Speakers

Camilla Adelle
Camilla Adelle

Research Fellow, Centre for the Study of Governance Innovation

Idelphonse Affogbolo
Idelphonse Affogbolo

Founder and Chairman, Africa Capital

Pierre-Richard Agénor
Pierre-Richard Agénor

Hallsworth Professor of International Macroeconomics and Development Economics, University of Manchester

Abdelmalek Alaoui
Abdelmalek Alaoui

Executive President, AMIE Center for Policy

Emiliano Alessandri
Emiliano Alessandri

Non-Resident Senior Transatlantic Fellow, German Marshall Fund of the United States

Caroline Alexis-Thomas
Caroline Alexis-Thomas

Health Consultant, Trinidad and Tobago

Joana Ama Osei-Tutu
Joana Ama Osei-Tutu

Research Associate, Kofi Annan International Peacekeeping Training Center

Kamal Amakrane
Kamal Amakrane

Chief Adviser to the Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General, Côte d’Ivoire

Dr. Astrid Bonfield
Dr. Astrid Bonfield

Chief Executive, The Queen Elizabeth Diamond Jubilee Trust

Luiz Awazu Pereira Da Silva
Luiz Awazu Pereira Da Silva

Deputy-Governor, Central Bank of Brazil

Nicola Barker-Murphy
Nicola Barker-Murphy

ACP–EU Desk Officer, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade of Jamaica

Michiel Bart Hijmans
Michiel Bart Hijmans

Deputy Military Representative to NATO and the EU, Brussels

Daniel Benjamin
Daniel Benjamin

Director, John Sloan Dickey Center for International Understanding, Dartmouth University

Amina Benkhadra
Amina Benkhadra

Director General, National Office of Hydrocarbons and Mines, Morocco

Assia Bensalah Alaoui
Assia Bensalah Alaoui

Ambassadeur Itinerant de Sa Majeste Le Roi, Kingdom of Morocco

Hlumelo Biko
Hlumelo Biko

Executive Chairman, Spinnaker Growth Partners

Obed Boamah Akwa
Obed Boamah Akwa

Major General, Ghana Army

Victor Borges
Victor Borges

President, Foundation for Development and International Exchanges

Otaviano Canuto
Otaviano Canuto

Senior Advisor on BRICS, Development Economics Department

Jonathan Capehart
Jonathan Capehart

Editorial Board Member, The Washington Post

Jean-Yves Carfantan
Jean-Yves Carfantan

Senior Consultant, Agro Bras Consult

Jorge Castañeda
Jorge Castañeda

Global Distinguished Professor of Politics and Latin American and Caribbean Studies, New York University

Jean-Pierre Chauffour
Jean-Pierre Chauffour

Regional Trade Coordinator, the World Bank

Lamine Cisse
Lamine Cisse

Partners Senegal, Center for Civic Collaboration and Democratic Change

Kevin Cottrell
Kevin Cottrell

Director, Transatlantic Leadership Initiatives, The German Marshall Fund of the United States

Kani Coulibaly Diabate
Kani Coulibaly Diabate

President, Malian National Commission Combating the Proliferation of Small Arms and Light Weapons

Franklin Cudjoe
Franklin Cudjoe

Founding President and CEO, IMANI Center for Policy and Education

Cassandra D. Caldwell
Cassandra D. Caldwell

Consultant

Uri Dadush
Uri Dadush

Senior Associate, International Economics Program, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

Saran Daraba Kaba
Saran Daraba Kaba

Secretary General, Mano River Union

Dr. David Kilcullen
Dr. David Kilcullen

President and CEO, Caerus Associates

Dr. Deborah Birx
Dr. Deborah Birx

Director, Center for Global Health Division of Global HIV/AIDS

Adama Dieng
Adama Dieng

Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide, United Nations

Megan Doherty
Megan Doherty

Program Officer, Transatlantic Leadership Initiatives Team, German Marshall Fund of the United States

Amar Drissi
Amar Drissi

Executive Vice President, OCP Group

Bruce Dube
Bruce Dube

Director, iConcept Media & Youth Village Africa

Komla Dumor
Komla Dumor

Presenter of Focus on Africa, BBC World News

Juan E. Pardinas
Juan E. Pardinas

CEO, Mexican Institute for Competitiveness

Bas Eickhout
Bas Eickhout

Member, European Parliament

Henriette Ekwe-Ebongo
Henriette Ekwe-Ebongo

President, Coalition for Transparency

Karim El Aynaoui
Karim El Aynaoui

Advisor to CEO and Chairman, OCP Group

Mohamed El Yacoubi
Mohamed El Yacoubi

Founder & CEO, AlamJadid.com

Dr. Eltie Links
Dr. Eltie Links

Chair, Doing Business in Africa, USB

Susan F. Martin
Susan F. Martin

Director, Institute for the Study of International Migration, School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University

Daniel F. Runde
Daniel F. Runde

Schreyer Chair in Global Analysis, Center for Strategic & International Studies

Saliem Fakir
Saliem Fakir

Head, Living Planet Unit, World Wildlife Fund, South Africa

Eric Farnsworth
Eric Farnsworth

Vice President, Council of the Americas

Helga Flores Trejo
Helga Flores Trejo

Principal External Relations Advisor, Inter-American Development Bank