Action Tracker for World Economic Forum (WEF)

1. Shaping the Future of Advanced Manufacturing and Production

1.1. Plastic Pollution: An End in Sight?

1.1.1. Yi Hsin Cathy Chen

1.1.1.1. Senior Policy Adviser, Natural Resources Canada

1.1.2. Urs Gredig

1.1.2.1. Editor-in-Chief, CNNMoney Switzerland

1.1.3. Heather Koldewey

1.1.3.1. Fellow, National Geographic Society

1.1.4. Peter Thomson

1.1.4.1. United Nations Secretary-General's Special Envo..., United Nations

1.1.5. Tom Szaky

1.1.5.1. Founder and Chief Executive Officer, TerraCycle Inc.

1.1.6. Gloria Fluxa Thienemann

1.1.6.1. Vice-Chairman and Chief Sustainability Officer, Iberostar Group

2. Shaping the Future of Consumption

2.1. Strategic Outlook on Consumption

2.1.1. Zara Ingilizian, Alan Jope, Doug McMillon, Orit Gadiesh, Steve Rusckowski, David W. MacLennan

3. Shaping the Future of Digital Economy and Society

3.1. Shaping a New Market Architecture

3.2. Designing for Everyone

3.2.1. Sinéad Burke, Caroline Baumann, Susannah Rodgers

3.3. The State of Public Opinion

3.3.1. Lauren Woodman

3.3.2. Oliver Cann

3.3.3. Kumi Naidoo

3.4. Strategic Outlook on the Digital Economy

3.4.1. Abidali Neemuchwala

3.4.2. Alfred F. Kelly Jr

3.4.3. Rajeev Suri

3.4.4. Derek O'Halloran

3.4.5. Victoria A. Espinel

3.4.6. Eileen Donahoe

3.5. Advancing the Belt and Road Initiative: China’s Trillion-Dollar Vision

3.5.1. Tian Wei

3.5.1.1. Host, World Insight with Tian Wei, China Global Television Network (CGTN)

3.5.2. Xu Niansha

3.5.2.1. Chairman, China Poly Group Corporation

3.5.3. Heng Swee Keat

3.5.3.1. Minister for Finance, Ministry of Finance of Singapore

3.5.4. Ilham Aliyev

3.5.4.1. President of the Republic of Azerbaijan, Administration of the President of the Republic...

3.5.5. Wang Yongqing

3.5.5.1. Vice-Chairman, All-China Federation of Industry and Commerce (...

3.6. Globalization 4.0

3.6.1. Klaus Schwab

3.6.1.1. Founder and Executive Chairman, World Economic Forum

3.6.2. Satya Nadella

3.6.2.1. Chief Executive Officer, Microsoft Corp.

3.6.3. Juan David Aristizabal

3.6.3.1. President and Co-Founder, Los Zúper

3.6.4. Mohammed Hassan Mohamud

3.6.4.1. Zonal Chairman, Kakuma Refugee Camp

3.6.4.1.1. Action - Create access to education and opportunity for the Kakuma Camp

3.6.5. Julia Luscombe

3.6.5.1. Director, Strategic Initiatives, Feeding America

3.6.6. Basima Abdulrahman

3.6.6.1. Founder and Chief Executive Officer, KESK Green Building Consulting

3.6.7. Akira Sakano

3.6.7.1. Chair, Board of Directors, Zero Waste Academy Japan

3.6.8. Noura Berrouba

3.6.8.1. Member of the Governing Body, European Youth Parliament

3.7. Making Globalization 4.0 Work for All

3.7.1. What are the deep technological, societal and economic forces underpinning the next wave of globalization, and how can we make sure they advance human development and prosperity?

3.7.2. Kenji Kohno

3.7.2.1. General Director, General Bureau for America; E..., NHK (Japan Broadcasting Corporation)

3.7.3. Laurence Boone

3.7.3.1. Chief Economist, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Deve...

3.7.4. Hikmet Ersek

3.7.4.1. President and Chief Executive Officer, The Western Union Company

3.7.5. Tadashi Maeda

3.7.5.1. Governor and Representative Director, Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC)

3.7.6. Richard Baldwin

3.7.6.1. Professor of International Economics, The Graduate Institute of International and Dev...

4. Shaping the Future of Economic Progress

4.1. The Modern History of Globalization

4.1.1. Gita Gopinath

4.1.2. Zhang Weiwei

4.1.3. Adam Tooze

4.1.4. Michael J. Mazarr

4.2. IMF world Economic outlook

4.2.1. Christine Lagarde

4.2.2. Gita Gopinath

4.3. The Road to Resilience

4.3.1. Peter McBride

4.3.1.1. National Geographic Explorer

4.3.2. Platon

4.3.2.1. Photographer and Founder, The People's Portfolio

4.3.3. Caroline Casey

4.3.3.1. Founder, Binc

4.3.4. Andria Zafirakou

4.3.4.1. Teacher, Arts and Textile, Alperton Community School

4.4. A New Day in Latin America

4.4.1. Moisés Naím

4.4.1.1. Distinguished Fellow, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

4.4.2. Luis Alberto Moreno

4.4.2.1. President, The Inter-American Development Bank

4.4.3. Carlos Alvarado Quesada

4.4.3.1. President of Costa Rica, Office of the President of Costa Rica

4.4.4. Lenin Moreno Garcés

4.4.4.1. President of Ecuador, Office of the President of Ecuador

4.4.5. Mario Abdo Benítez

4.4.5.1. President of Paraguay, Office of the President of Paraguay

4.5. Global Economy in Transition

4.5.1. Kristalina Georgieva

4.5.1.1. Chief Executive Officer, The World Bank

4.5.2. Lesetja Kganyago

4.5.2.1. Governor, South African Reserve Bank (SARB)

4.5.3. Haruhiko Kuroda

4.5.3.1. Governor, Bank of Japan

4.5.4. Christine Lagarde

4.5.4.1. Managing Director, International Monetary Fund

4.5.5. Mariana Mazzucato

4.5.5.1. Professor of Economics of Innovation and Public..., University College London (UCL)

4.5.6. Economic cooperation is essential for our future prosperity, environmental sustainability and global security. How can we shape a more equitable and collaborative global architecture?

4.6. The Cost of Inequality

5. Shaping the Future of Education, Gender and Work

5.1. Radically Reinventing Social Systems

5.1.1. Hilary Cottam,

5.1.1.1. Author and Entrepreneur, Centre for the Fourth Social Revolution

5.1.2. Peter Wolodarski,

5.1.2.1. Editor-in-Chief, Dagens Nyheter

5.2. The Female Icon

5.2.1. Laura Liswood

5.2.1.1. Secretary-General, Council of Women World Leaders

5.2.2. Rena Effendi

5.2.2.1. Photographer

5.2.3. Chiara Tilesi

5.2.3.1. Founder and President of the Board of Directors, We Do It Together

5.3. Investing in Fragile Contexts

5.3.1. Ion Yadigaroglu

5.3.1.1. Managing Partner, Capricorn Investment Group LLC

5.3.2. Nicholas D. Kristof

5.3.2.1. Columnist, The New York Times

5.3.3. Kristalina Georgieva

5.3.3.1. Chief Executive Officer, The World Bank

5.3.4. Peter Maurer

5.3.4.1. President, International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC)

5.3.5. David Miliband

5.3.5.1. President, International Rescue Committee

6. Shaping the Future of Energy

6.1. Strategic Outlook on Energy

6.1.1. Zhang Jianhua

6.1.2. Jean-Pascal Tricoire

6.1.3. Iain Conn

6.1.4. Katherine Hamilton

6.1.5. Fatih Birol

7. Shaping the Future of Environment and Natural Resource Security

7.1. A Conversation with Sir David Attenborough and HRH The Duke of Cambridge

7.1.1. Klaus Schwab

7.1.1.1. Founder and Executive Chairman, World Economic Forum

7.1.2. The Duke of Cambridge

7.1.2.1. The Duke of Cambridge, Kensington Palace

7.1.3. Sir David Attenborough

7.1.3.1. Broadcaster and Naturalist, David Attenborough

7.2. Building Sustainable Markets

7.2.1. Anne Finucane

7.2.1.1. Chairman of the Board, Bank of America Merrill..., Bank of America Corporation

7.2.2. Niama El Bassunie

7.2.2.1. Chief Executive Officer, WaystoCap SARL

7.2.3. Jesper Brodin

7.2.3.1. Chief Executive Officer, Ingka Group (the largest IKEA franchisee)

7.2.4. Aron Cramer

7.2.4.1. President and Chief Executive Officer, Business for Social Responsibility (BSR)

7.2.5. Raj Kumar

7.2.5.1. President and Editor-in-Chief, Devex

7.2.6. Alfredo Moreno Charme

7.2.6.1. Minister of Social Development, Ministry of Social Development of Chile

8. Shaping the Future of Financial and Monetary Systems

8.1. Rethinking Global Financial Risk

8.1.1. Axel A. Weber

8.1.2. Fang Xinghai

8.1.3. Maria Bartiromo

8.1.4. Ray Dalio

8.1.5. Jin Keyu

8.2. Automated Markets

8.2.1. William Ford

8.2.1.1. Chief Executive Officer, General Atlantic LLC

8.2.2. Ron Mock

8.2.2.1. President and Chief Executive Officer, Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan

8.2.3. Andy Serwer

8.2.3.1. Editor-in-Chief, Yahoo Finance

8.2.4. Adena Friedman

8.2.4.1. President and Chief Executive Officer, Nasdaq Inc.

8.2.5. David McKay

8.2.5.1. President and Chief Executive Officer, RBC (Royal Bank of Canada)

9. Shaping the Future of Food

9.1. Water for Life

9.1.1. Ernst Bromeis, Susan Goldberg

10. Shaping the Future of Health and Healthcare

10.1. Strategic Outlook on Healthcare

10.1.1. Christophe Weber

10.1.2. Michael F. Neidorff

10.1.3. Elena Cherney

10.1.4. Peter Orszag

10.1.5. Liu Jiren

10.2. Building a Global Coalition to End Epidemics

10.2.1. Richard Hatchett

10.2.1.1. Chief Executive Officer, Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness and Innovat...

10.2.2. Paul Stoffels

10.2.2.1. Vice-Chairman and Chief Scientific Officer, Johnson & Johnson

10.2.3. Jeremy Farrar

10.2.3.1. Director, Wellcome Trust

10.2.4. Ryan Morhard

10.2.4.1. Project Lead, Global Health and Healthcare Indu..., World Economic Forum

10.2.5. Lydia Ogden

10.2.5.1. Associate Vice-President, Global Enterprise Policy, MSD

10.3. Financial Innovation for Global Health

10.3.1. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus

10.3.1.1. Director-General, World Health Organization (WHO)

10.3.2. Vasant Narasimhan

10.3.2.1. Chief Executive Officer, Novartis AG

10.3.3. William H. Gates III

10.3.3.1. Co-Chair, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

10.3.4. Sania Nishtar

10.3.4.1. Founder and President, Heartfile

10.3.5. Clifton Leaf

10.3.5.1. Editor-in-Chief, Fortune Magazine

10.3.6. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala

10.3.6.1. Chair, Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance

10.3.7. Peter Sands

10.3.7.1. Executive Director, The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and...

10.4. Training Grandmothers to Treat Depression

10.4.1. Join Dixon Chibanda – one of 12 psychiatrists in a country of more than 16 million and founder of the Friendship Bench programme –to learn how he trained elderly Zimbabwean women to deliver evidence-based talk therapy on benches under trees to bring care and hope to those in need.

10.4.2. Ishaan Tharoor

10.4.2.1. Staff Writer, Foreign Affairs, The Washington Post

10.4.3. Dixon Chibanda

10.4.3.1. Director, African Mental Health Research Initiativ

11. Shaping the Future of Information and Entertainment

11.1. Media Freedom in Crisis

11.1.1. Tinatin Kandelaki

11.1.1.1. General Producer, Match TV

11.1.2. Aleksandar Vučić

11.1.2.1. President of Serbia, Office of the President of Serbia

11.1.3. Martin Baron

11.1.3.1. Executive Editor, The Washington Post

11.1.4. Kumi Naidoo

11.1.4.1. Secretary-General, Amnesty International

11.1.5. Stephen J. Adler

11.1.5.1. Editor-in-Chief, Reuters

11.1.6. Matthew Caruana Galizia

11.1.6.1. Director, Daphne Caruana Galizia Foundation

11.2. Future Frontiers of Technology Control

11.2.1. Samir Saran

11.2.1.1. President, Observer Research Foundation (ORF)

11.2.2. Steven Ciobo

11.2.2.1. Minister of Defence Industry, Department of Defence of Australia

11.2.3. Frederick Kempe

11.2.3.1. President and Chief Executive Officer, The Atlantic Council

11.2.4. Alice Bunn

11.2.4.1. Director, International, UK Space Agency

11.3. Governing Data in Our Daily Lives

11.3.1. Jane Sun Jie

11.3.1.1. Chief Executive Officer, Ctrip.com

11.3.2. Chen Shengqiang

11.3.2.1. Chief Executive Officer, JD Digits, JD.COM

11.3.3. Lauren Woodman

11.3.3.1. Chief Executive Officer, NetHope Inc.

11.3.4. Nara Lokesh

11.3.4.1. Minister of Information Technology, Electronics..., Government of Andhra Pradesh

11.3.5. Li Xin

11.3.5.1. Managing Director, Caixin Global, Caixin Media

11.3.6. Marietje Schaake

11.3.6.1. Member of the European Parliament, European Parliament

12. Shaping the Future of International Trade and Investment

12.1. Future Frontiers of Global Value Chains

12.1.1. Bhairavi Jani

12.1.1.1. Executive Director, SCA Group of Companies

12.1.1.2. No effective measures for intangibles

12.1.1.3. Companies will figure out how to optimise their supply chain even with trade barriers

12.1.1.4. Small players have a massive play in the global value chain because of eCommerce platforms

12.1.1.5. Absolute agility in training and re-skilling

12.1.1.6. build open, trusted knowledge and information sharing platforms within supply chains

12.1.1.7. Govt must make sure they Include people in their initiatives

12.1.2. Bogolo Joy Kenewendo

12.1.2.1. Minister of Investment, Trade and Industry

12.1.2.2. Botswana will become the gateway for trade

12.1.2.3. Give incentives for manufacturing companies to come to Botswana

12.1.2.4. Invest more in human capital especially in education

12.1.3. Arancha Gonzalez Laya

12.1.3.1. Executive Director, International Trade Centre (ITC)

12.1.3.2. Not measuring value being added internationally especially intangibles

12.1.4. Jun Ni

12.1.4.1. Shien-Ming Wu Collegiate Professor of Manufacturing, University of Michigan

12.1.4.2. 100 years ago everything was mass-produced, now its p3 personalised product production

12.1.4.3. Improve Global Trade Standards

12.1.4.4. Digital Certifications to eliminate trade barriers

12.1.5. Douglas L. Peterson

12.1.5.1. President and Chief Executive Officer, S&P Global

12.1.5.2. Countries are Increasingly dependent on trade

12.1.5.2.1. China, Canada, Australia are over dependent

12.1.5.2.2. India, US and most of Europe are less dependent

12.1.5.2.3. someone in audience challenged the graph because it is looking at relative trade and not absolute trade.

12.1.5.3. Industrialised countries typically climb the value added ladder

12.1.5.3.1. China, South Korea and Vietnam moved from apparels to electronics

12.1.5.3.2. India and Philippines played the outsourcing service ladder

12.1.5.4. Tariffs starting to weigh on global trade

12.1.5.4.1. China is witnessing a major drop

12.1.5.5. Will technology push manufacturing to be increasingly global or increasingly local ?

12.1.5.6. When technology disrupts labour-intensive manufacturing, what are the economic implications ?

12.1.5.7. What can governments and private sector do to help people cope with disruption ?

12.1.5.8. How will regulation evolve as fewer goods and more data and services move borders ?

12.1.5.9. Infrastructure is a critical theme in every country especially ports and airports have to be completely re-hauled for both trade and tourism

12.1.5.10. Ability to get finance for SMEs

12.1.6. Audience

12.1.6.1. credible measures and trust can be given to the lender so that they can finance

12.1.6.2. what one can do push the digitization of supply chain across infrastructures, customs and many more

12.1.6.2.1. Sustainability Map

12.2. Achieving a Single Market in Africa

12.2.1. Bernard Gautier

12.2.1.1. Group Deputy Chief Executive Officer, Wendel

12.2.2. Akinwumi Ayodeji Adesina

12.2.2.1. President, Africa Development Bank, African Development Bank (AfDB)

12.2.3. Arancha Gonzalez Laya

12.2.3.1. Executive Director, International Trade Centre (ITC)

12.2.4. Emmanuel Gamor

12.2.4.1. Entrepreneur, Kanea - EdTech

12.2.5. Winnie Byanyima

12.2.5.1. Executive Director, Oxfam International

12.2.6. Rob Shuter

12.2.6.1. Group Chief Executive Officer, MTN Group Ltd

13. Shaping the Future of Long-Term Investing, Infrastructure and Development

13.1. Future Frontiers of Strategic Infrastructure

13.1.1. John M. Beck

13.1.1.1. Executive Chairman, Aecon Construction Group Inc.

13.1.2. John Chipman

13.1.2.1. Director-General and Chief Executive, The International Institute for Strategic Studi...

13.1.3. Yan Xuetong

13.1.3.1. Dean, Institute of International Relations, Tsinghua University

13.1.4. Abha Joshi-Ghani

13.1.4.1. Senior Adviser, Infrastructure, Public-Private..., The World Bank

14. Shaping the Future of Mobility

15. General Topics across WEF

15.1. Pre-Meeting Press Conference 2019

15.1.1. Klaus Schwab

15.1.1.1. Founder and Executive Chairman

15.1.2. Borge Brende

15.1.2.1. President, Member of the Managing Board

15.1.3. Saadia Zahidi

15.1.3.1. Managing Director, Head of Social and Economic Agenda

15.1.4. Dominic Waughray

15.1.4.1. Head of Centre for Global Public Goods, Member of the Executive Committee

15.1.5. Sebastian Buckup

15.1.5.1. Head of Programming, Global Programming Group, Member of the Executive Committee

15.1.6. Sarita Nayyar

15.1.6.1. Managing Director, Chief Operating Officer Forum LLC

15.1.7. Makiko Eda

15.1.7.1. Chief Representative Officer, Japan, Member of the Executive Committee, Tokyo

15.1.8. Adrian Monck

15.1.8.1. Managing Director, Head of Public and Social Engagement

15.2. The Geopolitical Agenda

15.2.1. Yoichi Funabashi

15.2.2. Kishore Mahbubani

15.2.3. Karin von Hippel

15.2.4. Vali R. Nasr

15.2.5. Yan Xuetong

15.3. Peace and Reconciliation in a Multipolar World

15.3.1. Mohammed Bin Abdulrahman Al Thani

15.3.1.1. Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign A..., Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Qatar

15.3.2. Abdullah Abdullah

15.3.2.1. Chief Executive of the Islamic Republic of Afgh..., Afghanistan Government

15.3.3. Sigrid Kaag

15.3.3.1. Minister for Foreign Trade and Development Coop..., Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands

15.3.4. Gebran Bassil

15.3.4.1. Minister of Foreign Affairs and Emigrants, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Emigrants of Le...

15.3.5. Abdelkader Messahel

15.3.5.1. Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Algeria

15.3.6. Robin Niblett

15.3.6.1. Director, Chatham House

15.4. Nuclear Brinksmanship

15.4.1. Angela Kane

15.4.1.1. Senior Fellow, Vienna Center for Disarmament and Non-Prolifera...

15.4.2. Philip Shetler-Jones

15.4.2.1. Programme Lead, Geopolitics and International S..., World Economic Forum

15.4.3. William Burns

15.4.3.1. President, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

15.5. The Humanitarian Crises That Will Shape 2019

15.5.1. David Miliband

15.5.1.1. President, International Rescue Committee

15.5.2. Peter Maurer

15.5.2.1. President, International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC)

15.5.3. Heba Aly

15.5.3.1. Director, IRIN

15.5.4. Tara Nathan

15.5.4.1. Executive Vice-President, Public-Private Partne..., Mastercard

15.5.5. Georg Schmitt

15.5.5.1. Head of Corporate Affairs, World Economic Forum

15.6. Strategic Outlook on South Asia

15.6.1. Raghuram G. Rajan

15.6.1.1. Katherine Dusak Miller Distinguished Service Pr..., University of Chicago Booth School of Business

15.6.2. K P Sharma Oli

15.6.2.1. Prime Minister of Nepal, Office of the Prime Minister of Nepal

15.6.3. Mari Elka Pangestu

15.6.3.1. Professor of International Economics, University of Indonesia

15.6.4. Sigve Brekke

15.6.4.1. President and Chief Executive Officer, Telenor Group

15.6.5. Abdullah Abdullah

15.6.5.1. Chief Executive of the Islamic Republic of Afgh..., Afghanistan Government

15.7. Special Address by Jair Bolsonaro, President of Brazil

15.8. Special Session with Michael Pompeo, Secretary of State of the United States

15.9. Is the West Paralyzed?

15.9.1. From the US government shutdown to the UK gridlock over Brexit, two pillars of western democracy appear to be stuck between globalization and populism. Has the west’s power and stability reached its tipping point? Get ahead of a major issue impacting the future of global governance in 2019.

15.9.2. Kishore Mahbubani

15.9.2.1. Senior Adviser and Professor in the Practice of..., National University of Singapore

15.9.3. Ngaire Woods

15.9.3.1. Dean, Blavatnik School of Government, University of O...

15.9.4. Richard Samans

15.9.4.1. Managing Director; Head of Policy and Instituti..., World Economic Forum LLC