T20 Argentina associated event.

The Global Solutions Summit will bring together leading think tanks from around the world, global policy-makers, business leaders and constructive NGOs with only one aim: to find solutions for global challenges.

The summit will address major T20 topics including the future of work, infrastructure for sustainable development, food security and international economic governance.

The conference will involve high-profile speakers such as the German Chancellor Angela Merkel, other representatives from a range of G20 governments, the Nobel Laureates George Akerlof and Edmund Phelps, and officials of organizations such as the OECD, the United Nations and the World Bank. There will also be 30 T20 members, made up of co-chairs and members of government bodies.

PROGRAM

May 28, 2018
8:30am. Welcome Addresses Speech
– Jörg Rocholl (President, ESMT Berlin)
– Daniel Günther (Minister‐President, State of Schleswig‐Holstein)
– Dennis J. Snower (President, Global Solutions Initiative)

9:30 am. Opening Plenary: Multilateralism in Nationalistic Times
– George Akerlof (2001 Nobel Laureate in Economics; University Professor, Georgetown University)
– Ronnie Chan (Chairman, Hang Lung Properties Limited, Hong Kong)
– Colm Kelly (Global Leader, Tax and Legal Services, PriceWaterhouseCoopers)
– Julia Pomares (T20 Co‐Chair, Argentina, Executive Director, CIPPEC)
– Moderator: Declan Curry (Business Journalist and Conference Speaker)

10:40 am. The Future of Work: Towards a New Social Contract in the Digital Age. THINK 20 SESSION. Parallel Plenary.
– Carl Benedikt Frey (Oxford Martin Citi Fellow, Oxford University)
– Lorena Jaume‐Palasí (Executive Director, AlgorithmWatch)
– Heino von Meyer (Head of OECD Berlin)
– Paul Twomey (Co‐founder, STASH)
– Moderator: Conny Czymoch (International Moderator and Journalist)

10:40 am. Preventing a New Race to the Bottom in International Tax Competition. Parallel Plenary.
– Edmund Fitzgerald (Professor Emeritus of International Development Finance, University of Oxford)
– Michael Lennard (Chief, International Tax Cooperation Section, DESA, United Nations)
– Nara Monkam (Director Research, African Tax Administration Forum (ATAF))
– Pascal Saint‐Amans (Director, OECD Centre for Tax Policy and Administration)
– Christian von Haldenwang (Senior Researcher, German Development Institute (DIE))
– Moderator: Declan Curry (Business Journalist and Conference Speaker)

11:40 am. 10 Years After Lehman – What Have We (Really) Learned. EUROPEAN CLIMATE FOUNDATION SESSION. Parallel. 
– Marcel Fratzscher (President, German Institute for Economic Research (DIW), Berlin)
– Robert Johnson (President, Institute for New Economic Thinking)
– Moritz Schularick (Professor of Economics, University of Bonn)
– Moderator: Thomas Fricke (Chief Economist, European Climate Foundation (ECF), New Economic Paradigm Initiative)

11:40 am. Social Fragmentation and the Media Parallel
– Angus Armstrong (Director of ESRC Rebuilding Macroeconomics Network, National Institute of Economic and Social Research)
– Fen Osler Hampson (Distinguished Fellow & Director, Global Security & Politics Program, CIGI, Canada)
– Emily Kasriel (Head of Special Projects, BBC News)
– Thomas Losse‐Müller (Senior Advisor, EY, Hamburg)
– Sam Wells (Vicar of St Martin‐in‐the‐Fields, The Church of England)
– Moderator: Sean Cleary (Chairman, Strategic Concepts (Pty) Ltd, Wellington)

11:40 am. Lifestyle Related Diseases : A Global Epidemic Parallel
– Monique Breteler (Director of Population Health Sciences, German Center for Neurodegenerative
Diseases (DZNE))
– Beth Darnall (Clinical Professor at Stanford University School of Medicine)
– Ilona Kickbusch (Director, Global Health Centre, Graduate Institute of International and Development
Studies, Geneva)
– Michael Schäfer (President, Deutsche Schmerzgesellschaft)
– Moderator: Detlev Ganten (Founding President, World Health Summit)

11:40 am. Ecosystems and Livelihoods under Threat – Solutions for a Changing Hindu Kush Himalaya
INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR INTEGRATED MOUNTAIN DEVELOPMENT SESSION. Parallel.
– Yeshey Dorji (Minister of Agriculture and Forest, Kingdom of Bhutan)
– Jürgen Kropp (Deputy Chair Climate Impacts and Vulnerabilities, Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK))
– David Molden (Director General, International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development)
– Swarnim Waglé (Senior Advisor, Institute for Integrated Development Studies, Kathmandu University)
– Moderator: Declan Curry (Business Journalist and Conference Speaker)

13:40 pm. A Sustainable Food Future: Trade, Investment and R&D Challenges. THINK 20 SESSION. Parallel.
– Jesús Antón (Senior Economist, Trade and Agricultural Directorate, OECD)
– Eugenio Diaz‐Bonilla (Head of Latin American and Caribbean Program, IFPRI)
– Shenggen Fan (Director General, IFPRI)
– Arif Husain (Chief Economist and Director of the Food Security Analysis and Trends Service at United Nations World Food Programme (WFP))
– Renato Maluf (Professor, Federal Rural University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRRJ), Brazil)
– Michael Stübgen (Parliamentary State Secretary, Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture, Germany)
– Moderator: Conny Czymoch (International Moderator and Journalist)

13:40 pm. Responsibilities of the G7: Future of Democracy and the Rule of Law Parallel
– John Kirton (Director and Founder, G7 Research Group, Trinity College, University of Toronto)
– Norbert Lammert (Chairman, Konrad‐Adenauer‐Stiftung (KAS))
– Amrita Narlikar (President, GIGA German Institute of Global and Area Studies)
– Moderator: Stephan Casdorff (Editor‐in‐Chief, Der Tagesspiegel)

13:40 pm Fake News and Facts: A Next Generation Approach. YES! YOUNG ECONOMIC SUMMIT SESSION. Parallel.
– Florentin Hollert (Member, YES!‐Team, Werner‐Heisenberg‐Gymnasium Weinheim)
– Nina Krebs (Member, YES!‐Team, Werner‐Heisenberg‐Gymnasium Weinheim)
– Fabian Metschies (Member, YES!‐Team, Werner‐Heisenberg‐Gymnasium Weinheim)
– Ann Mettler (Head, European Political Strategy Centre, European Commission)
– Sarah Weizer (Member, YES!‐Team, Werner‐Heisenberg‐Gymnasium Weinheim)
– Peter Williams (Member, YES!‐Team, Werner‐Heisenberg‐Gymnasium Weinheim)
– Moderator: Evan Davis (Presenter of the Daily News and Discussion Program Newsnight, BBC)

15:00 pm. Keynote Speech by Chancellor Angela Merkel Speech
– Angela Merkel (Chancellor, Germany)
– Moderator: Evan Davis (Presenter of the Daily News and Discussion Program Newsnight, BBC)

16:05 pm. Climate Action and Infrastructure for Development. THINK 20 SESSION. Plenary
-Keynote: Svenja Schulze (Federal Minister for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety, Germany)
– Amar Bhattacharya (Senior Fellow, Global Economy and Development Program, Brookings Institution)
– Ottmar Edenhofer (Director, Mercator Research Institute on Global Commons and Climate Change)
– Celine Herweijer (Partner, PricewaterhouseCoopers UK)
– Gabriel Lanfranchi (Director of the Cities Programme, Center for the Implementation of Public Policies Promoting Equity and Growth (CIPPEC))
– Naoyuki Yoshino (Dean & CEO, Asian Development Bank Institute,)
– Moderator: Conny Czymoch (International Moderator and Journalist)

17:25 pm. Gender Economic Equity for Inclusive Growth and Sustainable Development. THINK 20 SESSION. Parallel. 
– Amadou Mahtar Ba (Co‐Founder and Executive Chairman of AllAfrica Global Media, Inc)
– Arundhati Bhattacharya (Former Chairperson, State Bank of India)
– Gala Díaz Langou (Social Protection Program Director, Senior researcher, Center for the Implementation of Public Policies Promoting Equity and Growth (CIPPEC))
– Irene Natividad (President, Global Summit of Women and Chair, Corporate Women Directors International)
– Margo Thomas (Gender and Growth Initiative Fellow, Chatham House)
– Moderator: Ali Aslan (International Presenter and Journalist)

17:25 pm. Identity, Norms and Narratives: Creating the Social Foundations for Economic Cooperation. Parallel.
– George Akerlof (2001 Nobel Laureate in Economics; University Professor, Georgetown University)
– Robert Akerlof (University Professor, University of Warwick)
– Ronnie Chan (Chairman, Hang Lung Properties Limited, Hong Kong)
– Paul Collier (University Professor, University of Oxford)
– Moderator: Katharina Lima de Miranda (Researcher, Kiel Institute for the World Economy)

17:25 pm. Fighting the Polarization of Attitudes Towards Migration in Europe. MERCATOR DIALOGUE ON ASYLUM AND MIGRATION SESSION. Parallel.
– László Andor (Head of Department of Economic Policy, Corvinus University (Budapest))
– Naomi Hunt (Programme Manager, Social Inclusion of People Seeking Refuge, International Dialogue Centre (KAICIID))
– Jean Lambert (London’s Green Party Member, European Parliament)
– Bashy Quraishy (General Secreatary, European Muslim Initiative for Social Cohesion)
– Moderator: Esther Ademmer (Researcher, Kiel Institute for the World Economy)

17:25 pm. Big Data: Risk or Opportunity for Inclusive Global Prosperity? CIER SESSION. Parallel.
– Tanja Böhm (Managing Director Corporate Affairs, Microsoft Berlin)
– Mingyen Ho (Chief Investment Officer andPartner, TMI, Taipei)
– Julie Maupin (Director of Social Impact & Public Regulatory Affairs, IOTA Foundation)
– Paul Twomey (Co‐founder, STASH)
– Moderator: Thomas Losse‐Müller (Senior Advisor, EY, Hamburg)

18:30 pm. G20 and Africa: Global Solutions through the Compact with Africa? THINK 20 SESSION. Parallel.
– Christoph Beier (Vice Chair of the Management Board, Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ))
– Brahima Coulibaly (Director ‐ Africa Growth Initiative, Brookings)
– Gamal Ibrahim (Chief, Finance and Private Sector Section, UNECA)
– Elizabeth Sidiropoulos (Chief Executive, South African Institute of International Affairs) (also MODERATOR)
– Tina Stridde (Managing Director Aid by Trade Foundation / Cotton made in Africa)

18:30 pm. Fostering Digital Trade. THINK 20 SESSION. Parallel.
– Debapriya Bhattacharya (Professor, Centre for Economic Studies and Planning, School of Social Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi)
– Dan Ciuriak (Senior Fellow, Centre for International Governance Innovation, Waterloo)
– Michael Krake (Chief of Political Staff, German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ))
– Ricardo Meléndez‐Ortiz (CEO and Co‐Founder, International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development (ICTSD))
– Adhemar Mineiro (Economist, Departamento Intersindical de Estatística e Estudos Socioeconômicos (DIEESE), Brazil)
– Pascal Saint‐Amans (Director, OECD Centre for Tax Policy and Administration)
– Moderator: Axel Berger (Senior Researcher, German Development Institute (DIE))

May 29, 2018

08:45 am. Welcome Addresses Speech
– Markus Engels (Director, Global Solutions Initiative)
– Dennis Görlich (Programme Director, Global Solutions Initiative)

09:00 am. Speech: Diplomacy for Sustainability Speech
– Heiko Maas (Minister for Foreign Affairs, Germany)
– Moderator: Ali Aslan (International Presenter and Journalist)

09:45 am. The Future of Politics and its Implications for Global Governance. THINK 20 SESSION. Parallel.
– Christian Kastrop (Director, Program Europe’s Future, Bertelsmann Stiftung)
– Ann Mettler (Head, European Political Strategy Centre, European Commission)
– Julia Pomares (T20 Co‐Chair, Argentina, Executive Director, CIPPEC)
– Dennis J. Snower (President, Global Solutions Initiative)
– Moderator: Evan Davis (Presenter of the Daily News and Discussion Program Newsnight, BBC)

09:45 am Towards Well Managed Migration Policies: the Role of Regional Agreements. THINK 20 SESSION. Parallel
– Marcela Cerrutti (Researcher, Center for Population Studies, Argentina)
– Fen Osler Hampson (Distinguished Fellow & Director, Global Security & Politics Program, CIGI, Canada)
– Chris Nshimbi (Deputy Director, Center for the Study of Governance Innovation (GovInn), University of Pretoria)
– Martin Ruhs (Chair in Migration Studies and Deputy Director of the Migration Policy Centre, European University Institute Italy)
– Güven Sak (Managing Director, Economic Policy Research Foundation of Turkey (TEPAV))
– Moderator: Astrid Skala‐Kuhmann (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ); Special Advisor G20)

09:45 am. What Civil Society and Business can do to implement the SDGs Parallel
– Alexander Bonde (Secretary General, Deutsche Bundesstiftung Umwelt (DBU))
– Celine Herweijer (Partner, PricewaterhouseCoopers UK)
– Geneviève Pons‐Deladrière (Director European Representation, Jacques Delors Institute, Brussels)
– Manoela Roland (Coordinator, Homa ‐ Human Rights and Business Centre)
– Moderator: Homi Kharas (Interim Vice President and Director, Global Economy and Development Program, The Brookings Institution)

10:50 am. Education for the Future: Global Perspectives for Better Learning Opportunities. THINK 20 SESSION. Parallel.
– Alejandra Cardini (Director Education Programme, Center for the Implementation of Public Policies Promoting Equity and Growth (CIPPEC))
– Cristóbal Cobo (Director of the Center for Research, Ceibal Foundation, Uruguay)
– Barbara Ischinger (Vice‐Chair, Advisory Board, German Reading Foundation, Adjunct Professor for African Studies, University of Cologne)
– Shinichiro Tanaka (Senior Advisor (Education), Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA))
– Moderator: Declan Curry (Business Journalist and Conference Speaker)

10:50 am. Flexible Solidarity: A Comprehensive Strategy for Asylum and Immigration in the EU. Parallel.
– Mikkel Barslund (Research Fellow and Head of Ageing Societies Programme, CEPS)
– Mauro Lanati (MEDAM Post‐Doctoral Research Fellow, Migration Policy Centre (EUI), Florence)
– Dennis J. Snower (President, Global Solutions Initiative)
– Moderator: Saime Özçürümez (Associate Professor, Department of Political Science and Public Administration, Bilkent University)

10:50 am.  The Future of Work in Low‐ and Middle‐Income Countries: Shaping Large‐Scale Transformations. THINK 20 SESSION. Parallel.
– Pascal Lamy (President Emeritus, Jacques Delors Institute)
– Martin Rapetti (Director, Economic Development Program, Center for the Implementation of Public Policies Promoting Equity and Growth (CIPPEC))
– Daniel Samaan (Senior Economist and Researcher, ILO)
– Moderator: Antje Uhlig (Director, Economic Policy Forum (EPF))

10:50 am. Talk: Creative Bureaucracy Side Event
– Charles Landry (Author, speaker and international adviser on the future of cities)
– Sebastian Muschter (Senior Vice President, Transfer & Scale, Bertelsmann Stiftung)
– Moderator: Malte Lehming (Author, Der Tagesspiegel)

11:55 am. Turning Around the Downward Spiral of Economic, Social and Political Cohesion. THINK 20 SESSION. Parallel.
– Ellen Ehmke (Analyst, Oxfam Germany)
– Fernando Filgueira (Senior researcher, Center for the Implementation of Public Policies Promoting Equity and Growth (CIPPEC), Argentina)
– Marc Fleurbaey (Professor, Woodrow Wilson School and Center for Human Values, Princeton University)
– Gianluca Grimalda (Senior Researcher, Kiel Institute for the World Economy) (also MODERATOR)
– Gerardo della Paolera (Executive Director, Fundación Bunge y Born; T20 Argentina Steering Committee Member)
– Edmund Phelps (2006 Nobel Laureate in Economics; Director, Center on Capitalism and Society, Columbia University)

11:55 am. Implications of Emerging Trade Conflicts Parallel
– Jorge Argüello (President, Embajada Abierta Foundation, T20 Argentina Steering Committee Member)
– Pascal Lamy (President Emeritus, Jacques Delors Institute)
– Amrita Narlikar (President, GIGA German Institute of Global and Area Studies)
– Mike Orszag (Head of Research, Willis Towers Watson)
– Wang Wen (Executive Dean and Professor, Chongyang Institute for Financial Studies, Renmin University of China (RDCY))
– Moderator: Sven Böll (Head of WirtschaftsWoche Berlin Office)

14:00 pm. Speech by Vice Chancellor and Minister of Finance Olaf Scholz Speech
– Olaf Scholz (Vice Chancellor and Minister of Finance, Germany)
– Moderator: Birgit Jennen (Government and Finance Reporter, Bloomberg News, Berlin)

14:45 pm. Adjusting the Financial System to Support the 2030 Agenda. THINK 20 SESSION. Parallel.
– Amal‐Lee Amin (Chief, Climate Change and Sustainability Division, Inter‐American Development Bank)
– Fiona Bayat‐Renoux (Director, Sustainable Digital Finance Alliance)
– Ingrid Hoven (Director‐General, Sector Policies and Programmes, Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ))
– Laura Jaitman (G20 Finance Deputy, Argentine Ministry of Treasury)
– José Siaba Serrate (Counselor Member, Argentine Council for International Relations (CARI))
– Simon Zadek (Co‐Director, UN Environment’s Inquiry into the Design of a Sustainable Financial System)  (also MODERATOR)

14:45 pm. Finishing the Global Prudential Regulation Agenda. THINK 20 SESSION. Parallel.
– Arundhati Bhattacharya (Former Chairperson, State Bank of India)
– Franco Bruni (Vice President, Italian Institute for International Political Studies (ISPI))
– David Tuckett (Professor & Director, Centre for the Study of Decision‐Making Uncertainty, University College London)
– K. N. Vaidyanathan (Executive Vice President and Chief Risk Officer, Mahindra & Mahindra; Senior Fellow, Geoeconomic Studies, Gateway House (India))
– Guntram Wolff (Director, Bruegel)
– Moderator: Akshay Mathur (Director of Research, Gateway House: Indian Council on Global Relations)

14:45 pm. Prospects for Multilateral Trade Cooperation. BERTELSMANN STIFTUNG SESSION. Parallel
– Bernard Hoekman (Professor and Director, Global Economics, European University Institute)
– Pascal Lamy (President Emeritus, Jacques Delors Institute)
– Beatriz Nofal (Founder & Director, Eco‐Axis, Former G20 Sherpa Argentina)
– Hector Torres (Senior Fellow, Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI))
– Moderator: Andreas Esche (Director, Program Megatrends, Member of the Management Committee, Bertelsmann Stiftung)

16:00 pm. Fair, Inclusive and Sustainable Living Environments Parallel
– Tony Addison (Chief Economist and Deputy Director, UN University’s World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU‐WIDER))
– Colin Bradford (Non Resident Senior Fellow, The Brookings Institution)
– Toshinori Doi (President, Policy Research Institute, Ministry of Finance, Japan)
– Albert Ting (Chairman of Lawrence S. Ting Memorial Foundation, Chairman of CX Technology)
– Moderator: Kacana Sipangule Khadjavi (Research Fellow, Kiel Institute for the World Economy)

16:00 pm. Civil Society and Global Problem Solving: Towards an Enabling Policy Environment. THINK 20 SESSION. Parallel.
– Helmut Anheier (President, Hertie School of Governance)
– Emilia Berazategui (C20 Sherpa, Argentina)
– Natasha Matic (Chief Strategy Officer, King Khalid Foundation)
– Wolfgang Rohe (Professor, Graduate Institute, Geneve; Executive Director, Stiftung Mercator)
– Moderator: Menusch Khadjavi (Assistant Professor, Kiel Institute for the World Economy)

16:00 pm. Research Evaluation in Economic Theory and Policy: Identifying and Overcoming Institutional Dysfunctions INSTITUTE FOR NEW ECONOMIC THINKING SESSION Parallel
– George Akerlof (2001 Nobel Laureate in Economics; University Professor, Georgetown University)
– Alberto Baccini (Professor of Economics and Political Economy, University of Siena)
– Carlo D’Ippoliti (Associate Professor of Economics, Sapienza University of Rome)
– James J. Heckman (2000 Nobel Laureate in Economics; Professor of Economics, University of Chicago) via Videoconference
– Moderator: Robert Johnson (Executive Director, Institute for New Economic Thinking)

17:10 pm. Closing Plenary: Aligning Economic and Social Prosperity Plenary
– Colin Bradford (Non Resident Senior Fellow, The Brookings Institution)
– Laura Jaitman (G20 Finance Deputy, Argentine Ministry of Treasury)
– Gustavo Martínez (Managing Director, Consejo Argentino para las Relaciones Internacionales (CARI))
– Dennis J. Snower (President, Global Solutions Initiative)
– Naoyuki Yoshino (Dean & CEO, Asian Development Bank Institute)
– Moderator: Sebastian Turner (Publisher, Der Tagesspiegel)