The seventh annual World Government Summit will begin its second day on Monday February 11, featuring talks from Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed, the Crown Prince of Dubai, and Jose Angel Gurria the Secretary General of the OECD.
Here's the full schedule of the day's events:
Plenary Sessions, Plenary Hall, Main Conference Area
09:00 - 09:20 The Future of Global Water Security and Sustainability
Saeed Mohammed Al Tayer, Managing Director and CEO, Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA)
09:20 - 09:40 The Future of The Economy in the Age of 4IR
H.E. Jose Angel Gurria, Secretary General, OECD
Moderated by Becky Anderson, CNN
09:40 - 10:10 How Governments Can Harness the Science of Synchronized Randomness
Steven Strogatz, Professor of Applied Mathematics, Cornell University
10:10 - 10:30 The Rise of The Dragon: China’s Success in Leading the World of Technology
H.E. Wang Zhigang, Special Envoy of President Xi Jinping, Minister of Science and Technology, China
12:00-12:20 The Future of Mobility in the Age of 4IR
Mattar Mohammed Al Tayer, Director General, Chairman of the Board of Executive Directors, Roads And Transport Authority, Dubai
12:20 - 12:50 The Art & Science of Decision Making
Daniel Kahneman, Nobel Laureate and Professor of Psychology & Public Affairs,
Moderated by Mina Al Oraibi, The National
12:50 - 13:10 A Conversation with Lisa Jackson
Lisa Jackson, Senior Vice President, Apple
13:20 - 13:35 The Future of Intellectual Property in The Age of A.I
H.E. Francis Gurry, Director General, World Intellectual Property Organization
13:35 - 13:50 Main Address by Guest Country
H.E. Epsy Campbell Barr, First Vice President of the Republic, Costa Rica
13:50 - 14:00 World Data Vizualization Prize Edge Of Government Award
15:30 - 16:00 The Seven Trends Shaping Future Cities
His Highness Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai, UAE
The Interplay of Tech and Government, DEWA Hall, Main Conference Area
Moderated by Hadley Gamble, CNBC
10:50 - 11:10 Building the Tech Ecosystem: Governments Taking the Leap
Casper Klynge, Tech Ambassador of Denmark
11:10 - 11:30 Bridging The Digital Divide: Access for All
Greg Wyler, Founder of OneWeb
11:30 - 11:50 How Will Quantum Computing Change the World?
Vern Brownell, CEO, D-Wave Systems
Redesigning Medicine, Dubai Municipality Hall, Main Conference Area
Moderated by Lynn Chouman, Al Arabiya
10:50 - 11:10 AI’s Gut Reaction To Human Wellbeing
Dr. Momo Vuyisich, Chief Scientist, Viome
11:10 - 11:30 The Future of Healthcare: Systems Medicine
Dr. Harald Schmidt, Assistant Professor of Medical Ethics & Health Policy
11:30 - 11:50 The 7 pillars of Holistic Health
Dr. Sara Gottfried, Doctor and Author
Design to Transform Government, DP World Hall, Main Conference Area
Moderated by Nivine Afiouni, Sky News Arabia
10:50 - 11:10 Visualizing Data For Better Policies
David McCandless, Journalist and Data Visualization Expert
11:10 - 11:30 Community-Based, Human-Centered Design
Don Norman, Director of the Design Lab at the University of California
11:30 - 11:50 Designing Future Government Services
Tim Kobe, Founder and CEO of Eight Inc
Gender Balance Forum
11:40 - 12:00 Global Outlook on Gender Balance, DEWA Hall, Main Conference Area
H.E. Jose Angel Gurria, Secretary General of OECD
Mona Al Marri, Vice President of UAE Gender Balance Council
11:40- 12:00 Global Trade: A Global Force for Humanity, Dubai Municipality Hall, Main Conference Area
Michael Froman, Vice Chairman and President, Strategic Growth for Mastercard
Moderated by Richard Quest, CNN
What is New in News, DEWA Hall, Main Conference Area
Moderated by Ali Jaber, MBC
14:20 - 14:40 Automation: Breaking the News
Nathaniel Barling, Co-Founder, CEO and Editor-in-Chief Knowhere
14:40 - 15:00 The Viral Race – Can the News that Matter Cross the Finish Line?
Gerard Baker, Editor At Large, Wall Street Journal
Matthew Winkler, Editor-in-Chief Emeritus, Bloomberg News
Mina Al Oraibi, The National
15:00 - 15:20 Data – A Journalist’s On-the-Record Source
Ben Wellington, Visiting Assistant Professor at the Pratt Institute in New York
The World's New Resources, Dubai Municipality Hall, Main Conference Area
Moderated by Alex Klokus, Futurism
14:20 - 14:40 The Illusion of Knowledge: Have We Confused Big Data for Thick Data?
Tricia Wang, Technology Ethnographer
14:40 - 15:00 The Power of Technology: Eyeing the World and Foreseeing the Future
Will Marshall, Co-Founder - Planet Labs
15:00 - 15:20 An Abundance of Right Minds
Naveen Jain, Technology and Health Entrepreneur, Founder of InfoSpace
Peter Diamandis, CEO of XPrize
Best Practices From Costa Rica Leading the Way to Sustainability, DP World Hall, Main Conference Area
Moderated by Lara Habib, Al Arabiya
14:20 - 14:40 Governance in Costa Rica
H.E. Pilar Garrido, Minister of National Planning and Economic Policy, Republic of Costa Rica
14:40 - 15:00 Costa Rica’s Success Stories in Environment Sustainability
Felipe Carazo, Executive Director of FUNDECOR
15:00 - 15:20 Gender Equality, Women Empowerment and Sustainable Development
H.E. Lorena Aguilar, Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs and Worship, Republic of Costa Rica
Global Policy Platform, Various locations
AD Fund Hall, Mina A'Salam Hotel
09:00 – 09:45 Investing in Digital Economy: The New Approach for Development Funds
Moderated by H.E. Dr. Abdulrahman Al Hmaidi, Director General Chairman of the Board of the Arab Monetary Fund
Dr. Fahad Almubarak, Secretary General of the G20 Secretariat, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
H.E. Liqun Jin, President, Asia Infrastructure Investment Bank
Ferid Belhaj, Vice President MENA, World Bank Mohammed
Saif Al Suwaidi, Director General, ADFD
10:00 – 10:45 Governing Future Risk (in Partnership with OECD)
Moderated by Marcos Bonturi, Director, Public Governance, OECD
H.E. Jose Angel Gurria, Secretary General, OECD
Mohamed Faouzi, Secretary General Ministry of the Interior, Kingdom of Morocco
Major General, Adnan Olwan, Vice Chairman, National Center for Security and Crisis Management, The Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
Dr. Daniel Kaniewski, Deputy Administrator, Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), USA
Mariam Al Mehairi, Minister of State for Food Security, UAE
11:00 – 12:00 Outlook On Global Trade
Moderated by Manus Cranny, Bloomberg
H.E. Mukhisa Kituyi, Secretary General, UNCTAD
H.E. Arancha Gonzalez, Executive Director, ITC
Bogolo Kenewendo, Minster of Investment, Trade and Industry, Botswana
Paulo de Sacadura Cabral Portas, Former Minister of Foreign Affairs, Portugal
Sultan Al Mansoori, Minister of Economy, UAE
15:00 – 16:00 The Future of Digital Cooperation (in Partnership with UN)
Moderated by Samuel Burke, CNN
H.E. Francis Gurry, Director General, WIPO
Patrick O’Donovan, Minister of State for Public Procurement, Open Government and eGovernment, Ireland
Fadi Chehade, Partner at Abry Partners Amandeep
Singh Gill, Executive Director, Secretariat of the High-Level Panel on Digital Cooperation
Markus Reinisch, VP Public Policy Europe, Middle East and Africa, Facebook
TRA Hall Mina A'Salam Hotel
11:00 – 11:45 Transforming the Future: Creating Value through Government Innovation (in Partnership with OECD)
Moderated by Samuel Burke, CNN
H.E. Jose Angel Gurría, Secretary-General, OECD
Richard Raši, Deputy Prime Minister, Slovak Republic
Siim Sikkut, Government Chief Information Officer, Republic of Estonia
Mariana Mazzucato, Professor in the Economics of Innovation and Public Value, UCL
Huda Al Hashimi, Director, MBRCGI
Dr. Rauda Al Saadi, Director General of ADSSSA
12:00 – 12:45 Future of Crypto and Digital Assets
Moderated by Lawrence Wintermeyer, Co-Founder and Board Member, Global Digital Finance
Laurence White, Member of Secretariat, Financial Stability Board
David Lewis, Executive Secretary, Financial Action Task Force
Martin Bartlam, Partner and FinTech Global Co-chair, DLA
Piper Ross Leckow, Deputy General Counsel, IMF
13:30 – 14:15 Fiscal Coordination
Moderated by John Defterios, CNN
Dr. Niels Thygesen, Chariman of European Fiscal Board EFB
Jose Antonio Gonzalez, Former Minister of Finance, Mexico
Juan Carlos Echeverry Garzon, Former Minister of Finance, Colombia
Dr. Marcelo Guigale, Director, financial advisory and banking treasury, the World Bank Group
14:30-15:15 Future of Energy
Moderated by Hadley Gamble, CNBC
Joe Kaeser, Chairman, Siemens
Munir Bouaziz, Vice President MENA and S.E. Asia, Royal Dutch Shell
Sergio Pimenta, Regional Vice President for Middle East and Africa, IFC
Eng. Suhail Al Mazrouei, Minister of Energy & Industry, UAE
GX Talks, Madinat Theatre
16:00 – 16:20 Designing For Future Government Services
Tim Kobe, Founder and CEO of Eight Inc.
16:20 – 16:40 Helping Startups Transform the Public Sector
Daniel Korski, Co-Founder and CEO of PUBLIC
16:40 – 17:20 GovHack Series Finalist Pitches
17:20 – 18:00 GX Hackcelerators Presentations by Leading App Developers
18:20 – 18:40 Government Services in the Fourth Industrial Revolution Era
Jonathan Riechental, Former CIO of City of Palo Alto
18:40 – 19:00 Blockchain - Changing One City at a Time
Ian Khan, Futurist
19:00 – 19:20 Beyond Flight Experience
Adel Mardini, JETEX Board Member
Arab Youth Forum, DP World Hall, Main Conference Area
16:30 – 18:30 Showcasing Youth Solutions to the Challenges of Unemployment
Advanced Skills Forum, AD Fund Hall, Mina A'Salam Hotel
13:30 – 14:30 Advanced Skills: Learning Beyond Boundaries
Moderated by Becky Anderson, CNN
Mary Mitchell O’Connor, Minister of State for Higher Education - Ireland
Haifa Najjar, Senator Education, The Upper House of Jordanian Parliament
Hector Escamilla, President, Tecmilenio University, Mexico
Dr. Fred Swaniker, CEO & Founder, African Leadership Academy
John Herlihy, President of MENA & LATAM, LinkedIn
Dr. Ahmad Belhoul Al Falasi, Minister of State for Higher Education and Advanced Skills, UAE
Religious Tolerance in Cities and Societies, Dubai Municipality Hall, Main Conference Area
12:10 - 12:40
H.E. Angelo Farrugia, Speaker of the House of Representatives of Malta, Republic of Malta
Yenny Wahid, Director of The Wahid Institute, Republic of Indonesia
H.E. Taulant Balla, President of the International Parliament for Tolerance and Peace, Republic of Albania
H.E. Janet Ong’era, Chairperson of the East Africa Region Caucus at The Pan Africa Parliament, Republic of Kenya
H.H. Sultan Muhammadu Sa’ad Abubakar, Sultan of Sokoto, Federal Republic of Nigeria
Dr. Josef Boehle, Director of the Charter for Forgiveness and Reconciliation, United Kingdom
Government Communication Forum, DEWA Hall, Main Conference Area
09:30 – 10:00 Communications Technology
Juan Carlos Riveiro, CEO and Co-Founder of Vilynx
Jaroslaw Krolewski, CEO and Co-Founder of Synerise
Women in Government Forum, Dubai Municipality Hall, Main Conference Area
17:00 - 17:20 Women Leading Nations To the Future
H.E. Epsy Campbell Barr, Vice President of the Republic of Costa Rica
H.E. Helen Clark, 37th Prime Minister New Zealand
Sarah Al Amiri, Minister of State for Advanced Sciences, UAE
17:20 - 17:40 Public and Private Partnerships for a Common Future
Maria del Pilar Gonzalo, Minister of Planning and Economic Policy, Costa Rica
Arancha Gonzales, Executive Director – International Trade Center (ITC)
Tamara Perko, President Croatian Bank for Reconstruction and Development
Chiara Corazza, Managing Director of the Women’s Forum for the Economy & Society
17:40 - 18:00 Women on Public Administration
Maria Manuel Leitao Marques, Minister of the Presidency and of Administrative Modernisation - Portuguese Republic
Gleam Davis, Mayor of Santa Monica, USA
Ohood bint Khalfan Al Roumi, Minister of State for Happiness and Wellbeing, Director General of the Prime Minister’s Office, UAE
18:00 - 18:20 Women Shaping the Future of Social Policy and Welfare
Mitcy Larue, Minister of Family Affairs - Republic of Seychelles
Bintou Chabi Adam Taro, Minister of Social Affairs and Micro-Finance, Republic of Benin
Hessa bint Essa Buhumaid, Minister of Community Development, UAE
Global Dialogue for Happiness and Wellbeing, Various locations
17:00 - 17:20 Your City: The Incubator of Your Wellbeing
Moderated by John Defterios, CNN
Gleam Davis, Mayor of Santa Monica, USA
Charles Montgomery, Author and Founding Principal, Happy City
17:20 - 17:40 Smart Cities: What Comes Next?
John Rossant, Founder & Chairman, NewCities Foundation
17:40 - 18:00 Mappiness: How Space & Time Impact Our Wellbeing
George MacKerron, Chief Technical Officer, Psychological Technologies, Founder, Mappiness
18:00 - 19:30 Insights & Reflections from the Global Happiness and Wellbeing Policy Report
Moderated by Lynn Chouman, Al Arabiya
Jeffrey Sachs, Director, Sustainable Development Solutions Network
John Helliwell, Professor Emeritus, University of British Columbia, Canada
Martin Seligman, Zellerbach Family Professor of Psychology & Director of Positive Psychology Center, University of Pennsylvania, USA
Jan-Emmanuel De Neve, Associate Professor of Economics and Strategy, University of Oxford, UK
Martine Durand, Director of Statistics and Chief Statistician, OECD
Robert Biswas-Diener, Managing Director, Positive Acorn
Tessa Peasgood, Research Fellow, University of Sheffield Dr. Aisha Bin Bishr, Director General, Smart Dubai Office, UAE
Future of Jobs Forum, AD Fund Hall, Mina A'Salam Hotel
15:30-16:30 Planning for the Next Generation of Careers (in Partnership with International Labour Organization)
Moderated by Riad Hamade, Bloomberg
Haifa Al Kaylani, Founder, Arab International Women’s Forum
Khalid Koser, Executive Director, Global Community Engagement and Resilience Fund
Jan-Emmanuel De Neve, Associate Professor of Economics and Strategy at Saïd Business School, Oxford University
Sayed Zulfikar Bukhari, Minister of State and Special Advisor to the Prime Minister for Overseas Pakistanis and Human Resource Development, Government of Pakistan
Nasser Al Hamli, Cabinet Member and Minister of Human Resources and Emiratisation, UAE
Universities Challenge, Emirates Airline Clusters, Mina A'Salam
18:30 – 21:00 Shaping Future Governments Global Universities Challenge Working Groups
Climate Change Forum, Dubai Municipality Hall, Main Conference Area
09:30 - 09:50 Climate Change and the Health of our Oceans
Moderated by Arjun Kharpal, CNBC
Dr. M Sanjayan, Chief Executive Officer, Conversation International
John-Michel Cousteau, French Explorer
Razan Al Mubarak, Director General, Environment Agency Abu Dhabi
