10th Annual Meridian Global Leadership Summit

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2021 Meridian Summit: Prioritizing People and Planet

Meridian International Center hosted the 10^th Annual Meridian Global Leadership Summit on Friday, October 22 to a live global audience of over 400. The fully virtual gathering featured 50 speakers over the course of an eight-hour program, which zeroed-in on how governments, businesses and private sectors in the U.S. and around the world are tackling today’s greatest problems through an increasingly-relevant Environment, Social, and Governance (ESG) lens.

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Summit Agenda

MAIN PLENARY 

• Welcome Remarks | Ambassador Stuart Holliday, CEO, Meridian
• Tackling Human Rights at Home and Abroad | Congresswoman Young Kim (R-CA), U.S. House of Representatives in conversation with Ambassador Piper Campbell, American University School of International Service
• Military Efforts to Combat Climate Change | His Excellency Dr. Mircea Geoană, Deputy Secretary General, NATO in conversation with Vivian Salama, National Security Correspondent, The Wall Street Journal
• Advancing Sustainable Energy and Environmental Policies to Accelerate Global Economic Growth | The Honorable Jose W. Fernandez, Under Secretary of State for Economic Growth, Energy, and the Environment in a conversation with Ambassador Stuart Holliday, CEO, Meridian International Center
• Energy Alliances and Cooperation | The Honorable David Turk, Deputy Secretary of Energy in conversation with Ambassador Paul Simons, Senior Fellow, Yale Jackson School for Global Affairs
• Italian G20 Presidency and COP26 Co-Host  | Her Excellency Mariangela Zappia, Ambassador of Italy
• Factoring ESG into Future of Work and Digital Transformation | Bill McDermott, CEO, ServiceNow in conversation with Julia Chatterley, Anchor and Correspondent, CNN

• Leadership Spotlight | Jane Fraser, CEO, Citi  in conversation with Carolina Chimoy, U.S. Correspondent, DW News
• Presentation of Meridian Global Leadership Awards  | Jane Fraser, 2021 Meridian Corporate Leader Awardee and Biplab Ketan Paul, 2021 Meridian Global Citizen Awardee

SOLUTION SESSIONS

• Preparing for ESG Regulations and Reporting Standards Harmonization
  • Session Moderator: Dave Curran, Co-Chair, Sustainability & ESG Advisory Practice, Paul, Weiss
  •  Fred Saint, President, Marketplaces, CoStar Group
  • The Honorable Allison Herren Lee, Commissioner, Securities and Exchange Commission
  • Congressman Juan Vargas (D-CA), U.S. House of Representatives
  • Dr. Allinnettes Go Adigue, ASEAN Regional Hub Head, Global Reporting Initiative
  • Ed O'Boyle, Global Practice Leader, Gallup

• Taking a Stand: Emergence of Public and Private Sector Action on Equity, Justice and Human Rights
  • Session Moderator: Jennifer Zabasajja, QuickTake Reporter, Bloomberg Business
  • Stéphane Bancel, CEO, Moderna
  • Ambassador Patrick Gaspard, President and CEO, Center for American Progress
  • Dipanjan Chatterjee, Vice President and Principal Analyst, Forrester Research
  • Sanda Ojiambo, Executive Director and CEO, UN Global Compact
  • Celia Ouellette, Founder and CEO, Responsible Business Initiative for Justice

• Making the Case for a Sustainable Supply Chain and Conscious Procurement
  • Mahmoud Bah, Acting CEO, Millennium Challenge Corporation
  • His Excellency Carlos dos Santos, Ambassador of Mozambique
  • Moderated By: Dr. Monde Muyangwa, Africa Program Director, The Wilson Center
  • Nedra Dickson, Managing Director, Global Supplier Inclusion & Sustainability Lead, Accenture
  • Vanessa Erogbogbo, Chief of Sustainable and Inclusive Value Chains, International Trade Centre
  • Marcela Navarro, CEO and Co-Founder, Project X Global
  • Moderated By: Puru Trivedi, Vice President of Corporate Affairs, Meridian International Center

• Reaching Climate Solutions through Infrastructure and Hard-to-Abate Sectors
  • Session Moderator: The Honorable Alonzo Fulgham, Vice President, Viateq
  • Andrew Wishnia, Deputy Assitant Secretary of Climate Policy, U.S. Department of Transportation
  • Rt Hon. Lord Barker of Battle, Executive Chairman, EN+
  • Mike Train, Senior Vice President, and Chief Sustainability Officer, Emerson

• In the Market for Sustainable Finance
  • Session Moderator: Lorraine Woellert, Sustainability and ESG Editor, Politico
  • The Honorable Sarah Bloom Raskin, Deputy Secretary of Treasury (2014-2017)
  • Suzanne Gaboury, Director General, Private Sector Operations, Asian Development Bank
  • Deborah Lehr, Vice Chairman and Executive Director, Paulson Institute
  • Donna McNamara, Director, Global Head of Trade Product Commercialization and ESG Strategy, Citi

• Leading the Charge: Impact of Youth on Investing and in Achieving SDGs
  • Session Moderator: Ben Chang, Deputy VP for Communications and Spokesperson, Princeton University
  • Bela Bajaria, Head of Global TV, Netflix and Meridian Trustee
  • Jean Case, CEO, Case Impact Network
  • Tere González García, Social Entrepreneur and UN Young Leader for the SDGs
  • Tim Lo Surdo, Founder and National Director, Democracy in Colour
  • Reggie McCrimmon, Public Policy Manager for the United States, Twitter
  • Isha Sharma, M&E and Climate Strategy, The World Bank Group

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