AGENDA
Thu-Fri, September 3-4th EurAfrican Forum 2020 Online Platform
Thursday, September 3rd, 2020
OPENING REMARKS
Filipe de Botton, Chairman of the Portuguese Diaspora Network
Carlos Carreiras, Mayor, Cascais Municipality
09:15 – 09:30 
PANEL: Perspectives on Africa and EU relations
Jutta Urpilainen, Commissionair for International Partnerships, European Commission
(Moderator) Kinley Salmon, Africa Correspondent, The Economist
Carlos Lopes, Honorary Professor, University of Cape Town
Landry Signé, Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution & Full Professor & Co-Director at the Thunderbird School of Global Management
Werner Hoyer, President of the European Investment Bank
Bruce Byers, Head of African Institutions and Regional Dynamics Programme, ECDPM
9:45 – 10:50 
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 
NETWORKING
11:25 – 12:35 
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
12:35 – 13:25 
FIRESIDE CHAT: A Conversation Between Young Climate Activists
(Moderator) Nana Mariam Maïga, Young Program, WTO
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 
FIRESIDE CHAT: Investment in Action Report presented by the European Investment Bank
14:25 – 14:45 NETWORKING
15:00 – 15:30 
FIRESIDE CHAT: A Conversation Between Presidents
(Moderator) David Pilling, Africa Editor for Financial TImes
Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, President of Portugal
Nana Akufo-Addo, President of Ghana
15:45 – 16:30 Closing Remarks – Wrap up First Day
16:45 – 17:00 Friday, September 4th, 2020
PANEL: Made in Africa: Emerging and Fast Track Business
Ola Brown, Founder, Flying Doctors Nigeria
Erik Osiakwan, Managing Partner Chanzo Capital
Catherine Korbo Edusei, Founder, Eden Tree Limited
Alex Vines, Chattam House
09:15 – 10:05 
FIRESIDE CHAT: Pitch Your Project
(Moderator) Erik 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 
FIRESIDE CHAT: Women in Action
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 NETWORKING
11:35 – 12:10 
PANEL: African Culture Feeding the World
(Moderator) Wandiswa Ntengento, Former Senior Producer, BBC
Laduma Maxhosa, Founder and Creative Director, MaXhosa
Biola Alabi, Founding Partner, Biola Alabi Media
Stewart Sukuma, Singer
12:10- 13:00
FIRESIDE CHAT: Let’s Talk About Art
ML, Singer
Tsitsi Dangarembga, Author and Filmmaker
13:15 – 13:35 NETWORKING
13:35 – 14:05 
PANEL: Connecting the Unconnected
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 
FIRESIDE CHAT: The Path for Digital Inclusion
(Moderator) Fabio Scala, Founder, Further Africa
Marcello Schermer, Head of International Expansion, Yoco
Esselina Macome, CEO, Financial Sector Deepening Program in Mozamique
15:10 – 15:40 NETWORKING LOUNGE
16:25 – 16:55 
FIRESIDE CHAT: NOVAFRICA: Retaing Talent
(Moderator) Galina Vyotskaya, NOVAFRICA Student Group
Alberto Marden da Cruz, Student at NOVAFRICA
15:10 – 15:40 FIRESIDE CHAT: The Power of the Diaspora
(Moderator) Filipe de Botton, Chairman of the Portuguese Diaspora Network
16:40 – 16:55 
CONCLUSION REMARKS
José Manuel Durão Barroso, Chairman, EurAfrican Forum
António Guterres, Secretary General, United Nations
17:00 – 17:40
*Program subject to modification
All sessions will be in English.