In 2019, the French Institute of International Relations (Ifri) holds the T7 Presidency and organizes its summit on June 5 in Paris. In addition to the Think Tanks of the seven countries, Ifri involve African and European Think Tanks.

Three topics will be mainly discussed: international trade, development, but also multilateralism and defense of democracies. A short paper on each topic will be written by its French leader and then discussed with the Think Tank partners. The outcome of this meeting will be translated into a short recommendation paper for the G7 presidency.

Program

09:30 -09:45 - Opening Remarks

Thierry de Montbrial, Founder and Executive Chairman, Ifri

Laurent Bili, G7/G20 Sous-Sherpa of the French President

09:45-11:15 - Session 1: International Trade                

Chair: Guntram Wolff, Director, Bruegel

Input: Sébastien Jean (CEPII) & Françoise Nicolas (Ifri)

Alessia Amighini, Co-Head of Asia Centre and Senior Associate Research Fellow, ISPI

Hugo Perezcano Díaz, Deputy Director of International Economic Law with the International Law Research Program, CIGI

Kiyoyuki Seguchi, Research Director, CIGS

11:15-11:30 - Coffee Break

11:30-13:00 - Session 2: Development: Inequalities and Vulnerabilities

Chair: Nicoletta Pirozzi, Institutional Relations Manager, Head of the EU, Politics and Institutions Programme, IAI

Input : Patrick Guillaumont (FERDI) & Sébastien Treyer (IDDRI)

Imme Scholz, Acting Director, DIE

Mark Plant, Chief Operating Officer, CGD Europe

Edward Brown, Senior Director of Research and Policy Engagements, ACET

13:00-14:30 - Lunch Break/Open Buffet

14:30-16:00 - Session 3: Global Governance and the Defence of Democracy

Chair: Kiron Skinner, Director of the Office of Policy Planning and Senior Policy Advisor to the U.S. Secretary of State, Department of State

Input: Manuel Lafont Rapnouil (ECFR Paris Office)

Thorsten Benner, Co-founder and Director, GPPi

Paolo Magri, Executive Vice President & Director, ISPI

Ash Jain, Senior Fellow, Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security, Atlantic Council

16:00-16:15 - Coffee Break

16:15-17:15  - Wrap-up & Closing Remarks                          

Thomas Gomart, Director, Ifri

Alexandre Escorcia, Deputy Director Policy Planning Staff, French Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs

Speaker List

Canada

Ivetta Gerasimchuk, Lead, Sustainable Energy Supplies, International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD)

Claire Peacock, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Université Laval

Hugo Perezcano Díaz, Deputy Director of International Economic Law with the International Law Research Program (ILRP), Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI)

European Union

Anthony Dworkin, Senior Policy Fellow, European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR)

Geert Laporte, Deputy Director, European Centre for Development Policy Management (ECDPM)

Guntram Wolff, Director, Bruegel

France

Laurent Bili, G7/G20 Sous-Sherpa of the French President

Pierre Bollinger, Advisor – Civil Society, Secretariat General of the French G7 Presidency

Thierry de Montbrial, Founder and Executive Chairman, French Institute of International Relations (Ifri)

Alexandre Escorcia, Deputy Director of Policy Planning Staff, French Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs

Thomas Gomart, Director, French Institute of International Relations (Ifri)

Patrick Guillaumont, President, Foundation for Studies and Research on International Development (FERDI)

Sébastien Jean, Director, French Center for Research and Expertise on the World Economy (CEPII)

Manuel Lafont Rapnouil, Head, European Council of Foreign Relations (Paris Office)

Françoise Nicolas, Director, Center for Asian Studies, French Institute of International Relations (Ifri)

Kévin Magron, Head, G7 Task-Force

Sébastien Treyer, Executive Director, Institute for Sustainable Development and International Relations (IDDRI)

Germany

Thorsten Benner, Co-founder and Director, Global Public Policy Institute (GPPi)

Elias Brumm, Advisor on European Affairs, Policy Planning, German Federal Foreign Office

Dominik Groll, Forecasting Center and Research Area “Macroeconomic Policy under Market Imperfections”, Kiel Institute for the World Economy (IfW)

Imme Scholz, Acting Director, German Development Institute (DIE)

Ghana

Edward Brown, Senior Director of Research and Policy Engagements, African Center for Economic Transformation (ACET)

Italy

Alessia Amighini, Co-Head of Asia Centre and Senior Associate Research Fellow, Istituto per gli Studi di Politica Internazionale (ISPI)

Paolo Magri, Executive Vice President & Director, Istituto per gli Studi di Politica Internazionale (ISPI)

Nicoletta Pirozzi, Institutional Relations Manager, Head of the EU, Politics and Institutions Programme, Istituto Affari Internazionali (IAI)

Michele Tommasi, Deputy Director of Policy Planning Staff, Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation

Japan

Fumihiko Goto, Principal Deputy Director, Policy Planning Division, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan

Ryosuke Nakata, Chief Economist and Co-Chair of T20 Task Force on “Cooperation with Africa”, JICA Research Institute

Yoichi Otabe, Former Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Former Sherpa G8/G20 & Adjunct Fellow, Japan Institute of International Affairs (JIIA)

Kiyoyuki Seguchi, Research Director, Canon Institute for the Global Studies (CIGS)

Akiko Yamanaka, Senior Visiting Fellow, Japan Institute of International Affairs (JIIA)

Kenya

Joanes Atela, Senior Research Fellow and the Head of the Climate Resilient Economies Programme, African Centre for Technology Studies (ACTS)

Morocco

Karim El Aynaoui, President, Policy Center fort the New South (PCNS)

United Kingdom

Thomas Codrington, Senior Policy Planner, Policy Unit, Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Jonathan Eyal, Associate Director for Strategic Research Partnerships, and International Director, Royal United Services Institute (RUSI)

Simon Gill, Acting Executive Director, Overseas Development Institute (ODI)

United States of America

Ash Jain, Senior Fellow, Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security, Atlantic Council

Stewart Patrick, Director of the International Institutions and Global Governance Program, Council on Foreign Relations (CFR)

Mark Plant, Chief Operating Officer, Center for Global Development – Europe (CGD)

Jeffrey J. Schott, Senior Fellow, Peterson Institute for International Economics (PIIE)

Kiron Skinner, Director of the Office of Policy Planning and Senior Policy Advisor to the U.S. Secretary of State, Department of State