
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