Global Town Hall provides high-caliber discussions and debates on the state of the world involving leading minds worldwide. It aims to expose global citizens to various perspectives and ideas on addressing global challenges.
Since 2020, Foreign Policy Community of Indonesia initiated and has been running the international consortium of reputable think tanks, universities, civil society organizations, and non-governmental organizations to convene the Global Town Hall. It is a collaborative effort between more than 150 participating partners from around the globe.
Global Town Hall has gathered over 12,000 people from over 140 countries. The virtual conference featured speeches from the President of the European Commission, Foreign Ministers of Indonesia, Australia, China, the European Union, the United Arab Emirates, France, South Africa, India, Russia, and the leaders of various international organizations.
Session 1
State of the World 2023
09:00 - 10.00 (GMT+7)
President of Paris Peace Forum
Founding Dean of the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy; Distinguished Fellow of Asia Research Institute at National University of Singapore
Director General of the Manohar Parrikar Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses; Chair of Think20 India
President of East-West Center
Moderator - Head of National Security College at Australian National University
Session 2
How Civil Societies Can Make a Difference in a Troubled World
10:15 - 11:15 (GMT+7)
Co-Founder & CEO of Rappler; 2021 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate
Vice Minister of Law and Human Rights of Indonesia (2011-2014); Professor of Constitutional Law in the Faculty of Law at Universitas Gadjah Mada
Secretary General of Global Bersih Malaysia
CEO of the Centre for Advancement of Philanthropy
Executive Director at The Center for South Asia & International Studies (CSAIS) Islamabad
Director of Research at the Centre for Asian Philanthropy and Society (CAPS)
Founder of Lean On Me Myanmar
Session 3
The Inescapable Revolution: How AI Will Forever Change Our Society
11:30 - 12:30 (GMT+7)
Turing Award Winner 2018; Founder and Scientific Director of Mila – Quebec AI Institute
Founder and Chairman of Foreign Policy Community of Indonesia (FPCI)
Director of the Institute for AI International Governance of Tsinghua University (I-AIIG)
Director for AI Innovation at AI Singapore; Expert and Co-Chair at Global Partnership of AI
Moderator - Co-Chair of the World Economic Forum Global Future Council; Director of Center of Cyber Security in NYU Abu Dhabi
Session 4
Everybody's Business: Sorting Out the Five Fs (Food, Feed, Fertilizer, Fuel, and Finance)
12:45 - 13:45 (GMT+7)
Chief Economist of the Asian Development Bank (ADB)
Director of Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation Impact Action Platform at the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR)
Director of Global Engagement, Partnership, and Resource Mobilisation of International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)
Global Citizen Prize Winner; CEO & Founder of the Farmer on Fire
Moderator - Media Personality & Menstrual Health Advocate
Video Message - IFAD Goodwill Ambassador; Global Citizen Europe Board Chair
Session 5
Geopolitical Rivalries: The West and the Global South in the 21st-Century World Order
14:00 - 15:00 (GMT+7)
President of Observer Research Foundation (ORF)
Global Director for Advocacy at the Open Society Foundations
Director of the Istituto Affari Internazionali (IAI)
Head of the Peacebuilding Interventions Programme at the Institute for Justice and Reconciliation
Moderator - Founder and Chairman of Foreign Policy Community of Indonesia (FPCI)
Session 6
Voices from the Youth: Global Issues that We Need to Fix Urgently
15:15 - 16:15 (GMT+7)
Australian Senator
Member of Parliament for Muar; Minister of Youth and Sports of Malaysia (2018-2020)
President of the Surin Pitsuwan Foundation
Brand & Activism Director for Asia Pacific at The Body Shop
Education Activist and Youtuber; Founder of Empowered by Vee; Young Leader for the Sustainable Development Goals
Co-Author of the Uluṟu Statement and Boorloo Delegate
Moderator - CEO of EIB Network & Chairman of Empire Group
Session 7
Social Justice and Governance for a Better World
16:30 - 17:30 (GMT+7)
President of Club de Madrid and Former President of Slovenia
CEO of Rwanda Governance Board
Founder of Global Nation
Vice-President for Marketing and Communications at Everland
Senior Director of Asia-Pacific of International Republican Institute
Moderator - Deputy Executive Director of United Nations Human Settlements Programme
Session 8
Climate Crisis: Are We All on Track and on the Same Page?
17:45 - 18:45 (GMT+7)
Member of the National Science and Technology Committee for Carbon Neutrality of China; China Forum Expert
Dean Emerita of the Fletcher School at Tufts University
Executive Director (Interim) of Greenpeace International
Vice President of Communications and Marketing at Re:wild
Global Coordinator of The Loss and Damage Youth Coalition
Coordinator of the Climate Change in Southeast Asia Programme at ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute
Session 9
Standing Up for Human Dignity: Upholding the Foundation to Human Rights
19:00 - 20:00 (GMT+7)
President of Timor-Leste
Executive Director of Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (FORUM-ASIA)
Chief Officer of Evidence and Engagement of CIVICUS
Executive Director of LEARN Afghan; Aspen Institute New Voices Fellow; Visiting Fellow at Wellesley Women Center
Moderator - TV Presenter, Producer, and Actor
Session 10 - In Cooperation with the United States Embassy in Jakarta
Empowering Women and Girls
20:15 - 21:15 (GMT+7)
Minister for Foreign Affairs of Mongolia
General Counsel & EVP of Corporate Compliance at World Wide Technology; Board Trustee of Commerce Funds
Chair of Delphos International ; Ambassador of Afghanistan to the United States (2018-2021)
Singer, Actor, Activist
Reproductive Rights Activist and Global Citizen Prize Winner
Session 11
More Than Just a Profit: The Impact We Want from the Private Sector
21:30 - 22:30 (GMT+7)
Group Director of CMG Sri Lanka; Leader of The Gammadda Social Movement
Chief Executive Officer of Siemens A/S Denmark
Executive Vice President and Chief People, Policy & Purpose Officer of Cisco
News Anchor at Bloomberg
Initiator
Co-Organizer
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