17th edition of the World Policy Conference - Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
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Founded in 2008 by Thierry de Montbrial, Chairman of the French Institute of International Relations (Ifri), the World Policy Conference (WPC) will be holding its seventeenth edition on December 13-15, 2024, in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.
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Since its first edition, the WPC's mission has been to reflect upon and to come up with solutions to the constant upheavals of today’s world and to create lasting bonds between the participants. This international conference gives a voice to political, economic, academic and media players from over the five continents – from major powers to medium and small countries, including emerging countries, thus ensuring a diversity and plurality of debates. This conference aims to help everyone to have an enlightened reflection on the constant changes in the world today.
This year, the WPC will welcome distinguished personalities such as :
HH Bartholomew Ist, Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople; Tiémoko Meyliet Koné, Vice President of the Republic of Côte d’Ivoire; Noura Al Kaabi, Minister of State at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the United Arab Emirates; Omran Sharaf, Assistant Foreign Minister for Advanced Science and Technology of the United Arab Emirates; Nialé Kaba, Minister of Economy, Planning, and Development of Côte d'Ivoire; Vincent Biruta, Minister of Interior of Rwanda, former Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of Rwanda; Maha Barakat, Assistant Minister for Health and Life Sciences at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the UAE; Anwar Gargash, Diplomatic Advisor to President of the United Arab Emirates; Jean-Claude Trichet, former President of the European Central Bank, Honorary Governor of the Banque de France; Jean-Marie Paugam, Deputy Director General of the WTO; Ana Brnabić, Speaker of the National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia; Kevin McCarthy, , 55th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives; Lasha Darsalia, First Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs of Georgia; Roman Vassilenko, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Kazakhstan; Aiman Ezzat, CEO of Capgemini; Bark Tae-ho, President of Lee&Ko Global Commerce Institute, former Minister for Trade of Korea; Ryu Jin, Chairman of the Federation of Korean Industries ; Vladislav Inozemtsev, Director of the Center for Post-Industrial Studies in Moscow, Special Advisor to Middle East Media Research Institute's Russia Media Studies Project in Washington, DC. ; Gary Litman, Senior Vice President for Global Initiatives at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce; Kevin Rudd, Australia's Ambassador to the United States, former Prime Minister of Australia; Norbert Röttgen, Member of the Deutscher Bundestag and member of the Foreign Affairs Committee; Haïm Korsia, Chief Rabbi of France; Gérard Mestrallet, Special Envoy of the French President for IMEC; Hubert Védrine, Former Minister of Foreign Affairs of France, Founder of Hubert Védrine Conseil; Qiao Yide, Vice Chairman and Secretary General of Shanghai Development Research Foundation; Hur Kyung-wook, Chairman of Seoul Financial Forum, Chairman of the Board of the Korea Center for International Finance, former Vice Minister for the Ministry of Strategy and Finance; Valérie Ducrot, Executive Director of Global Gas Centre; Kamel Abdallah, Managing Director and CEO of Canal Sugar, Egypt; Michel Kazatchkine, Special Advisor to the World Health Organization Regional Office for Europe; Jean-Marc Astorg Strategy Director at Centre national d’études spatiales (CNES); Nardos Bekele-Thomas, CEO of the African Union Development Agency/NEPAD, former United Nations Resident Coordinator in South Africa.
The work of this seventeenth edition will cover issues such as: The Future of Europe After the Ukraine War and Trump’s Election ; Global Economic Governance in a Fragmented World ; War and Peace in the Middle East ; De-globalization or Re-globalization ; President Trump: What Economy and Foreign Policy? ; Geopolitics of Climate Change ; Economic Growth and Geopolitical Challenges in Asia ; The AI Revolution ; BRICS expansion and many others.
The plenary sessions will be broadcast live on the Ifri's YouTube channel. Many participants will be featured on WPC TV, an interview media conducted on site.
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