The seventh annual World Government Summit will begin on Sunday February 10, featuring talks from IMF Director, Christine Lagarde, Pope Francis and Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Al Hariri.
Here's the full schedule of the day's events:
Plenary Sessions, Plenary Hall, Main Conference Area
09:00 - 09:30 Summit Opening: Globalization 4.0
Prof Klaus Schwab, Founder And Executive Chairman, World Economic Forum
Mohammed Al Gergawi, Minister of Cabinet Affairs & The Future, UAE
09:30 - 10:20 The Evolution of Leaders
Tony Robbins, Leadership Expert, Entrepreneur and Philanthropist
10:20 - 10:35 Work for A Brighter Future
H.E. Guy Rider, Director General, International Labour Organization
10:35 - 11:10 How Do We Fight Radicalism by Creating Hope?
12:45 - 13:00 Main Address
H.E. Amina J. Mohammed, Deputy Secretary General of the United Nations
13:00 - 13:30 Special Session
H.E. Saad Al Hariri, Prime Minister of the Lebanese Republic
Moderated by Emad El Din Adeeb
13:30 - 13:45 Main Address of the Guest Country
H.E. Jüri Ratas, Prime Minister of Republic of Estonia
13:45 - 13:50 Best Minister Award
14:00 - 14:30 Mitigating the Risk of the Next Global Epidemic
Arianna Huffington, Founder, Thrive Global
Dr. Oz, The Dr. Oz Show
David Clark, Professor and Chair of Experimental Psychology, University of Oxford
Moderated by Becky Anderson, CNN
14:30 - 14:40 How to respond to the new challenges of global governance
Bruno Le Maire, Minister of Economy and Finance, France
Moderated by Manus Cranny, Bloomberg
14:40 - 15:10 Enlightenment Now: A Better Future for Mankind
Steven Pinker, Experimental Cognitive Psychologist, Department of Psychology, Harvard University
Moderated by Omar Saif Ghubash
16:20 - 16:40 How to Design an Interdisciplinary Life
H.E. Houlin Zhao, Secretary General, International Telecommunication Union
Osman Sultan, Chief Executive Officer of du
Hamad Obaid Al Mansoori, Director General, TRA
Moderated by Samuel Burke, CNN
16:40 - 16:50 Main Address
María Fernanda Espinosa, President of the United Nations General Assembly
17:00 - 17:20 A Conversation with Christine Lagarde
H.E. Christine Lagarde, Managing Director, IMF
Moderated by Richard Quest, CNN
17:20 - 17:35 Main Address
David Beasley, Executive Director, The United Nations World Food Programme
17:35 - 17:40 Papal Message to Governments of the World
Pope Francis, Head of the Catholic Church
17:40 - 18:00 Pope Francis in the Emirates: A New Dawn for the Middle East
His Highness Sheikh Abdullah Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, UAE
18:30 - 21:30 The Evolution of Leadership & Meaning
Tony Robbins, Leadership Expert, Entrepreneur and Philanthropist (in Partnership with Mohammed Bin Rashid Center for Leadership Development)
Post-Conflict Governance, DEWA Hall, Main Conference Area
Moderated by Yousef Gamal El Din, Bloomberg
11:30 - 11:50 The Role of Women In Rebuilding Nations
Leymah Gbowee, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate
11:50 - 12:10 Leading Nations .. From Conflict To Resolution
Hon. Juan Manuel Santos, 32nd President of Colombia and Nobel Peace Prize Laureate
The Future of Global Trade, Dubai Municipality Hall, Main Conference Area
Moderated by Richard Quest, CNN
11:30 - 11:50 Tech, Blockchain & The Future of Trade
Bettina Warburg, Blockchain Researcher, Entrepreneur and Educator
11:50 - 12:10 Global Trade: Future Foresight & Analysis for Governments
Paul Krugman, Nobel Prize Laureate in Economics
Happiness and Wellbeing, DP World Hall, Main Conference Area
Moderated by Arjun Kharpal, CNBC
11:30 - 11:50 Developing a Positive State
Jacques Attali, President, Positive Planet
11:50 - 12:10 The New Public Finance: Wellbeing Based Budgeting
Tony Burton, Deputy Chief Economic Advisor, New Zealand Treasury
12:10 - 12:30 The Wellbeing of Future Generations: A Welsh Approach
Sophie Howe, Future Generations Commissioner for Wales, UK
The Future of Learning, DP World Hall, Main Conference Area
Moderated by Alex Klokus, Futurism
15:10 - 15:40 How Consciousness Can Transform Education
Dr. Shefali Tsabary, Clinical Psychologist and Expert in Eastern Philosophy
15:40 - 16:00 Building an Education for the Talented
Ryan Roslansky, Senior Vice President, Products & User Experience at LinkedIn
The Interplay of Politics and Society, Dubai Municipality Hall, Main Conference Area
Moderated by Mina Al Oraibi, The National
15:10 - 15:30 A Historic Look on Identity and Politics
Mark Lilla, Historian and Professor of Humanities at Columbia University
15:30 - 15:50 Tribal Politics: Can We Bridge the Global Divide?
Amy Chua, Professor of Law at Yale Law School and Author of “Political Tribes”
15:50 - 16:10 Why Nations Fail?
James Robinson, Economist, Political Scientist and Author of “Why Nations Fail”
Best Practices From Estonia, Europe's Digital Leader, DP World Hall, Main Conference Area
Moderated by Rebecca McLaughlin-Duane, EuroNews
15:30 - 15:50 Future of e- Estonia: What’s Next?
Rene Tammist, Minister of Entrepreneurship and IT, Republic of Estonia
15:50 - 16:10 Estonia’s E-Residency: A Catalyst for A Growing Economy
Siim Sikkut, Government Chief Information Officer, Republic of Estonia
16:10 - 16:30 The Age of Digitization: e-Estonia to the World
Marek Helm, General Manager at Nortal
Global Policy Platform, Mina A'Salam Hotel
11:00 – 12:00 The Future of Digital Policy in Partnership with Google
Moderated by Arjun Kharpal, CNBC
Dr. Amr Talaat, Minister of ICT, Egypt
Karan Bhatia, Vise President, Global Public Policy & Government Relations, Google
Margaret J.A. Peterlin, Senior Vice President - Global External and Public Affairs, AT&T
Dr. Rauda Al Saadi, Director General of ADSSSA
15:00 – 16:30 The Road to Digital Economy: The Role of Blockchain in Partnership with IMF
Moderated by Ross Leckow, Deputy General Counsel at IMF
Siim Sikkut, Government Chief Information Officer, Republic of Estonia
Nelson Chow, Chief Fintech Officer, Hong Kong Monetary Authority
Therese Couture, Director of the Treasury Operations Department, World Bank
Promoth Manghat, Executive Director and CEO, Finablr
Dr. Aisha Bin Bishr, General Director of Smart Dubai, Smart Dubai, UAE
11:00 – 11:45 High Level Panel on the Implementation of the SDG's
Moderated by Catherine Cheney, Devex
Hon. Henry Puna, Prime Minister, Cook Islands
H.E. María Fernanda Espinosa Garcés, President of the UN General Assembly
H.E. Mahmoud Mohieldin, Senior Vice President, World Bank Group
H.E. Ban Ki-Moon, Eighth UN Secretary General, President of Global Green Growth Institute
14:30 – 15:15 Generation Unlimited in Partnership with UNICEF
Moderated by Zeina Yazigi, Abu Dhabi TV
H.E. José Ángel Gurría, Secretary-General, OECD
Henrietta Fore, CEO, UNICEF Kamran Elahain, Entrepreneur and Venture Capitalist
Tariq Al Gurg, CEO, Dubai Cares, UAE
15:30 – 16:00 Wellbeing: GDP and Beyond
Moderated by Faisal Abbas, Arab News
H.E. José Ángel Gurría, Secretary-General, OECD
H.E. Achim Steiner, Administrator, UNDP
Ohood Al Roumi, Minister of State for Happiness & Wellbeing, UAE
Arab Youth Forum, DP World Hall, Mina A'Salam Hotel
17:00 – 19:00 Showcasing Youth Solutions to the Challenges of Unemployment
Global Dialogue for Happiness and Wellbeing
10:00 - 10:45 Launching the Global Happiness and Wellbeing Policy Report, AD Fund Hall, Mina A'Salam Hotel
Moderated by Lara Habib, Al Arabiya
Jeffrey Sachs, Director, UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network
John Helliwell, Professor Emeritus, University of British Columbia, Canada
Maria Manuel Leitão Marques, Minister of the Presidency and of Administrative Modernization, Portugal
Ohood Al Roumi, Minister of State for Happiness & Wellbeing, UAE
Dewa Hall, Main Conference Area
17:00 - 17:20 Wellness: The $4.2 Trillion Opportunity
Susie Ellis, Chairman & CEO, Global Wellness Institute
17:20 - 17:40 Wellness for a Longer Life
Moderated by Hadley Gamble, CNBC
Dr. Oz, The Dr. Oz Show
Mindy Grossman, CEO, Weight Watchers
Esther Lee, Executive Vice President, Global Chief Marketing Officer, MetLife, Inc
17:40 - 18:00 Ikigai: Purpose & Happiness
Kenichirō “Ken” Mogi, Visiting Professor, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Author of “Ikigai”
Global Health Forum, DP World Hall, Main Conference Area
12:00 – 12:10 Opening Remarks
Abdulrahman Al Owais, Minister of Health and Prevention, UAE
12:25 – 12:45 Future Lens of Healthcare
Dr. Shafi Ahmed, Chairman & Co-Founder of the Global Innovation & New Technologies Conference in London
12:45 – 13:05 Infections of the Future: Preparedness or peril?
Peter Seeberger, Director of Max-PlanckInstitute of Colloids and Interfaces Department of Biomolecular Systems, Germany
13:05 – 13:25 Cellular Therapeutics: New Options for Addressing Global Health Threats
Dr. Robert J. Hariri, M.D., Ph.D., Founder of Celegen Celularity, Inc.
Future of Jobs Forum, AD Fund Hall, Mina A'Salam Hotel
14:00 – 14:45 Innovative Employment Models for the 21st Century in Partnership with International Labour Organization
Moderated by Zeina Yazigi, Abu Dhabi TV
Kristin Skogen-Lund, CEO, Schibsted Media Group
Ryan Roslansky, Senior Vice President, Products and User Experience, LinkedIn
Ferid Belhaj, Vice President MENA, World Bank Group
Bernard P.Olalia, Administrator, The Department of Labor and Employment, Philippines
Nasser Al Hamli, Minister of Human Resources And Emiratization, UAE
Future of Government of Communication Forum, AD Fund Hall, Mina A'Salam Hotel
17:00 – 17:30 The Future of Media
Moderated by Muntaha Al-Ramahi, Al Arabiya
Ali bin Mohammed Al-Romaihi, Information Affairs Minister, Kingdom of Bahrain
Jumana Ghunaimat, Minister of State for Media Affairs, Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
Hussein Zein, Head of the National Media Authority, Arab Republic of Egypt
Future of Education Talks, Madinat Theatre
18:00– 18:20 Green Leaders for A Better Future
John Alexander Hardy, Founder - Green by John
18:20– 18:40 Collective Learning: A Win Win!
Nicolas Sadirac, Co-Founder Ecole 42 – Paris
18:40 – 19:20 Consciousness and Parenting
Dr. Shefali Tsabary, Clinical Psychologist and Expert in Eastern Philosophy
Climate Change Forum, RTA Lounge, Mina A'Salam Hotel
18:00 - 18:20 Climate Change and It's Impact on Human Health
Gina McCarthy, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
H.E. Ban Ki-Moon, Eighth UN Secretary General, President of Global Green Growth Institute
Adnan Amin, Director General, IRENA
Laurent Fabius, Président of the Constitutional Council in France
Luis de Alba, UNSG Special Envoy for 2019 Climate Summit