Welcome Address
16 JAN 01:30 PM - 01:40 PM GST
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
Simon Stiell
Executive Secretary, UNFCCC
Address: Outcomes of COP27
16 JAN 02:10 PM - 02:20 PM GST
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
Becky Anderson
Managing Editor & Anchor, Connect the World, CNN
H.E. Razan Al Mubarak
COP28 UN Climate Change High-Level Champion, United Arab Emirates
H.E. Laurent Fabius
President, Constitutional Council, France
H.E. Sameh Shoukry
Minister of Foreign Affairs, COP27 President, Egypt
Simon Stiell
Executive Secretary, UNFCCC
In Conversation
16 JAN 02:55 PM - 03:05 PM GST
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Eithne Treanor
Managing Director, E Treanor Media
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
Chris Mitchell
Managing Director & Partner, BCG
H.E. Mariam bint Mohammed AlMheiri
Minister of Climate Change and Environment, United Arab Emirates
Ahmed El-Hoshy
Chief Executive Officer, OCI & Fertiglobe, United Arab Emirates
Dr. Agnes Matilda Kalibata
President, Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA)
David Rosenberg
CEO and Co-founder, AeroFarms
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
Marie Lam-Frendo
Chief Executive Officer, Global Infrastructure Hub
H.E. Agnès Pannier-Runacher
Minister for Energy Transition, France
Mohamed J. Al Ramahi
Chief Executive Officer, Masdar, United Arab Emirates
Dr.-Ing. Christian Bruch
President and CEO, Siemens Energy AG and President and CEO of Siemens Gas and Power Management GmbH
Lorenzo Simonelli
Chief Executive Officer, Baker Hughes, United States
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
Eithne Treanor
Managing Director, E Treanor Media
Selwin Charles Hart
Special Adviser to the Secretary-General on Climate Action and Just Transition
Jean Lemierre
Chairman, BNP Paribas, France
Hanna Tetteh
Under Secretary General & Special Envoy to the Horn of Africa, United Nations
Noel Quinn
Group Chief Executive Officer, HSBC, United Kingdom
Adebayo Ogunlesi
Chairman, Global Infrastructure Partners
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
Paul Wallace
Leader MidEast & North Africa Energy & Commodities, Bloomberg News, Dubai
H.E. Reem Al Hashimy
Minister of State for International Cooperation, United Arab Emirates
Peter Bakker
President, World Business Council for Sustainable Development
Fred Krupp
President, Environmental Defense Fund, United States
Ann Mettler
Vice President, Europe, Breakthrough Energy, United States
Dr. Andrew Steer
President & CEO, Bezos Earth Fund
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
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
Eleni Giokis
CNN
Public-Private Partnerships to Accelerate the Energy Transition
17 JAN 09:55 AM - 10:05 AM GST
Eithne Treanor
Managing Director, E Treanor Media
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
Marie Lam-Frendo
Chief Executive Officer, Global Infrastructure Hub
H.E. Khadheeja Naseem
Minister of State for Environment, Climate Change and Technology, Republic of Maldives
H.E. Dr. Franz Tattenbach
Minister of Environment and Energy, Republic of Costa Rica
H.E. Dubravka Djedovic
Minister of Energy and Mining, Republic of Serbia
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
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
Dr. Mahmoud Mohieldin
UN Climate Change High Level Champion for Egypt, COP27 and UN Special Envoy on Financing the 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda
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
Sally Fouts
Global Leader - The Climate Pledge, Amazon, United States
Rohan Chopra
Director, Sustainable Infrastructure (Middle East & Africa), Johnson Controls, United States
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
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
Eithne Treanor
Managing Director, E Treanor Media
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
Hassaan Ghazali
Senior Manager, Research and Policy, UICCA, United Arab Emirates
Paul Dickinson
Founder Chair, Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP)
Ambassador Patricia Espinosa Cantellano
CEO and Founding Partner, onepoint5
Helle Kristoffersen
President of Strategy and Sustainability, TotalEnergies, France
Walid Sheta
President of Middle East & Africa Zone, Schneider Electric, France
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
Steve Kelly
President and General Manager, 1PointFive International, United Kingdom
Ali Al Rawahi
Vice President for Upstream Innovation & Technology, ADNOC, United Arab Emirates • Danny Rice, Incoming CEO, NET Power, United States
Daniel Rice
Chief Executive Officer, NET Power, United States
Bradford Crabtree
Assistant Secretary for Fossil Energy and Carbon Management, United States
Callie Obern
Director of Policy, Capture6, United States
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
Adrien Portafaix
Associate Director, BCG
H.E. Ahmed Esmaeil Alhashmi
Executive Director for the Terrestrial and Marine Biodiversity Sector, EAD, United Arab Emirates
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
Elizabeth Press
Director of Planning, IRENA
In Conversation & Panel: Scaling Tomorrow's Climate-Adaptation Technologies
17 JAN 02:30 PM - 03:00 PM GST
Rebecca McLaughlin-Eastham
TV Anchor & Event Host
H.H. Sheikha Shamma bint Sultan bin Khalifa Al Nahyan
President & CEO, UAE Independent Climate Change Accelerators (UICCA)
Omar Fayed
Founder and CEO, Earth Space Technical Ecosystem Enterprises (ESTEE)
Carissa Bryce Christensen
Founder and CEO, BryceTech
Matthew Clare
CEO, Masdar Arlington Energy, United Kingdom
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
Pradnya Haldipur
Vice President of Development at the Institute for Sustainable Communities
H.E. Uroš Vajgl
State Secretary, Ministry of the Environment and Spatial Planning, Republic of Slovenia
Ahmed Baghoum
Acting Chief Executive Officer, Masdar City, United Arab Emirates
Gregory Dewerpe
Founder & CIO, A/O PropTech, United Kingdom
Ricardo Rio
Mayor of Braga, Portugal
Award Ceremony: The FoodTech Challenge Award
17 JAN 03:30 PM - 03:45 PM GST
Alanood Lari
FoodTech Challenge Team, United Arab Emirates
H.E. Mariam bint Mohammed AlMheiri
Minister of Climate Change and Environment, United Arab Emirates
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
Tokelo Shai
Food & Agriculture Systems Youth Fellow (2022), Climate Champions Team
Tilen Travnik
CEO, Juicy Marbles, Slovenia
Ahmed Zahran
Co-Founder & CEO, KarmSolar, Egypt
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
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
Mohon Kumar Mondal
Founder and Executive Director, LEDAR, Bangladesh
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
Elizabeth Press
Director of Planning, IRENA
Farid Al Awlaqi
Executive Director of Generation, TAQA and Board Member, Masdar, United Arab Emirates
Shannon K McCarthy
Secretary General, International Desalination Association
Panel: Financing the Green Transition: Optimizing Impact
17 JAN 04:55 PM - 05:25 PM GST
Elias Hajj
Partner, Senior Partner, McKinsey & Company
Ahmed Mohamed Al Naqbi
Chief Executive Officer, Emirates Development Bank, United Arab Emirates
Rishi Kapoor
Co-CEO, Investcorp, Bahrain
Rola Abu Manneh
Chief Executive Officer, Standard Chartered UAE
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
Eithne Treanor
Managing Director, E Treanor Media
H.E. Shamma bint Suhail Faris Al Mazrui
Minister of State for Youth Affairs, United Arab Emirates
DR. Omnia El Omrani
Youth Envoy, Egypt
Abigael Jerop Kiprono Kima
Climate Justice Advocate & Host and Producer, Hali Hewa Podcast
Ayshka Najib
UNICEF Youth Advocate