Belfast Summit Agenda 2023

Food Crisis Plenary Session with opening keynote address given by Sir Bob Geldof

• Entrepreneur of the Year Award - Sponsored by Tetragon Financial Group
• Keynote address from Nobel Prize winner Professor Muhammad Yunus
• Presentation from Jurriaan Middelhoff from the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs
• First Ambassador in Action Session
• Labor Relations Director and Member of the Board of Management of AUDI, Xavier Ros
• Sessions from our corporate partners including:

•   CEO of Danone - Antoine de Saint-Affrique
•   Chief People and Transformation Officer of Unilever - Nintin Paranjpe
•   Representatives from dsm-firmenich 

Education plenary session

• Address from disability activist Oscar Anderson
• Second Ambassadors in Action Session
• Spotlight session of activist burnout - political activist and author Bill Browder
• Sessions from our corporate partners including:
   
• Chief People and Sustainability Officer of Siemens - Judith Wise
• Member of the Board of Management of BMW AG, responsible for Human Resources, and Labour Relations Director - Ilka Horsmeier
• President of Novartis (Asia Pacific, Middle East & Africa) - Iris Zemzoum
• Representative from Deloitte

Climate Emergency Plenary Session - closing keynote to be given by Paul Polman

• Ambassadors in Actions Session 3
• Politician of the Year Award - presented by Laura Chinchilla, former President of Costa Rica
• Indigenous leaders panel
• Spotlight session on climate refugees - Chaired by actress and UN Refugees Goodwill Ambassador, Kat Graham
• Sessions from our corporate partners including:
   
• Executive Vice President - Global Operations & IT, Chief Sustainability Officer at AstraZeneca, Pam Cheng
• Representative from Pepsico, Reckitt, and Deutsche Bahn

Plenary Session on Mental Health

• ‘Gurl Talk’ panel on young women’s mental health - Chaired by leading model and activist Adwoa Aboah
• Ambassadors in Action Session 4
• AI panel chair by McGovern Foundation President Vilas Dhar
• Sessions from our corporate partners including:
   
• Chair of the Z Zurich foundation - Garry Shaughnessy
• Group Head Human Resources at Standard Chartered Bank - Tanuj Kapilashrami
• Representative from BMS, KPMG and L’Oréal

Session on the Good Friday Agreement and the Northern Irish Peace Process including:

• Panel discussions with former Irish Taoiseach Bertie Ahern, and fellow Good Friday Agreement signatories, Monica McWilliams, Brid Rogers and Lord Alderdice
• Spotlight session on showing solidarity with the women of Iran and Afghanistan, Chaired by Hasina Safi, former Afghan Minister of Women’s Affairs and featuring Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe.
• Disability panel: Forming the next generation of disabled leaders - Chaired by leading disability activist Caroline Casey.
• Sessions from our corporate partners including:
   
• Representatives from Pfizer, IKEA, and Holcim

A reflection on the victims of the troubles

• Journalist Panel: The role of journalism in reconciling communities through the authentic reporting of conflicts - Chaired by Antonio Zappulla, CEO of Thomson Reuters, with Jacky Rowland and Orla Guerin on the panel
• The Future of Northern Ireland panel sessions
• Global First Ladies Panel Chaired by Orla Guerin and James Chau
• Peace and Reconciliation Plenary Session with keynote address by footballing legend and Cote D’Ivoire peace activist Didier Drogba