Mrs. Maria Helena Semedo
Dep. Director General, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

Mrs. Josefa Leonel Correia Sacko
Commissioner for Rural Economy & Agriculture, African Union

Mr. Mircea Geoana
Dep. Secretary General, North Atlantic Treaty Organization - NATO

Mrs. Maria Consuelo Nguema Oyana
Minister of Social Affairs and Gender Equality, Equatorial Guinea

Mrs. Kantha Phavi
Minister of Women’s Affairs, Cambodia

Mr. Adal Rhoubeid
Minister, Special Adviser to the President of the Republic, Niger

HH Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
Founder, International Association for Human Values

Mrs. Lenny N. Rosalin
Dep. Minister of Women Empowerment and Child Protection, Indonesia

Mr. Jean Henry Céant
Former Prime Minister, Haiti

Mr. Saeid Mollaei
2018 World Judo Champion
presented with the Forum’s Gold Medal

Mr. Moustapha Cissé Lo
Speaker, Parliament of the Economic Community of West African States

Mr. Mohammed Ameur
Ambassador of HM King of Morocco to Belgium

Mrs. Michèle Verschoore
Medical Director, L'Oréal Research & Innovation

Mrs. Aisha Babangida
Chairperson, Better Life Program for the African Rural Woman

Mr. John Moffat Fugui
Minister of Education & Human Resources Development, Solomon Islands

Mr. Ahmed Rahhou
Ambassador of the Kingdom of Morocco to the European Union

Mrs. Santita Jackson
Executive Producer, Keep Hope Alive, United States

Mr. Mohammed Jebbar
CEO, BC Skills

Mrs. Hlengiwe Mkhize
Dep. Minister in the Presidency for Women, Youth and People with Disabilities, South Africa

Mrs. Hajbouha Zoubeir
President, Phosboucraa Foundation

Mrs. Antonietta Lanzarone
Medical surgeon, University Hospital Paolo Giaccone, Italy

Mrs. Bouthayna Iraqui-Houssaini
Director General, Locamed, Morocco

Mrs. Ursula Koelzer
Food Security Manager, Bayer AG

Mrs. Vessela Karloukovska
Policy Officer, Digital Skills & Economy, European Commission

Mr. Jamie P. Shea
Professor of Strategy and Security, University of Exeter, United Kingdom

Mrs. Grace Camara
Founder and Executive Director, RemitFund

Mrs. Despina Panayiotou Theodosiou
President, Women's International Shipping & Trading Association

Mr. Abbas Ali Al Naqi
Secretary General, Organisation of Arab Petroleum Exporting Countries

Mr. Mohammed Tawfik Mouline
Director General, Royal Institute for Strategic Studies, Morocco

Mrs. Aicha Bah Diallo
President, Aide et Action International

Father Mussie Zerai
Coordinator for the Eritrean Catholic community in Europe

Mrs. Vanessa Adams
Vice President, Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa

Mr. Cheick Keita
Ambassador at Large, International Human Rights Commission

Mrs. Nadia Aimé
Founder, She Leads Digital, Belgium

Lady Ngo Mang Epesse
President, Women Environmental Covenant

Mrs. Anita de Werd
Head of Marketing & Business Development for Africa, Maersk

Mr. Godwin George Umo Oon
Ambassador of Nigeria to the Holy See

Mrs. Karima Rhanem
CEO, Africa My Home, Morocco

Mrs. Béatrice Gakuba
Executive Director, AWAN-AFRIKA

Mrs. Sophia Bekele
Founder & Executive Director, DotConnectAfrica Trust

Rev. Esther Ajayi
Founder, Esther Ajayi Foundation, United Kingdom

Mrs. Fatime Souckar Terab
Founder, Aya-Tchad

Mrs. Rajita Kulkarni
President, World Forum for Ethics in Business

Mrs. Mary Rossi
Director of US Partnerships, Global Thinking Foundation

Mr. Charles Cuvelliez
Professor, Université Libre de Bruxelles

Mrs. Josephine Favre
President, African Association for Vertical Farming

Mrs. Nadia Touby Eko
Director General, International Society of Transit and Transport, Congo

Mrs. Géraldine Mahoro
Director, ACT 05, France

Mrs. Christa Sys
BNP Paribas Fortis Chair on Transport, Logistics & Ports, Antwerp University, Belgium

Mrs. Ebere Akadiri
Founder, Rise & Lead Women

Nomination of the New Leaders for Tomorrow 2019

Official Opening Session

Official Opening Session

Night Owl
in cooperation with L’Oréal Research & Innovation