18:00 - 19:00
19:15 - 21:00
Sergey Ryabkov, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Russia
Reginah Mhaule, Deputy Minister of International Relations and Cooperation, South Africa
Helga Schmid, Secretary-General, European External Action Service
19:15 - 21:00
In recent years, three secular tendencies have begun to challenge the economic progress recorded in the last seven decades. Firstly, non-market economies have become models of success, with their state-owned and state-run enterprises engaging in zero-sum economics; meanwhile, perverse trading arrangements seek to create national or regional advantages. Second, the rise of nationalist politics has created a basis for nativist economics; countries across the globe are increasingly looking to economic policy as a means of populist political propagation. Finally, the illicit movement of information and intellectual property is challenging what was a fundamental part of free markets: knowledge creation. Can the economic order that served as the basis for decades of growth and prosperity survive? Must it adapt to meet these challenges—and, if so, should it fight them or accommodate them? Is there no populist, or even popular, case to be made for the liberal economic order?
Andreas Schaal, Director, Global Relations, OECD
Deepak Jacob, President & General Counsel, Legal & Regulatory Affairs, Star India
Karel Lannoo, Chief Executive Officer, CEPS
Sanjeev Sanyal, Principal Economic Advisor, Ministry of Finance, India
Sheryl Foo, Director, Vertech Capital, Singapore.
Rathin Roy, Director NIPFP, India
19:15 - 21:00
The fast-growing populations in the emerging world are now demanding worldclass health services. This is in the backdrop of significant lifestyle changes, old health challenges, and new vulnerabilities arising from affluence. Addressing their aspirations will thus require new models of delivery, new partnerships, and novel financing mechanisms. How can communities become co-creators and coproviders of health services, instead of passive recipients of care? What models have emerged from policy experimentation in emerging economies that are worth investing in and expanding? And how can the politics of developing countries be re-ordered around the provision of basic healthcare?
Indu Bhushan, CEO, Ayushman Bharat Initiative, India
Daisy Amdany, Executive Director, Community Advocacy and Awareness Trust, Crawn Trust, Kenya.
Jorge Ferrao, Vice Chancellor, Pedagogic University, Mozambique
Sandhya Venkateswaran, Deputy Director, BMGF, India.
Vinod Paul, Member, NITI Aayog, India
Anjali Nayyar, Executive Vice President, Global Health Strategies, India
19:15 - 21:00
Is the digital realm an impossible trinity, where national security, privacy, and economic growth can never be served equally? Cyber crimes, banking frauds, radicalisation online, repressive free speech regulations, and biased technology design have led to a growing pushback against technology in general, and technology companies specifically. How must corporations respond to the growing trust deficit that consumers have with the big technology platforms and technology service providers? How do we ensure that digital freedoms and rights are served and protected by governments and regimes? Is it inevitable that citizen collectives will aggregate together to demand better performance from corporations, regulators, and licensers? Do we need a new framework to ensure digital peace and well-being?
Chitra Subramaniam, Editorial Adviser, Republic TV, India
Jon Brickey, Senior Vice President and Cybersecurity Evangelist, Mastercard, USA
Paula Kift, Civil Liberties Engineer, Palantir Technologies, USA
Rema Rajeshwari, District Police Chief, Telengana, India.
Scott Carpenter, Managing Director, Jigsaw, USA.
Stéphane Nappo, Global Chief Information Security Officer, International Retail Banking, Société Générale International Banking, France.
Kaja Ciglic, Director, Government Cybersecurity Policy and Strategy, Microsoft, USA.
21:30 - 22:30
Speakers
Stephen Harper, Former Prime Minister, Canada
C Christine Fair, Professor, Georgetown University, USA.
Harsh Pant, Director, Studies and Head, Strategic Studies Programme, Observer Research Foundation, India.
Stephen Tankel, Associate Professor, American University, USA.
David Malone, Rector, United Nations University
21:30 - 22:30
The economic and strategic drivers of the 21st century are forcing the political convergence of three hitherto distinct geographical entities: the Arctic, Eurasia and the Indo-Pacific. As in the parable of the blind men and the elephant, states are feeling their way around these geographies, each seeking its own understanding of their unique importance to national interests. This panel will unpack the panoply of actors and strategies enmeshed in these geographies. Is a collision of interests inevitable? Which institutions are best placed to manage and defuse emerging tensions? Must the norms governing international cooperation in these areas be
abandoned, or can it be salvaged?
Alica Kizeková, Senior Researcher, Institute of International Relations, Czech Republic
François Godement, Senior Advisor, Institut Montaigne, France.
Katja Gloger, Editor-at-Large, Stern Magazine, Germany.
Merriden Varrall, Non-Resident Fellow, Lowy Institute, Australia.
Jeffrey Smith, Research Fellow, Asian Studies Center, Heritage Foundation, USA.
21:30 - 22:30
Reports of USA’s decline have often been greatly exaggerated. After all, it has remained central to international politics, even as the size and scale of the global economy has grown. Questions are often asked about USA’s engagement with the world, but this panel will seek answers to an even more pressing query: how should the world engage with this power? Can actors in global governance that have newfound purpose and capacity assist it through the difficult transition to a flatter world? How does the world view a US that has long enjoyed a constancy of strategic goals and ambition?
Speakers
Alexander Gabuev, Senior Fellow and Chair, Russia in the Asia-Pacific Program, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Russia.
Anton Tsvetov, Advisor to the Chairman, Center for Strategic Research, Russia.
Julie Sheetz, Chief of Staff for Asian & Pacific Security Affairs, Department of Defense, USA.
Benedetta Berti, Head of Policy Planning, NATO
Yuanzhe Ren, Associate Professor, China Foreign Affairs University
Moderator
Georg Mascolo, Journalist; Dean, Bucerius Summer School on Global Governance, Germany.
09:00 - 10:00
What was once called the “Global War on Terror” will soon enter its third decade. While there have been successes, the threat has evolved over time; new vulnerabilities within free nations and societies have been identified and exploited. Have our tactics and strategies evolved in tandem? What are the new measures and mechanisms required to counter new terrorist threats? Can centralised national security states deal with radically decentralized dangers?
General Bipin Rawat, Chief of Army Staff, India
Max Abrahms, Assistant Professor, Northeastern University, USA.
Husain Haqqani, Senior Fellow and Director for South and Central Asia, Hudson Institute, USA.
Virginia Comolli, Senior Fellow for Conflict, Security and Development, International Institute for Strategic Studies, UK
Yalda Hakim, Host, BBC World News, UK.
10:00 - 11:00
Grand strategy seeks to distill the essence of eras into ideas; international relations is the study of epochs, not of years, hours, or minutes. But the 24x7 cycle of the digital era lends itself to insta-punditry, making it difficult for both states and scholars to understand the world for its complexity and sophistication. This panel will press pause on that picture. What broad trends can we see affecting the world in this moment? Where did they come from, and where will they cause us to end up? Is there a discernible pattern to contemporary geopolitics—and what can the past teach us about the present, and the future?
Gen. (Retd.) David H. Petraeus, Chairman, KKR Global Institute, USA
Helga Schmid, Secretary-General, European External Action Service
Paolo Gentiloni, Former Prime Minister, Italy
S. Jaishankar, President, Global Corporate Affairs, Tata Group, India
Samir Saran, President, Observer Research Foundation, India
Release of Raisina Files 2019
11:00 - 11:30
11:30 - 12:00
Sushma Swaraj, Minister of External Affairs, India
Sunjoy Joshi, Chairman, ORF, India
12:00 - 13:00
Fifty years of globalisation has rendered people, goods and ideas more mobile than ever. But this brave new world mirrors the biases of the provincial and feudal one that it sought to replace. The involvement and induction of women into factory floors, office suites, and the corridors of political power changed the way we think and tackle problems of global governance. Is this progress now irreversible? What can be done to make this participatory process more sustainable? How are different communities and regions responding to the lobal realisation of engendered growth and political decision making? Is there a new ethics of politics and power on the horizon that puts gender justice at the centre?
Smriti Irani, Minister for Textiles, Government of India
Asle Toje, Foreign Policy Scholar & Commentator, Member of the Nobel Committee, Norway.
Farahnaz Ispahani, Former Member of Parliament, Pakistan.
Richard Verma, Vice Chairman and Partner, The Asia Group, USA.
Kate Hampton, Chief Executive Officer, Children’s Investment Fund Foundation, UK.
13:00 - 14:30
A lack of access to finance remains the key barrier for emerging economies trying to discover sustainable development pathways. What new instruments can they leverage to utilize previously unexploited finances? What can we learn from the successes and failures of such experiments as blended finance and green bonds? How can the development community partner more successfully with international finance to overcome the barriers that prevent greater cross-border investment in green infrastructure?
Release of Financing Green Transitions
Geraldine Ang, Policy Analyst, Green Investment, OECD.
Jonathan Charles, Managing Director, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, UK.
Kanika Chawla, Senior Programme Lead, Council on Energy, Environment and Water, India.
Sumant Sinha, Chairman and Managing Director of ReNew Power, India.
Moutushi Sengupta, Country Director, MacArthur Foundation, India
13:00 - 14:30
The International Labour Organisation estimates that, in two years, nearly half of all workers in Asia-Pacific will be engaged in “vulnerable” employment. Economic trends, a vast gap between the skills needed to succeed in the global economy and the skills actually available to the most at-risk sections of the workforce, and changing technology have made “decent” jobs ever harder to create. How can governments deal with the skilling and re-skilling needed to emerge from economic vulnerability? Is there a role for redistributive politics to correct a distribution of value that is increasingly seen as perverse—and, if so, how must social welfare and security nets change? Has the notion of “decent jobs” become obsolete?
Ashish Dhawan, Founder and Chairman, Central Square Foundation, India.
Burcu Baran, Director, Policy Communities, Global Relations Forum, Turkey.
Pradeep Parameswaran, President, India and South Asia, Uber.
Srivatsan Rajan, Chairman, Bain & Company, USA.
Khalila Mbowe, Founder and Managing Director, Unleashed Africa, Tanzania
13:00 - 14:30
A specter of renewed nationalism looms large over Europe, haunting its political future. Once seen as a beacon of liberal prosperity and strategic stability, today the continent is buffeted by multiple headwinds, not least of which are the intertwined concerns of migration, populism, nativism, and extremism. Can the European idea, which emerged from the chaos of two great wars, survive this new confrontation with the demons from its past? Is the notion of an “illiberal Europe” a contradiction in terms, or are the institutions developed over decades of integration robust enough to deal with a populist upsurge? Is reform within Europe necessary—and will that require greater integration, or greater distance?
Josep Borrell, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation, Spain
Paolo Gentiloni, Former Prime Minister, Italy
Marietje Schaake, Member of European Parliament, The Netherlands.
Shashi Tharoor, Member of Parliament, India
13:00 - 14:30
The post-1945 world order, created and sustained by a small group of nations, has dissolved into an apparently chaotic contest for power and influence involving individuals, institutions, and states. As global governance moves away from states and towards more diffused and decentralised networks in which governments are but one player, can traditional methods of diplomacy and troubleshooting remain effective? Are new strategic cultures emerging that reflect this new phase of globalisation? How are these tectonic shifts in power and influence seen by different regional and national worldviews, and can these differing perspectives be reconciled?
Anton Tsvetov, Advisor to the Chairman, Center for Strategic Research, Russia.
Cameron Munter, Chief Executive Officer and President, East West Institute, USA.
Evgeny Buzhinskiy, Chairman of the Executive Board, PIR Center, Russia.
Indrani Bagchi, Diplomatic Editor, The Times of India
Yang Yanyi, Former Ambassador and Head of the Mission to the European Union, China.
Fyodor Lukyanov, Research Director, Valdai Discussion Club, Russia.
14:30 - 14:50
H.E. Marise Payne, Minister for Foreign Affairs, Australia
14:50 - 16:50
The waters of the Indo-Pacific regions are the high roads of globalisation—but may also be the domain of the greatest contestations of this century. Is the Indo-Pacific merely a reactive concept willed into being by regional tensions? Or can it become a conduit for economic and political diplomacy that advances prosperity in Eurasia and beyond? The pre-requisite for such cooperation is a peaceful and secure maritime realm, whose prospects this panel will discuss.
Admiral Sunil Lanba, Chief of Naval Staff, India.
Admiral Philip S. Davidson, Commander, U.S. Indo-Pacific Command.
Admiral Christophe Prazuck, Chief of Naval Staff, France.
Admiral Katsutoshi Kawano, Chief of Joint Staff, Japan Self-Defense Forces.
General Angus J. Campbell, Chief of the Defence Force, Australia.
Yalda Hakim, Host, BBC World News, UK.
15:50 - 16:10
16:10 - 17:10
The digital revolution is transforming jobs, growth and even the very conception of profit. It is within this fluid context that policy makers must balance access, security and business-friendliness. How can growth be made sustainable and inclusive in an economic framework characterised by the transfer of wealth and value over giant trans-national tech platforms? What will governments expect from corporations in terms of security and nurturing prosperity—and what can corporations reasonably ask in return? And how can we create institutions that ensure both governments and corporations respect individual rights and respond swiftly to individual preferences?
Ankhi Das, Director, Public Policy, Facebook, India.
Catherine Mulligan, Visiting Research Fellow, Imperial College Centre for Cryptocurrency, UK
Carl Bildt, Former Prime Minister, Sweden
Rajiv Kumar, Vice Chairman, Niti Aayog
Scott Carpenter, Managing Director, Jigsaw
Isabel de Sola Criado, Senior Advisor, Secretariate for the Highlevel Panel on Digital Cooperation, UNSG
17:10 - 17:30
H.E. Josep Borrell, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation, Spain
17:30 - 18:10
The global economy’s centre of gravity is relentlessly shifting eastward. Emerging powers seek to become guarantors of local and regional security, and are experimenting with new norms for international engagement and imagining alternative global governance architectures. Must the West reconcile itself to a steadily declining role in international affairs? Can the values associated with the liberal democracies of the West still lay claim to universality? Are the societies shaped by those values capable of discovering a renewed dynamism and a fresh direction? Can partnerships with the East aid this process? Or is it time for the West to rethink its founding propositions?
Stephen Harper, Former Prime Minister, Canada
Tony Blair, Former Prime Minister, UK
Ashok Malik, Press Secretary to the President of India
18:10 - 18:40
18:40 - 19:00
H.E. Mohammad Javad Zarif, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Iran
19:00 - 20:00
The ancient powers that are Turkey and Iran have new ambitions. Their rise permanently alters the balance of power in Asia. As critical conduits for flows of energy, and as repositories of faith for millions of people, their diplomacy will profoundly influence the region. How much autonomy do these states truly possess in a multipolar age? Can they be contained, or only confronted? And does the apparent stability of their politics offer the tantalising possibility of developing a unique Asian blueprint for development?
Sergey Ryabkov, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Russia
Manish Tewari, Lawyer, National Spokesperson, Indian National Congress
Memduh Karakullukçu, Vice Chairman and President, Global Relations Forum, Turkey.
Richard Fontaine, President, Center for a New American Security, USA.
Suhasini Haidar, Diplomatic Editor, The Hindu, India
20:00 - 21:30
Today, the Gulf is dominated by two strong trends. On the one hand, it is emerging from its old political order and economy and is embracing the information age vigorously. It is visualising a future where it can be a part of global value chains in the information age. On the other hand, we see the festering of old divides. Is this region an economic powerhouse held back by its political realities? What are the old and new fault lines that need urgent attention of the region and beyond? What new institutions and coalitions can help to respond to these differences? What is the prognosis for a new dynamic and economically-integrated region emerging in the near future?
Dalia Ghanem-Yazbeck, Resident Scholar, Carnegie Middle East Centre, Lebanon.
Ebtesam Al Ketbi, President, Emirates Policy Centre.
Jérôme Bonnafont, Director, Middle East and North Africa, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, France.
Seyed Mohammad Kazem Sajjadpour, President, Institute for Political & International Studies, Iran.
Volker Perthes, Director, Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik (SWP), Germany.
C. Raja Mohan, Director, Institute of South Asian Studies, National University of Singapore.
20:00 - 21:30
The Indo-Pacific as a concept was born amid great power rivalry, but is becoming concrete through the formation of various coalitions between the democracies of the region—countries that see a free, open and inclusive order as being being to their mutual benefit. This panel will consider possible threats to such an order, and their implications for the future. Can a positive economic vision, for states both large and small, emerge from these autonomous concerns? What are the benefits of a multipolar Indo-Pacific, and can co-operation replace competition in both the security and economic domains? Are alternative, sustainable paths to connectivity, development and infrastructure being made available to the countries of the Indo-Pacific?
Alicia Garcia Herrero, Chief Economist for Asia Pacific, Natxis, Spain
Daniel Kliman, Senior Fellow, Asia-Pacific Security Program, Center for a New American Security, USA.
Li Li, Senior Fellow, Institute for International Relations, Tsinghua University, China
Ram Madhav, National General Secretary, Bharatiya Janata Party, India
Rûta Miliûté, Member of Parliament, Lithuania.
Manpreet Anand, Adjunct Professor, National Defense University, USA.
20:00 - 21:30
The rising tide of globalisation over the past decades was supposed to lift all boats – instead, it has lifted only some of them. The resentment of those believing that globalisation has left them behind has fuelled the rise of populist politicians across both the developed and developing worlds. Has the high water mark of globalisation passed? If not, how can the next generation of leaders re-create proglobalisation coalitions both within countries and across international borders? Did politics and politicians fail to anticipate how urgent it was to compensate globalisation’s losers—and, if so, how must our policies change going forward?
And in a political landscape increasingly distrustful of experts and expertise, can leaders still use evidence-based argument to change minds?
Interaction with Tony Blair, Former Prime Minister, UK
20:00 - 21:30
22:00 - 23:00
The more open the society, the more vulnerable it is to manipulation of public opinion and interference in its political processes. What safeguards do democracies need to counter such threats while retaining the core values of a free society? Must individuals, companies, and the state be mutual adversaries in this effort, or can a new consensus be forged that protects the integrity of liberal democracy?
Alexander Klimburg, Director of the GCSC Initiative, Austria
Dan Schueftan, Director, National Security Studies Center, University of Haifa, Israel
Gulshan Rai, National Cyber Security Coordinator, India
Katie Harbath, Director, Global Politics and Government Outreach, Facebook, USA
Latha Reddy, Co-Chair, Global Commission on the Stability of Cyberspace, India
Eli Sugarman, Program Officer, Hewlett Foundation, USA.
22:00 - 23:00
The treaties, that have for decades underwritten the nuclear order, are fraying. A generation ago, the nuclear arms race was consigned to the dustbin of history; but a new age has brought new politics and the possibility of fresh competition. Meanwhile, new actors have arisen that challenge the very basis of the nuclear order of haves and have-nots. Are we moving to a world in which both nuclear and technically non-nuclear states have decided to normalise proliferation and enable an arms build-up? Is there any way to avoid damaging competition over missiles and warheads while reassuring regional powers?
Dingli Shen, Professor, Fudan University, China.
Feodor Voitolovsky, Director, Institute of World Economy and International Relations, Russia.
Sergey Rogov, President, Russian Academy of Sciences.
S. Paul Kapur, Professor, Department of National Security Affairs, Naval Postgraduate School, USA.
Rajeswari Rajagopalan, Distinguished Fellow and Head of Nuclear and Space Policy Initiative, Observer Research Foundation, India
Rachel Rizzo, Bacevich Fellow, Center for a New American Security, USA.
22:00 - 23:00
The #MeToo movement is a concatenation of serious, individual grievances, but its collective impulse and implications need more careful study. Will identity politics and mobilisation be different in the aftermath of this movement? Does it have the potential to transform power relations within states, businesses — and households? Can formal institutions respond adequately to the aspirations and demands that fueled this movement across the world?
Angelika Arutyunova, International Feminist Consultant, USA.
Mohamed El Dahshan, Managing Director, OXCON, Egypt.
Sarah Margon, Washington Director, Human Rights Watch, USA.
Vani Tripathi Tikoo, Board member, Central Board of Film Certification, India.
Sascha Suhrke, Program Director, Politics and Society, ZEIT Stiftung, German
09:00 - 10:00
In 2014 India declared its intention to be a “leading power.” This ambitious proposition was matched by the greater visibility and determination of New Delhi’s foreign policy, especially its regional engagement. Yet, in a world buffeted by multiple disruptions, does an emerging power have room to manoeuvre? Does India’s policy and implementation capacity match its new aspirations? How can this emergent New Delhi consensus effect favourable changes in the trajectory of Asian and global politics?
Gen. (Retd.) V. K. Singh, Minister of State for External Affairs, India
Mohamad Maliki Osman, Senior Minister of State, Ministry of Defence and Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Singapore
David Malone, Rector, United Nations University
Ron Prosor, Former Ambassador to the UN and the UK, Israel
Theresa Fallon, Founder, Centre for Russia Europe Asia Studies, Belgium
Dhruva Jaishankar, Fellow, Foreign Policy, Brookings India
10:00 - 11:00
Despite the world’s professed commitment to assist African countries emerge from their lost decades of development, more needs to be done in order to improve and sustain livelihoods in the continent. Financial inclusion and enhanced access to liquidity for African entrepreneurs are crucial to achieve this goal. How can development stakeholders worldwide, including elsewhere in the global South, capitalise on the emerging shoots of prosperity in Africa? Can agile economic institutions be created that are capable of converting these green shoots into irreversible, broad-based improvement in living standards? Is the current trade and financial architecture capable of catering to emerging Africa’s needs?
Reginah Mhaule, Deputy Minister of International Relations and Cooperation, South Africa
David Rasquinha, Managing Director, EXIM Bank, India
Koketso Tlhabanelo, Senior Manager, A.T. Kearney, South Africa
Peter Vowles, Asia Director, Department for International Development, UK
Stefano Manservisi, Director General, International Cooperation and Development, European Commission
T.S. Tirumurti, Secretary (ER), Ministry of External Affairs, India
11:00 - 11:30
11:30 - 11:50
H.E. Damdin Tsogtbaatar, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mongolia
11:50 - 12:50
The twin geographies of Eurasia and the Indo-Pacific play host to a myriad of shifting and sometimes contradictory alliances and partnerships. Rather than sharp and consistent divisions over ideology and influence, regional powers are developing issue-based alliances with each other. States that co-operate on land can compete at sea, and vice versa. This panel will seek to untangle the strategic threads that problematize the politics of these regions. Is there coherence in this confusion? Can a sustainable balance of power emerge from such apparently contradictory partnerships? Or is strategic ambiguity the characteristic that will determine the order in these regions?
Alejandro Alvargonzález, Assistant Secretary General for Political Affairs and Security Policy, NATO
Geoffrey Van Orden, Member of the European Parliament, UK
John Lee, Professor and Senior Fellow, Hudson Institute, Australia
Stephen Smith, Former Minister of Defense, Australia
Vice Admiral Herve de Bonnaventure, Deputy Director General, Ministry of Armed Forces, France
Alyssa Ayres, Senior Fellow for India, Pakistan, and South Asia, Council of Foreign Relations, USA.
12:50 - 13:20
Hamid Karzai, Former President of Afghanistan
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Ashok Malik, Press Secretary to the President of India
13:20 - 14:50
The concerns that determine policy and the interest groups that shape them are changing as rapidly as the global economy itself. The rise of new powers and the growth of new sectors means that a new architecture of influence and ideation is needed. Are the traditional norms governing the creation of policy-related thinking capable of dealing with new challenges? What is the role for domestic think tanks in a new, integrated world — and how can they create a role for themselves beyond national borders? In a world in which influence operations are increasingly suspect, is the funding of policy research the first victim of insecure nationalism? What would a more multi-polar policy discourse look like in reality, and are we moving sufficiently quickly in that direction?
Cameron Munter, Chief Executive Officer and President, East West Institute, USA
Gustavo Martinez, Managing Director, Consejo Argentino para las Relaciones Internacionales, Argentina
Hervé Lemahieu, Director, Asia Power and Diplomacy, Lowy Institute, Australia
Neelam Deo, Co-Founder, Gateway House, India
Yamini Aiyar, President and Chief Executive, Centre for Policy Research, India
James Mcgann, Director, Think Tanks and Civil Societies Program, Warton School and School of Arts and Sciences, USA.
13:20 - 14:50
Harnessing human capital is an imperative for societies and governments today. Rapid technological change is rendering low-skill-intensive manufacturing less effective as a pathway to growth and development. In a world in which skilling, entrepreneurship and adaptability are essential strategies for developing countries, investing in children is not just a moral but a central economic one. How can governments mainstream the need to invest in social and economic potential of their young demography? Can the private sector be incentivised to share the responsibility for creating a well-fed, well-educated and healthy child population — thereby ensuring sustained productivity growth in the future? Is there a need to formulate a new prosperity-rights nexus?
Junaid Kamal Ahmad, Country Director, World Bank Group, India
Manoj Jhalani, Additional Secretary & MD (NHM), Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, India
Priyank Kanoongo, Chairperson, National Commission for Protection of Child Rights, India
Rina Ray, Secretary, Ministry of Human Resource and Development, India
Yasmin Ali Haque, UNICEF Representative, India
Kate Hampton, Chief Executive Officer, Children’s Investment Fund Foundation, UK.
13:20 - 14:50
Twentieth-century governance paradigms were not broad-based: both the conception and the delivery of development assistance tended to prioritise and privilege a handful of actors and geographies. New technologies and political churn provides the chance to change this. The panel will address the two big questions that emerge from this opportunity: Can sustainable and future-proof livelihoods be created? Can previously marginalised communities have a greater voice in the design of development assistance, and be included in the benefits of growth?
Amanda Chong, Lawyer and Poet, Singapore.
Catherine Duggan, Vice Dean and Professor, African Leadership University School of Business, USA.
Juita Mohamad, Economist, Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development.
Kristina Lunz, Co-Founder and Country Director Germany, Centre for Feminist Foreign Policy, Germany.
Lina Beydoun, Director of Development, American University of Beirut, Lebanon.
Shikha Basin, Programme Lead, Council on Energy Environment and Water, India.
13:20 - 14:50
Democracy is a process of discovery for both established and aspiring democratic nations. That process offers new democracies the opportunity to learn from the successes and failures of their older counterparts, while the latter can draw renewed vigor from the enterprising ideas and novel practices that newer democracies bring to the table. There is also the broader global setting to consider. Institutions and alliances established after the Second World War are looking increasingly eroded; isolationism and populism pose a challenge to core democratic values. Looking at the big picture, what have been the successes and failures of democracy in the past 100 years? In an increasingly more globalized and interconnected world, what new risk factors threaten democracy today? How do we deal with the challenges of disinformation, populism, migration, and demographic shifts within nations and across the world?
Hardeep Singh Puri, Union Minister of State for Housing and Urban Affairs, India
Gen. (Retd.) David Petraeus, Chairman, KKR Global Institute, USA.
Rexon Ryu, Partner, The Asia Group, USA.
Stephen Harper, Former Prime Minister, Canada
Theresa Fallon, Founder, Centre for Russia Europe Asia Studies, Belgium.
Peter Van Praagh, President—Halifax International Security Forum, USA.
14:50 - 15:10
H.E. Pradeep Kumar Gyawali, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Nepal
15:10 - 16:10
The European Union, long seen as a collective of technocratic institutions, has struggled to accommodate the growing diversity of political opinion in its midst. Debates about migration and economic austerity have thrown up hard choices for the region’s leaders. Can the ethos that drove European states to create a functionally integrated union adapt to a new era of disagreement and disputation? Are the structures of the Union flexible enough to accommodate this growing diversity of views? Can we even imagine a Europe without the European project?
Péter Sztáray, Minister of State for Security Policy, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Hungary
Matti Anttonen, Permanent State Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Finland
Françoise Nicolas, Director, Center for Asian Studies, Institut français des Relations Internationals, France.
Marietje Schaake, Member of European Parliament, The Netherlands
Žaneta Ozolina, Head of Department, Political Science, University of Latvia
Peter Van Praagh, President—Halifax International Security Forum, USA.
16:10 - 16:30
16:30 - 17:30
Although the international community appears to have moved away from a
pre-emptive ban on lethal autonomous weapons to discussing the parameters
of “effective regulation”, there is still no consensus as to what constitutes
meaningful human control over LAWS. How would a new legal instrument for
fully autonomous weapons supplement existing international humanitarian law?
Further, how should the development of autonomous platforms contend with the
looming threat of cyber exploitation?
Gilles Carbonnier, Vice President, International Committee of the Red Cross
Kara Frederick, Research Associate, Technology and National Security Program,
Centre for New American Security, USA.
Renata Dwan, Director, UN Institute for Disarmament Research
Maj. Gen. Susan Ridge, Major General, Army Legal Services, Ministry of
Defence, UK
Moderated by Hans-Christian Hagman, Senior Adviser and Head of Strategic
Analysis, Ministry for Foreign Affairs, Sweden