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Sunday 28 April 2019

GDF LONDON EVE 
Private Central London Location

19:00-21:00

GDF Opening Reception

Monday 29 April 2019

GDF LONDON DAY ONE

Lancaster House London

10:00-12:00

GDF London Preview Event

12:00-13:00

GDF London Media Launch 

13:00-13:30

GDF London Welcome 

GDF State of the World Opening Debate

13:30-14:30

Back to the Future: A New Global Balance of Power

Moderator:

Darren Fogelman, Founder & CEO,

Global Dream Forum

 

Panellists:

Sir Lawrence Freedman,

Emeritus Professor,

King’s College London

 

Steven Simon, Former Senior Director,

US National Security Council 

 

Karin von Hippel, Director-General, RUSI

14:30-15:30

Defining Risk for Unknown Futures: Asia in Focus

Moderator:

James Miles, China Bureau Chief,

The Economist

Panellists:

 

Samir Puri, Adjunct Fellow,

King’s College London

 

Darren Fogelman, Founder & CEO,

Global Dream Forum

15:30-16:30

The Middle East End Game

Moderator:

Steven Simon, Former Senior Director,

US National Security Council

Panellists:

 

Sanam Vakil, Senior Fellow,

Chatham House

 

Ellie Geranmayeh, Deputy Head, MENA Programme, European Council Foreign Relations

16:30-17:30

Global Geoflux: US-Europe Relations

Moderator:

Hans Pung, President, RAND Europe

Panellists:

 

Dana Allin, Senior Fellow,

Transatlantic Affairs, IISS

 

Sean Kanuck, First US National Intelligence Officer for Cyber Issues

17:30-18:30

Strategic Economic Competition in The Era of Civilisation States

Moderator:

 

Steven Simon, Former Senior Director,

US National Security Council

Panellists:

 

Samir Puri, Adjunct Professor,

King’s College

 

Oksana Antonenko, Former Senior Advisor, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development

Throughout GDF LONDON DAY ONE

13:00-19:00 

“The Dream Show” Tech Innovation Showcase in GDF Pavilion.

GDF Media Stage with live coverage and interviews of on the record or attributable content.

Refreshments will be served throughout GDF London Day One

Tuesday 30 April 2019

GDF LONDON DAY TWO

Lancaster House London

07:00-07:10

GDF London Day Two Welcome

07:30-08:00

Global Cyber Futures Panel: Smart Cities Secured?

Interviewer:

 

Darren Fogelman, Founder & CEO,

Global Dream Forum

Panellist:

 

Sean Kanuck, First US National Intelligence Officer for Cyber Issues 

08:30-09:00

Global Strategic AI Futures

Moderator:

Tom Standage, Deputy Editor,

The Economist

Panellists:

 

Dov Moran, Managing Partner,

Grove Ventures & Inventor of USB

 

Sean Kanuck, First US National Intelligence Officer for Cyber Issues

09:00-10:00

Global Commerce Redefined

 

Moderator:

 

Darren Fogelman, Founder & CEO,

Global Dream Forum

Panellist: 

 

Lord Jim O’Neill,

Former UK Treasury Secretary 

10:00-11:00

Global Health Futures: Antimicrobial Resistance and Health Horizons

 

Moderator:

 

Hans Pung, President, RAND Europe

Panellists:

 

Lord Jim O’Neill,

Former UK Treasury Secretary 

 

Professor Alison Holmes,

Imperial College London

 

Sanj Srikanthan, European CEO,

International Rescue Committee

The Morality Technology Conundrum: Truth Decay, Leadership Deficits and 21st Century Pathways

 

Moderator:

 

Tom Standage, Deputy Editor,

The Economist 

Panellists:

 

Lord Eric Pickles, Former UK Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, UK Special Envoy for Post-Holocaust Issues

 

Sanj Srikanthan, European CEO,

International Rescue Committee

Rabbi Joseph Dweck, Senior Rabbi,

Spanish & Portugese Community of UK

11:00-11:45

11:45-12:30

The New Era of Manufacturing Sovereignty: 5G in Focus

Moderator:

 

Tom Standage, Deputy Editor,

The Economist 

Panellists:

 

Sir Michael Fallon MP, Former UK Secretary of State for Defence

 

Darren Fogelman, Founder & CEO,

Global Dream Forum

12:30-12:45

Future of Work: Productivity, Wellness and Automation

Moderator:

 

Darren Fogelman, Founder & CEO,

Global Dream Forum

Panellist:

 

Hans Pung, President, RAND Europe

12:45-13:30

Democracy and Global Governance for Shared Prosperity and Value Creation: The UK in Focus

Moderator:

 

Darren Fogelman, Founder & CEO,

Global Dream Forum

Panellists:

 

Sir Vince Cable MP, Leader,

Liberal Democrats 

 

Steven Simon, Former Senior Director,

US National Security Council

13:30-14:00

GDF NYC Launch Event 

13:30-15:00

GDF Global Leaders Lunch

15:00-15:30

GDF Global Leaders Perspectives and Visions For our Future

15:30-16:00

SGDF Global Goals Announcement

16:00-18:00

GDF Strategic Issue Working Groups Launch

Throughout GDF LONDON DAY TWO

08:00-18:00 

“The Dream Show” Tech Innovation Showcase in GDF Pavilion.
 

GDF Media Stage with live coverage and interviews of on the record or attributable content.

Refreshments will be served throughout GDF London Day Two

Notes:

(1) Above timings and agenda titles are indicative and will be finalized and published prior to GDF London.

 

(2) All Plenary Sessions are on the record and all other sessions are strictly off the record or will permit quotation without name attribution if advised to be the case by session host or convener.  

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