MEM Summer Summit 2020
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MEM Summer Summit Forum 2020
Emmanuel Macron’s speech during the MEM Summer Summit
The French President Emmanuel Macron, in a video message, spoke about the importance of the region and its political balance, focusing on the conflicts in Syria and Libya and the crisis in Lebanon. The analysis of the French President – invoking for collective responsibility to find shared solutions – is structured around four pillars: religion, demographics, energy and politics.
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Forum 2020
Programme
The third edition of the Summit in 2020 was a great success with its exceptional list of speakers, including the French President Emmanuel Macron who delivered a keynote speech on the importance of the region structured around four pillars: religion, demographics, energy, and politics, and Audrey Azoulay, Director-General of UNESCO, who underlined the importance of art, culture and education in the fight against inequalities as well as youth and women’s unemployment.
Download the full Forum programme here: MEM Summer Summit 2020 Online Edition – Forum Programme
Speakers
IGNAZIO CASSIS
Head of the Department of Foreign Affairs (FDFA), Switzerland
EMMANUEL MACRON
President of the French Republic, France
AUDREY AZOULAY
Director-General of UNESCO, France
MONIKA SCHMUTZ KIRGÖZ
Swiss Ambassador in Beirut, Switzerland
PIO WENNUBST
Vice Director General, Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC), Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (FDFA), Switzerland
BOAS EREZ
Rector, Università della Svizzera italiana, Switzerland
MAHA EL-ADAWY
MD and Director, Health Protection and Promotion, WHO Office Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean, Egypt
YASMIN EL HABAK
Young change-maker
LAZARE ELOUNDOU ASSOMO
Director, Culture and Emergencies, UNESCO, France
LUCA FASANI
Journalist, RSI Radiotelevisione svizzera, Switzerland
NASSIF HITTI
Former Minister of Foreign Affairs and Emigrants, Lebanon
GILLES KEPEL
Professor and Scientific Director of the Middle East Mediterranean Freethinking Platform, Università della Svizzera italiana, Switzerland; PSL Paris Sciences et Lettres-École Normale Supérieure, France
RACHID KORAICHI
Artist, Algeria
ANDREY KORTUNOV
Director General of the Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC), Russia
GIAMPIERO MASSOLO
President of ISPI (Istituto per gli Studi di Politica Internazionale), President of Fincantieri, Italy
AHMED MATER
Artist, Saudi Arabia
PAOLA NURNBERG
Journalist, RSI Radiotelevisione svizzera, Switzerland
DIMITRIOS PAPACHRISTOU
Young change-maker
PATRICK POUYANNÉ
Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer, Total, France
MUSTAFA SANALLA
National Oil Corporation, Libya
DIANA SEGANTINI
Advisor for Arts, culture, heritage and media, Switzerland
CLAUDIA SOSAI
Young change-maker
SOFIA VOLPI
Young change-maker
PIO WENNUBST
Vice Director General, Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC), Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (FDFA), Switzerland
Cultural Dimension 2020
Nour Nasreldin ideated and directed a short film on her experience of lockdown in Cairo, on the unusual silence in such a noisy city and on the role of new generations to envision and foster change.
Partners 2020
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