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19:45 - 21:45
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The world is witnessing the very war it had built institutions to prevent. We have emerged from a pandemic that could have been mitigated had relevant institutions acted quickly and decisively. And our institutions are fumbling in their response to climate change. Mis-steps, mis-assessments, and misunderstandings have defined the better part of this century. From the Global Financial Crisis to today's multiple crises, nations and global institutions are struggling to align strong short-term impulses with longer-term obligations to community, society, and planet.
This panel will explore the lessons that can be drawn from this long third decade of the 21st century. What dangers lurk and what opportunities must be seized? What must be discarded, whether institutions or approaches? And what frameworks, partnerships, and ideas must be incentivised and invested in? Who are the actors best placed to do this?
Welcome Remarks
Dinner Discussion
Moderator:
19:45 - 21:45
The world is acutely aware that social, economic, and human resilience requires new systems and partnerships. These allow the benefits of technology and innovation to flow to those that need them most. This panel will discuss a blueprint for an inclusive global health model—one that catalyses knowledge-sharing and technology transfer from R&D hubs to populations in the developing world. Such a model should not only expedite access to vaccines, therapeutics, diagnostics, digital public goods, and telemedicine amid a health crisis, but also bridge the global gap between research and product delivery for existing health issues.
What have been the learnings from the pandemic regarding access to life-saving technology? How can we create a global framework for technology transfer, financial commitments, and corporate responsibility? What role do platforms such as the G20 and IPEC play? How do we ensure marginalised groups, women, and under-served geographies are at the centre of efforts around access? How can the relationship between government and private enterprise be strengthened to ensure that access to the latest medical innovations can be scaled swiftly across countries?
Keynote Address:
Moderator:
19:45 - 21:45
Global poverty cannot be the world’s mitigation strategy: The biggest contributor to keeping emissions low is poverty and energy insecurity in the developing world. Urgent, substantial, and affordable finance is needed for a climate adaptation that serves communities under stress, even as pools of capital are deployed for climate mitigation globally.
How do we align the energy transition imperative with the development agenda? Can financial commitments to climate action be enhanced without cannibalising financing to broader development priorities? How can pools of global capital—public, private, institutional, multilateral, and philanthropic—be synergised to maximise adaptation and resilience of vulnerable geographies?
Moderator:
19:45 - 21:45
The question of who controls the information pipes—private companies, governments, professional editors, or algorithms—is one that disproportionately affects what is broadcast on media platforms. Ubiquitous algorithms have dehumanised speech, reporting, and, indeed, journalism, with traditional media companies working overtime to keep pace with rapid-fire digital and social media cycles, often compromising on norms and ethics in the process.
What safeguards do democracies need to counter threats from algorithm-driven invisible censors while retaining the core values of a free society? Must individuals, companies, and the state be mutual adversaries or should they be persuaded to be allies in the effort to keep the public square open, free, and civilised? Can a new consensus be forged to protect the integrity of liberal democracy?
Moderator:
21:45 - 22:20
22:20 - 23:10
22:20 - 23:10
Elections and liberal institutions need not always go hand-in-hand. Institutions can wither without public accountability. Equally, an assault on the legitimacy of elections and popular mandates can lead to the decay of democratic nations. Electoral autocracy, a term made popular by a section of the commentariat, is as persuasive and yet as feckless as anarchic mobilisations.
Is the liberal elite criticism of supposed institutional decay fundamentally undemocratic? Is the rise in populism globally a threat to democracy, or is it instead an indication of its strength and resilience? Is there any one model of functional democracy, or are there ways in which the emerging world challenges eurocentric conceptions of democratic functioning?
Moderator:
22:20 - 23:10
The United States has become one of the world’s most politically and socially divided countries. The limitations of a compulsive binary political choice between the Republican Party and the Democratic Party have exacerbated political contestation. Issues like immigration and abortion have upended the course of political options and voting in the US. Worryingly, these divisions have an impact on domestic and foreign policy choices, and on America’s global role.
How will the sharp political and social divisions in American society impact its global image? How does a divided Congress impede Biden’s agenda? Can the Republicans reclaim the White House in 2024? Will that heal or worsen divisions? And what does all this mean for the “systemic competition” with China?
Moderator:
09:10 - 09:50
The Quad evokes images of security partnership, of a development alliance, and even of a consultative committee. One and a half years since the first Leaders’ Summit, the Quad is now facing a choice between focusing on its core identity, or seeking the benefits that might come from being a more amorphous and reactive grouping.
As nations shift their attention to growth and the reconfiguration of their global economic partnerships, how will the Quad remain relevant? How does the re-emergence of land war in Europe implicate the future of a maritime grouping in the Indo-Pacific? The US has signed an ambitious tech partnership with Australia and the UK; is part of the I2U2 focused on West Asia; has entered into a new bilateral technology agreement with India; and has a close tech alliance with Japan. How do these overlapping agreements and partnerships integrate with the Quad’s tech agenda? What path can it pick between a tight, action-focused coalition and a relatively minimalist ambition that might more easily incorporate other actors in the Indo-Pacific?
Moderator:
09:50 - 10:40
The G20 has a history spanning decades. But it truly emerged as a global power forum through its response to the Global Financial Crisis. Fifteen years on and in the post-Covid world, the challenges of 2008 have given way to new global problems that vie for the G20’s attention.
How can a grouping traditionally driven by technocratic approaches to global finance reimagine itself as a platform where practicable solutions to multi-dimensional problems can be identified and implemented? How can the G20 initiatives be redefined, made more inclusive, and sustained across multiple presidencies? Do conversations within the G20 accurately reflect the broader fault lines in geopolitics?
Moderator:
10:40 - 11:10
11:10 - 11:50
With a new vision for the future, countries in West Asia and North Africa are focussed on creating new opportunities for their people and for others who engage with them.
What are the creative partnerships that are shaping the region and what is driving this cooperation? What are the forms and formats of collaboration that are most prolific? How can the region transition from being an area often identified with the energy trade to one that is the hub of innovation and growth? Finally, are the national aspirations of individual countries reconcilable into a regional roadmap?
Moderator:
11:50 - 12:05
12:05 - 12:35
12:35 - 14:35
12:35 - 14:35
Scene Setter:
Suman Bery, Vice Chairman, NITI Aayog, India
An unimaginative approach to energy choices can result in mass deprivation, energy insecurity, rising fuel bills, and political instability. There are lessons the world can draw from the past year to reconfigure energy baskets that allow affordable and on-tap energy to a planet that now hosts 8 billion people, where trust in globalisation is in retreat, and energy flows have been weaponised.
As political discourse pursues new fuels and energy options—such as hydrogen, solar, and wind—what is the rational space for coal, gas, oil, and other hydrocarbon sources? How can energy policy minimise collateral damage for developing countries? Restive and aspirational populations in search of energy access will demand a new paradigm; what could that look like? What are the interests driving contemporary propositions of incumbent energy behemoths and new energy actors? And how do political leaders navigate these complementary and competing choices?
Moderator:
12:35 - 14:35
Scene Setter:
Jagannatha Kumar, CEO, Reliance Foundation, India
Policymakers around the world are mobilising the start-up sector to catalyse a more dynamic and inclusive form of growth. Start-ups, especially those fostered by strides in digital connectivity and innovation, are turning individuals previously detached from the global economy into 21st-century entrepreneurs. This might be especially true for women.
How can the start-up community be made more diverse and inclusive? How can governments and corporations provide an impetus to women-led founders in starting and scaling up their ventures? Globally, what examples exist of supportive infrastructure and policies to facilitate a gender-friendly start-up ecosystem?
Moderator:
12:35 - 14:35
How should we, in democratic societies, respond to polarisation? What kind of leadership is required in this moment of upheaval, turbulence, and division?
Moderator:
14:35 - 15:15
Moderator:
15:15 - 16:05
While the G20 has long deliberated on development-related issues, we are in an unprecedented moment when all three members of the Troika are dynamic, emerging economies. The issues the G20 prioritises and its approaches to solving them will change to reflect this reality.
Do the developed members of the G20 feel that they have a significant stake in development-oriented issues being discussed by the grouping? Given the G20 has demonstrated its competence in dealing with issues pertaining to international financial architecture, how can these instruments be oriented towards the needs of emerging economies? How can the G20 escape those disputes between the developed and developing world that have paralysed or constrained other multilateral forums?
Moderator:
16:05 - 16:25
16:25 - 17:15
Launch of Report: Micro Matters: Using Data for Development in the Era of 4th Industrial Revolution
Access to technology remains central to the world’s development effort. Yet, even today, almost half the world does not have access to basic digital opportunities, including the internet. Small and medium enterprises, in particular, would benefit from a more effective digital connection to the global economy. Individuals will need to be upskilled, and technology policy must be drafted with global development and inclusive growth in mind.
What are the barriers to the availability of finance and infrastructure—in both domestic and international policy—that are preventing the spread of digital technology to those communities and companies that need it most? How can skills be upgraded alongside economies’ adjustment to the technological revolution? What platforms and policies can speed up this process? How can digitalisation enhance resilience and access for both communities and supply chains?
Moderator:
17:15 - 18:00
Scene Setter:
Randy Howard, Vice President, Lockheed Martin Aeronautics, USA
For the past decade, security managers in many nations have been focused on emerging threats and concerns about maritime security. Those issues remain—but have been overtaken by the re-emergence of land war in Europe. The conflict in Ukraine has made us reassess the conduct and consequences of conventional wars in the third decade of the 21st century.
What have we learnt about the importance of stockpiling, logistics, and internal industrial capacity? How have our conceptions of deterrence changed? Are there learnings about the dispersion and empowerment of command and control systems? What do we now understand better about joint operations across air, sea, land, cyber, and space? What of the speed-skilling of soldiers at the frontline, to adopt and adapt to changing technology and battlefield conditions? What does this conflict tell us about the escalation ladder when a nuclear power is involved?
Moderator:
18:00 - 18:15
18:15 - 19:05
Launch of Report: Climate, Community, Cooperation: An Indian Approach to Adaptation in the Global South
According to the International Energy Agency, the worldwide adoption of LiFE measures would lead to an annual reduction of more than 2 billion tonnes of CO2 emissions by 2030, nearly one-fifth of the reductions necessary to reach a net zero pathway. Amid global energy crises and global warming, an all-encompassing “lifestyle for environment” initiative is an opportunity to promote and incentivise environmentally responsible consumption and behaviour to accelerate clean energy transitions.
What are the nudges needed to mainstream more sustainable consumption? Can popular culture and a push to mobilisation help create a broad transition? How do we ensure households, communities, and the youth champion this cause? What are the linkages between sustainable consumption, the circular economy, and economic security? How can such developing-country priorities be incorporated into the agenda of international and multilateral organisations?
Moderator:
19:05 - 20:00
Scene Setter:
Anirudh Bhagchandka, Founder, Global Trade Observer, India
Trade, technology, and supply chains have become integral to the security agenda. Critical supply chains, including those of minerals that will define the future, need to be secured. Technology and inputs critical to digital transformation and sustainable modernisation may lead to a new “arms race” .
How will geopolitics driven by new-era tech be different from the previous century? How will countries and blocs navigate the emerging chips war between the US and China? What role will new-age trade agreements play? Do state-controlled economies have an advantage over democratic, market-led economies in such extractive industries, and how can countries compensate for this edge through diversifying and decentralising supply dependencies?
Moderator:
20:00 - 22:00
20:00 - 22:00
Recent electoral outcomes in Latin America appear to have shifted the continent’s political choices towards the ‘left’. From Brazil to Chile, a trend is visible. This is redefining countries’ approaches to trade, security, and technology.
Is this driven by a millennial mobilisation, the assertion of indigenous identities, or by the fear of being left behind by globalisation? What are the implications for Latin America’s external positioning? How will relations with superpowers, old and new, be altered by this political shift? What does this mean for Latin American growth and its positioning in global supply chains ?
Moderator:
20:00 - 22:00
Scene Setter:
Csaba Kőrösi, President of the UN General Assembly
Water availability and quality remain critical issues for countries in the emerging world and beyond. Water scarcity hinders human welfare, economic growth, and can have implications for social cohesion and international stability. The climate crisis and the water crisis are interlinked and both require mobilisation of technology, capacity, and finance.
How can investments be catalysed into sustainable water infrastructure, bearing in mind variable weather patterns and long-term impact of climate change? How can responsible use of water resources be embedded into corporate governance models? How can water governance frameworks be developed to ensure inter-regional water allocation within and across countries? What lessons from India’s water story are relevant for other parts of the world during India’s G20 Presidency?
Moderator:
20:00 - 22:00
This closed-door conversation will discuss the state of democratic partnerships from a geopolitical perspective. How are they responding to authoritarian states turning to expansionism and reshaping the rules-based order? This curated and yet freewheeling conversation will touch upon aspects of defence and security, economic and trade policy, and technology and climate change. It will tease out the role of individual nations, their postures and predilections, and seek to drive ideas that can strengthen the rule of law and its defence by democracies.
20:00 - 22:00
In 2024, four pillars of the democratic world will conduct general elections: India, the United States, the United Kingdom, and the European Union. This is the first time four such major elections will be held so close to each other in the digital age—or at least since disinformation, manipulation, and fake news have become major disruptors of the democratic electoral process mechanism.
What are the ways in which governments, regulators, and companies are working to defend the democratic process? Are the risks from election manipulation overstated, or have we not seen its true potential as yet? Where does the fight against disinformation stop, and the fight to prevent incumbent governments from misusing censorship begin?
Moderator:
22:00 - 22:30
22:30 - 23:20
22:30 - 23:20
From a state supporting terrorists to terrorists with a state of their own, the challenge for international security has only grown with the expanding footprint of religious radical organisations and the ambivalence of the international community. Instead of forging a common front to combat terrorism, states have chosen to see the phenomenon from the perspective of narrow interests and geopolitical rivalries. The result: Terrorism is metastasizing and the world is fighting it in a piecemeal, ad hoc manner.
Is outsourcing the war against terror workable? Will assisting Pakistan, which continues to see the Taliban as a workable solution and not an intractable problem, help in containing the threat of terrorism emanating from Afghanistan? Is there any strategy in the fight against terrorism—beyond fire-fighting? Do existing mechanisms to counter terror financing work or have they become outdated and mired in competitive geopolitics?
Moderator:
22:30 - 23:20
The war in Ukraine has transfixed the world. Countries have taken or are being urged to take sides, even when they have no direct stakes. And yet, no clear end can be seen or even imagined to the conflict. Even as Ukraine determines its nationhood and future, the prospects for Russia grow uncertain in the eyes of the world.
What are the consequences for Eurasia and the wider global system of an unremitting land war in Europe? Has the world responded adequately? What does Russia’s conduct of the war imply for its future as a great power and its relationship with other stakeholders?
Moderator:
07:30 - 09:00
07:30 - 09:00
This roundtable provides food for blue-sky thought at breakfast time. It identifies trends and timelines that have emerged over the past years, and brings together experts, thought leaders, and practitioners to discuss our shared future
Wladyslaw T. Bartoszewski, Member of Parliament, Poland
The EU at 2030: What are the threats, opportunities, and drivers for the transformation of the continent ?
Rory Medcalf, Head, National Security College, Australia National University, Australia
Solomon’s Choice: Can the Indo-Pacific reclaim the Pacific?
Jenny Mander, Professor, University of Cambridge, UK
Planet on the Move: Will globalisation recognise the importance of migration?
Thomas Greminger, Director, Geneva Centre for Security Policy, Switzerland
Synthetic Humanity: How will the democratisation and accessibility of AI, such as with ChatGPT, impact national politics and international relations?
Lara Setrakian, President, Applied Policy Research Center of Armenia, Armenia
Calm in the Caucasus: What are the drivers of the conflict in the region? Beyond the apparent, who are the key actors, and what are their aims and objectives?
Louise Van Schaik, Head of Unit, EU & Global Affairs, Clingendael, Netherlands
Conflict at the Border: Can we save the climate without trade wars?
Moderator:
07:30 - 09:00
Defence planners face rapid technological shifts and new military emergencies, as well as shifting cost profiles and budgetary constraints. Re-emergence of land conflicts will inevitably affect defence strategies. The unexpected effectiveness of low-cost drone swarms may alter how heavy armour and other weapon platforms are evaluated. The balance between aircraft carriers and silent submarines, between private militias and regular infantry, is also in flux. This closed-door discussion will examine how national defence strategies are being reorganised to answer these questions.
07:30 - 09:00
Scene Setter:
Noor Rahman, Joint Secretary (Economic Diplomacy), Ministry of External Affairs, India
The Indo-Pacific is a developmental space, not just a location for securitised collaboration. How can defence of the rules-based order be expanded to include crucial questions of sustainable modernisation and welfare? Which groupings and coalitions can energise development partnerships and cooperation? What institutional arrangements and political actions will allow sustainable finance to flow into and across the region?
07:30 - 09:00
Scene Setter:
Ninad S. Deshpande, JS (MER), Ministry of External Affairs, India and Sous Sherpa, BRICS, India
Sarah Mosoetsa, CEO, Human Sciences Research Council, South Africa
The BRICS countries are in a unique position this year as the G20 will have three consecutive presidencies from the grouping—India, Brazil, and South Africa. The Indian G20 presidency's focus on 'Voices of the South' is also a main agenda item for the South African BRICS presidency this year. How do we take advantage of this rare opportunity to turn the global governance narrative into one that is more responsive to the needs of the developing world?
Can BRICS seize this development-first moment, or will geopolitics come in the way of a coherent approach? Has BRICS lived up to its potential as an alternative source of global norms and regulations than those developed in the G7 and Global North? If not, how can these three G20 presidencies be leveraged to do so? What are the BRICS success stories that can form the basis of significant and sustainable reforms?
Moderator:
09:15 - 09:25
09:25 - 10:15
The founding principle of the United Nations is to prevent war. Yet, its institutional ability to deal with emergent global issues has been hampered—as was evident during the pandemic and in the number of armed conflicts over past years. The solution to the current flawed multilateralism is not isolationism or bloc-formation, but a reformed multilateralism with greater representation and more inclusive norms. This is necessary to generate deeper regional stakes that minimise conflict, as well as to holistically address global issues.
What reforms to the global system, including the United Nations and its decision-making bodies, can enhance credibility and efficacy? How can concerns of developing or smaller nations be best articulated at the highest levels of the multilateral system? How can actions and processes of the institutions that constitute the multilateral order be rendered accountable and transparent to the global community?
Moderator:
10:15 - 11:05
In the years since the pandemic, countries from the Pacific to the Caribbean have been brought to the brink of default. The global community’s lacklustre response to the sovereign debt contagion underlines the need for reform of development partnerships and international financial institutions. Smaller nations are struggling with the dual burden of addressing climate adaptation and meeting an enhanced fiscal burden.
In an age of increasing debt, how can governments balance sovereign autonomy and the need for investment? Are emerging development partnership models prioritising the needs of recipient countries while also supporting the broader geo-economic vision of donor economies? What role must be taken by official development assistance as a global policy at this time? What innovative mechanisms allow countries to escape some of their debt burdens while also moving forward on the green transition and maintaining access to financial capital?
Moderator:
11:05 - 11:20
11:20 - 12:10
The eleven democracies that constitute the D11 need to provide a pathway for the tech-secure open societies of the future. They are faced with the requirement to defend elections, incubate public conversation, and prevent weaponisation of public spheres.
How can democracies agree on norms on free speech, expression, and permissible content across national jurisdictions? How can gaming of technology platforms by bad actors be prevented and thwarted? Can rules designed in California transmute into acceptable global norms? Can the D11 agree on common action to deal with influence operations and authoritarian tech?
Moderator:
12:10 - 13:10
Scene Setter:
Vivek Lall, Chief Executive, General Atomics Global Corporation
The future of warfare has become both politically contested and intellectually divisive. The ability of 20th-century militaries to fight 21st-century wars has been called into question. Technological innovation, trusted supply chains, and improvisation in the presence of the enemy have become crucial differentiators.
Are unmanned vehicles hype or are they decisive? Are satellite communications a buzzword or the new frontier? Do admirals and generals still matter or are black-box algorithms the operational HQ?
Moderator:
13:10 - 15:00
13:10 - 15:00
Scene Setter:
Tony Abbott, Former Prime Minister, Australia
Trading patterns are being reworked between countries and groupings on the basis of both trust and economic opportunities. India has already signed new-age agreements with Australia and the United Arab Emirates; has existing agreements with Japan, South Korea, and ASEAN; and is engaged in wide-ranging discussions with, among others, Canada and the European Union.
What are the parameters of new-age trade agreements, and can they deepen existing strategic partnerships? Can they incorporate national and regional aspirations on sustainability, services trade, and digitalisation? How can geopolitical trust and geo-economic strategy create momentum for new-age trade agreements? Can trade and technology councils assist in modernising economies and deepening their shared autonomy?
Moderator:
Wrap-Up:
Nicolas Köhler-Suzuki, Associate Researcher, Jacques Delors Institute, France
13:10 - 15:00
The Quad’s central purpose is to create new avenues for cooperation for like-minded countries in an increasingly fractious Indo-Pacific. The grouping has extended its cooperation from its traditional focus on free and open oceans to new threats and shared security. Quad leaders have begun to co-operate on cybersecurity and ransomware and have created a working group focused on emerging threats.
Does the Quad Cybersecurity Partnership have real potential? How can geopolitical trust be extended to new domains and create opportunities for economic collaboration? Can the countries of the Quad agree on a common approach to challenges like Big Tech regulation and privacy norms? China is pouring tens of billions of dollars into quantum technologies, including quantum cryptography: How can the Quad countries partner to shore up their defences against a potential quantum onslaught?
Moderator:
13:10 - 15:00
India has emerged as one of the fastest-growing economies and is close to its target of US $100 billion in foreign investment a year. In a world turning towards greater self-reliance and stressing resilience after the pandemic, India too has to balance its desire for an “Aatmanirbhar Bharat” with the need to integrate with global financial markets and supply chains.
How can developing countries like India redesign and decentralise the trading order so that their aspirations are prioritised? What underpins India’s post-COVID recovery and how is this reflected in the recently announced Budget? Can small and medium enterprises be the target of foreign investment just as much as large companies? What role does digitalisation and geopolitics play in the flow of global investment?
13:10 - 15:00
Conflict in Europe and elsewhere, trade tensions, and an over-reliance on sanctions have all interrupted the movement of goods like food, fuel, and fertiliser. Yet, their secure supplies are essential for human welfare and social stability.
How can countries adapt to these interrupted supply chains by diversifying dependencies? Will the future of energy and food be less global? What will be the costs to vulnerable economies? What are the new threats, internal and external, caused by food and fuel insecurity?
Moderator:
15:00 - 15:30
15:30 - 16:20
In the past year, we have witnessed mobilisation in the West and among some of its allies in the Pacific against Russia’s actions in Ukraine. Will such collective resolve be at play if China decides to upset the status quo vis-à-vis Taiwan?
Will China’s overwhelming trade partnerships undermine democratic values that are at the centre of anti-Russian mobilisation? Will the North-South divide be sharper in this instance, and would an UNGA vote look very different to that on the Russia-Ukraine conflict? How can like-minded countries and democracies work together—with clear red lines and consequences articulated—to reduce the chances of a crisis in Asia of the sort that has unfolded in Europe?
Moderator:
16:20 - 16:40
16:40 - 17:10
17:10 - 18:00
The EU’s response to armed conflict on its borders has been driven not by traditional centres of power but by Central and Eastern Europe. Faced with a war in which European values are perceived as being at stake, the EU itself has discovered a new solidarity.
Will the European Union emerge from this crisis stronger or will constraints on its internal cohesion and its supply chain make it a less attractive partner? Will a Europe defined by values set in Warsaw, Budapest, and Bucharest be substantively different from one defined by the Franco-German condominium? How will the outside world rethink its engagements with Europe? Will the world adapt to Europe’s new orientation—economic and military—and is the EU seen as a stronger strategic actor in consequence?
Moderator:
18:00 - 18:20
18:20 - 19:00
With COVID-19 and other global crises having impacted hard-won development gains in the past two years, digital technologies are becoming even more crucial for turbocharging the Sustainable Development Goals. Technologies and meaningful connectivity enable access to vital services, but a concerted effort must be made to develop and implement an underlying digital public infrastructure that is inclusive, human-centric, and sustainable.
Digital cooperation underpins this vision, whereby multi-stakeholder engagements such as the G20 can catalyse necessary frameworks for establishing a Global Digital Commons that support everyone, everywhere. But what will it take to get us there? Which existing challenges need to be addressed to bridge the digital divide? Are there opportunities for greater collaboration to boost resilience and deliver impact at population scale?
Moderator:
19:00 - 19:10
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The future will be determined by how countries manage technology and platforms, economic instruments, and new-age supply chains.
How should countries that are quick tech adopters, but also vulnerable digital societies, adapt to an interconnected landscape? What is the nature of these vulnerabilities, and how are they changing? When technology is both a theatre and a weapon of war, how should we think about the future of conflict and of technological competition? How should countries and blocs caught between corporate Big Tech and state-dominated Red Tech think through their economic and political choices? In the defence of liberal societies, how can we tell when acceptable and welcome levels of “soft power” open the way to unacceptable influence operations by ideological competitors?
Moderator:
20:30 - 23:00
20:30 - 23:00
Current Cohort of the Raisina Young Fellows Programme & Alum of ORF Young Leaders’ Programmes Engage with S. Jaishankar, Minister of External Affairs, India
20:30 - 23:00
(Closed Door Dinner)
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(Closed Door Dinner)
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Welcome Remarks
Opening Remarks
Vote of Thanks
10:00 - 11:15
India has assumed the G20 presidency as debate rages over patterns of energy consumption in the world, and its long-term impact on the planet. The crisis in Europe is not just impacting energy prices, it has also led to larger questions about energy supply chains, and diversification of energy mediums and sources. A key concern for India has been the responsibility of the individual, leading to Mission LiFE (Lifestyle for Environment).
Trigger Presentation
Interventions by
Moderator
11:15 - 11:30
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Technology has a critical role to play in social and economic empowerment. India has emphasised the need to build digital public infrastructure to ensure equitable, inclusive, and sustainable economies. The adoption of key digital technologies in everyday lives now impacts important issues from financial inclusion to public health.
Driving Questions
Trigger Presentation
Interventions by
Moderator
13:15 - 14:30
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14:40 - 15:40
Women have been disproportionately affected by the pandemic, with adverse outcomes in health, education, and employment. This has brought to the forefront the need for women-led development processes and policy support to address gender outcomes in crisis response.
This session will explore whether gender is seen as a cross-cutting priority across sectors in global policymaking. They will also deliberate on the role of gender representation in policymaking and how it can help address gender outcomes in crises.
Driving Questions
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Interventions by
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The effectiveness of the G20 as an instrument of global governance depends upon its ability to define sustainable and inclusive policy priorities. How can the G20 ensure that its development focus is maintained beyond the next few emerging-economy presidencies? How can it collaborate with the G7, which is addressing similar issues?
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Introductory Remarks:
Special Address
17:20 - 18:20
Recent reversals in SDG achievement caused by the cascading impacts of the pandemic and the ensuing economic crisis have brought the focus back on societal resilience and development for all. As we approach the midpoint in the implementation of the SDG Agenda, what have we learned from implementation so far?
Driving Questions
Trigger Presentation
Interventions by
Moderator
18:20 - 18:45
Valedictory Address
Vote of Thanks
18:45 - 23:00
05:30 - 05:30