Address: Making Water More Sustainable

Making water sustainable presents two major challenges, which need immediate attention at a global scale: Making clean water available to all and decarbonizing the water sector. This session will shed light on how to ensure the world has a sufficient supply of potable water as well as investigate how new technologies can support the efforts to decarbonize the water sector.

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  H.E. Eng. Awaidha Murshed Ali Al Marar, Chairman, Abu Dhabi Department of Energy, United Arab Emirates

In Conversation: Eliminating Hunger – Scaling Solutions for Global Impact

Creating and implementing systemic solutions to hunger globally will require out-of-the-box thinking and innovative and scalable technology. Part of the solution is also about multiple stakeholders coming together, including governments, international organizations, and businesses. How do we create impact, fast?

• MODERATOR

  

  Manus Cranny, Bloomberg

• Speakers

  

  H.E. Mariam bint Mohammed Saeed Hareb Almheiri, Minister of State for Food and Water Security, Government of the United Arab Emirates

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  Dr. Agnes Kalibata, Special Envoy of the UN Secretary-General for the 2021 Food Systems Summit

Panel: The Future City

In the light of the pandemic, will the fast growth of city living continue, or will (part-time) remote working and the bigger health risk of dense cities lead people to reconsider the desirability of living in the city? At the same time, new and smart technologies are being developed that will help city leaders to improve public health and sustainability in cities, including solar energy storage and micro-grids for equitable energy access for all city inhabitants. What will the city of tomorrow look like?

• INTRODUCTORY KEYNOTE

  

  Mohamed Jameel Al Ramahi, Chief Executive Officer, Masdar, United Arab Emirates

• MODERATOR

  

  Michelle Moore, Chief Executive Officer, Groundswell, United States of America

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  H.E. Grace Fu, Minister for Sustainability and the Environment of the Republic of Singapore

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  Allison Dring, Chief Executive Officer, Made Of Air GmBH, Germany

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  Karim Tarraf, Chief Executive Officer & Co-Founder, Hawa Dawa, Germany

In Conversation: The Backbone of Digitization: The Next Generation of Space Technologies

Space is the backbone of digitization and as such offers a wealth of data-driven insights on many of today’s global challenges. Specifically, how does data from space support researchers in exploring how COVID 19 lockdown measures impact the environment, and what are the longer-term lessons about how the current (and potentially changing) human behavior impacts the environment? Through new ways of using Earth-observing data, we can gain a better understanding of regional-to-global environmental, economic, and societal impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, in areas such as food security, fire ecology, and urban surface heat. In turn, Earth observation data can shed light on how the environment affects the spread of the virus.

• Moderator

  

  Hadley Gamble, Anchor, CNBC

• SPEAKERS

  

  Fahad Al Mheiri, Acting Executive Director - Space Sector, United Arab Emirates Space Agency

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  Camille Fournier, Aspiring ESA Astronaut and Mars Walker, France

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  Johann-Dietrich Wörner, Director General, European Space Agency

Address: Sustainably Powering a Thriving Future

• Speaker

  

  Jasim Husain Thabet, Group Chief Executive Officer & Managing Director, Taqa, United Arab Emirates

Address: Space and Sustainability

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  H.R.H. Prince Sultan bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Chairman of the Board of Directors, Saudi Space Commission

Care & Engage: Opening Keynote

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  Musabbeh Al Kaabi, Chief Executive Officer, UAE Investments, Mubadala Investment Company, United Arab Emirates

Keynote: Investing in Innovation to Create Breakthrough Technology Solutions

There are still big parts of the economy that do not have a clear line of sight to zero. They do not yet have the tools or processes they need, at competitive prices. How can innovation help these sectors leapfrog into the net-zero era? Once the technological breakthrough has been achieved, the race is on to get funding for fast-scale roll-out. How to convince investors and customers alike to be early adopters when there are low-price alternatives?

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  Bill Gross, Founder and CEO, Heliogen, Founder and Chairman, Idealab, United States of America

Panel: How Artificial Intelligence Can Help Us Avert Future Health Crises

COVID-19 is an unprecedented global health challenge and SDG 3, which aspires to ensure health and well-being for all including a bold commitment to end the epidemics of AIDS, tuberculosis, malaria and other communicable diseases by 2030, has taken a battering. The emergency state of global public health calls for new solutions, and a lot rides on Artificial Intelligence providing new oxygen to human health.

• MODERATOR

  

  Charles-Edouard Bouée, Managing Partner, Alpha Intelligence Capital, Hong Kong

• Speakers

  

  Judit Giró Benet, Co-Founder & CEO, The Blue Box, United States of America

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  Hila Goldman-Aslan, CEO & Co-Founder, DiA Imaging Analysis, Israel

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  Ashish Koshy,
  CEO, G42 Healthcare, United Arab Emirates

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  Dr. Ali Parsa, Chief Executive Officer & Founder, Babylon, United Kingdom

In Conversation: Power of Persuasion: Climate is a Serious Matter

During the pandemic, the power of persuading citizens to follow rules and guidelines for safe behavior became a key factor in containing contagion. How can we apply the lessons learned to the challenge of climate change and sustainability?

• Moderator

  

  Souad Jamal AlSerkal, Vice President of Strategic Communications, Tabreed, United Arab Emirates

• Speaker

  

  Sir Martin Sorrell, Chairman, S4 Capital, United Kingdom

Address: COP26: Raising Climate Ambition and Action in 2021

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  Rt Hon Alok Sharma MP, COP26 President, United Kingdom

COP26 – a Crucial Stepping-Stone on the Path to a Sustainable Global Recovery

COP26 has been postponed by a full year, which could be seen as a serious risk of delaying the attainment of national climate-related commitments. There is an expectation that countries will be keen to steer towards a recovery of their economies built on the premise of sustainability, and therein may lie a silver lining of the postponement: COP26 has the potential to kick start a new decade of high-impact climate agreements and economic growth.

Part 1 - Address:

• Speakers

  

  Laurent Fabius, President, Constitutional Court, Former President of COP21/Paris Agreement, France

Part 2 - In Conversation:

• Moderator

  

  Clover Hogan, Founder & Executive Director, Force of Nature, United Kingdom

• Speaker

  

  Francesco La Camera, Director-General, International Renewable Energy Agency

In Conversation: Pathways to Becoming a Sustainable Oil Company

How does an oil company become sustainable, and what does responsible oil and gas production look like when aligned with the United Nation’s (UN) Sustainable Development Goals on responsible consumption and production, climate action, protecting biodiversity, and enhancing economic opportunity?

• Moderator

  

  Eithne Treanor, CEO, E Treanor Media

• SPEAKER

  

  Dr. Alan Nelson, Chief Technology Officer, ADNOC, United Arab Emirates

Panel: Unleashing Young People’s Creative Brilliance through a Sustainable Fashion Challenge

Junk Kouture challenges the world’s emerging designers and artists to envision, create and model high-end couture from everyday junk. How can such a competition be used to inspire creativity and sustainability?

• Moderator

  

  Stephen Shortt, CEO, ETC Consult, Ireland

• SPEAKERS

  

  Katie Brill, Vice President PR & Communications, Junk Kouture, Ireland

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  Caoimhe Lowry, Student, Designer, Blinded by Perfection, Ireland

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  Grace Maher, Student, Tullow Community School, Designer, Element 13, Ireland

In Conversation: Achieving a Green and Digital Global Recovery

With most of the world’s leading emitters now actively pursuing carbon neutrality, and the incoming US administration planning to commit the US to decarbonization by 2050, Prof. Sachs sees the makings for a truly green and digital global recovery and era of sustainable development. More than ever before, global cooperation is needed, to set shared goals and regulations, develop and deploy new technologies, and to scale up the financing of green and digital development. Prof. Sachs will discuss what we should do globally, and what each region should do, to ensure that all parts of the world join in and benefit from the new trajectory of sustainable development.

• Moderator

  

  Simon Birkebæk, Partner, BCG

• SPEAKER

  

  Prof. Jeffrey D. Sachs, President, UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network, UN SDG Advocate, and Director, Center for Sustainable Development at Columbia University, United States of America

Panel: National Resilience in the Time of COVID-19

National resilience strategies have taken on an entirely new meaning, encompassing now, in addition to climate change and sustainability also pandemic preparedness. Social, economic and environmental stability are all key objectives. National plans to accelerate the green transformation are vital drivers and must permeate all industries and drive all investment decisions at the national level - and ideally also at the level of regions.

• MODERATOR

  

  Kathy Baughman McLeod, Senior Vice President & Director, The Adrienne Arsht – Rockefeller Foundation Resilience Center, United States

• Speakers

  

  Dr. Angela Wilkinson, Secretary General & CEO, World Energy Council

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  Ekhosuehi Iyahen, Secretary General, Insurance Development Forum (IDF)

In Conversation: Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) Investing

The pandemic has revealed that sustainable investing is a necessity and not an option, with investors now seizing the opportunity to transform business. Based on the premise that ESG makes business and environmental sense, groups such as Net-Zero Asset Alliance, representing $5.0 trillion assets under management, have boldly committed to delivering a transition their investment portfolios to net-zero GHG emissions by 2050. In parallel, youth are making their voices heard. Is this the beginning of the end of money and climate interests being incompatible? What are investors expecting from corporate leaders?

• MODERATOR

  

  Frederick Kempe, President & Chief Executive Officer, Atlantic Council, United States of America

• Speakers

  

  H.E. Khaldoon Khalifa Al Mubarak, Managing Director & Group Chief Executive Officer, Mubadala Investment Company, United Arab Emirates

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  Laurence Fink, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, BlackRock, Inc., United States of America

Panel: New Imperative, Renewed Focus: Net-Zero

The stark reality of the global pandemic has put further emphasis on the importance of resilience in business operations and supply chains. ‘Business as usual’ is no more, and top CEOs are implementing ambitious strategies to become net-zero through scalable, cross-industry and cross-company initiatives. A growing number of the world’s biggest companies have identified 2030 as the target year for becoming carbon-neutral and are making it an integral part of their business strategy, in many cases using Science-Based Targets.

• Introductory Keynote

  

  Bruno Bensasson, EDF Group Senior Executive Vice President, Renewable Energies, Chief Executive Officer, EDF Renewables, France

• MODERATOR

  

  Andrew Sollinger, Publisher, Foreign Policy, United States of America

• Speakers

  

  Brad Bao, Co-Founder & Chairman, Lime, United States of America

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  Dr. Lucas Joppa, Chief Environmental Officer, Microsoft, United States of America

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  Anne Chassagnette, Chief Sustainability Officer, ENGIE Group; CEO of the Impact Fund Rassembleurs d’Energie, France

Address: How an Oil Company Goes Net-Zero

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  Giulia Chierchia, Executive Vice President, Strategy and Sustainability, bp, United Kingdom