NEW YORK, Sept. 21, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, Concordia
announces its final list of speakers joining the roster of 2018
Concordia Annual Summit participants. As the largest and most
inclusive nonpartisan gathering during the 73rd session of the
United Nations General Assembly, Concordia's eighth Annual Summit
will convene current and former heads of state, international
C-suite executives, senior administration officials, and nonprofit
leaders from around the world to address the most pressing issues
of our time.
Concordia today confirms the participation of Paul
Kagame, President of Rwanda
and Chairperson of the African Union, who will deliver a keynote
address on the plenary stage. President Kagame's participation at
the 2018 Concordia Annual Summit is integral to the legitimacy and
longevity of the forthcoming Concordia Africa Initiative, which
will strive to continue the African-led conversations taking place
throughout the Summit on the continent this coming year.
The 2018 Concordia Annual Summit will also hear from the
following speakers: Alexis
Tsipras, Prime Minister of Greece; Alexander
Acosta, U.S. Secretary of Labor; Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director General
of the World Health Organization; Strive Masiyiwa, Founder
& Executive Chairman of Econet Wireless; Jovenel Moïse,
President of Haiti;
Robert E. Lighthizer, U.S.
Trade Representative; Bill
Barhydt, CEO of Abra; Dr. Bandar Al Hajjar, President of the Islamic
Development Bank; Diana
Amini, Global Manager of H&M Foundation;
Lawrence Williams, Founding
Executive of SpaceX; Allen
Chastanet, Prime Minister of Saint Lucia; Lt. Gen. Christopher Cavoli, Commanding General of
the U.S. Army Europe;
Carlos Curbelo, Congressman
of the U.S. House of Representatives; Patrick Gaspard, President of Open Society
Foundations; Per Heggenes,
CEO of IKEA Foundation; Nomzamo
Mbatha, Actor and UNHCR High Profile Supporter;
Borut Pahor, President of the
Republic of Slovenia; Monica
Geingos, First Lady of Namibia; and Penny
Mordaunt, UK Secretary of State for International
Development.
These speakers will join the distinct and world-renowned line-up
of cross-sector leaders, including: Jennifer Lawrence, Oscar-Winning Actor and
RepresentUs Board Member; Iván Duque, President of
Colombia; Ivanka Trump, Advisor to the President;
Dara Khosrowshahi, CEO of
Uber; Michel Temer, President
of Brazil; Paul Polman, CEO of Unilever;
Kristalina Georgieva, CEO of
the World Bank; Brad Smith,
President of Microsoft; Nana
Akufo-Addo, President of Ghana; John
Hickenlooper, Governor of Colorado; Jeh
Johnson, Former Secretary of U.S. Department of Homeland
Security; Bernard-Henri Lévy, Philosopher, Filmmaker, and
Activist; Luis Almagro,
Secretary General of the Organization of American States;
Denis McDonough, Former White
House Chief of Staff under President Obama; Elaine Chao, Secretary of U.S. Department of
Transportation; Marie-Louise Coleiro
Preca, President of Malta; Dr. Tom
Coburn, Former Member of the U.S. Senate; Duško
Marković, Prime Minister of Montenegro; and Ray
Washburne, President of Overseas Private Investment
Corporation.
Concordia Leadership Council Members Hon. Jane Harman, Director, President & CEO
of the Wilson Center, Dr. Kerry
Healey, President of Babson
College, H.E. Olusegun Obasanjo, Former President of
Nigeria, Senator George J. Mitchell, Former Majority Leader
of the U.S. Senate & U.S. Special Envoy For Middle East Peace,
Andrew Liveris, Former
Chairman & CEO of Dow Chemical, and Dr. Ian Bremmer, Founder & President of
Eurasia Group and GZERO Media, are also confirmed to speak.
Through its bold and inclusive nature, with the mission of
positive social impact at its core, the Concordia Annual Summit
will serve as a diverse and compelling platform through which to
address pressing global topics through the lens of cross-sector
collaboration.
The full speaker list can be found here, and the two-day agenda
here.
Concordia's 2018 Programming Partners are: Americares; Atlantic
Council; The B Team; Darden School
of Business at the University of
Virginia; Eleanor Crook Foundation; Fenalco; The George W.
Bush Institute; The Global Blockchain Business Council; Innovadores
de América; The Institute of Political Science Hernán Echavarría
Olózaga; Lazarex Cancer Foundation; Millions in the Middle; MIT
Solve; Open Society Foundations; Overseas Private Investment
Corporation; RepresentUs; Seleni Institute; UCLA School of Law;
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees; U.S. Chamber of
Commerce; U.S. Department of State - The Secretary's Office of
Global Partnerships; U.S. Global Leadership Coalition; The Wilson
Center; Women Political Leaders Global Forum; Xcala.
Concordia's 2018 Programming Sponsors are: Access Network; Ark
Advisors; Arton Capital; ConsenSys; Datawallet; NBC Comcast;
NBCUniversal Telemundo; New America; Philip Morris International;
Postmates; Thomson Reuters; Uber; Union Maritime; Upwardly Global;
Walmart.
To purchase a ticket to attend the 2018 Concordia Annual
Summit, click here.
Members of press interested in covering the 2018 Concordia
Annual Summit can register
here.
ABOUT CONCORDIA:
Concordia is a registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit, nonpartisan
organization dedicated to actively fostering, elevating, and
sustaining cross-sector partnerships for social impact. Concordia
was founded in 2011 by Matthew A. Swift and Nicholas M.
Logothetis.
Media contact: Rita Lockheart,
media@concordia.net.
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