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