AGENDA (GMT +1)
Thu-Fri, September 3-4th EurAfrican Forum 2020 Online Platform (GMT +1)
Thursday, September 3rd, 2020
OPENING REMARKS
Filipe de Botton, President of the Board, Portuguese Diaspora Council
Miguel Pinto Luz, Vice-Mayor, Cascais Municipality
09:15 – 09:30 GMT +1 
PANEL: Perspectives on Africa and EU relations
Jutta Urpilainen, Commissioner for International Partnerships, European Commission
(Moderator) Kinley Salmon, Africa Correspondent, The Economist
Maria Shaw Barragan, Director of Global Partners, European Investment Bank
Landry Signé, Senior Fellow, Brookings Institution & Full Professor & Co-Director, Thunderbird School of Global Management
Bruce Byers, Head of African Institutions and Regional Dynamics Programme, ECDPM
9:45 – 10:50 GMT +1 
FIRESIDE CHAT: How will the AU-EU shape a common ground in a post-Covid world? Report presented in partnership with BCG
Patrick Dupoux, Managing Director and Senior Partner, Head of Africa, Boston Consulting Group
11:05 – 11:25 GMT+1 
NETWORKING
11:25 – 12:35 GMT +1 
PANEL: Matrix Energy Just Transition
(Moderator) Michel Fredeau, Managing Director & Senior Partner Global Leader Climate and Environment Impact Area, Boston Consulting Group
Mandy Rambharos, Climate Change and Sustainable Development Manager, Eskom
Unico van Kooten, EU Regulatory and Public Affairs Secretary, Vereniging Afvalbedrijven
Thomas Pellerin-Carlin, Director of the Jacques Delors Energie Center
12:35 – 13:25 GMT +1 
FIRESIDE CHAT: A Conversation Between Young Climate Activists
(Moderator) Nana Mariam Maïga, Young Professional, World Trade Organization
Vanessa Nakate, Climate Activist & Founder, The Rise Up Climate Movement
Monika Skadborg, President, Youth Climate Council Denmark
Joshua Amponsem, Executive Director, Green Africa Youth Organization
13:40 – 14:10 GMT +1 
FIRESIDE CHAT: Building on 5 decades of African / European partnership: The EIB’s rapid response to COVID-19 challenges driving sustainable development across Africa
Werner Hoyer, Presidente European Investment Bank TBC
14:25 – 14:35 GMT +1 NETWORKING
14:50 – 15:30 GMT +1
FIRESIDE CHAT: A Conversation Between Presidents
(Moderator) David Pilling, Africa Editor, Financial TImes
Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, President of the Portuguese Republic
Nana Akufo-Addo, President of the Republic of Ghana
15:45 – 16:30 GMT +1Closing Remarks – Wrap up First Day
16:45 – 17:00 GMT +1Friday, September 4th, 2020
PANEL: Made in Africa: Emerging and Fast Track Business
(Moderator) Catarina Marques Rodrigues, Journalist, RTP1
Ola Brown, Founder, Flying Doctors Nigeria
Eric Osiakwan, Managing Partner Chanzo Capital
Catherine Krobo Edusei, Founder, Eden Tree Limited
Alex Vines, Chattam House
09:15 – 10:05 GMT +1
FIRESIDE CHAT: Pitch Your Project
(Moderator) Eric Osiakwan, Managing Partner Chanzo Capital
Kiran Bhagotra, CEO & Founder, ProtectBox
Jon White, CEO & Co-Founder, ImpactAgri
Sibongile Gumbi, CEO & Founder, iVacBior
Emmanuel Assom Neyeng, CEO & Founder, OuiCare
10:20 – 11:00 GMT +1
FIRESIDE CHAT: Women in Action
(Moderator) Catarina Marques Rodrigues, Journalist, RTP1
Vivian Onano, Social Entrepreneur
Delphine Remy-Boutang, CEO & The Founder, The Bureau – Digital Women’s Day and President of Global Entrepreneurship Network France
11:15 – 11:35 GMT +1NETWORKING
11:35 – 12:10 GMT +1
PANEL: African Culture Feeding the World
(Moderator) Enuma Okoro, Writer, Global Speaker
Laduma Ngxokolo, Founder and Creative Director, MaXhosa
Biola Alabi, Founding Partner, Biola Alabi Media
Stewart Sukuma, Singer
12:10- 13:00 GMT +1 
FIRESIDE CHAT: Let’s Talk About Art
(Moderator) Catarina Marques Rodrigues, Journalist, RTP1
ML, Singer
Tsitsi Dangarembga, Author and Filmmaker
13:15 – 13:35 GMT +1NETWORKING
13:35 – 14:05 GMT +1
PANEL: Connecting the Unconnected
(Moderator) Catarina Marques Rodrigues, Journalist, RTP1
Ed Clinkett, Founder and CEO, ESRC
Bakary Diallo, CEO, African Virtual University
Lorenzo Boncompagni, CEO & Founder Cs4
Mansoor Hamayun, CEO & Co-Founder Bboxx
14:05 – 14:55 GMT +1 
FIRESIDE CHAT: The Path for Digital Inclusion
(Moderator) Aly Ramji Managing Editor, The Exchange
Marcello Schermer, Head of International Expansion, Yoco
Esselina Macome, CEO, Financial Sector Deepening Program in Mozamique
15:10 – 15:40 GMT +1
FIRESIDE CHAT: Visions of Africa Development
Moeletsi Mbeki, Deputy chairman of the South African Institute of International Affairs
15:50 – 16:05 GMT +1
FIRESIDE CHAT: NOVAFRICA: Retaining Talent
(Moderator) Galina Vysotskaya, NOVAFRICA Student Group
Alberto Marden da Cruz, Student at NOVAFRICA
16:10 – 16:25 GMT +1 
FIRESIDE CHAT: The Power of the Diaspora
(Moderator) Filipe de Botton, President of the Board, Portuguese Diaspora Council
Akwasi Awua Ababio, Director of Ghana Diaspora Affairs Office
Stephanie Asare, Secretary General, Welcoming Diasporas, France
Marie Chantal Uwitonze, President of the African Diaspora Network in Europe (ADNE)
16:40 – 17:10 GMT +1
CONCLUSION REMARKS
António Guterres, Secretary General, United Nations
Yemi Osinbajo, Vice-President, Federal Republic of Nigeria
Ulisses Correia e Silva, Prime-Minister Cape Verde
José Manuel Durão Barroso, Chairman, EurAfrican Forum
17:25 – 17:55 GMT +1
*Program subject to modification
All sessions will be in English.