Action Tracker for World Economic Forum (WEF)

1. General Topics across WEF

1.1. Pre-Meeting Press Conference 2019

1.1.1. Klaus Schwab

1.1.1.1. Founder and Executive Chairman

1.1.2. Borge Brende

1.1.2.1. President, Member of the Managing Board

1.1.3. Saadia Zahidi

1.1.3.1. Managing Director, Head of Social and Economic Agenda

1.1.4. Dominic Waughray

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

1.1.5. Sebastian Buckup

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

1.1.6. Sarita Nayyar

1.1.6.1. Managing Director, Chief Operating Officer Forum LLC

1.1.7. Makiko Eda

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

1.1.8. Adrian Monck

1.1.8.1. Managing Director, Head of Public and Social Engagement

1.2. The Geopolitical Agenda

1.2.1. Yoichi Funabashi

1.2.2. Kishore Mahbubani

1.2.3. Karin von Hippel

1.2.4. Vali R. Nasr

1.2.5. Yan Xuetong

1.3. Peace and Reconciliation in a Multipolar World

1.3.1. Mohammed Bin Abdulrahman Al Thani

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

1.3.2. Abdullah Abdullah

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

1.3.3. Sigrid Kaag

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

1.3.4. Gebran Bassil

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

1.3.5. Abdelkader Messahel

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

1.3.6. Robin Niblett

1.3.6.1. Director, Chatham House

1.4. Nuclear Brinksmanship

1.4.1. Angela Kane

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

1.4.2. Philip Shetler-Jones

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

1.4.3. William Burns

1.4.3.1. President, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

1.5. The Humanitarian Crises That Will Shape 2019

1.5.1. David Miliband

1.5.1.1. President, International Rescue Committee

1.5.2. Peter Maurer

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

1.5.3. Heba Aly

1.5.3.1. Director, IRIN

1.5.4. Tara Nathan

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

1.5.5. Georg Schmitt

1.5.5.1. Head of Corporate Affairs, World Economic Forum

1.6. Strategic Outlook on South Asia

1.6.1. Raghuram G. Rajan

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

1.6.2. K P Sharma Oli

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

1.6.3. Mari Elka Pangestu

1.6.3.1. Professor of International Economics, University of Indonesia

1.6.4. Sigve Brekke

1.6.4.1. President and Chief Executive Officer, Telenor Group

1.6.5. Abdullah Abdullah

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

1.7. Special Address by Jair Bolsonaro, President of Brazil

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

1.9. Is the West Paralyzed?

1.9.1. 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.

1.9.2. Kishore Mahbubani

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

1.9.3. Ngaire Woods

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

1.9.4. Richard Samans

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

2. Shaping the Future of Advanced Manufacturing and Production

2.1. Plastic Pollution: An End in Sight?

2.1.1. Yi Hsin Cathy Chen

2.1.1.1. Senior Policy Adviser, Natural Resources Canada

2.1.2. Urs Gredig

2.1.2.1. Editor-in-Chief, CNNMoney Switzerland

2.1.3. Heather Koldewey

2.1.3.1. Fellow, National Geographic Society

2.1.4. Peter Thomson

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

2.1.5. Tom Szaky

2.1.5.1. Founder and Chief Executive Officer, TerraCycle Inc.

2.1.6. Gloria Fluxa Thienemann

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

3. Shaping the Future of Consumption

3.1. Strategic Outlook on Consumption

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

4. Shaping the Future of Digital Economy and Society

4.1. Shaping a New Market Architecture

4.2. Designing for Everyone

4.2.1. Sinéad Burke, Caroline Baumann, Susannah Rodgers

4.3. The State of Public Opinion

4.3.1. Lauren Woodman

4.3.2. Oliver Cann

4.3.3. Kumi Naidoo

4.4. Strategic Outlook on the Digital Economy

4.4.1. Abidali Neemuchwala

4.4.2. Alfred F. Kelly Jr

4.4.3. Rajeev Suri

4.4.4. Derek O'Halloran

4.4.5. Victoria A. Espinel

4.4.6. Eileen Donahoe

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

4.5.1. Tian Wei

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

4.5.2. Xu Niansha

4.5.2.1. Chairman, China Poly Group Corporation

4.5.3. Heng Swee Keat

4.5.3.1. Minister for Finance, Ministry of Finance of Singapore

4.5.4. Ilham Aliyev

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

4.5.5. Wang Yongqing

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

4.6. Globalization 4.0

4.6.1. Klaus Schwab

4.6.1.1. Founder and Executive Chairman, World Economic Forum

4.6.2. Satya Nadella

4.6.2.1. Chief Executive Officer, Microsoft Corp.

4.6.3. Juan David Aristizabal

4.6.3.1. President and Co-Founder, Los Zúper

4.6.4. Mohammed Hassan Mohamud

4.6.4.1. Zonal Chairman, Kakuma Refugee Camp

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

4.6.5. Julia Luscombe

4.6.5.1. Director, Strategic Initiatives, Feeding America

4.6.6. Basima Abdulrahman

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

4.6.7. Akira Sakano

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

4.6.8. Noura Berrouba

4.6.8.1. Member of the Governing Body, European Youth Parliament

4.7. Making Globalization 4.0 Work for All

4.7.1. 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?

4.7.2. Kenji Kohno

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

4.7.3. Laurence Boone

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

4.7.4. Hikmet Ersek

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

4.7.5. Tadashi Maeda

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

4.7.6. Richard Baldwin

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

5. Shaping the Future of Economic Progress

5.1. The Modern History of Globalization

5.1.1. Gita Gopinath

5.1.2. Zhang Weiwei

5.1.3. Adam Tooze

5.1.4. Michael J. Mazarr

5.2. IMF world Economic outlook

5.2.1. Christine Lagarde

5.2.2. Gita Gopinath

5.3. The Road to Resilience

5.3.1. Peter McBride

5.3.1.1. National Geographic Explorer

5.3.2. Platon

5.3.2.1. Photographer and Founder, The People's Portfolio

5.3.3. Caroline Casey

5.3.3.1. Founder, Binc

5.3.4. Andria Zafirakou

5.3.4.1. Teacher, Arts and Textile, Alperton Community School

5.4. A New Day in Latin America

5.4.1. Moisés Naím

5.4.1.1. Distinguished Fellow, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

5.4.2. Luis Alberto Moreno

5.4.2.1. President, The Inter-American Development Bank

5.4.3. Carlos Alvarado Quesada

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

5.4.4. Lenin Moreno Garcés

5.4.4.1. President of Ecuador, Office of the President of Ecuador

5.4.5. Mario Abdo Benítez

5.4.5.1. President of Paraguay, Office of the President of Paraguay

5.5. Global Economy in Transition

5.5.1. Kristalina Georgieva

5.5.1.1. Chief Executive Officer, The World Bank

5.5.2. Lesetja Kganyago

5.5.2.1. Governor, South African Reserve Bank (SARB)

5.5.3. Haruhiko Kuroda

5.5.3.1. Governor, Bank of Japan

5.5.4. Christine Lagarde

5.5.4.1. Managing Director, International Monetary Fund

5.5.5. Mariana Mazzucato

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

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

5.6. The Cost of Inequality

6. Shaping the Future of Education, Gender and Work

6.1. Radically Reinventing Social Systems

6.1.1. Hilary Cottam,

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

6.1.2. Peter Wolodarski,

6.1.2.1. Editor-in-Chief, Dagens Nyheter

6.2. The Female Icon

6.2.1. Laura Liswood

6.2.1.1. Secretary-General, Council of Women World Leaders

6.2.2. Rena Effendi

6.2.2.1. Photographer

6.2.3. Chiara Tilesi

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

6.3. Investing in Fragile Contexts

6.3.1. Ion Yadigaroglu

6.3.1.1. Managing Partner, Capricorn Investment Group LLC

6.3.2. Nicholas D. Kristof

6.3.2.1. Columnist, The New York Times

6.3.3. Kristalina Georgieva

6.3.3.1. Chief Executive Officer, The World Bank

6.3.4. Peter Maurer

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

6.3.5. David Miliband

6.3.5.1. President, International Rescue Committee

7. Shaping the Future of Energy

7.1. Strategic Outlook on Energy

7.1.1. Zhang Jianhua

7.1.2. Jean-Pascal Tricoire

7.1.3. Iain Conn

7.1.4. Katherine Hamilton

7.1.5. Fatih Birol

8. Shaping the Future of Environment and Natural Resource Security

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

8.1.1. Klaus Schwab

8.1.1.1. Founder and Executive Chairman, World Economic Forum

8.1.2. The Duke of Cambridge

8.1.2.1. The Duke of Cambridge, Kensington Palace

8.1.3. Sir David Attenborough

8.1.3.1. Broadcaster and Naturalist, David Attenborough

8.2. Building Sustainable Markets

8.2.1. Anne Finucane

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

8.2.2. Niama El Bassunie

8.2.2.1. Chief Executive Officer, WaystoCap SARL

8.2.3. Jesper Brodin

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

8.2.4. Aron Cramer

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

8.2.5. Raj Kumar

8.2.5.1. President and Editor-in-Chief, Devex

8.2.6. Alfredo Moreno Charme

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

9. Shaping the Future of Financial and Monetary Systems

9.1. Rethinking Global Financial Risk

9.1.1. Axel A. Weber

9.1.2. Fang Xinghai

9.1.3. Maria Bartiromo

9.1.4. Ray Dalio

9.1.5. Jin Keyu

9.2. Automated Markets

9.2.1. William Ford

9.2.1.1. Chief Executive Officer, General Atlantic LLC

9.2.2. Ron Mock

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

9.2.3. Andy Serwer

9.2.3.1. Editor-in-Chief, Yahoo Finance

9.2.4. Adena Friedman

9.2.4.1. President and Chief Executive Officer, Nasdaq Inc.

9.2.5. David McKay

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

10. Shaping the Future of Food

10.1. Water for Life

10.1.1. Ernst Bromeis, Susan Goldberg

11. Shaping the Future of Health and Healthcare

11.1. Strategic Outlook on Healthcare

11.1.1. Christophe Weber

11.1.2. Michael F. Neidorff

11.1.3. Elena Cherney

11.1.4. Peter Orszag

11.1.5. Liu Jiren

11.2. Building a Global Coalition to End Epidemics

11.2.1. Richard Hatchett

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

11.2.2. Paul Stoffels

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

11.2.3. Jeremy Farrar

11.2.3.1. Director, Wellcome Trust

11.2.4. Ryan Morhard

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

11.2.5. Lydia Ogden

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

11.3. Financial Innovation for Global Health

11.3.1. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus

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

11.3.2. Vasant Narasimhan

11.3.2.1. Chief Executive Officer, Novartis AG

11.3.3. William H. Gates III

11.3.3.1. Co-Chair, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

11.3.4. Sania Nishtar

11.3.4.1. Founder and President, Heartfile

11.3.5. Clifton Leaf

11.3.5.1. Editor-in-Chief, Fortune Magazine

11.3.6. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala

11.3.6.1. Chair, Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance

11.3.7. Peter Sands

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

11.4. Training Grandmothers to Treat Depression

11.4.1. 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.

11.4.2. Ishaan Tharoor

11.4.2.1. Staff Writer, Foreign Affairs, The Washington Post

11.4.3. Dixon Chibanda

11.4.3.1. Director, African Mental Health Research Initiativ

12. Shaping the Future of Information and Entertainment

12.1. Media Freedom in Crisis

12.1.1. Tinatin Kandelaki

12.1.1.1. General Producer, Match TV

12.1.2. Aleksandar Vučić

12.1.2.1. President of Serbia, Office of the President of Serbia

12.1.3. Martin Baron

12.1.3.1. Executive Editor, The Washington Post

12.1.4. Kumi Naidoo

12.1.4.1. Secretary-General, Amnesty International

12.1.5. Stephen J. Adler

12.1.5.1. Editor-in-Chief, Reuters

12.1.6. Matthew Caruana Galizia

12.1.6.1. Director, Daphne Caruana Galizia Foundation

12.2. Future Frontiers of Technology Control

12.2.1. Samir Saran

12.2.1.1. President, Observer Research Foundation (ORF)

12.2.2. Steven Ciobo

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

12.2.3. Frederick Kempe

12.2.3.1. President and Chief Executive Officer, The Atlantic Council

12.2.4. Alice Bunn

12.2.4.1. Director, International, UK Space Agency

12.3. Governing Data in Our Daily Lives

12.3.1. Jane Sun Jie

12.3.1.1. Chief Executive Officer, Ctrip.com

12.3.2. Chen Shengqiang

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

12.3.3. Lauren Woodman

12.3.3.1. Chief Executive Officer, NetHope Inc.

12.3.4. Nara Lokesh

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

12.3.5. Li Xin

12.3.5.1. Managing Director, Caixin Global, Caixin Media

12.3.6. Marietje Schaake

12.3.6.1. Member of the European Parliament, European Parliament

13. Shaping the Future of International Trade and Investment

13.1. Future Frontiers of Global Value Chains

13.1.1. Bhairavi Jani

13.1.1.1. Executive Director, SCA Group of Companies

13.1.1.2. No effective measures for intangibles

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

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

13.1.1.5. Absolute agility in training and re-skilling

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

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

13.1.2. Bogolo Joy Kenewendo

13.1.2.1. Minister of Investment, Trade and Industry

13.1.2.2. Botswana will become the gateway for trade

13.1.2.3. Give incentives for manufacturing companies to come to Botswana

13.1.2.4. Invest more in human capital especially in education

13.1.3. Arancha Gonzalez Laya

13.1.3.1. Executive Director, International Trade Centre (ITC)

13.1.3.2. Not measuring value being added internationally especially intangibles

13.1.4. Jun Ni

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

13.1.4.2. 100 years ago everything was mass-produced, now its p3 personalised product production

13.1.4.3. Improve Global Trade Standards

13.1.4.4. Digital Certifications to eliminate trade barriers

13.1.5. Douglas L. Peterson

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

13.1.5.2. Countries are Increasingly dependent on trade

13.1.5.2.1. China, Canada, Australia are over dependent

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

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

13.1.5.3. Industrialised countries typically climb the value added ladder

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

13.1.5.3.2. India and Philippines played the outsourcing service ladder

13.1.5.4. Tariffs starting to weigh on global trade

13.1.5.4.1. China is witnessing a major drop

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

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

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

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

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

13.1.5.10. Ability to get finance for SMEs

13.1.6. Audience

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

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

13.1.6.2.1. Sustainability Map

13.2. Achieving a Single Market in Africa

13.2.1. Bernard Gautier

13.2.1.1. Group Deputy Chief Executive Officer, Wendel

13.2.2. Akinwumi Ayodeji Adesina

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

13.2.3. Arancha Gonzalez Laya

13.2.3.1. Executive Director, International Trade Centre (ITC)

13.2.4. Emmanuel Gamor

13.2.4.1. Entrepreneur, Kanea - EdTech

13.2.5. Winnie Byanyima

13.2.5.1. Executive Director, Oxfam International

13.2.6. Rob Shuter

13.2.6.1. Group Chief Executive Officer, MTN Group Ltd

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

14.1. Future Frontiers of Strategic Infrastructure

14.1.1. John M. Beck

14.1.1.1. Executive Chairman, Aecon Construction Group Inc.

14.1.2. John Chipman

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

14.1.3. Yan Xuetong

14.1.3.1. Dean, Institute of International Relations, Tsinghua University

14.1.4. Abha Joshi-Ghani

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

15. Shaping the Future of Mobility