • Calle Schlettwein , Minister of Finance, Namibia • Sundeep Waslekar , President, Strategic Foresight Group, India Chaired by • Flavia Krause-Jackson , Managing Editor, Bloomberg, United Kingdom
Plenary: Digital Utopia (Room Cascais ) Digitalization has reached an inflection point potentially leading to a New Renaissance – as the way we work and live is fundamentally changing. Digitalization allows mankind to make social, economic, political, and cultural quantum leaps. What might we imagine the new digital utopia might bring? • Rufo Guerreschi , Executive Director, Trustless Computing Association, Italy • Stephen Ibaraki , Chairman, Chairman, REDDS Capital, USA • Masa Inakage , Dean and Professor, Graduate School of Media Design, Keio University, Japan • Karthik Suri , Chief Operations Officer, GE Digital, USA • Kaliya Young , Identity Woman, Wireline, USA Chaired by • Mihaela Ulieru , President, IMPACT Institute for the Digital Economy, USA
15.0 0 -16.30 Boardroom sessions In these sessions the participants shall consider how we can begin to pull together for the common good, to become less selfish. We are to map out where we may be headed and how we may plan progress coherently.
23 Nurturing Global Blockchains (Room London) Digital chaining is not widely understood: regulators have mixed views. Is this the new way forward for globalization? Can its exploitation be made clearer and potentially equable for all Boards and Oversight panels to cut out avarice? What is needed for its development? • Michael E. Bryant , Chairman, World Blockchain Foundation, Austria • Yuree Hong , Founder, SHE Blockchainers Asia, Singapore • Johan Staël von Holstein , Founder, Wakopa Eagle, Sweden • Kate Mitselmakher , Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Bloccelerate, USA • Parth Patil , Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer, InfiniChains, USA • Paolo Tasca , Executive Director, UCL Centre for Blockchain Technologies, United Kingdom Chaired by • Mark Mueller-Eberstein , Chief Executive Officer and Founder, Adgetec Corporation, USA
Global Markets’ Capital Regulation (Room Boston) Regulators have taken many years to create several editions of the Basel regulations to lessen the risk of global melt-down. By allowing easements are regulators admitting they were too onerous? How will the markets change? And will these changes introduce greater risk to global stability and reduce globalization? • Alexandru Agachi , Co-founder, Empiric Capital, United Kingdom • Olav zu Ermgassen , Managing Director, Ermgassen & Co, Germany • Rakeshh Gupta , Chief Executive Officer, SayeNvest, United Kingdom • Hedwige Nuyens , Managing Director, International Banking Federation, United Kingdom • Fernando Faria de Oliveira , President, Portuguese Banking Association, Portugal • Oltmann Siemens , Vice Chairman, C-MCC Development Group, USA • Theo Timmermans , Secretary General, European Financial Services Round Table, Belgium Chaired by • Pedro Duarte Neves , Advisor of the Board, Banco de Portugal, Portugal
Venture Capitalists at Work (Room Shanghai) Venture capitalists are investors who either provides capital to start-up ventures that do not have access to equities markets. They promote innovation and long-term investment, accepting the risk of start-up firms. How to further embrace a culture of venture capital across countries and regions? • John Armah , Chief Executive Officer, Orios Group, Ghana • Klaas de Boer , Managing Partner, Entrepreneurs Fund, United Kingdom • David Drake , Founder and Chairman, LDJ Capital, USA • Raphael Fraga , Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Ita Capital, Brazil • Jalak Jobanputra , Founder and Managing Partner, FuturePerfect Ventures, USA • Patricia Monthe , Founder and Chief Executive Officer, MEDx.Care, The Netherlands Chaired by • Lina Saigol , Senior Reporter, Barron's Group, United Kingdom
24 Protection and Development of Small Enterprises (Room Nairobi) The whole of the world’s trade is built upon the labor of small suppliers. How can they be better protected, especially financially? What new training is needed to permit them to be more globalized and more sustainable? Who might organize this effort? • Ebenezer Kwame Addo , President, Travel Center Enterprise, Ghana • Ciprian Dan Costea , Member of the Board, Autonova, Romania • Nshuti Rugerinyange , Founder and Executive Chairman, Excel Security, Ruanda • Ilidio de Ayala Serodio , President, PCG Profabril Group, Portugal • Saran Song , Chief Executive Officer, Amru Rice, Cambodia Chaired by • John Cook , Chairman, Rock Lake Associates, Switzerland
Engaging in Deeper Creativity through the Arts (Room Lima) The key driver for successful companies is creativity and innovation. How can art, music, design and architecture accelerate innovation capabilities to ensure competitiveness in a globalized world? And how can companies work with artists to invigorate their creativity? • David Berry , General Partner, Flagship Pioneering, USA • Miguel Branco , Artist, Teacher and Vice President of Ar.co, Portugal • Yelena Dudochkin , Soprano Soloist for the United Nations, USA • Kimi Hasebe , Chief Executive Officer and Art Producer, White Ship Inc., Japan • Franziska Stünkel , Film Director and Photographer, Germany • Sylvia Vaquer , Co-Founder and Chief Creative Officer, SocioFabrica, USA • Chengxi Wang , Founder and Chief Executive Officer, L’Essayeur, United Kingdom Chaired by • Petra Becker , Managing Director, International Art Bridge, Germany
Enriching Diversity in the Workplace (Room Dubai) Research indicates that companies that shift away from a monolithic white male leadership outperform those that haven ’t changed their complexion: globalized firms with female leaders perform well. Yet, most measures of diversity have been largely unchanged for a decade. How to build a culture of diversity in the workplace thus bringing firms forward into the globalized world? • Patricia Bonaert , Co-Founder and Managing Partner, Expatkit, Italy • Claire Chen , Founder and Chief Executive Officer, 51 Pegasi, USA • Mahomed Iqbal , Managing Partner, The Partnership, Portugal • Martha Mghendi-Fisher , Founder, European Women Payments Network (EWPN), The Netherlands • Olga Vysokova , Co-Founder, Next Generation Forum, United Kingdom Chaired by • Miki Ebara , Chief International Correspondent, NHK World, Japan
25 Briefing Session: The Fourth Industrial Revolution (Room Cascais) Some call this Industry 4.0 but in fact it is much broader as it encompasses the future revolution of the Internet o f Things. IoT will literally digitally connect all objects having an embedded computer: so one ’s fridge might interact with one ’s car. Where might it take us? What are the technical drawbacks to Io T? • Stefan Franzke , Chief Executive Officer, Berlin Partner for Business and Technology, Germany • Matthew Hoffer , Managing Partner, Spire Strategy, Switzerland • Stacy Kenworthy , Chief Executive Officer, HellaStorm, USA • Miguel Leitmann , Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Vision-Box, Portugal • Orlando Remédios , Chief Executive Officer, Sensefinity, Portugal Chaired by • Soumitra Dutta , Professor of Management, Cornell University, USA
16.3 0 -17.00 Contact Break (Foyer)
Horasis Speakers’ Corner (Foyer) The Horasis Speakers’ Corner permit talks by enthusiasts who wish to state a point, describe new work, or present an idea. 16.3 0-17.00 The Deflationary Impact of Technology and the Hidden Market Impact • James McCaughan , Chief Executive Officer, Principal Global Investors, USA
17.0 0 -18.00 Plenary Sessions
Plenary: Navigating a World in Transition (Auditorium) In the globalized world leaders must be visionaries to thrive. How can they best guide their nations to inspire citizens as the social, political and economic landscapes continually shift? What are the strategies of leaders for succeeding in the age of disruption? • Bardhyl Dauti , Minister for Foreign Investment, North Macedonia • Graça Fonseca , Minister of Culture, Portugal • Ernest Bai Koroma , Former President of Sierra Leone, Sierra Leone Chaired by • Pranjal Sharma , Contributing Editor, BusinessWorld, India
26 Plenary: Cities and Cluster Regions (Room Cascais) Cities have grown according to needs, and clusters (of firms) are also created to develop precise outputs. Simple expansion develops routes and buildings increasingly unfit for purpose. Is it possible to redesign for greater effectiveness? Would it be better to totally rebuild nearby to cut upheaval costs? Are there exemplars? • Boris Bernaskoni , Founder, Bernaskoni, Russia • Bruno Lanvin , President, Smart City Observatory, Switzerland • Aleksandar Mastilovic , EU Marie Curie Fellow, Serbia • Nguyen Viet Long , Deputy Chief Executive Officer, Becamex IDC, Vietnam • Magnus Qvant , Secretary General, Resilient Regions Association, Sweden • Efi Stenzler , Chairman, Jewish National Fund, Israel • Bernd Vöhringer , Mayor, City of Sindelfingen, Germany Chaired by • Sergio A. Fernández de Córdova , Chairman, P3SmartCity & PVBLIC Foundation, USA
18.0 0 -19.30 Dialogue Sessions: Present and Future Needs We are assailed daily by the media about new catastrophes many of which we might have avoided. In these sessions we look at our present demands, our limited resources and ponder our future. How might governments and especially businesses lift us from gloom to a brighter future?
Corporate Strategies for Globalization (Room London) Not many firms take the leap to internationalization, fewer become true multi-nationals. Why is this? Is it a fear, or just logical to remain as a big home-based company? What are the strategies needed to become a cross-border player, and onwards to globalization? • Bo Inge Andersson , President, Yazaki North and Central America, Europe and Africa, USA • Ahmet Bozer , Member of the Board of Directors, Coca-Cola Hellenic, USA • Piers Cumberlege , Chair, Straightview International, United Kingdom • Harald Einsmann , Member of the Supervisory Board, Tesco, United Kingdom • Gustavo Guimarães , Chairman, Tranquilidade Insurance Company, Portugal • Adham Nadim , Chairman and Managing Director, Nadim Industries, Egypt • Peter Lorenz Nest , Chief Executive Officer, AAVI Advanced Added Value International, Germany • Mikhail Treyvish , President, OmniGrade Universal Crowdsourcing Agency, Russia • Anna Tunkel , Senior Director Strategic Initiatives, APCO Worldwide, USA Chaired by • Ji Bo , Assistant Dean, Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business, China
27 Reducing Fossil Fuel Use (Room Boston) Traditionally we used fossil fuels mainly for energy generation – they proved to be polluting. We need to be ‘greener’ and quickly reduce fossil fuels use. What are the limits to balancing fossil and alternative energy supplies? What of the future? Will electricity markets and carbon taxing become the norm? Will they alter our consumption behavior? • Jorge Martins , Co-founder, Martifer Group, Portugal • Ivan Ivanovich Mazur , President, Rosneftegazstroi, Russia • Jodie Roussell , Senior Advisor, PV Cycle, Switzerland • Natalie Samovich , Co-founder, Enercoutim, Portugal • Elisabeth Stava , Co-founder, Wattero, Cote D’Ivoire • Jonathan Toretta , Board Advisor, Rock Lake Associates, Switzerland Chaired by • Laura Hermann , Partner, Potomac Communications Group, USA
Social Entrepreneurs Should Lead the Way (Room Shanghai) The innovator and entrepreneur see some glory as a goal, partly by making a profit. But profit alone is not enough – social change, ethical application with positive impact are better goals. Can these broader goals be achieved always? What adjustments in the application of inventions are needed? • Anna Mroczkowska , Partner, Topan, Switzerland • Alvin Nyka , Founder and Chairman, Core Foundation, Zimbabwe • Liesbet Peeters , Managing Partner, Volta Capital, United Kingdom • Luis Correia da Silva , Managing Partner, Think Tour, Portugal • Mark Viso , President and Chief Executive Officer, Pact, USA • Hajbouha Zoubeir , President, Phousboucraa Foundation, Morocco Chaired by • Jackie Leonard , Presenter, BBC Global News Podcast, United Kingdom
Robots with a Conscience (Room Nairobi) Robotic control is dependent on computer programing. Robots are inanimate, but what if they had consciousness? How would we argue with them? Could they deal with paradox? Robotics is big business. What does their and our future look like – beneficial or contentious? • Verena Fink , Managing Partner, Woodpecker Finch, Germany • Francis Govers , Autonomy Lead, Bell Helicopter, USA • Nikolaos Mavridis , Director, Interactive Robots and Media Laboratory, UAE • Eduardo Mendes , Co-Founder, Connect Robotics, Portugal • Thuc Vu , Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer, OhmniLabs, USA • David Wu , Chief Executive Officer, Motus Nova, USA Chaired by • George I. Fomitchev , Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Endurance, USA
28 Conquering Global Illness (Room Lima) We are almost able to provide global universal health care. It would be pro-growth as confidence about health makes people more likely to be entrepreneurs. Many illnesses spread quickly due to globalization: what are the bottle-necks to eradication? How may philanthropy help? What aspects are the most serious and will big-pharm reduce their drug prices? • Alexander Belcredi , Chief Executive Officer, PhagoMed Biopharma, Austria • Dirk Biskup , Managing Director, CeGaT, Germany • Minna Hendolin , Senior Director for Healthcare & Wellbeing, Business Finland, Finland • Mark Hollingswort h, Chief Executive Officer, The Nutrition Society, United Kingdom • David Braga Malt a, Venture Partner, Vesalius Biocapital, Luxembourg • Gary Phillips , Chief Executive Officer, OrphoMed Inc, USA • Scott Rosenstein , Professor, Bard Globalization and International Affairs Program, USA Chaired by • Sara Isbell , Chief Executive Officer, Mercaptor Discoveries, USA
Developing Critical Thinking (Room Dubai) That is a goal, but in many nations education remains poorly serviced. How can we solve the issue of educating all communities economically and change old curricula from rote learning to be enquiring, creative and critical? Can businesses do more to train their staff via apprentice schemes? What hampers education development? • Vilborg Einarsdóttir , Co-founder, InfoMentor, Iceland • Peje Emilsson , Chairman, Kunskapsskolan Education, Sweden • Isabel Gil , President, International Federation of Catholic Universities, Portugal • Johannes Heinlein , Vice President, edX, USA • Caroline Jenner , Chief Executive Officer, JA Europe, Belgium • Soulaymane Kachani , Vice Provost for Teaching and Learning, Columbia University, USA • Mats Rosenkvist , Chief Executive Officer and Founder, Successful Schools, Sweden Chaired by • Natasha Lance Rogoff , Founder, Ingredients for Education - KickinNutrition.TV, USA
Briefing Session: Empowering the Un-banked (Room Cascais) Government policies, national financial plans as well as easing access to digital financial services all increase the numbers of people using banking services world-wide: but many with an account have no cash deposited. How can technology increase trust in the banking institutions? How easily can micro-finance institutions be integrated with standard banks to increase their reach? • Peter Lazou , Founding Member, Otherdots Foundation, United Kingdom • David Reiling , Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Sunrise Banks, USA • Shamina Singh , President, Mastercard Center for Inclusive Growth, USA • Hovhannes Toroyan , Head of Strategy, Research and Business Advisory, AmeriaGroup, Armenia • Robert Young , Past Chairman, Kinecta Federal Credit Union, USA • Marcel Ziaga , Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Ed.Finances, Cote D’Ivoire Chaired by • Mark V. Vlasic , Adjunct Professor of Law, Georgetown University, USA
29 19.3 0 -19.40 Walk from Estoril Congress Centre to Casino Estoril, Avenue Dr. Stanley Ho
19.4 0 - 20.00 Reception (Casino Estoril)
20.0 0 - 22.00 Gala Dinner: Building the Start-up Nation (Casino Estoril) Some nations seem naturally entrepreneurial and they rebuild that creativity year after year. What nurtures this? Is it their regulation systems, legal systems or behavior rising from cultural backgrounds? How can countries turn themselves into start-up nations? • Pedro Siza Vieira , Minister of Economy, Portugal Chaired by • Frank-Jürgen Richter , Chairman, Horasis, Switzerland
22.0 0 - 23.00 Night Owl Sessions
Thoughts Keeping us Awake at Night (Casino Estoril, Hall 1) The worst nightmares may still arrive. What possible crises are going to roil global order in the coming months? How to overcome them? • Silvia Haslinger Olsson , Co-Founder, Nordic Urban Resilience Institute, Sweden • Henri Hie , Professor, Polytechnic University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong • Paulo Manoel Lenz Cesar Protasio , Chairman, R3ZIS, Brazil • Henricus Stander , Co-founder and Managing Director, African Brands Management, Ethiopia • Bryan Yang , Chief Executive Officer, Inspiration Inc., China Chaired by • Andrew Cave , Business Columnist, Daily Telegraph, United Kingdom
Spearheading Impact Investing (Casino Estoril, Hall 2) Impact investing allocates resources across asset classes to create transformative impact, reconciling shortcomings in traditional financial markets. How to inspire investors to transit from theory to practice fostering opportunities for action? And how to guide bold innovators to generate sustained and blended value? • Daniela Busleiman , Founder, PROA, Argentina • Adam Dunn , Founder, Cleveland Co-Labs, USA • Alain Mestat , Managing Partner, European Fund Hive Partners, Luxembourg • Uliana Nicholls , Medical Advisor to the Ministry of Health of Ukraine, Ukraine • David Wilton , Managing Director, Zheng Partners, USA Chaired by • Ron Margalit , Founding Partner, Venture Kinetics, USA
30 Monday, 8 April 2019 from 07.3 0 Registration (Estoril Congress Centre)
07.3 0 - 08.45 Breakfast Sessions: Creating Opportunities We now shall consider how we may overcome pinch-points and hurdles acting against personal progress and the development of opportunities. Can governments and businesses help shape new destinies?
Philanthropy – Impacting the World for Good (Room London) Due to the growth of wealth around the world, individuals and corporates have the ability to create philanthropic capital. How to deploy this capital to foster truly tangible solidarity? And how to measure the results that will generate maximum impact? • Heaven Bereket , Chief Business Development Officer, Gebeya, Ethiopia • Mariana Brilhante , Co-founder, SPEAK – Share your worl d!, Portugal • Maria do Céu Ramos , Chairperson, Portuguese Foundation Center, Portugal • Diana Skelton , Head of Mission, Global Coalition to End Child Poverty, United Kingdom • Henry Wigan , Co-Founder, Mustard Seed, United Kingdom Chaired by • Robert Garris , Global Director of Admissions and Strategic Initiatives, Schwarzman Scholars, USA
Taking a Moral Stand (Room Boston) Sex scandals, fake news and corruption are part of the modern world – we are asked to be moral and stamp these out. But whose morality should we adhere to? Is there an absolute right against which we judge wrong-doing? How will this support business? • Chidiogo Akunyili , Founder, She ROARs – Reimagining Our Africa Rising, Switzerland • Olga Aleksandrova , Managing Partner, Motcomb Partners, United Kingdom • R. James Breiding , Chief Executive Officer, Naissance Capital, Switzerland • Nuno Venturinha , Assistant Professor of Philosophy, Nova University, Portugal Chaired by • Lou Marinoff , Professor of Philosophy, City College of New York, USA
Bringing Nations together through Sport (Room Shanghai) Sport is big business and global games are expensive to host due to infrastructure redevelopment. Hotels and transport gain profits, and the people of the world pay to watch on TV. Can we ensure clean completion or is national prestige too high? How to ensure that influencers in and around sport, especially business, play fair and enforce clean sport? • Darchite Kantelal , Board Member, Portuguese Vegetarian Association, Portugal • James Kong , Assistant Secretary General, The World Federation of Confucius Descendants, Hong Kong • Anders Solheim , Chief Executive Officer, Anti-Doping Norway, Norway Chaired by • Chris Robb , Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Mass Participation Asia, Singapore
31 Kids Aren ’t Hampered by Reasons not to do Things (Room Nairobi) Older people need to listen to and trust younger people because adults are the ones ‘really causing all the trouble ’. How can the hopes of the young and the wisdoms of the elders be exchanged? Can ‘sandbox’ innovation centers pave the way into entrepreneurship? • Diagne Babacar , President, Association of Senegalese SMEs, Senegal • Luigi Cavallito , Founder, The Stereoteller, Lebanon • Afshan Kha n, Regional Director for Europe and Central Asia, UNICEF, Switzerland • Paulo Mendes , Founder and Chief Executive Office, UnOffice, Portugal • Sanjay Viswanathan , Managing Partner, Adi Partners, United Kingdom Chaired by • Barbara Kollmeyer , Senior Reporter, MarketWatch, Spain
Without Trust there is only Compliance (Room Lima) Pressure grows globally towards better governance and better compliance. How do we raise the levels of trust across society to go beyond compliance? Will increasing trust lift businesses into more ethical ways – increasing quality and diversity? How to do this? • Sonja Abracen , Brand Ambassador, Fortecho Solutions, United Kingdom • Andrew Chakhoyan , Founder and Chief Executive Officer, SNC, The Netherlands • Galen Criscione , Attorney, Criscione Ravala, USA • Luiza Palma , Founder, Gender Parity Label, Portugal • Sahr Saffa , Founder, C-Tribe Festival, Canada • Maria Semykoz , EMEA Lead, Organisational Agility & Transformation, Gallup, United Kingdom • Pernille Tranberg , Co-founder, DataEthics.eu, Denmak • Aneesh Zutshi , Co-founder, Passionise.com, Portugal Chaired by • Rick Noack , Reporter, The Washington Post, Germany
Are Women better Leaders? (Room Dubai) Women listen, are empathetic and have a creative work-life balance but too few reach CEO levels. Why don’t firms select more women as leaders? Women are holistic in outlook, sharing knowledge, and connecting well with others – attributes welcomed by AI but apparently not by HR departments. Flexibility and agility are demanded by leaders – why not let women CEOs provide these traits? • Sara Boukhoubza , Student, Blavatnik School of Government, University of Oxford, United Kingdom • Galina Melnikova , Chief Executive Officer, UnitedWay Russia, Russia • Anastasia Sharipova , Managing Director, KG Funds Management LLC, USA • Shireen Shelleh , Managing Director, Center for Engineering and Planning, Palestine Chaired by • Katja Rieger , Founder, Xponential, Switzerland
32 09.0 0-10.00 Plenary Sessions
Plenary: World Economic Outlook (Auditorium) Economists note a slowing in the world economy, confused at times by high stock-market volatility and geo-politics. What are the risks that may be found through 2019-2020? What changes might bring about a New Globalization that is more sustainable and ethical? What catalysts shall inspire our future? • Uzoma Dozie , Chief Executive Officer, Diamond Bank, Nigeria • Megan Jing Li , Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Shanghai iMega Industry Co., China • Nandini Sukumar , Chief Executive Officer, The World Federation of Exchanges, United Kingdom • Vladimir Yakunin , Chairman, Dialogue of Civilizations Research Institute, Russia Chaired by • Robert Friedman , Senior Editor, Bloomberg News, USA
Plenary: Bringing Faith to the Boardroom (Room Cascais) Boardrooms are often charged with being sexist, lacking sensitivity, and other negativities. Could religious beliefs be a further tool for the boardrooms? What might this do for the Board and its oversight group? Will it necessarily detract from the profit line? • Daniel Adomey , Founder, Blessing Power Ministry International, Ghana • Alissa Amico , President, GOVERN, France • Faisal Bin Muaammar , Secretary General, KAICIID Dialogue Centre, Austria • Anna McCoy , Chief Executive Officer, Empowering a Billion Women Foundation, USA • Ingrid Vanderveldt , Founder and Chair, Vanderveldt Global Investments, USA Chaired by • Brian J. Grim , President, Religious Freedom & Business Foundation, USA
10.0 0 -10.30 Contact Break (Foyer)
Horasis Speakers’ Corner (Foyer) The Horasis Speakers’ Corner permit talks by enthusiasts who wish to state a point, describe new work, or present an idea. 10.0 0 -10.30 The Future of Human Mobility • Rose Song Wang , Chief Executive Officer, InMotion, USA
10.3 0 -12.00 Boardroom Dialogue Sessions: Business as an Agent of Change Businesses are presently perceived negatively. Start-ups are the disruptive engines for growth; established businesses create harmony. How may the Horasis Global Meeting promote positive redevelopment with egalitarian globalization?
33 Banking in the Era of FinTech (Room London) Internet banking has superseded tradition banking and massive on-line payments firms like Amazon, Alibaba are joining in. FinTech is their strength, but how has this changed the strategy of the banks? What technologies are the banks considering to maintain their traditional strengths? • Jouko Ahvenainen , Founder and Executive Chairman, Grow VC Group, USA • Max von Bismarck , Chief Business Officer and Managing Director, Deposit Solutions, Switzerland • Pedro Corino , Chief Executive Officer, Sociedade SP Investimentos, Brazil • Susanne Hannestad , Chief Executive Officer, Fintech Mundi, Norway • Robert H. Kahn , Managing Director, Automated Financial Systems, USA • Alex Sea , Founder, Africa Fintech Forum, Cote D’Ivoire Chaired by • Duncan Mavin , Managing Editor, Dow Jones Media Group, United Kingdom
Recreating the Intrapreneurial System (Room Boston) Many innovators find it hard to acquire start-up capital. It is time to re-develop the in-house concept of protected entrepreneurs wherein the host provides the necessary cash? Do such incubators create value or waste money by being over-protected by the host business? • Vlad Ciurca , Co-Founder and Executive Producer, Techsylvania, Romania • Jan René Fricke , Founder, Next Generation Forum, Germany • Kiyotake Kumazawa , Chief Corporate Officer, Hitachi Systems, Japan • Benjamin Lambert , Managing Partner, Demium, Portugal • Marc Rechter , Co-Founder, Enercoutim, Portugal • Gayane Sakunts , Chief Executive Officer and Founder, AIRobotics, Armenia • Igor Tasic , Chief Executive Officer and Founder, Startup Europe Week, Spain Chaired by • Rupert Steiner , Bureau Chief for Europe, Middle East and Africa, Barron's Group, United Kingdom
Spying was a Gentlemen ’s Sport (Room Shanghai) Even Mata Hari – mother, dancer and spy, might agree with that statement. But now digital spying is rapid, conducted at a distance, yet its aims may have unintended consequences. Can spying, even digital espionage, ever be justified? Can it be curtailed by international action as governments form joint cyber-security missions? • Ed Adams , Chief Executive Officer, Security Innovation, USA • Marco Gercke , Director, Cybercrime Research Institute, Germany • Shahal Khan , Executive Chairman, Global Data Sentinel, USA • Jean Lehmann , Chief Executive Officer, Cyber Capital HQ, United Kingdom • Saket Modi , Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Lucideus, India Chaired by • Christoph Skornia , Professor for Information Security, Technical University of Applied Sciences Regensburg, Germany
34 Mindfulness and a New Work Balance (Room Nairobi) Many firms are being persuaded to take up Mindfulness programs. Can Mindfulness programs help re-direct all staff to inner peace, spiritual health and balance? What is the connection between its theme of deep self-awareness and future integrations in the firm’s activities? Is there a broader philosophy at work, something we have lost in the stress of business? • Karen Guggenheim , Chief Executive Officer, World Happiness Summit, USA • Darya Haitoglou , Psychologist and Founder, Enrich Global, United Kingdom • Franziska Hasselmann , Chief Executive Officer, Learning & Development Infrastructure Management, Switzerland • Richard Moret , Chief Executive Officer, Ambition Group, Netherlands • Gonçalo Pereira , Executive Director, Centro Upaya, Portugal • Lucas Sauberschwarz , Managing Partner, Venture Idea, Germany Chaired by • Steven Melnik , Founder, Happiness Amplified, USA
The Future of Work (Room Lima) The impact of technology and globalization on labor markets has emerged as an important policy issue as millions of jobs may be lost in the coming years. It will be challenging but possible to absorb these staffs given greater investment in yet unknown industries. How can we create these opportunities? Are they already occurring? What are the exemplars? • Norman Dreger , Partner, Mercer, Germany • Margareta Drzeniek , Managing Partner, Horizon Group, Switzerland • Maren Kate , Founder, AVRA Talent Partners, USA • Ana Lehmann , President, Social Innovation Fund, Portugal • Temitope Ola , Co-founder, Edacy, Senegal • Joanna Riley , Chief Executive Officer and Co-founder, Censia, USA • Soumyasanto Sen , Founder & Partner, People Conscience, Germany Chaired by • Norbert Sack , Dean of Executive Education, ESMT, Germany
Monitoring Supra-national Businesses (Room Dubai) Many businesses operate globally and seem beyond national laws. What might be done to assure us of their correct oversight? Are these firms sufficiently culturally sensitive? How quickly will they create better governance, equality and decency? • Emma Arakelyan , Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer, Orion Worldwide Innovations, USA • Flaviano Bianchini , Founder and Director, Source International, Italy • David Carlisle , Chairman, Holoscribe, United Kingdom • Isabel Neves , Chair, Star Busy, Portugal Chaired by • Nadim Habib , Professor, Nova School of Business and Economics, Portugal
35 Briefing Session: Democracy (Room Cascais) Democracy is a system of government in which citizens maker their voice heard and exercise power. How can citizens be engaged in the political process to strengthen democracy against the current backdrop of potential de-globalization? Are Blockchain-based decentralized systems providing a fresh reminder of the importance of voice and power of the people? • Gurvinder Ahluwalia , Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Digital Twin Labs, USA • Fiifi Banson , President, African Center for Sports Studies, Ghana • Obeth Kandjoze , Minister of Economic Planning, Namibia • Eti Livni , Member of the Steering Committee, Women Wage Peace, Israel • Valeria Serrano , Partner, Serrano, Pecorari & Asociados, Argentina • Sanjit Sethi , Director, Corcoran School of the Arts and Design, USA Chaired by • Sean Cleary , Chairman, Strategic Concepts, South Africa
12.0 0-14.00 Lunches in Parallel, Horasis Speaker’s Corner
Lunch: Update on the Caspian Sea (Room Mumbai) The leaders of the Caspian Sea countries signed the Convention on the Legal Status of the Caspian Sea in mid -August 201 8. This consensus allows many joint ventures to begin with future certainty of the status of the waterways and the ownership of the oil and gas reserves. What is next? What are the most pressing needs? • Ganiev Jakhongir , Ambassador of Uzbekistan to Spain, Uzbekistan • Irene Pivetti , Journalist and Politician, Italy • Linar Yakupo v, Advisor to the Prime Minister of the Republic of Tatarstan, Russia Chaired by • Murat Seitnepesov , Chief Executive Officer, Integral Petroleum, Switzerland
Networking Lunch (Foyer) An opportunity to share ideas and insights in an informal setting.
Horasis Speakers’ Corner (Foyer) The Horasis Speakers’ Corner permit talks by enthusiasts who wish to state a point, describe new work, or present an idea. 12.0 0 -12.30 Thinking the Unthinkable –Why leaders are struggling in this new era of disruption • Nik Gowing , Founder and Director, Thinking the Unthinkable, United Kingdom
36 14.0 0 -15.00 Plenary Sessions
Plenary: Global Governance in a Changing World (Auditorium) Geo-strategic chasms have emerged on multiple fronts with wide-ranging political, economic, ecological and social consequences. How may we rule globally yet keep local laws local? What supra-national efforts will aid better global governance? • Dacian Ciolos , Former Prime Minister of Romania, Romania • Yves Leterme , Former Prime Minister of Belgium; Secretary-General, International IDEA, Sweden • Danilo Türk , Chairman, UN Global High-Level Panel on Water and Peace; Former President of Slovenia, Slovenia • Pedro Siza Vieira , Minister of Economy, Portugal Chaired by • Mark Barton , Former Bloomberg Television Anchor, United Kingdom
Plenary: Create a Mentoring Club (Room Cascais) Many aspiring innovators and entrepreneurs lack business experience and the simple know-how of creating a business plan is vital to aid investors’ considerations. Are there enough mentors available? Would a small business center be useful? What can be done to make these centers more widely available to inspire the innovators to think global? • Courtney Ann , Founder, InvestorSpeak, USA • Mahmoud Hesham El Burai , Chairman, Middle East Sustainable Development Institute, UAE • Vitor Crespo , Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer, Criam, Portugal • Timothy Okroev , Chief Executive Officer, Russian Translation Company, Russia • Carlos Silva , Co-Founder, Seedrs, United Kingdom Chaired by • Andrew Lynch , Assistant Business Editor, The Sunday Times, United Kingdom
15.0 0 -16.30 Boardroom Dialogue Sessions: Regional Business Programs Governments have agreed to aim very high with global initiatives. Will cross-border or regional solutions be sufficient to meet global needs or do we need to move to a new level of global discussio n?
The Silk Road as a Precursor of Globalization (Room London) To one side of Central Asia the EU is buoyant, and East Asia is dominated by India and China, both with strong economies. How will Central Asian nations assert local harmony? Will Central Asian nations emerge with stronger individual identities to counteract pressures from external nations? • Yue Chi , President, Drive the Silk Road, Canada • Alisher A. Djumanov , Founder and President, Silk Capital Group, USA • Chitra Narayanan , Founder, ACN Strategies, Switzerland • Timur Onzhano v, Managing Director, Astana International Financial Centre Authority, Kazakhstan • Felix von Schubert , Executive Chairman, Infrontier, United Kingdom • Daniel Zaretsky , Chief Advisor, Ministry of Innovative Development, Uzbekistan Chaired by • Peter Williamson , Professor, Judge Business School, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom 37 South East Asia – a Significant Powerhouse for Asia (Room Boston) The region is the globe’s third most populous, but comprises eleven nations and a vast number of islands: thus, internal communications are difficult as are reaching agreements. Will accords like ASEAN dominate any that may be set-up within the region or further away? What is its future? • Philippe Monnier , Member of the Board, WayRay, Switzerland • Keith Rabin , President, KWR International, USA • Hendra Sutandinata , Founder and Chief Executive Officer, PonselPay Network, Indonesia • Karen Tang , Executive Director, The Better Hong Kong Foundation, Hong Kong Chaired by • Alan Lau, Presiden t, Anglo Euro Energi Indonesia, Indonesia
Envisioning the Middle East ’s New Renaissance (Room Shanghai) Several hundred years ago Arabic states were harmonious and prosperous. How and by when might stability and renewed dynamics be reached? What are the local and global business opportunities following the region ’s new renaissance? • Said Al-Maskery , General Manager, General Manager at Composite Pipes Industry, Oman • Nairouz Bader , Group Chief Executive Officer, Envision Partnership, UAE • Tamer Bazzari , Chief Executive Officer, Genero Capital, UAE • Ahmed Emara , Founder and Group Chief Executive Officer, ReAya Holding, Saudi Arabia • Sami Jamil Jadallah , Founder and Executive Director, New Arab Foundation, USA • Ramsi Jazmati , Deputy Director, Choiseul, Institute, Spain • Mustafa Odeh , Chairman, Dar Alhai for General Trading and Investment, Jordan Chaired by • Hugh Miles , Founder, Arab Digest, United Kingdom
Africa’s New Axes of Development (Room Nairobi) The developing nations in Africa can exert a calming force on Africa ’s many conflicts. Will new aspirations towards ‘union’ be developed? Will a unified Africa provide stimulus for great leadership? Will that create opportunities for massive infrastructure building? Who might lead? • Isaac Amoako-Mensah , President and Chairman, CAGL Group, Ghana • Denise Cortês-Keyser , Managing Director, Core Investments, Mozambique • Armstrong Coulibaly, Managing Director, GNIMA Group, Equitorial Guinea • Michael Hacking , Chief Executive Officer and Founder, Mocoh SA, Switzerland • Edward Ilechukwu , President, Global Initiative for the Education and Literacy of African Girls, USA • Jean Paul Nanfack , Managing Director, Prime Invest Co, Cameroon • Akwasi Opong-Fosu , Former Minister for Local Government and Rural Development, Ghana Chaired by • Alain Tschudin , Executive Director, Good Governance Africa, South Africa
38 Re-aligning Latin American Growth (Room Lima) The emergence of stronger globally integrated economic activity has lifted economic growth, especially using Latin America ’s large resource base in agriculture, forestry and mining. How might businesses promote positive leadership? And what level of stability is needed for economic growth to resume? • Agostinho Joao Almeida , Chief Operations Officer, Ruta N, Columbia • Melusine de Chazal , Director, Canning House, United Kingdom • Louis M Desrouleaux , Chief of Staff, Autorité Portuaire Nationale (APN), Haiti • Daniel Melhem , Managing Partner, Knightsbridge Partners, Argentina • Olaf Neubert , Managing Director, TopCap Partners, USA Chaired by • Mauricio Prazak , President, Brazilian Institute of International Business Relations Development, Brazil
Russia ’s Resurgence (Room Dubai) Following Russian ’s new-found alliances within Asia its own people should prosper. Will looking abroad slow Russia ’s internal reforms away from petrochemical dependence? Its demographics are declining quickly, what ought it to strive for to gain stability, over-all growth, and stronger sense of well-being? • Alexander Bychkov , President, IC RUSS-INVEST, Russia • Alexander Lupachev , Director, RP Tech, Russia • Alexander Nadmitov , Managing Partner, Nadmitov, Ivanov and Partners, Russia • Evgeniya Shamis , Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Sherpa S Pro, Russia • Lidya Tsarenko , Chief Executive Officer, Saks Group of Companies, Russia • Andrei Zuzin, Chairma n, Biruch Innovations Center, Russia Chaired by • Maxim Kiselev , Chief Executive Officer, Human Capital Development Foundation, Government of Moscow, Russia
Briefing Session: Accords by Regional Groupings (Room Cascais) It is natural for neighboring nations to form trade accords, less so to make these global in reach – crossing lands, seas and cultures. In these days of globalization, we need global accords – but how to achieve these? We see regional groups such as ASEAN, TTIP, maybe a revamped NAFTA, and there is the EU experiment: what might be ideal? Will we reach this? • Paschal Anosike , Director, Centre for African Entrepreneurship, University of Wolverhampton, United Kingdom • Parvis Hanson , President, Manor Group, Switzerland • Ugur Hekim , Vice President, Jus Gentium, United Kingdom • Mats Hellström , Former Minister for Foreign Trade, Sweden • Michele Orzan , President, EuCham - European Chamber, Hungary Chaired by • Stiphan Beher , Chief Executive Officer, SpaceTek, USA
39 16.3 0 -17.00 Contact Break (Foyer)
Horasis Speakers’ Corner (Foyer) The Speakers’ Corner permit talks by enthusiasts who wish to state a point, describe new work, or present an idea 16.3 0 -17.00 Blockchain is The New Black • Amy Peck , Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Endeavo rVR, USA
17.0 0 -18.00 Plenary Sessions
Plenary: Rekindling the Entrepreneurial Spirit (Auditorium) Culture and creativity as a base for individual expression could be forces to trigger entrepreneurship and economic growth. What are the cultural drivers of such social innovations? What socio-political breakthroughs are needed to further economic growth and social well-being? • Dace Melbarde , Minister for Culture, Latvia • Senida Mesi , Member of Parliament, Albania • Tjekero Tweya , Minister of Trade, Industrialization and SME Development, Namibia Chaired by • Vikram Khanna , Associate Editor, The Straits Times, Singapore
Plenary: The Post-truth Era (Room Cascais) Misinformation and micro-targeting using the Internet as well as the media are global phenomenon that can have an unprecedented impact. How can this challenge be tackled? Who can police ‘the truth’? • Duarte De Almedia , Chief of Publishing, Blasting News, United Kingdom • Sunnie Groeneveld , Managing Partner, Inspire 925, Switzerland • Astrid Haug , Digital Advisor and Author, Astrid Haug Bureau, Denmark • Rob Leslie , Founder, Sedicii, Ireland Chaired by • Cristi Hegranes , Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Global Press Institute, USA
18.0 0 -19.00 Plenary Sessions
Summary Plenary: Transitioning Globalization (Auditorium) This plenary will highlight the recommendations and initiatives identified during the meeting and how progress can be made in the coming years. We will debate and illustrate a roadmap for economic, political and social transition – and what will it take for us to catalyze globalization to counter populism. • Galia Benartzi , Co-Founder, Bancor, Switzerland • Brian A. Gallagher , President and Chief Executive Officer, United Way Worldwide, USA • Eva-Lotta Sjöstedt , Chief Executive Officer, Georg Jensen, Denmark Summary by • Rajive Kaul , Chairman, Nicco Group, India Chaired by • Frank-Jürgen Richter , Chairman, Horasis, Switzerland 40 Plenary: Creative Destruction (Room Cascais) C-suite leaders are supposed to develop strategies to capture and leverage breakthrough change. In times of instability how do leaders rapidly adapt their business models? What strategies have been successful when tackling disruptive trends in the past, and could they continue to work in the years to come? • Helder F. Antunes , Chief Executive Officer, GDS360, USA • Vanessa Arelle , Founder, TabooZapp, United Kingdom • Wiktor Schmidt , Chief Executive Officer, Netguru, Poland • Alexis Taylor , Chief Executive Officer, 3 Day Startup, USA • Mark Vernooij , Partner, THNK School of Creative Leadership, The Netherlands Chaired by • Martin Reeves , Managing Director, BCG Henderson Institute, USA
19.0 0 - 19.30 Reception
19.3 0 - 22.00 Dinners in parallel
Closing Dinner (Hall) Delegates are invited to this closing dinner to review the results of their many interactions during the meeting and to continue their community building for an equitable future. • Hage G. Geingob , President of Namibia, Namibia Chaired by • Frank-Jürgen Richter , Chairman, Horasis, Switzerland
Working Dinner: China – Consensing about Globalization 2.0 (Room London) The world seems to be moving from the Washington Consensus to Beijing Consensus. What changes to our present decades-long constancy might we expect? Given an unstable Washington, will Beijing briefings be preferable? What is the near and further future likely to be for globalization? • Jasper Cao , Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Fingers Electronic Commerce Co, China • Joseph P Garske , Chairman, The Global Conversation, Italy • Li Zhongtao , Chief Executive Officer, IOTA Technology, China • Winston Wenyan Ma , Chief Executive Officer, China SilkRoad Investment & Development, China • Roy Tin , Chief Investment Officer, Stannum Capital, USA Chaired by • Thomas Gilles , Partner, Baker McKenzie, Germany
41 Working Dinner: Mentoring Female Start-up Talent (Room Cascais) There are less than 15% of tech start-ups with female founders notwithstanding they outperform their male equivalents. Women learn how to be confident in their work-life planning abilities so leverage bright ideas over the long-term. How can women be better supported as entrepreneurs? And what mentoring is needed to win more funding capital? • Sandra Isabel Correia , Founder, #oamorexiste, Portugal • Mireia Badia , Chief Executive Officer, Grow.ly, Spain • Sophia Grami , Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder, Synswap, United Kingdom • Lies Mertens , Founder and Creative Director, Lies Mertens, Belgium • Nora Stolz , Founder, cadouu.com, United Kingdom • Helena Torras , Managing Partner, Paocapital, Spain • Joanne Wong , General Partner, REDDS Capital, Canada Chaired by • Vanessa Liu , Vice President, SAP.iO Foundry, USA
Working Dinner: Ceding Decisions to the Machines (Room Lima) Artificial Intelligence, machine learning and big data analytics are powerfully determining our future along many vectors. Are we going to be content to let the machine decide everything? Or do we wish to control our own destiny, however badly? • Ewen Ku , Founder, Fish With Goggles Production Company, USA • Marco Nigris , Founder and Chief Executive Officer, SailGuru, Portugal • Serban Mogos , Co-founder, Eyeware, Switzerland • Toufi Saliba , Chief Executive Officer, Toda.Network, USA • Tanya Suarez , Founder, IoT Tribe, Spain Chaired by • Suresh Garimella , Executive Vice President for Research and Partnerships, Purdue University, USA
Working Dinner: Achieving Inclusive Growth in the Age of Digital Disruption (Room Boston) Modern infrastructures do not reach out to the poor of many nations – they miss out on basic education and health benefits. How to ensure they become digitally aware to alleviate poverty? What ought governments and corporations to change to create inclusive growth with economic gain accruing fairly to all? • Pekka Makinen , Chairman, APG Finland, Finland • José Antonio Martinez , Founder and Chief Executive Officer, The Science of Digital, Spain • Chijike K Ndukwu , Secretary-General, Africa Universities Fund, USA • Michele Notari , Professor, Bern University of Teacher Education, Switzerland • Célia Reis , Chief Executive Officer, Altran, Portugal • Frederic Thenault , Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Syneidis Cyber Security, Spain Chaired by • Nivi Sharma , Chief Operations Officer, BRCK, Kenya
42 22.0 0 -23.00 Night Owl Session: Anchoring Brands within Global Trade (Room Dubai) A brand promises more than just a quality product - it expresses homeliness and – simultaneously – global reach. What defines a strong brand? And how to build successful brands in today's globalized economy? • Türker Bas , Professor, Galatasaray University, Turkey • Bernhard Bauhofer , Founder and Managing Partner, Sparring Partners, Switzerland • Ben Costantini , Chief Executive Officer, Startup Sesame, France • Victoria Duben , Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer, Viewst, Russia • Geesje van Haren , Chief Editor, Small Stream Media, The Netherlands • Sabrina Heinekey , Director, International Business, M&CSaatchi, United Kingdom Chaired by • Mel Horwitch , Former Dean, CEU Business School, Hungary
Tuesday, 9 April 2019
07.3 0 - 09.00 Breakfast Updates: Reflecting on the Benefits of Globalization We must all take responsibility for our future through our choice of politicians, business leaders and community workers. Recently we have seen the rise of populism, but we contend globalization is the best route. What critical and sustainable success factors need to be addressed to change yet catalyze globalism’s potential
#meToo? Halting Sexual Harassment (Room London) For too long women have been the predatory targets of men. How to halt sexual harassment? #MeToo is not only about what is legal; it is about what is right. What mind-set change is needed to create equality? How to empower women? • Liana Achikyan , Chief Executive Officer and Founder, Master Plus International, Armenia • Ana Barjasic , Chief Executive Officer, Connectology, Portugal • Linda Pereira , President, Spring Up Europe, Portugal • Mirjana D. Perko , Chairperson, inCon, Slovenia • Ines Relvas , Project Leader, The Boston Consulting Group, Portugal • Sonya Richardso n, President, PWN Global, The Netherlands Chaired by • Beth Mendelson , Senior Executive Producer, Voice of America, USA
43 Re-aligning Social Media (Room Boston) Large fines have been applied to social media by the EU while other regions ban their activities. Media is a business too, so how should it be held accountable? What are the appropriate criteria to create an honest media? What positive bias could it adopt – education perhaps? • Dale Nirvani Pfeifer , Chief Executive Officer and Founder, Goodworld, USA • João Romão , Founder, GetSocial, Portugal • Rogerio Simoes , Chief Executive Officer, Unnon, United Kingdom • Jonathan Wichmann , Co-founder, Wichman n/ Schmidt, Denmark • Dennis Wedderkop , Digital Leader and Advisor, Germany Chaired by • Bill Douglass , Founder and Principal, Gotham Communications, USA
Investing Wisely (Room Shanghai) Investing is an art. It involves risk-taking and is tied to one ’s personality. How can we get the best global advice as we all would like to invest for high yields? What is the best asset class for our investment – how do we tell? Why do we often ignore the safe bet? Can we avoid personal bias? • Jeremy Deal , Managing Partner, JDP Capital Management, The Netherlands • André Navarro , Chief Executive Officer, Millennium Investment Bank, Portugal • Ron Shon , Managing Partner, REDDS Capital, Canada • Lucas Sturdza , Private Banker, Banque Eric Sturdza, Switzerland • Rodrigo Tavares , Founder and President, Granito Group, United Kingdom • Danielle Town , Host, InvestED, Switzerland Chaired by • Guy Spier , Founder, Aquamarine Fund, Switzerland
Innovating Globally (Room Nairobi) A ‘silo’ mentality is judged to hold back economies: chatting, trusting and exchanging information and co-developing innovation can be the way forward. What guarantees can be offered to inventors to protect their intellectual property? Will compensation systems for inventors help spread their ideas across the world? • Tiago Freire de Andrade , President, BET – Bring Entrepreneurs Together, Portugal • Said Hamdani , General Manager, Merid Technology, Algeria • Sandeep Pachpande , Chairman, ASM Group of Institutes, India • Pedro Rocha Vieira , Co-Founder, Beta-I, Portugal • Pedro Schmidt , Founder, ph. Ltd, Switzerland Chaired by • Timothy J. Nichol , Dean, Liverpool Business School, United Kingdom
44 Shall we Uberize our Economies? (Room Lima) The model of app-based sharing economies is leading to lower costs, transparency across the globe and the connecting of businesses with customers – Uber, Airbnb and Didi are some of those who pioneered this model. How are they disrupting global value chains? And what is the possible push-back locally? • Peter Armand , Founder and Chief Financial Officer, RuGeeks, Russia • Suman Bose , Executive Partner, Lumis Partners, India • Will Lee , Chief Executive Officer and Co-founder, Blue Whale Foundation, Singapore • Archie Ravishankar , Co-founder, Cogni, USA Chaired by • F. Mark Modzelewski , General Manager, Treeline, USA
The Next Big Idea (Room Dubai) Decide today how tomorrow will look. What are the innovative opportunities for new breakthroughs? Which sectors, products and related investments may yield the best results for commerce and humankind? How might we evolve ourselves – individually or together as a group? • Paul Cliffe , Chief Executive Officer, Block Venture Project, United Kingdom • Niklas Savander , Venture Partner, Conor Ventures, Sweden • Ram Shanmugam , Chairman and Founder, AutonomIQ, USA • Stephen Vasconcellos-Sharpe , Founder, Reboot the Future, United Kingdom • Ragnar Sigurdsson , Chief Executive Officer, AwareGO.com, Iceland • Markus Tensing , President, Gratzup, Germany Chaired by • Thomas Eymond-Laritaz , Managing Director, Mercury, United Kingdom
09.0 0 -09.30 Contact Break (Foyer)
Horasis Speakers’ Corner (Foyer) The Horasis Speakers’ Corner permit talks by enthusiasts who wish to state a point, describe new work, or present an idea. 09.0 0-09.30 The impact of Digital Health • Deepti Panicker , Founder and Chief Executive Officer, SparkHealth, The Netherlands
09.3 0 -11.00 Closing Sessions: Reviewing Potential Futures After following many panels and plenary session we will now consider how we might address the future in this complex, volatile world. These sessions shall present arguments on a few aspects and what we might have gleaned from our experts.
45 Post-modern Globalizatio n? (Room London) Globalization might have given rise to populism reacting against its inequalities: it is time to change. It is not enough to plead for equality – can we alter globalism to truly incorporate trust, diversity and hope? How to get business to be culture sensitive? Has this change begun? • Miguel Reynolds Brandão , Founder, Corkbrick, Portugal • Colin Hunt , Managing Director, Wholesale, Institutional & Corporate Banking, Allied Irish Banks, Ireland • Stephan Morais , Managing General Partner, Indico Capital Partners, Portugal • Letitia Seglah , Independent Expert, European Commission, Belgium • Michael Wilson , Managing Partner, The Migson Group, Ghana Chaired by • Marco Benedetto , Founder, Blitz Quotidiano, Italy
The Blue Jeans World in which we Live (Room Boston) We tend to all eat the same food, and watch the same movies and wear the same clothes: smartphones all look the same. How much of the local can we maintain in the global? How does that desire counteract globalization? • Alexandre Nilo Fonseca , Chief Executive Officer, A2D Consulting, Portugal • Inky Gibbens , Chief Storyteller, Tribalingual, United Kingdom • Yolian Ivanov , Executive Director - Southern Europe, The Collins Group, Bulgaria • Petah Marian , Senior Editor, WGSN Insight, United Kingdom • Jacqueline Otten , Design Thinker and Professor, Hamburg University of Applied Science, Germany Chaired by • Michael Stopford , Managing Director, Oxford Analytica, United Kingdom
Managing Migration (Room Shanghai) Globalization unintendedly facilitated migration between increasingly diverse and geographically distant destination and origin countries. How do receiving nations manage migration? And how can nations cooperate to make migration a success, both from a humanitarian and economic point of view? • Diogo Alves , Director, German Federal Association for Sustainability, Germany • Pallavi Ahluwalia , Managing Attorney, Ahluwalia Law Offices, USA • Mais Haddadin , Founder and Director, Finnaddin, United Kingdom • Bibi Sattar Marques , Partner, BlueCrow Capital, Portugal • Astrid Skala-Kuhmann , Special Advisor on China and Belt and Road Initiative, GIZ, Germany Chaired by • Alex Ritson , Reporter and Presenter, BBC News, United Kingdom
46 Re-imagining Global Supply Chains (Room Nairobi) Gradually supply chains have become more integrated and global in reach. What need to be done to enhance their effectiveness? Is Blockchain the answer? Will regulators accept their non-transparent encryption? • Gustavo L Ghory , Chairman, Smarterchains, Switzerland • Pedro Jordão , President, CINT, Portugal • Orlando Remédios , Chief Executive Officer, Sensefinity, Portugal • Paulo Trezentos , Chief Executive Officer, Aptoide, Portugal Chaired by • Henry Shterenberg , President, Global Transformation Platform, Ukraine
The Corporate World and Quarterly Returns (Room Dubai) In a business system geared to quarterly returns CEOs are pressed to short-termism notwithstanding their role in globalization which needs a long-term view. These returns are designed to force firms to declare directions and how well they are succeeding. What new structures will allow long-term decision-making designed to future-proof business growth without losing short-term control by investors? • Christian Dreyer , Chief Executive Officer, CFA Switzerland, Switzerland • Scott Francis , Chief Executive Officer, BP3, USA • Dmitri Gromov , Chairman, RTS Telecom, Russia • Nathaniel Krasnoff , Partner, Wildcat Venture Partners, USA Chaired by • Patricia F Beccalli , Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Principle AG, Switzerland
Briefing Session: Breakthrough Technologies of the Future (Room Cascais) From the time of Jules Verne, we have been assailed by stories of the next great breakthrough: presently we have 3D-printing, cloud-based AI services and, even gene therapies. What do you think will change our future? How long will they take to be popular, or affordable? Will the modern Luddites rise up against them? • Akash Bhavsar , Co-Founder, Waterquest Hydroresources, USA • Joao Garcia da Fonseca , Founder and CEO, Biosurfit, Portugal • Julia Stamm , Managing Director, Science Leads, Germany • Alexsis Wintour , Founder, The Idea Factory, United Kingdom • Tuomas Ylä-Kauttu , Director, Etsimo Healthcare, Finland Chaired by • Anthony Cuthbertson , Deputy Technology Editor, The Independent, United Kingdom
47 11.0 0 -12.00 Plenary Sessions
Plenary: Nation Building in a Globalized World (Auditorium) Nations assumed their identity long ago it seems, but we forget that new states emerged from historical chaos looking for recognition. What are the criteria they espouse to live, work and develop in today ’s globalized world? How do their people develop a feeling of togetherness? Will their nascent globalization offer encouragement for their region as a whole – augmenting globalization? • Mohamed Ahmed Awad , Minister of Investment, Somaliland • Sekai Holland , Chairperson of Board of Trustees, National Peace Trust, Zimbabwe • Vít Jedlicka , President, Liberland • Stan Stalnaker , Founding Director, Hub Culture, United Kingdom • Benny Wenda , Chairman, United Liberation Movement for West Papua, United Kingdom Chaired by • Wendy Dent , Journalist, Guardian US, USA
Plenary: Revitalizing Economic Growth (Room Cascais) With the current economic and political uncertainties, budgets of both advanced and emerging economies are going to be under stress in years to come, creating a difficult environment for global economic growth. What are the key challenges that we are going to face? And what are the policy options for getting back to buoyant economic growth? • Vesna Crnojevic-Bengin , Professor and Assistant Director, BioSense Institute, Serbia • Sergei Guriev , Chief Economist, EBRD, United Kingdom • Tunde Kehinde , Co-founder, Lidya, Nigeria • Adriaan Ligtenberg , Founder and Chairman, SparkHealth, The Netherlands Chaired by • Andreas Irmen , Professor of Economics, University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg
12.0 0 -13.00 Closing Plenaries
Plenary: Catalyzing the Benefits of Globalization (Auditorium) In many countries, urgent transformation is needed in the political system and in the way politicians act. If successful globalization requires peace and peace requires sustainable development, and sustainable development requires inclusive, responsive and accountable politics – how to get there? • Helen Clark , Former UNDP Administrator, Former Prime Minister, New Zealand • Steve Killelea , Founder, Integrated Research, Australia • Susana Malcorra , Senior Advisor of IE School of Global Public Affairs, Former Minister o f Foreign Affairs, Argentina • Teresa Ribeiro , Secretary of State of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation, Portugal Chaired by • Simone Filippini , President, Leadership4SDGs Foundation, Netherlands
48 Plenary: Corruption and Kleptocracy: The Driving Factors in 2 1st Century Authoritarianism (Room Cascais) This plenary will present a diagnosis, and suggest a path forward . The curtailment of Western enablement of corruption and kleptocracy will be examined in some detail. This will not be a general discussion, but propose very concrete steps that can be taken. • Jamison Firestone , Managing Partner, FD Advisory LLP, USA • Alma Abdul-Hadi Jadallah , President, Kommon Denominator, USA • Marius Laurinavicius , Senior Expert, Vilnius Institute for Policy Analysis, Lithuania • Ilya Zaslavskiy , Head of Research, Free Russia Foundation, USA Chaired by • Charles Davidson , Publisher, The American Interest, USA
13.0 0 -15.00 Sightseeing: Visiting Cascais Participants are invited to join their friends and colleagues to explore the vibrant city of Cascais. Walk around the city, stroll through Cascais ’s colorful old town and take a meal in one of its many good restaurants. Groups leave the Congress Centre at 13.00, walking to the City Centre along the seashore.
49 Participants
Name Position Organization Country
Hanna Aase Chief Executive Officer Wonderloop Norway Sonja Abracen Brand Ambassador Fortecho Solutions United Kingdom Liana Achikyan CEO and Founder Master Plus international Armenia Ed Adams Chief Executive Officer Security Innovation USA Ebenezer Kwame Addo President Travel Center Enterprise Ghana Kola Adesina Group Managing Director Sahara Power Group Nigeria Daniel Adomey Founder Blessing Power Ministry International Ghana Alexandru Agachi Co-founder Empiric Capital United Kingdom Yonov Fred Agah Deputy Director-General World Trade Organization (WTO) Switzerland Hugo Menino Aguiar Co-founder and CEO SPEAK Portugal Gurvinder Ahluwalia Founder and CEO Digital Twin Labs USA Pallavi Ahluwalia Managing Attorney Ahluwalia Law Offices USA Mohammed Ahmed Co-founder and CEO HealthSteer United Kingdom Mohamed Ahmed Awad Minister of Investment Somaliland Esko Aho Former Prime Minister of Finland Finland Jouko Ahvenainen Founder & Executive Chairman Grow VC Group USA Chidiogo Akunyili Founder She ROARs – Reimagining Switzerland Our Africa Rising Olga Aleksandrova Managing Partner Motcomb Partners United Kingdom Rogerio Alexandre President Barclays Portugal Portugal Said Al-Maskery General Manager Composite Pipes Industry Oman Agostinho Joao Almeida Chief Operations Officer Ruta N Columbia Duarte De Almedia Chief of Publishing Blasting News United Kingdom Michael Altendorf Co-founder and CEO Adtelligence Germany Altino Álvares President PIBHub Portugal Angela Alvarez Founder and Chairman Aglaia Capital United Kingdom Diogo Alves Director German Federal Association Germany for Sustainability Vasco Da Cruz Amador Chief Executive Officer Global Intelligence Insight United Kingdom Eric Amarquaye Amartey Chief Executive Officer Phoneric Ventures Ghana Antonio Ambrosetti Chief Executive Officer The Ruling Companies Italy 50 Alissa Amico Managing Director GOVERN France Isaac Amoako-Mensah President and Chairman CAGL Group Ghana Matti Amukwa Chairman Confederation of Namibian Namibia Fishing Associations Harry Anastasiou Professor Portland State University USA Bo Inge Andersson President Yazaki North and Central USA America, Europe and Africa Tiago Freire de Andrad e President BET – Bring Entrepreneurs Together Portugal Paulo Andrez Chairman Green Swan Group Portugal Alok Medikepura Anil Director Next Big Innovation Labs India Courtney Ann Founder InvestorSpeak USA Paschal Anosike Director, Centre for African University of Wolverhampton United Kingdom Entrepreneurship and Leadership Sumbue Antas Ambassador of Vanuatu to the UN Vanuatu Helder F. Antunes Chief Executive Officer GDS360 USA Albertus Aochamub Ambassador of Namibia to France France Yilmaz Argüden Chairman ARGE Consulting Turkey Emma Arakelyan Co-founder and CEO Orion Worldwide Innovations USA John Armah Chief Executive Officer Orios Group Ghana Peter Armand Founder & Chief Financial Officer RuGeeks Russia Vanessa Arelle Founder TabooZapp United Kingdom Elena Avramenko Founder TheTimeDonors The Netherlands Raida Al-Awamleh Editor in Chief Anti-Financial Crimes Magazine USA Diagne Babacar President Association of Senegalese SMEs Senegal Ilya Bachurin Co-Founder Tetrix Ukraine Nairouz Bader Group Chief Executive Officer Envision Partnership UAE Mireia Badia Chief Executive Officer Grow.ly Spain Pål Bakken Co-founder SeaForester Portugal Francisco Pedro Balsemão Chief Executive Officer Grupo Impresa Portugal Francisco Pinto Balsemão Chairman Grupo Impresa Portugal Joana Balsemão Councillor Cascais City Council Portugal 51 Name Position Organization Country
Eran Baniel CEO and Co-Founder DouxMatok Israel Fiifi Banson President African Center for Sports Studies Ghana Ana Barjasic Chief Executive Officer Connectology Portugal José Manuel Barroso Former President of the European Commission Portugal Mark Barton Former Bloomberg Television Anchor United Kingdom Jean-Christophe Bas Chief Executive Officer DOC Research Institute Germany Türker Bas Professor Galatasaray University Turkey Andrew Bate Chief Executive Officer Safely USA Heli Bathija Director Geneva Foundation for Medical Switzerland Education and Research
Sham Bathija Senior Economic Adviser to the President of Afghanistan Afghanistan Bernhard Bauhofer Founder and Managing Partner Sparring Partners Switzerland Tamer Bazzari Chief Executive Officer Genero Capital UAE Patricia F Beccalli Founder and CEO Principle AG Switzerland Petra Becker Managing Director International Art Bridge Germany Claude Beglé President SymbioSwiss Switzerland Stiphan Beher Chief Executive Officer SpaceTek USA Marta F. Belcher Partner Ropes & Gray USA Alexander Belcredi Chief Executive Officer PhagoMed Biopharma Austria Galia Benartzi Co-Founder Bancor Switzerland Marco Benedetto Founder Blitz Quotidiano Italy Kamal Benkoussa Founder Algerian League for Democracy (ALD) Algeria Asa Bennett Commissioning Editor Daily Telegraph United Kingdom Heaven Bereket Chief Business Gebeya Ethiopia Development Officer
Björn Berge Director General and Secretary Council of Europe France to the Committee of Ministers
Erik Berglof Professor London School of Economics United Kingdom and Political Science
Boris Bernaskoni Founder Bernaskoni Russia David Berry General Partner Flagship Pioneering USA Gregory Berzonsky Vice President United Way Worldwide USA Ulf Beyschlag Chief Executive Officer Clipessence Germany Akash Bhavsar Co-Founder Waterquest Hydroresources USA 52 Flaviano Bianchini Founder and Director Source International Italy Jyoti Anup Bishnoi Co-founder and CEO ByondReal USA Dirk Biskup Managing Director CeGaT Germany Max von Bismarck Chief Business Officer Deposit Solutions Switzerland and Managing Director John Blakey Founder The Trusted Executive Foundation United Kingdom Sylvie Blanco Executive Director Grenoble Ecole de Management France for Innovation Klaas de Boer Managing Partner Entrepreneurs Fund United Kingdom William Bohnett President Whitecap Investments USA Murièle Solange Bolay President Bolay Management Switzerland Michele Bonanno Founder Impakter United Kingdom Patricia Bonaert Co-Founder &Managing Partner Expatkit Italy Suman Bose Executive Partner Lumis Partners India Sara Boukhoubza Student Blavatnik School of Government, United Kingdom University of Oxford Christopher Boyejo Executive Presidential International Organization for Nigeria Special Adviser Economic Development (IOED) Oksana Boyko Author and Host ‘Worlds Apart’ RT International Russia Yulia Petrossian Boyle Senior Vice President National Geographic Partners USA Ahmet Bozer Member of the Board Coca-Cola Hellenic USA of Directors Amir Bozorgzadeh Co-founder and CEO Virtuleap Portugal Alia Brahimi Managing Director Legatus United Kingdom Miguel Branco Sculptor and Painter Portugal Miguel Reynolds Brandã o Founder Corkbrick Portugal R. James Breiding Chief Executive Officer Naissance Capital Switzerland Jeffries Briginshaw Chief Executive Officer Transatlantic Business Britain United Kingdom Mariana Brilhante Co-founder SPEAK – Share your worl d! Portugal Christian Broughton Editor The Independent United Kingdom Kemal Brown President and Creative Director Digita Global Marketing Jamaica Michael D. Brown United States Senator District of Columbia USA Luciano Brunherotto Member of the Board Brasilian Facilities Association Brazil Ara Brutian Director Sustainalytics Canada Michael E. Bryant Chairman World Blockchain Foundation Austria Nicole Büttner Co-Founder and CEO AlgorithmX Germany 53 Name Position Organization Country
Ilona Budapest i Chief Story Teller 1Million Women To Tech United Kingdom Axel Bugge Chief Correspondent Portugal Reuters Portugal Edgar Bullecer Co-founder and CEO The Paglas Group Philippines Mahmoud Hesham Chairman Middle East Sustainable UAE El Burai Development Institute Christian Busch Co-Founder Leaders on Purpose United Kingdom Daniela Busleiman Founder PROA Argentina Alexander Bychkov President IC RUSS-INVEST Russia Shyqiri Bytyqi Minister of Education, Science and Technology Kosovo José Ramón Calvo President Institute of Multidisciplinary Research Spain Jasper Cao Founder and CEO Guangxi Fingers Electronic China Commerce Co.
Brian Caplen Editor The Banker United Kingdom Jan Carbonell Co-Founder and CEO TheAcademy.ai Spain David Carlisle Chairman Holoscribe United Kingdom Michael Carlos Member of the Givaudan Switzerland Supervisory Board
Florian Carls Co-Founder Holodeck VR Germany Carlos Carreiras Mayor of Cascais Portugal Stephen Castle Correspondent New York Times United Kingdom Luigi Cavallito Founder The Stereoteller Lebanon Andrew Cave Business Columnist Daily Telegraph United Kingdom Andrew Chakhoyan Founder and CEO SNC The Netherlands Melusine de Chazal Director Canning House United Kingdom Nouzha Chekrouni 2016 Senior Fellow in Harvard University USA Advanced Leadership
Claire Chen Founder and CEO 51 Pegasi USA Yue Chi President Drive the Silk Road Canada Arslan Chikhaoui Executive Chairman NSV Consultancy & Studies Centre Algeria John Chisholm Chief Executive Officer John Chisholm Ventures USA Man Hin Choi Director Estoril Sol Portugal Sushil Choudhari Founder Scandid USA Alexander N. Chumakov First Vice-President Russian Philosophical Society Russia Dacian Ciolos Former Prime Minister of Romania Romania 54 Vlad Ciurca Co-Founder and Techsylvania Romania Executive Producer Helen Clark Former UNDP Administrator Former Prime Minister New Zealand Sean Cleary Chairman Strategic Concepts South Africa Paul Cliffe Chief Executive Officer Block Venture Project United Kingdom Jeffrey Conrad Chairman Kinecta Federal Credit Union USA Ben Costantini Chief Executive Officer Startup Sesame France John Cook Chairman Rock Lake Associates Switzerland Sergio A. Fernández Chairman & Co-Founder P3SmartCity & PVBLIC Foundation USA de Córdova Stefano Core Founder and CEO Corewell Group Italy Pedro Corino Chief Executive Officer Sociedade SP Investimentos Brazil Sandra Isabel Correia Founder #oamorexiste Portugal Bernardo Correa de Barros Executive Member of Board Cascais Dinamica Portugal Luis Correia da Silva Managing Partner Think Tour Portugal António Costa Prime Minister of Portugal Portugal Rui Costa Chief Technology Officer Veniam Portugal Ricardo Costa Managing Director Expresso Portugal Ciprian Dan Costea Member of the Board Autonova Romania Armstrong Coulibaly Managing Director GNIMA Group Equitorial Guinea Galen Criscione Attorney Criscione Ravala USA Vesna Crnojevic-Bengin Professor & Assistant Director BioSense Institute, Serbia Serbia Vitor Crespo Co-founder and CEO Criam Portugal Piers Cumberlege Chair Straightview International United Kingdom Netanya Cummings Founder Adaptive Neural Interfaces Inc. Canada Anthony Cuthbertson Deputy Technology Editor The Independent United Kingdom Aristide Dago Founder and CEO B2B Connexion Cote D’Ivoire Bardhyl Dauti Minister for Foreign Investment North Macedonia Charles Davidson Publisher The American Interest USA William Davila Ambassador of Venezuela to Austria Venezuela Jeremy Deal Managing Partner JDP Capital Management The Netherlands Emile Delam Vice-President Vilnius Blockchain Association Lithuania Isabelle Delacave Director, IE Corporate IE University Spain Relations Wendy J Dent Journalist Guardian US USA 55 Name Position Organization Country
Louis M Desrouleaux Chief of Staff Autorité Portuaire Nationale (APN) Haiti Alisher A. Djumanov Founder and President Silk Capital Group USA Bill Douglass Founder and Principal Gotham Communications USA Uzoma Dozie Chief Executive Officer Diamond Bank Nigeria David Drake Founder and Chairman LDJ Capital USA Norman Dreger Partner Mercer Germany Christian Dreyer Chief Executive Officer CFA Switzerland Switzerland Margareta Drzeniek Managing Partner Horizon Group Switzerland Victoria Duben Co-founder and CEO Viewst Russia Pedro Duarte President of Strategic Council CIP – Confederation of Portugal for Digital Economy Portuguese Business
Dariusz Duda Lisbon Bureau Chief Polish Investment an d Trade Agency Poland Jane Dudman Public Leadership Editor Guardian News & Media United Kingdom Yelena Dudochkin Soprano Soloist for the United Nations USA Olga Duka Chief Executive Officer Zeus.Exchange Russia Clara Durodie Executive Chair and Founder Cognitive Finance Group United Kingdom Adam Dunn Founder Cleveland Co-Labs USA Soumitra Dutta Professor of Management Cornell University USA Miki Ebara Chief International NHK World Japan Correspondent
Helen Edwards Founder Humanitarians Achieving Australia Results Together
Conrad Egusa Chief Executive Officer Publicize USA Vilborg Einarsdóttir Co-founder InfoMentor Iceland Harald Einsmann Member of the Tesco United Kingdom Supervisory Board
Rudolf Elmer Swiss Whistleblower and Activist Switzerland Ahmed Emara Founder and Group CEO ReAya Holding Saudi Arabia Peje Emilsson Chairman Kunskapsskolan Education Sweden Stefano da Empoli Founder and President I-Com Italy Melinda Briana Epler Chief Executive and Co-founder Change Catalyst USA Olav zu Ermgassen Managing Director Ermgassen & Co Germany Bernard Esau Minister of Fisheries and Marine Resources Namibia Thomas Eymond-Laritaz Managing Director Mercury United Kingdom 56 Ali Fahimi Advisor Whistleblower-Netzwerk Germany Tanja Faller Co-founder Ayadee El Salvador Fan Jinzhao President Kaihe Consulting Management China John D. Feeley Commentator Univision USA João Pedro Matos Minister of the Environment and Energy Transition Portugal Fernandes Marco Fernandes Chief Executive Officer PME Investimentos Portugal Bernardo Ferrão Deputy Editor SIC Television Portugal Pedro Ferreira Chief Executive Officer Dominio Capital Portugal Janahim Figueira Partner Athena & Associates Brazil Simone Filippini President Leadership4SDGs Foundation The Netherlands Verena Fink Managing Partner Woodpecker Finch Germany Jamison Firestone Managing Partner FD Advisory LLP USA Audrey Pomier Flobinus CEO and Founder Humanity for the World France George I. Fomitchev Founder and CEO Endurance USA Alexandre Nilo Fonseca Chief Executive Offcier A2D Consulting Portugal Joao Garcia da Fonseca Founder and CEO Biosurfit Portugal Cristina Fonseca Co-Founder Talkdesk Portugal Graça Fonseca Minister of Culture Portugal Fernando Costa Freire Managing Partner Edeluc Portugal Anne Fitzsimmons General Manager DXC Technology USA Sonya Richardson President PWN Global The Netherlands Raphael Fraga Founder and CEO Ita Capital Brazil Scott Francis Chief Executive Officer BP3 USA Michael Franck Executive Producer Franck Documentaries – Parad Fakta Finland Christer Franzen Chief Investment Officer Ericsson Pension Foundation Sweden Stefan Franzke Chief Executive Officer Berlin Partner for Business Germany an d Technology Diogo Freitas Commercial Director Officetotal Food Brands Portugal Fernanda Freitas Founder and CEO Eixo Norte Sul Portugal Marcus Vinicius Professor Armando Alvares Penteado Brazil De Freitas Foundation (FAAP) Michel Freund Operating Partner Bain Capital Brazil Jan René Fricke Founder Next Generation Forum Germany Robert Friedman Senior Editor Bloomberg News USA 57 Name Position Organization Country
Stan Fung Managing Director FarSight Ventures USA Ilmas Futehally Executive Director Strategic Foresight Group India Brian A. Gallagher President and CEO United Way Worldwide USA Suresh Garimella Executive Vice President for Purdue University USA Research and Partnerships Robert Garris Global Director of Admissions Schwarzman Scholars USA and Strategic Initiatives Joseph P Garske Chairman The Global Conversation Italy Jeffrey Gedmin Editor-in-Chief The American Interest USA Hage G. Geingob President of Namibia Namibia Monica Geingos First Lady of Namibia Namibia Philipp Gerbert Senior Partner and The Boston Consulting Group Germany Managing Director Marco Gercke Director Cybercrime Research Institute Germany Imad Ghandour President Cedarbridge UAE Gustavo L Ghory Chairman Smarterchains Switzerland Laura Giadorou-Koch Ambassador B Lab.org Argentina Inky Gibbens Chief Storyteller Tribalingual United Kingdom Isabel Gil President International Federation Portugal of Catholic Universities Pier Luigi Gilibert Chief Executive European Investment Fund (EIF) Luxembourg Thomas Gilles Partner Baker McKenzie Germany Jim Glade Marketing Director Publicize USA Yoanna Gouchtchina Founder and CEO Kozhya USA Francis Govers Autonomy Lead Bell Helicopter USA Nik Gowing Founder and Director Thinking the Unthinkable United Kingdom Sophia Grami CEO and Co-Founder Synswap United Kingdom Peter Grant Member of Parliament Spokesperson on Brexit for United Kingdom the Scottish National Party Steven Greer Professor of Human Rights University of Bristol United Kingdom Brian J. Grim President Religious Freedom & Business USA Foundation Sunnie Groeneveld Managing Partner Inspire 925 Switzerland Dmitri Gromov Chairman RTS Telecom Russia Till Helge Groß Co-founder Course Concierge USA 58 Marco Gualtieri Founder and Chairman Seed s& Chips Italy Rufo Guerreschi Executive Director Trustless Computing Association Italy Karen Guggenheim Chief Executive Officer World Happiness Summit USA Gustavo Guimarães Chairman Tranquilidade Insurance Company Portugal Rakeshh Gupta Chief Executive Officer SayeNvest United Kingdom Sergei Guriev Chief Economist EBRD United Kingdom Andreas Gürtler Foundation Director EiiF – European Industrial Switzerland Insulation Foundation Metin Guvener Chairman Triangle Group United Kingdom Nadim Habib Professor of Executive Nova School of Business Portugal Education and Economics Michael Hacking CEO and Founder Mocoh SA Switzerland Mais Haddadin Founder and Director Finnaddin United Kingdom Darya Haitoglou Psychologist and Founder Enrich Global United Kingdom Patrick Halford Faculty Mobility Singularity University Nordics Finland Samia I. Hamid Director for Peace Maa’rij Foundation for Peace Sudan and Human Rights and Development Susanne Hannestad Chief Executive Officer Fintech Mundi Norway Parvis Hanson President Manor Group Switzerland Said Hamdani General Manager Merid Technology Algeria Kimi Hasebe CEO and Art Producer White Ship Inc. Japan Franziska Hasselmann Chief Executive Officer Learning & Development Switzerland Infrastructure Management Julia Häusermann Founder and President Rights and Humanity Switzerland Nirit Harel Chief Executive Officer Impact Israel Geesje van Haren Chief Editor Small Stream Media The Netherlands Astrid Haug Digital Advisor and Author Astrid Haug Bureau Denmark Jonathan Haworth London Bureau News Editor Newsweek United Kingdom Stephen Hecht Co-Founder & Chief Million Peacemakers Canada Executive Peacemaker Cristi Hegranes Founder and CEO Global Press Institute USA Sabrina Heinekey Director, International Business M&C Saatchi United Kingdom Johannes Heinlein Vice President edX USA Manuel Heitor Minister for Science, Technology and Higher Education Portugal Ugur Hekim Vice President Jus Gentium United Kingdom Marjolein Helder Founder and CEO Plant-e The Netherlands 59 Name Position Organization Country
Mats Hellström Former Minister for Foreign Trade Sweden Minna Hendolin Senior Director for Business Finland Finland Healthcare & Wellbeing Laura Hermann Partner Potomac Communications Group USA Bruce Heyns Managing Director Leading Edge Logistics Namibia Brian Heywood Chief Executive Officer Taiyo Pacific Partners USA Henri Hie Professor Polytechnic University of Hong Kong Hong Kong Hassan Abd Elgadir Hilal Former Minister of Environment, Natural Resources Sudan and Physical Development Prakash Hinduja Chairman, Europe Hinduja Group Switzerland Peya Hitula General Manager Tunacor Fishing Namibia Ntandose Hlabangana Founder and Vice Chairperson Rising Hope Foundation Zimbabwe Matthew Hoffer Managing Partner Spire Strategy Switzerland Sekai Holland Chairperson of Board of Trustees National Peace Trust Zimbabwe Mark Hollingsworth Chief Executive Officer The Nutrition Society United Kingdom Johan Staël von Holstei n Founder Wakopa Eagle Sweden Yuree Hong Founder SHE Blockchainers Asia Singapore Ines Holtreman Director, Portugal IE Business School Portugal Mel Horwitch Former Dean CEU Business School Hungary Tomoko Hoshino Founder Choco-Revo Japan Dhurata Hoxha Minister of European Integration Kosovo Tjimbinae Hukununa Managing Director August Rush Trading Namibia Jerry Hultin Co-founder Global Futures Group USA Colin Hunt Managing Director, Wholesale, Allied Irish Banks Ireland Institutional & Corporate Banking Mar Hurtado Head of International IE University Spain de Mendoz a Development Stephen Ibaraki Chairman REDDS Capital USA Edward Ilechukwu President Global Initiative For the Education USA and Literacy of African Girls Inc. George Iliev Director Association of MBAs United Kingdom Masa Inakage Dean and Professor Graduate School of Media Design, Japan Keio University Asif Iqbal Director General Indian Economic Trade India Organization (IETO) Mahomed Iqbal Managing Partner The Partnership Portugal 60 Andreas Irmen Professor of Economics University of Luxembourg Luxembourg Sara Isbell Chief Executive Officer Mercaptor Discoveries USA Yolian Ivanov Executive Director The Collins Group Bulgaria Southern Europe Igor Izraylevych Co-Founder and CEO S-PRO Ukraine Alma Abdul-Hadi President Kommon Denominator USA Jadallah Sami Jamil Jadallah Founder and Executive Director New Arab Foundation USA Sadick Jaffer Chief Director Investment South Africa South Africa Luca Jahier President European Economic European Union and Social Committee Ayesha Javed Deputy Editor Wall Street Journal City United Kingdom Ramsi Jazmati Deputy Director Choiseul Institute Spain Vít Jedlicka President Liberland Charlotte Jee Staff Writer MIT Technology Review United Kingdom Caroline Jenner Chief Executive Officer JA Europe Belgium Moon Jerin Founder Doctrina Canada Ravin Jesuthasan Author and Managing Director Willis Towers Watson USA Ji Bo Assistant Dean Cheung Kong Graduate School China of Business Jalak Jobanputra Founder and Managing Partner FuturePerfect Ventures USA Maria Johannessen Partner Mercer United Kingdom Nicholas Johnson Chief Executive Officer Economists Without Borders Australia Michael Johnston Member of the Board The Capital Group Companies USA Dylan Jones Deputy Minister for Western Economic Diversification Canada Pedro Jordão President CINT Portugal Emmanuel Justima Chief Executive Officer Modricenir Haiti Soulaymane Kachani Vice Provost for Teaching Columbia University USA and Learning Robert H. Kahn Managing Director Automated Financial Systems USA Simon Kamm Journalist Portugal Inge Zamwaani Kamwi Presidential Adviser Namibia Obeth Kandjoze Minister of Economic Planning Namibia Darchite Kantelal Board Member Portuguese Vegetarian Association Portugal Rishi Kapoor Co-Chief Executive Officer Investcorp Bahrain Warren Karlenzig President Common Current USA 61 Name Position Organization Country
Samantha Karlin Director Canavan Research Foundation USA Maren Kate Founder AVRA Talent Partners USA Rajive Kaul Chairman Nicco Group India Magdalena Lipanga Kaut a Chief Administration Officer Anatech Namibia Stanley Nick Katzao President Namibia Feedlots Namibia Noura K .S. Kawasmi Legal Advisor in the Palestinian Authority Palestine Marina Kazakova Managing Director AIRobotics Russia Agne Kazakauskaite Partner Q4 Capital United Kingdom Tunde Kehinde Co-founder Lidya Nigeria Florian Kemmerich Managing Partner Bamboo Capital Partners Switzerland Stacy Kenworthy Chief Executive Officer HellaStorm USA Denise Kenyon-Rouvinez Wild Group Professor of IMD Switzerland Family Business Daniel S. Kern Chief Investment Officer TFC Financial Management USA Denise Cortês-Keyser Managing Director Core Investments Mozambique Afshan Khan Regional Director for United Nations Children ’s Fund Switzerland Europe and Central Asia (UNICEF) Vikram Khanna Associate Editor The Straits Times Singapore Shahal Khan Executive Chairman Global Data Sentinel USA Nkem Khumbah Chairman Africa Development Futures Group USA John B. Kidd Research Fellow Aston Business School United Kingdom Steve Killelea Founder Integrated Research Australia Simone Kimpeler Director of Foresight Fraunhofer Institute for Systems Germany and Innovation Research Cecilia Kindelán Associate Director IESE Business School Spain Maxim Kiselev Chief Executive Officer Human Capital Development Russia Foundation, Government of Moscow Barbara Kollmeyer Senior Reporter MarketWatch Spain James Kong Assistant Secretary General The World Federation of Hong Kong SAR Confucius Descendents Ernest Bai Koroma Former President of Sierra Leone Sierra Leone Nathaniel Krasnoff Partner Wildcat Venture Partners USA Flavia Krause-Jackson Managing Editor Bloomberg United Kingdom Tetyana Kretova Director Asia-Pacific IE Business School Spain Ewen Ku Founder Fish With Goggles Production Company USA 62 Alexander Kulitz Member of the German Parliament Germany Daniel Küng Chief Executive Officer Switzerland Global Enterprise Switzerland Kiyotake Kumazawa Chief Corporate Officer Hitachi Systems Japan Matt Kuppers Chief Executive Officer Startup Manufactory United Kingdom Mathias Kutzner Founder and Partner New Bridge Founders Germany Jerzy Kwiecinski Minister of Investment and Economic Development Poland Gonçalo Lage Executive Board Member PME investments Portugal Brice Lalonde Minister of the Environment (ret.) France Benjamin Lambert Managing Partner Demium Portugal Bruno Lanvin President Smart City Observatory Switzerland Alan Lau President Anglo Euro Energi Indonesia Indonesia Marius Laurinavicius Senior Expert Vilnius Institute for Policy Analysis Lithuania Peter Lazou Founding Member Otherdots Foundation United Kingdom Paul Lee Co-founder and CEO Mind AI Korea Will Lee CEO and Co-founder Blue Whale Foundation Singapore Wolfgang Lehmacher Associate Director Corporate Value Associates Hong Kong SAR Ana Lehmann President Social Innovation Fund Portugal Jean Lehmann Chief Executive Officer Cyber Capital HQ United Kingdom Miguel Leitmann Founder and CEO Vision-Box Portugal Alexander Lemonov Producer RT International Russia Jackie Leonard Presenter BBC Global News Podcast United Kingdom Domenico Lepore Founder Intelligent Management Inc. Canada Rob Leslie Founder Sedicii Ireland Gabriel-M. Lessard President Association Champlain Fondateur Canada Yves Leterme Former Prime Minister of Belgium Belgium Toby Lewis Chief Executive and Founder Novum Insights United Kingdom Evelyn Li President Beijing CCP Co. China Megan Jing Li Managing Director Shanghai iMega Industry Co. China Li Zhongtao Chief Executive Officer IOTA Technology China Adriaan Ligtenberg Founder and Chairman SparkHealth The Netherlands Joao Lima Bureau Chief Bloomberg Portugal Alexis John Lingad Founder and CEO Cryptors The Philippines Janice S Lintz Chief Executive Officer Hearing Access & Innovations USA Barbara Lippe Co-Founder Holodeck VR Germany 63 Name Position Organization Country
Vanessa Liu Vice President SAP iO Foundry USA Eti Livni Member of the Steering Women Wage Peace Israel Committee Viola A. Llewellyn Co-Founder and President Ovamba Solutions Cameroon Alexander Lupachev Director RP Tech Russia Conrad Lutombi Chief Executive Officer Roads Authority of Namibia Namibia Miguel Pinto Luz Vice Mayor Cascais Portugal Andrew Lynch Assistant Business Editor The Sunday Times United Kingdom Winston Wenyan Ma Chief Executive Officer China SilkRoad China Investment & Development (CSID) Jorge Braga de Macedo Professor Nova School of Business and Economics Portugal Manuel Pestana Machado Correspondent Oberservador Portugal Anuj Maheshwari Managing Director Temasek Singapore Pekka Makinen Chairman APG Finland Finland Susana Malcorra Former Foreign Minister of Argentina Argentina David Braga Malta Venture Partner Vesalius Biocapital Luxembourg Nuno Manalvo Special Advisor to the CIP – Confederation of Portugal President Portuguese Business Galina Melnikova Chief Executive Officer UnitedWay Russia Russia Iqbal G. Mamdani Chairman First Asian Investments USA HH Princess Märtha Louise of Norway Norway Dimosthenis Manginas Chairman Manginas and Partners Greece Ron Margalit Founding Partner Venture Kinetics USA Petah Marian Senior Editor WGSN Insight United Kingdom Lou Marinoff Professor of Philosophy City College of New York USA Bibi Sattar Marques Partner BlueCrow Capital Portugal Naser Al Marri President Noor Capital Markets Kuwait Alain Paul Martin Chief Architect Harvard University Global System USA José Antonio Martinez Founder and CEO The Science of Digital Spain Jorge Martins Co-founder Martifer Group Portugal Aleksandar Mastilovic EU Marie Curie Fellow Serbia Maria Matloub Founding Member Otherdots Foundation United Kingdom Venkat Matoory Institutional Advisor India Duncan Mavin Managing Editor Dow Jones Media Group United Kingdom 64 Nikolaos Mavridis Director Interactive Robots and Media Laboratory UAE Isabel Maxwell Ambassador Shared Studios USA Ivan Ivanovich Mazur President Rosneftegazstroi Russia James McCaughan Chief Executive Officer Principal Global Investors USA Anne McElvoy Policy Editor The Economist United Kingdom Andrew McGrego r Co-Producer Robot Film Festival USA Anna McCoy Chief Executive Officer Empowering a Billion Women USA Foundation Dace Melbarde Minister for Culture Latvia Daniel Melhem Managing Partner Knightsbridge Partners Argentina Steven Melnik Founder Happiness Amplified USA Angela Melo Director of Ethics, UNESCO France Youth and Sport Beth Mendelson Senior Executive Producer Voice of America USA Eduardo Mendes Co-Founder Connect Robotics Portugal Paulo Mendes Founder and CEO UnOffice – PDL Business Portugal and Cowork Cente Senida Mesi Member of Parliament Albania Alain Mestat Managing Partner European Fund Hive Partners Luxembourg Martha Mghendi-Fisher Founder European Women Payments The Netherlands Network (EWPN) Hugh Miles Founder Arab Digest United Kingdom Raphael Minder Correspondent New York Times Spain Lars Minth CEO and Founder Quantusec Switzerland Kate Mitselmakher Founder and CEO Bloccelerate USA Saket Modi Co-Founder and CEO Lucideus India F. Mark Modzelewski General Manager Treeline USA Serban Mogos Co-founder Eyeware Switzerland Philippe Monnier Member of the Board WayRay Switzerland Joao Pedro Montes Chief Executive Officer Wine With Spirit Portugal Angela Montgomery Co-founder Intelligent Management Inc. Canada Patricia Monthe Founder and CEO MEDx.Care The Netherlands Stephan Morais Managing General Partner Indico Capital Partners Portugal Richard Moret Chief Executive Officer Ambition Group Netherlands Chris Morris Correspondent BBC News United Kingdom Shola Mos-Shogbamimu Founder & Editor-in-Chief Women in Leadership United Kingdom 65 Name Position Organization Country
Anna Mroczkowska Partner Topan Switzerland Faisal Bin Muaammar Secretary General KAICIID Dialogue Centre Austria Mark Mueller-Eberstein CEO and Founder Adgetec Corporation USA Rabia Ahmad Mughal Co-Founder and CEO Kinetco Qatar Bruce Muirhead Founder and CEO MindHive Australia Charity Mwiya Acting Chief Executive Officer NCCI Namibia Jean Paul Nanfack Managing Director Prime Invest Co Cameroon Chitra Narayanan Founder ACN Strategies Switzerland Adham Nadim Chairman & Managing Director Nadim Industries Egypt Alexander Nadmitov Managing Partner Nadmitov, Ivanov and Partners Russia Gabriel Napandulwe Director Tuples Technology-Digital Namibia Namibia Nashihwa Johannes Natangwe Managing Member JRT Investments cc Namibia Nghikongwanongo Abraham André Navarro Chief Executive Officer Millennium Investment Bank Portugal Natalia Nazarova Managing Director Jagoona Switzerland Chijike K Ndukwu Secretary-General Africa Universities Fund USA Lies Mertens Founder & Creative Director Lies Mertens Belgium Miguel Neiva Founder and President ColorADD Portugal Shikongo Nathanel Chief Executive Officer Natprox Namibia Nekongo Peter Lorenz Nest Chief Executive Officer AAVI Advanced Added Value International Germany Olaf Neubert Managing Director TopCap Partners USA Pedro Duarte Neves Advisor of the Board Banco de Portugal Portugal Isabel Neves Chair Star Busy Portugal Nguyen Viet Long Deputy CEO Becamex IDC Vietnam Timothy J. Nichol Dean Liverpool Business School United Kingdom Uliana Nicholls Medical Advisor to the Ministry of Health of Ukraine Ukraine Marco Nigris Founder and CEO SailGuru Portugal Rick Noack Reporter The Washington Post Germany Michele Notari Professor Bern University of Teacher Education Switzerland Tate Nurkin Founder and CEO OTH Intelligence Group USA Hedwige Nuyens Managing Director International Banking Federation United Kingdom Alvin Nyka Founder and Chairman Core Foundation Zimbabwe 66 Mustafa Odeh Chairman Dar Alhai for General Jordan Trading and Investment Philomena O ’Grady Forensic Criminologist Advisor Australia Sabine Ohler Director Vienna Business Agency Austria Timothy Okroev Chief Executive Officer Russian Translation Company Russia Temitope Ola Co-founder Edacy Senegal Alex Olegnowicz Chief Executive Officer Symmetrica Canada Fernando Faria de Oliveira President Portuguese Banking Association Portugal Silvia Haslinger Olsson Co-Founder Nordic Urban Resilience Institute Sweden Inés Olza Researcher, Public Discourse University of Navarra Spain Project Timur Onzhanov Managing Director Astana International Financial Kazakhstan Centre Authority Akwasi Opong-Fosu President Africa Growth Solutions Ghana Michele Orzan President EuCham – European Chamber Hungary Bujar Osmani Deputy Prime Minister North Macedonia Jacqueline Otten Design Thinker and Professor Hamburg University of Applied Science Germany Sandeep Pachpande Chairman ASM Group of Institutes India Margherita Pagani Founder and CEO Impacton Italy Luiza Palma Founder Gender Parity Label Portugal Deepti Panicker Founder and CEO SparkHealth The Netherlands Johan Pardoel Co-founder Resilient Ventures The Netherlands Morgan Parnis Chief Executive Officer Business Leaders Malta Malta David Pascall Member of the Board Resilient Ventures United Kingdom Parth Patil Co-Founder and CEO InfiniChains USA Nathaniel Peat Chief Executive Officer GeNNex Elite United Kingdom Amy Peck Founder and CEO EndeavorVR USA Liesbet Peeters Managing Partner Volta Capital United Kingdom Reindorf B Perbi Executive Chairman CEDARS Investments Co Ghana Linda Pereira President Spring Up Europe Portugal Gonçalo Pereira Executive Director Centro Upaya Portugal Gabriela Perez Rocchietti Chairperson Family Office RPP USA Mirjana D. Perko Chairperson inCon Slovenia Shimrit Perkol-Finkel Chief Executive Officer ECOncrete Tech Israel Dale Nirvani Pfeifer CEO and Founder Goodworld USA 67 Name Position Organization Country
Viraj Phanse Fellow Berkeley Angel Network USA Alan Philps Editor The World Today Magazine United Kingdom Gary Phillips Chief Executive Officer OrphoMed Inc USA Irene Pivetti Journalist and Politician Italy Sasha Polakow-Suransky Deputy Editor Foreign Policy USA Vijay Poonoosamy Director QI Group Singapore Mauricio Prazak President Brazilian Institute of International Brazil Business Relations Development Paulo Manoel Lenz Chairman R3ZIS Brazil Cesar Protasio John Quelch Dean University of Miami Business School USA Isabella Qin Vice Chair United Nations Association UK United Kingdom Young Professionals Group Magnus Qvant Secretary General Resilient Regions Association Sweden Keith Rabin President KWR International USA Rashmee Ragaven Director Department of Trade and Industry South Africa Peter V. Rajsingh Partner Alternative Investments USA Ajay Ramachandran Founding Partner Happiness Ventures USA Maria do Céu Ramos Chairperson Portuguese Foundation Center Portugal Teresa Ramos Director on Technology IE School of Human Sciences Spain and Innovation and Technology M. Salman Ravala Attorney Criscione Ravala USA Archie Ravishankar Co-founder Cogni USA Marc Rechter Co-Founder Enercoutim Portugal Martin Reeves Managing Director BCG Henderson Institute USA Borja Gonzalez l Vice Dean, Professor of Business IE School of Human Sciences Spain del Reguera Analytics and Innovation and Technology David Reiling Chairman and CEO Sunrise Banks USA Célia Reis Chief Executive Officer Altran Portugal Ines Relvas Project Leader The Boston Consulting Group Portugal Orlando Remédios Chief Executive Officer Sensefinity Portugal Teresa Ribeiro Secretary of State of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation Portugal Frank-Jürgen Richter Chairman Horasis Switzerland Katja Rieger Founder Xponential Switzerland Joanna Riley CEO and Co-founder Censia USA 68 Jack Risko Chief Executive Officer Windstar Capital Advisors USA Alex Ritson Reporter and Presenter BBC News United Kingdom Chris Robb Founder and CEO Mass Participation Asia Singapore Alex Rodriguez Co-founder Nanoboost Spain Natasha Lance Rogoff Founder and CEO Ingredients for Education – USA KickinNutrition.TV João Romão Founder GetSocial Portugal Margarida Matos Rosa President Portuguese Competition Authority Portugal Mats Rosenkvist CEO and Founder Successful Schools Sweden Sweden Scott Rosenstein Professor Bard Globalization and USA International Affairs Program Jodie Roussell Senior Advisor PV Cycle Switzerland Joël Ruet Chairman TheBridgeTank France Nshuti Rugerinyange Founder & Executive Chairman Excel Security Ruanda Franya Elizabeth President Solid Investments Group USA Cabral Ruiz Rafael Ruiz Chief Executive Officer TheGalaxy Venture Builder Spain James Rulli Co-Founder MFO Astrum USA Plamen Russev Founder & Executive Chairman Webit Foundation Bulgaria Kobi Ruthenberg Associate Director Organization for Permanent Modernity USA Victor Sabbia Chief Executive Officer Brokerware Uruguay Diana Sabrain Co-founder OneAgrix Singapore Norbert Sack Dean of Executive Education ESMT Germany Lawrence Saez Professor School of Oriental and African Studies United Kingdom Sahr Saffa Founder C-Tribe Festival Canada Lina Saigol Senior Reporter Barron ’s Group United Kingdom Chris Sainty Ambassador of the United Kingdom to Portugal United Kingdom Ritsu Saito Director Sigmaxyz Inc. Japan Gayane Sakunts CEO and Founder AIRobotics Armenia Charlotte Salford Associate Vice-President International Fund for Italy Agricultural Development Toufi Saliba Chief Executive Officer Toda.Network USA Chaymae Samir Founder CS Ventures Morocco Natalie Samovich Co-founder Enercoutim Portugal Paulo Sande Partido Aliança Portugal Ana Sanlez Journalist Dinheiro Vivo Portugal 69 Name Position Organization Country
Antonio Saraiva President CIP – Confederation Portugal of Portuguese Business Jorge Saraiva Chairman Applied Dynamics Portugal Armen Sarkissian President of Armenia Armenia Lucas Sauberschwarz Managing Partner Venture Idea Germany Niklas Savander Venture Partner Conor Ventures Sweden Waldemar Schmidt Chairman and Author Denmark Felix von Schubert Executive Chairman Infrontier United Kingdom Sally Schwager Former Director, Center Central European University Hungary for Teaching and Learning Pranjal Sharma Center for Teaching BusinessWorld India and Learning Calle Schlettwein Minister of Finance Namibia Pedro Schmidt Founder ph. Ltd Switzerland Wiktor Schmidt Chief Executive Officer Netguru Poland Alex Sea Founder Africa Fintech Forum Cote D’Ivoire Letitia Seglah Independent Expert European Commission Belgium Murat Seitnepesov Chief Executive Officer Integral Petroleum Switzerland Maria Semykoz EMEA Lead, Organisational Gallup United Kingdom Agility & Transformation Krzysztof Senger Vice President Polish Investment & Trade Agency Poland Ilidio de Ayala Serodio President PCG Profabril Group Portugal Valeria Serrano Partner Serrano, Pecorari & Asociados Argentina Sanjit Sethi Director Corcoran School of the Arts and Design USA Murat Seitnepesov Chief Executive Officer Integral Petroleum Switzerland Evgeniya Shamis Founder and CEO Sherpa S Pro Russia Ram Shanmugam Chairman and Founder AutonomIQ USA Howard Shapiro Chief Agricultural Officer Mars USA Anastasia Sharipova Managing Director KG Funds Management LLC USA Nivi Sharma Chief Operations Officer BRCK Kenya Andrei Sharonov Dean The Moscow School of Management Russia SKOLKOVO Shireen Shelleh Managing Director Center for Engineering and Planning Palestine Pohamba Shifeta Minister of Environment and Tourism Namibia Julia Ipawa Shimwino Chief Operation Officer Anatech Namibia 70 Ron Shon Managing Partner REDDS Capital Canada
Henry Shterenberg President Global Transformation Platform USA
Erich Sieber Founder & Managing Director PeakBridge Partners Malta
Oltmann Siemens Vice Chairman C-MCC Development Group USA
Ragnar Sigurdsson Chief Executive Officer AwareGO.com Iceland
Carlos Silva Co-Founder Seedrs United Kingdom
Hortensio Simaria Honorary Consul of Namibia in Porto and Northern Portugal Namibia da Silva
José António Vieira Minister of Solidarity, Employment and Social Security Portugal da Silva
Rogerio Simoes Chief Executive Officer Unnon United Kingdom
Hanna Simon Ambassador of Eritrea to France Eritrea
Tom Simmons Founder and CEO Stem United Kingdom
Shamina Singh President Mastercard Center for Inclusive Growth USA
Eva-Lotta Sjöstedt Chief Executive Officer Georg Jensen Denmark
Astrid Skala-Kuhmann Special Advisor on China and GIZ Germany Belt and Road Initiative
Diana Skelton Head of Mission Global Coalition to End Child Poverty United Kingdom
Christoph Skornia Professor for Information Technical University of Germany Security Applied Sciences Regensburg
Canon Sarah Snyder Archbishop of Canterbury ’s Adviser for Reconciliation United Kingdom
Richard Mark Soley Chairman Object Management Group USA
Anders Solheim Chief Executive Officer Anti-Doping Norway Norway
Saran Song Chief Executive Officer Amru Rice Cambodia
Soumyasanto Sen Founder & Partner People Conscience Germany
Sinartus Sosrodjojo Chief Executive Officer Gilkor Indonesia
Bruno Meireles de Sousa Venture Partner Cargill Tech Ventures Portugal
Alex Sozonoff Deputy Chairman Alyssum Group Finland
Alexander Spermann Professor FOM University of Germany Applied Sciences Cologne
Guy Spier Founder Aquamarine Fund Switzerland
Stan Stalnaker Founding Director Hub Culture United Kingdom
Julia Stamm Managing Director Science Leads Germany
Henricus Stander Co-founder & Managing African Brands Management Ethiopia Director
Elisabeth Stava Co-founder Wattero Cote D ’Ivoire 71 Name Position Organization Country
Rupert Steiner Bureau Chief for Europe, Barron’s Group United Kingdom Middle East and Africa Efi Stenzler Chairman Jewish National Fund Israel Rob Stevens Director, Applied Teck Metals Canada Research & Development Nora Stolz Founder cadouu.com United Kingdom Michael Stopford Managing Director Oxford Analytica United Kingdom Sebastian Stricker Chief Executive Officer share Germany Franziska Stünkel Film Director and Photographer Germany Lucas Sturdza Private Banker Banque Eric Sturdza Switzerland Tanya Suarez Founder IoT Tribe Spain Nandini Sukumar Chief Executive Officer The World Federation of Exchanges United Kingdom Matthew R Suppelsa Director Inspiration Inc. USA Karthik Suri Chief Operations Officer GE Digital USA Hendra Sutandinata Founder and CEO PonselPay Network Indonesia Igor Tasic CEO and Founder Startup Europe Week Spain Pavlo Tanasyuk Chief Executive Officer Blockverify United Kingdom Karen Tang Executive Director The Better Hong Kong Foundation Hong Kong Yuliya Tarasava Co-founder CNote USA Paolo Tasca Executive Director UCL Centre for United Kingdom Blockchain Technologies Rodrigo Tavares Founder and President Granito Group United Kingdom Rogerio Tavares Honorary Consul of Namibia in Lisbon Namibia Alexis Taylor Chief Executive Officer 3 Day Startup USA Markus Tensing President Gratzup Germany Pierre-Andr é Térisse Founder and Chairman Mayi France Frederic Thenault Founder and CEO Syneidis CyberSecurity Spain Torsten Thiele Founder Global Ocean Trust United Kingdom Axel Threlfall Editor-at-Large Reuters United Kingdom Theo Timmermans Secretary General European Financial Services Belgium Round Table Roy Tin Chief Investment Officer Stannum Capital USA Katsuyuki Tochimoto Founder M-Theory Inc. Japan Hovhannes Toroyan Head of Strategy, Research AmeriaGroup Armenia and Business Advisory 72 Helena Torras Managing Partner Paocapital Spain Jonathan Toretta Board Advisor Rock Lake Associates Switzerland Danielle Town Host InvestED Switzerland Pernille Tranberg Co-founder DataEthics.eu Denmak Paulo Trezentos Chief Executive Officer Aptoide Portugal Mikhail Treyvish President OmniGrade Universal Russia Crowdsourcing Agency Lidya Tsarenko Chief Executive Officer Saks Group of Companies Russia Alain Tschudin Executive Director Good Governance Africa South Africa Zurab Tsitsuashvili Chief Executive Officer Cryptorion USA Anna Tunkel Senior Director, APCO Worldwide USA Strategic Initiatives Danilo Türk Chairman UN Global High Level Slovenia Panel on Water and Peace Tjekero Tweya Minister of Trade, Industrialization and SME Development Namibia Mihaela Ulieru President IMPACT Institute for the USA Digital Economy Natalia Vakaliuk Member of the Board Viewst Russia Abdool Magid Vakil President Islamic Community of Lisbon Portugal Giovanni Valentini Correspondent Il Fatto Italy Alejandro Valenzuela Chief Executive Officer Banco Azteca Mexico Ingrid Vanderveldt Founder and Chair Vanderveldt Global Investments USA Sylvia Vaquer Co-Founder and SocioFabrica USA Chief Creative Officer Stephen Founder Reboot the Future United Kingdom Vasconcellos-Sharpe Xenia Vassiliadis Founder TripElina Luxembourg Goncalo Venancio Mayor’s Deputy Officer City of Cascais Portugal for Communications Nuno Venturinha Assistant Professor of Philosophy Nova University Portugal Mark Vernooij Partner THNK School of Creative Leadership The Netherlands Pedro Rocha Vieira Co-Founder Beta-i Portugal Pedro Siza Vieira Minister of Economy Portugal Mark Viso President and CEO Pact USA Ana Paula Vitorino Minister of the Sea Portugal Mark V. Vlasic Adjunct Professor of Law Georgetown University USA Bernd Vöhringer Mayor of Sindelfingen Germany 73 Name Position Organization Country
Thuc Vu Co-founder and CEO OhmniLabs USA Damiano Vukotic Director RSA Films United Kingdom Olga Vysokova Co-Founder Next Generation Forum United Kingdom Ray Walshe Steering Group Member of European Commission Belgium Joint Initiative on Standardization (JIS) Rose Song Wang Chief Executive Officer InMotion USA Chengxi Wang Founder and CEO L’Essayeur United Kingdom Sundeep Waslekar President Strategic Foresight Group India Steve Waugh Maryland State Senator USA Dennis Wedderkop Digital Leader and Advisor Germany Julien Weissenberg Founder VisualSense AI Switzerland Benny Wenda Chairman United Liberation Movement United Kingdom for West Papua (ULMWP) William Wescott Chairman BrainOxygen LLC USA Eliot Whittington Director The Prince of Wales ’s United Kingdom Corporate Leaders Group Jonathan Wichmann Co-founder Wichmann/Schmidt Denmark Henry Wigan Co-Founder Mustard Seed United Kingdom Peter Williamson Professor, Judge Business School University of Cambridge United Kingdom Michael Wilson Managing Partner The Migson Group Ghana David Wilton Managing Director Zheng Partners USA Ann Winblad Managing Partner Hummer Winblad Venture Partners USA Deborah Wince-Smith President United States Council USA on Competitiveness Alexsis Wintour Founder The Idea Factory United Kingdom Joanne Wong General Partner REDDS Capital Canada Steven Woolfe Member of the European Parliament Belgium David Wu Chief Executive Officer Motus Nova USA Thomas Wu Senior Advisor Falcon Equity Advisors Switzerland Anja Wyden Guelpa Founder CivicLab Switzerland Sanjay Viswanathan Managing Partner Adi Partners United Kingdom Jonathan Yaffe Co-founder and CEO AnyRoad USA Vladimir Yakunin Chairman Dialogue of Civilizations Russia Research Institute Linar Yakupov Advisor to the Prime Minister of the Republic of Tatarstan Russia 74 Bryan Yang Chief Executive Officer Inspiration Inc. China
Kunihiko Yazawa Artist and Co-founder White Ship Japan
Sam Yilma z Managing Partner Bloccelerate USA
Tuomas Ylä-Kauttu Director Etsimo Healthcare Finland
Kenji Yokoyama President Association of Asia Pacific Japan Business Schools
Kaliya Young Identity Woman Wireline USA
Robert Young Past Chairman Kinecta Federal Credit Union USA
Larry Yu Business Writer and Thought Leadership Consultant USA
Ana Paula Zacarias Secretary of State for European Affairs of Portugal Portugal
Mantas Zalatorius President Association of Lithuanian Banks Lithuania
Dmitry Zapol Partner IFS Consultants United Kingdom
Daniel Zaretsky Chief Advisor Minister of Economy Uzbekistan
Uldis Zar i¸nˇs Deputy State Secretary Ministry of Culture Latvia
Ilya Zaslavskiy Head of Research Free Russia Foundation USA
Marcel Ziaga Founder and CEO Ed.Finances Cote D’Ivoire
Jasper Zimmermann Senior Associate Centre for the Future Germany
Hajbouha Zoubeir President Phousboucraa Foundation Morocco
Aneesh Zutshi Co-founder Passionise.com Portugal
Andrei Zuzin Chairman Biruch Innovations Center Russia
Andy Zynga Chief Executive Officer EIT Food Belgium
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