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Welcome Address

16 JAN 01:30 PM - 01:40 PM GST

Speaker

H.E. Amb. Majid Al Suwaidi

Director General and Special Representative of COP28, United Arab Emirates

Presidential Address

16 JAN 01:40 PM - 01:50 PM GST

Prime Ministerial Address

16 JAN 01:50 PM - 02:00 PM GST

Address: A Vision for COP

16 JAN 02:00 PM - 02:10 PM GST

Speaker

Simon Stiell

Executive Secretary, UNFCCC

Address: Outcomes of COP27

16 JAN 02:10 PM - 02:20 PM GST

Speaker

H.E. Sameh Shoukry

Minister of Foreign Affairs, COP27 President, Egypt

Opening Panel: The Road to COP28

16 JAN 02:20 PM - 02:55 PM GST

Moderator

Becky Anderson

Managing Editor & Anchor, Connect the World, CNN

Speaker

H.E. Razan Al Mubarak

COP28 UN Climate Change High-Level Champion, United Arab Emirates

Speaker

H.E. Laurent Fabius

President, Constitutional Council, France

Speaker

H.E. Sameh Shoukry

Minister of Foreign Affairs, COP27 President, Egypt

Speaker

Simon Stiell

Executive Secretary, UNFCCC

In Conversation

16 JAN 02:55 PM - 03:05 PM GST

Moderator

Eithne Treanor

Managing Director, E Treanor Media

Speaker

Frans Timmermans

Executive Vice President for the European Green Deal, European Commission

Panel: A Manifesto for Food Systems

16 JAN 03:05 PM - 03:50 PM GST

Moderator

Chris Mitchell

Managing Director & Partner, BCG

Speaker

H.E. Mariam bint Mohammed AlMheiri

Minister of Climate Change and Environment, United Arab Emirates

Speaker

Ahmed El-Hoshy

Chief Executive Officer, OCI & Fertiglobe, United Arab Emirates

Speaker

Dr. Agnes Matilda Kalibata

President, Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA)

Speaker

David Rosenberg

CEO and Co-founder, AeroFarms

Speaker

Dr. Gunhild Stordalen

Founder and Executive Chair, EAT Foundation, Norway

Panel: Securing a Sustainable Energy Pathway to Net Zero

16 JAN 03:50 PM - 04:40 PM GST

Moderator

Marie Lam-Frendo

Chief Executive Officer, Global Infrastructure Hub

Speaker

H.E. Agnès Pannier-Runacher

Minister for Energy Transition, France

Speaker

Mohamed J. Al Ramahi

Chief Executive Officer, Masdar, United Arab Emirates

Speaker

Dr.-Ing. Christian Bruch

President and CEO, Siemens Energy AG and President and CEO of Siemens Gas and Power Management GmbH

Speaker

Lorenzo Simonelli

Chief Executive Officer, Baker Hughes, United States

Speaker

Lei Zhang

Founder and CEO, Envision Group, China

Panel: 'Constructive Disruption' – a New Global Financial Architecture for Climate Action

16 JAN 04:40 PM - 05:25 PM GST

Moderator

Eithne Treanor

Managing Director, E Treanor Media

Speaker

Selwin Charles Hart

Special Adviser to the Secretary-General on Climate Action and Just Transition

Speaker

Jean Lemierre

Chairman, BNP Paribas, France

Speaker

Hanna Tetteh

Under Secretary General & Special Envoy to the Horn of Africa, United Nations

Speaker

Noel Quinn

Group Chief Executive Officer, HSBC, United Kingdom

Speaker

Adebayo Ogunlesi

Chairman, Global Infrastructure Partners

Speaker

Avinash D. Persaud

Special Envoy to the Prime Minister on Investment and Financial Services, Government of Barbados

Panel: International Cooperation for Climate Action

16 JAN 05:25 PM - 06:00 PM GST

Moderator

Paul Wallace

Leader MidEast & North Africa Energy & Commodities, Bloomberg News, Dubai

Speaker

H.E. Reem Al Hashimy

Minister of State for International Cooperation, United Arab Emirates

Speaker

Peter Bakker

President, World Business Council for Sustainable Development

Speaker

Fred Krupp

President, Environmental Defense Fund, United States

Speaker

Ann Mettler

Vice President, Europe, Breakthrough Energy, United States

Speaker

Dr. Andrew Steer

President & CEO, Bezos Earth Fund

Speaker

Dr. Angela Wilkinson

Chief Executive Officer, World Energy Council

In Conversation

16 JAN 06:00 PM - 06:30 PM GST

Welcome Remarks: Net-Zero Ambitions in Energy

17 JAN 09:30 AM - 09:40 AM GST

Speaker

H.E. Eng. Awaidha Murshed Ali Al Marar

Chairman, Abu Dhabi Department of Energy

Presidential In Conversation

17 JAN 09:40 AM - 09:55 AM GST

Moderator

Eleni Giokis

CNN

Public-Private Partnerships to Accelerate the Energy Transition

17 JAN 09:55 AM - 10:05 AM GST

Moderator

Eithne Treanor

Managing Director, E Treanor Media

Speaker

Roger Martella

Chief Sustainability Officer, GE, United States

Ministerial Panel: Navigating Uncertainties – Setting Government Priorities for a Net-Zero Future

17 JAN 10:05 AM - 10:40 AM GST

Moderator

Marie Lam-Frendo

Chief Executive Officer, Global Infrastructure Hub

Speaker

H.E. Khadheeja Naseem

Minister of State for Environment, Climate Change and Technology, Republic of Maldives

Speaker

H.E. Dr. Franz Tattenbach

Minister of Environment and Energy, Republic of Costa Rica

Speaker

H.E. Dubravka Djedovic

Minister of Energy and Mining, Republic of Serbia

Speaker

H.E. Sarah Ryglewski

Minister of State to the Federal Chancellor, Federal Chancellery, Federal Republic of Germany

Keynote: Sustainability, a Key Pillar and a Success Story for the UAE

17 JAN 10:40 AM - 10:50 AM GST

Speaker

H.E. Saeed Mohammed Al Tayer

Managing Director & CEO, DEWA, United Arab Emirates

In Conversation: Ground for Optimism – Partnerships as a Lever of Change

17 JAN 10:50 AM - 11:05 AM GST

Speaker

Dr. Mahmoud Mohieldin

UN Climate Change High Level Champion for Egypt, COP27 and UN Special Envoy on Financing the 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda

Speaker

Nigel Topping

UN Climate Change High-Level Champion, COP26, United Kingdom

Panel: Future Forward – Corporate Innovation and Climate Action

17 JAN 11:05 AM - 11:20 AM GST

Moderator

Sally Fouts

Global Leader - The Climate Pledge, Amazon, United States

Speaker

Rohan Chopra

Director, Sustainable Infrastructure (Middle East & Africa), Johnson Controls, United States

Speaker

Helmut von Struve

Regional CEO, Siemens UAE and the Middle East,, Germany

Special Address: Bringing Health Equity to the Climate Negotiation Table

17 JAN 11:20 AM - 11:25 AM GST

Speaker

Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus

Director-General, World Health Organisation (WHO)

In Conversation: Energy and Humanitarian Crises: Cause and Solution?

17 JAN 11:25 AM - 11:35 AM GST

Moderator

Eithne Treanor

Managing Director, E Treanor Media

Speaker

Andrew Harper

Special Advisor on Climate Action to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)

Panel: Unleashing Private-Sector Investment in Energy Transition

17 JAN 11:35 AM - 12:05 PM GST

Speaker

Hassaan Ghazali

Senior Manager, Research and Policy, UICCA, United Arab Emirates

Speaker

Paul Dickinson

Founder Chair, Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP)

Speaker

Ambassador Patricia Espinosa Cantellano

CEO and Founding Partner, onepoint5

Speaker

Helle Kristoffersen

President of Strategy and Sustainability, TotalEnergies, France

Speaker

Walid Sheta

President of Middle East & Africa Zone, Schneider Electric, France

Speaker

Eugene Willemsen

CEO – Africa, Middle East and South America AMESA, PepsiCo, United States

In Conversation: Tackling Carbon Emissions – a Capacity Challenge

17 JAN 12:05 PM - 12:50 PM GST

Moderator

Steve Kelly

President and General Manager, 1PointFive International, United Kingdom

Speaker

Ali Al Rawahi

Vice President for Upstream Innovation & Technology, ADNOC, United Arab Emirates • Danny Rice, Incoming CEO, NET Power, United States

Speaker

Daniel Rice

Chief Executive Officer, NET Power, United States

Speaker

Bradford Crabtree

Assistant Secretary for Fossil Energy and Carbon Management, United States

Speaker

Callie Obern

Director of Policy, Capture6, United States

Speaker

Amy Ruddock

VP Europe & Middle East, Carbon Engineering, Canada

In Conversation: The Business Case for Biodiversity

17 JAN 12:50 AM - 01:10 PM GST

Moderator

Adrien Portafaix

Associate Director, BCG

Speaker

H.E. Ahmed Esmaeil Alhashmi

Executive Director for the Terrestrial and Marine Biodiversity Sector, EAD, United Arab Emirates

Speaker

Prof. Carlos Manuel Duarte

Distinguished Professor of Marine Science, King Abdullah University for Science and Technology (KAUST), Saudi Arabia

Lunch Break

17 JAN 01:10 PM - 02:00 PM GST

Presidential Panel: Enabling Africa to Become a Clean Energy Powerhouse

17 JAN 02:00 PM - 02:30 PM GST

Moderator

Elizabeth Press

Director of Planning, IRENA

In Conversation & Panel: Scaling Tomorrow's Climate-Adaptation Technologies

17 JAN 02:30 PM - 03:00 PM GST

Moderator

Rebecca McLaughlin-Eastham

TV Anchor & Event Host

In Conversation Speakers

H.H. Sheikha Shamma bint Sultan bin Khalifa Al Nahyan

President & CEO, UAE Independent Climate Change Accelerators (UICCA)

In Conversation Speakers

Omar Fayed

Founder and CEO, Earth Space Technical Ecosystem Enterprises (ESTEE)

Panel Speakers

Carissa Bryce Christensen

Founder and CEO, BryceTech

Panel Speakers

Matthew Clare

CEO, Masdar Arlington Energy, United Kingdom

Panel Speakers

Greg Jackson

Founder & CEO, Octopus Energy Group, United Kingdom

Panel: Rethinking the Decarbonization Role of Cities in Meeting Net-Zero Goals

17 JAN 03:00 PM - 03:30 PM GST

Moderator

Pradnya Haldipur

Vice President of Development at the Institute for Sustainable Communities

Speaker

H.E. Uroš Vajgl

State Secretary, Ministry of the Environment and Spatial Planning, Republic of Slovenia

Speaker

Ahmed Baghoum

Acting Chief Executive Officer, Masdar City, United Arab Emirates

Speaker

Gregory Dewerpe

Founder & CIO, A/O PropTech, United Kingdom

Speaker

Ricardo Rio

Mayor of Braga, Portugal

Award Ceremony: The FoodTech Challenge Award

17 JAN 03:30 PM - 03:45 PM GST

Master of Ceremony

Alanood Lari

FoodTech Challenge Team, United Arab Emirates

Speaker

H.E. Mariam bint Mohammed AlMheiri

Minister of Climate Change and Environment, United Arab Emirates

Speaker

Rima Al Mokarrab

Executive Director of Strategic Affairs at the Executive Affairs Authority, United Arab Emirates

Quick Fire: Agritech - Reimagining Foods

17 JAN 03:55 PM - 04:20 PM GST

Moderator

Tokelo Shai

Food & Agriculture Systems Youth Fellow (2022), Climate Champions Team

Speaker

Tilen Travnik

CEO, Juicy Marbles, Slovenia

Speaker

Ahmed Zahran

Co-Founder & CEO, KarmSolar, Egypt

Speaker

Dr. Andrey J. Zarur

CEO, GreenLight Biosciences, United States

Panel: Deploying Sustainable Solutions in Vulnerable Communities

17 JAN 04:20 PM - 04:40 PM GST

Moderator

David Sandalow

Inaugural Fellow at the Center on Global Energy Policy and co-Director of the Energy and Environment Concentration, School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia Universitmoha

Speaker

Mohon Kumar Mondal

Founder and Executive Director, LEDAR, Bangladesh

Speaker

Monique Ntumngia

Founder and Executive Director, Green Girls Organisation

In Conversation: Water-Energy Nexus: The Promise of Renewable Energy & New Technology

17 JAN 04:40 PM - 04:55 PM GST

Moderator

Elizabeth Press

Director of Planning, IRENA

Speaker

Farid Al Awlaqi

Executive Director of Generation, TAQA and Board Member, Masdar, United Arab Emirates

Speaker

Shannon K McCarthy

Secretary General, International Desalination Association

Panel: Financing the Green Transition: Optimizing Impact

17 JAN 04:55 PM - 05:25 PM GST

Moderator

Elias Hajj

Partner, Senior Partner, McKinsey & Company

Speaker

Ahmed Mohamed Al Naqbi

Chief Executive Officer, Emirates Development Bank, United Arab Emirates

Speaker

Rishi Kapoor

Co-CEO, Investcorp, Bahrain

Speaker

Rola Abu Manneh

Chief Executive Officer, Standard Chartered UAE

Speaker

Patricia Torres

Head of Sustainable Finance Solutions (ESG), Bloomberg L.P., United States

Closing Conversation: Youth - From Engagement to the Negotiation Table

17 JAN 05:25 PM - 05:45 PM GST

Moderator

Eithne Treanor

Managing Director, E Treanor Media

Remarks

H.E. Shamma bint Suhail Faris Al Mazrui

Minister of State for Youth Affairs, United Arab Emirates

Speaker

DR. Omnia El Omrani

Youth Envoy, Egypt

Speaker

Abigael Jerop Kiprono Kima

Climate Justice Advocate & Host and Producer, Hali Hewa Podcast

Speaker

Ayshka Najib

UNICEF Youth Advocate