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PRE-EXPO CLIMATE AND BIODIVERSITY WEEK
20-21 OCTOBER 2020
Tuesday, October 20th, 2020Please note that all timings are GMT + 4
UAE Leadership Introduction to Climate and Biodiversity Week at Expo 2020 Dubai
Architecture at Expo 2020 Dubai | Building towards a sustainable future
Inside Terra | Expo’s Sustainability Pavilion ExperienceJohn BullDirector, Terra, Expo 2020 Dubai
9:00am
9:30am
10:00am
H.E. Reem Al HashimyDirector General of Expo 2020 Dubai and UAE Minister of State for International Cooperation
Keynote Remarks
H. E. Sultan Ahmed bin SulayemGroup Chairman and CEO of DP World
Film: Alya in Terraland
Panel Discussion
Dina Storey(Moderator)Head of Sustainability, Expo 2020 Dubai
Ahmed Al KhatibChief Delivery Officer, Expo 2020 Dubai
Serina Hijjas, Principal Director of Hijjas Architects + Planners , Malaysia Pavilion architect
Royal Pineda Artistic/Theme Director for the Philippines Pavilion
Mr. Wong Mun SummSingapore Pavilion Architect and Co-Founding Director, WOHA
Expo Family Talks11:00am
Peru
Accenture
Justin KeebleManaging Director for Sustainability, Accenture
Dulsco
Joelle SaabHead of the Expo 2020 Project at Dulsco
Lightning Talk 10:40am
Mourad BenayedStrategy Director, Ayed & Barber
Ayed & Barber
Tuesday, October 20th, 2020Please note that all timings are GMT + 4
Hungary
Guinea
Conservation for Hope: Expo 2020 Dubai, DP World and the Zoological Society of London
2:00pm
Panel Discussion
Dina Storey(Moderator)Head of Sustainability, Expo 2020 Dubai
Kate WilloughbyHead of GroupSustainability & Impact, DP World
Andrew Terry, Ph.D.Director of Conservation & Policy, Zoological Society of London
In Conversation with Expo 2020 Dubai’s Women’s Pavilion | Women as Agents of Change in Biodiversity and Climate Action
4:00pm
Panel Discussion
Hind Al Owais (Moderator) Vice President, Participant Management, Expo 2020 Dubai
H.E. Andrea Meza Murillo Minister of Environment and Energy of Costa Rica
H.E. Razan Al Mubarak Managing Director, Environment Agency - Abu Dhabi (EAD), UAE
H.E. Marcel Beukeboom Climate Envoy, Kingdom of the Netherlands
Dr. Theresa Mundita S. Lim Executive Director, ASEAN Biodiversity Centre
Dr. Gladys KalemaUgandan Environmentalist and Veterinarian and Founder of Conservation Through Public Health
Mamadou Saliou DialloFounder of the NGO Guinée Ecologie - Coordinator of the “Réseau Environnement de Bauxite” (Environment and bauxite network)
Aissatou Diallo President of the “Réseau Environnement de Bauxite” (Environment andbauxite network)
Dr. Jozsef Steier Economist, Professor of UAC (Benin)
Ms. Fay Casim Economic Development Director at Mulilo Renewable Energy in South Africa
Sophia Kianni Member of Secretary-General’s Youth Advisory Group on Climate Change
Youth for Action5:00pm
Nisreen El Saim Member of Secretary-General’sYouth Advisory Group on Climate Change
Archana Soreng Member of Secretary-General’sYouth Advisory Group on Climate Change
Paloma CostaMember of Secretary-General’sYouth Advisory Group on Climate Change
In Session with Baaba Maal: Inspiring through Music6:00pmBaaba MaalUNCCD Land Ambassador & Senegalese Singer
Wednesday, October 21st, 2020Please note that all timings are GMT + 4
Expo 2020 Dubai’s Global Innovators Fireside Chat: Solutions for Mitigating Desertification
9:05am
10:00am Expo Family Talks
Yasmin Baker(Moderator)Assistant Manager, Grant Management, Expo Live, Expo 2020 Dubai
Ole Kristian SivertsenChief Executive Officer, Desert Control
Dr. Dionysia Angeliki LyraHalophyte Agronomist, International Center for Biosaline Agriculture
Leena Al OlaimyCo-Founder of Public-Planet Partnerships, and Executive Chairperson of 3BL Associates
Tariq Al-Olaimy Co-Founder of Public-Planet Partnerships, and Managing Director of 3BL Associates
Public Planet-Partnerships
Christian SchwarzerCo-founder and member of the Steering Committee of the Global Youth Biodiversity Network
Elina Bardram Head of Unit for International Relations, European Commission, Directorate-General for Climate Action
European Union
Giorgio GrussuProject Coordinator for the Mountain Partnership Products Initiative at FAO
The Mountain Partnership
Gonzalo MuñozCOP25 Champion
Rossana Gaete Executive Director of H2 Chile
Max CorreaHead of the Fuels and New Energy Division at the Ministry of Energy
Chile
Ethiopia
DP World at Expo 2020 Dubai | Come and See the World in FlowDaniel van OtterdijkChief Communications Officer, DP World
2:00pm
Wednesday, October 21st, 2020Please note that all timings are GMT + 4
3:00pm Expo Family Talks
Benedict Libanda Chief Executive Officer of the Environmental Investment Fund of Namibia
Paolo GalliProfessor of Ecology at Department of Environmental Sciences of the University of Milano-Bicocca
Giorgio SaccocciaPresident of the Italian Space Agency (ASI)
Giovanni Giuseppe VendraminDirector of the Institute of Biosciences and BioResources
Angelo RiccaboniChairman of PRIMA Foundation
Namibia
Italy
Adam MillerExecutive Director, Planet Indonesia
Planet Indonesia
Nadia LaabsCo-founder and COO, SafetyNet Technologies
SafetyNet Technologies
Finland
Mika Sulkinoja Senior Lead, The Finnish Innovation Fund Sitra
Oman
Wednesday, October 21st, 2020Please note that all timings are GMT + 4
5:30pm In Session with Kilema: Inspiring through Music
Omer NTOUGOU NDOUTOUMENational Park Agency General Director’s Advisor
Gabon
Dr. Moustapha Kamal GueyeCoordinator, ILO Green Jobs Programme
International Labour Organization
Susana GarridoAssistant Researcher at the Portuguese Institute of the Sea and the Atmosphere (IPMA)
Portugal
Dr. Naushad MohamedDeputy Minister of Tourism
Maldives
Nissan
Guillaume CartierVice Chairman and SVP M&S AMIEO and President of AMI
Friederike KienitzRegion Vice President Legal, External & Government Affairs & Communications
Francisco Carranza SierraManaging Director, Nissan Energy
Raeda Al SarayrehDirector of Communications, AMIEO
KilemaMadagascan Musician
United Kingdom
Expo 2020 Dubai and The Eden Project host a World Majlis | Nature’s Giant Game of Jenga
Panel Discussion
Dr. Federica Busa(Moderator)Senior Vice President, Visitor Experience,Expo 2020 Dubai, UAE
Sheikha Shamma bint Sultan bin Khalifa Al NahyanCEO, Alliances for Global Sustainability, UAE
Ed WilsonChairman, E.O. Wilson Biodiversity Foundation Board of Advisors, USA
Angaangaq AngakkorsuaqInuit, Kalaallit Shaman, Greenland
6:00pm
H.E. Razan Al MubarakManaging Director,Environment Agency -Abu Dhabi (EAD), UAE
Sir Tim Smit Executive Vice-Chair and Co-Founder, Eden Project, UK
Nuno SáUnderwater Cameraman,Portugal
Paula J. Ehrlich President and CEO, E.O. Wilson Biodiversity Foundation, USA
Joaquin RuizDirector, Biosphere 2, University of Arizona, USA
UAE Ambassador for Nature
Wednesday, October 21st, 2020Please note that all timings are GMT + 4