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Speakers

Beatrice Fihn

Executive Director of ICAN

José Manuel Barroso

Former President of the European Commission

Nadia Calviño

Deputy Prime Minister of Spain

Richard Blundell

Economist, Professor of Political Economy at UCL

Lars Peter Hansen

Recipient of the 2013 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences

François Villeroy de Galhau

Governor of The Bank of France

Irina Bokova

Former General-Director of UNESCO

Sonia Bhalotra

Professor of Economics at The University of Warwick

Yuval Noah Harari

Bestselling author of 'Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind'

Barry Schwartz

Emeritus Professor of Psychology at Swathmore College

Vanessa Nakate

Ugandan Climate Activist, Founder of The Rise Up Movement

Michael Spence

Co-Recipient of the 2001 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences

Sima Samar

Woman's and Human Rights Advocate, Former Minister of Women Affairs of Afghanistan

Ronald E. Neumann

US Ambassador to Afghanistan

Rabia Nasimi

Policy Lead at DLUHC, Afghan Citizens Resettlement Team

Kamila Sidiqi

Afghan Women's Rights Campaigner, Entrepreneur & Government Adviser under President Ghani

Simon Jack

Business Editor for BBC News

Mike Clancy

General-Secretary of Prospect Trade Union

Lord John Hendy

Barrister and Politician, Leading Expert in UK Labour Law

Jenni Rantakari

Leader of Microsoft's EMEA Modern Work Solutions Strategy, GTM and Sales

Sanjeev Sanyal

Principal Economic Adviser to the Government of India

Pascal Lamy

Former European Commissioner For Trade

Ulrik V. Knudsen

Deputy Secretary-General of the OECD

Marie-Pierre Vedrenne

Vice-Chair of The European Parliament Committee on International Trade

Andrew Staines

UK's Ambassador and Deputy Permanent Representative to The UN Agencies

Bill Weir

CNN Anchor

Joe Lynam

Former BBC Correspondent

Paul Wood

BBC Middle East Correspondent

Alex Whittaker

Manager at Frontier Economics, with 12 years of experience in Energy, Antitrust and Consultancy

Angela Bowden

Supply Chain Partner at Deloitte UK, with 22 years of experience in consultancy

Olga Nefedova

Associate Partner at McKinsey & Co, with 22 years of experience across operations and FinTech

Modesta Alozie

Research Fellow at the PAIS Department in the University of Warwick

Annabel Denham

Director of Communications at the Institute of Economic Affairs

Morgan Schondelmeier

Director of Operations at the Adam Smith Institute

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