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Global Town Hall provides high-caliber discussions and debates on the state of the world involving leading minds worldwide. It aims to expose global citizens to various perspectives and ideas on addressing global challenges.
Since 2020, Foreign Policy Community of Indonesia initiated and has been running the international consortium of reputable think tanks, universities, civil society organizations, and non-governmental organizations to convene the Global Town Hall. It is a collaborative effort between more than 150 participating partners from around the globe. Since 2022, the Global Town Hall has been convened by FPCI in partnership with Global Citizen.
Global Town Hall has gathered over 30,000 people from over 140 countries. The virtual conference featured speeches from the President of the European Commission, Foreign Ministers of Indonesia, Australia, China, the European Union, the United Arab Emirates, France, South Africa, India, Russia, and the leaders of various international organizations.
Conference Agenda
Session 1
State of the World 2024
President of the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste
Prime Minister of Senegal (2013-2014)
President of Paris Peace Forum
Author of "Does ASEAN Matter?: A View From Within"; Minister for Foreign Affairs of Indonesia (2009-2014)
Chief People, Policy, and Purpose Officer at Cisco
Founder and Chairman of Foreign Policy Community of Indonesia (FPCI)
Session 2
AI & Digital Tech: How Can the Global South Benefit Equally?
Ambassador of Kenya to Belgium and the EU; Chairman of the Kenya Distributed Ledgers and Artificial Intelligence Taskforce
General Counsel and Executive Vice President of Compliance, World Wide Technology
Director of Centre for Security, Strategy and Technology, Observer Research Foundation (ORF)
Session 3
The Promise of Universality: A North-South Debate on How to Promote And Protect Human Rights for All
Regional Director, Asia and the Pacific at the International Fund for Public Interest Media
Executive Director of the Norwegian Human Rights Fund
Chair of the Indigenous Peoples Rights International
Public Interest Environmental Lawyer; Executive Secretary of Alerte Congolaise pour l'Environnement et les Droits de l'Homme (ACEDH)
Television Presenter and Producer
Session 4
The Largest Voting Year in History: What is Wrong with Democracy? What is Right with Democracy?
Minister for Foreign Affairs of Australia
Chair of Martens Centre’s Academic Council; Secretary-General of the European Parliament (2009-2022)
President of Surin Pitsuwan Foundation
Author; Founder of the Young India Foundation
Co-Founder and Education Director of #Undi18
Youth Media Lead at Foundation for Young Australians
Session 5
Eyes on Palestine and Ukraine: Valuable Lessons for the Present and Future World Order
Minister of Foreign Affairs, European Union and Cooperation of Spain
President and CEO of International Crisis Group
Head of the Security Unit; Coordinator Russia and Eastern Europe Centre of the Clingendael Institute
Co-Host of Podcast Keluar Sekejap; Former Minister of Health Malaysia (2021-2022)
Senior International Correspondent for Al Jazeera Network
Session 6
Moving Global Financial Reform Forward: Make it Work for the Global South!
Shadow Minister for Foreign Affairs of Australia
Former Minister of Finance of Indonesia (2013 - 2014)
Secretary General of Club de Madrid
Executive Director for Global Policy at ONE Campaign
Development Finance Advisor at Development Reimagined
Chief Economist at E3G
CEO of EIB Network and Empire Ghana
Session 7
Put on Your Seatbelt! Anticipating Greater Geopolitical Turbulence Ahead and Finding Ways to Calm the Storm
Minister of External Affairs of India
Former Prime Minister of Sweden (1991-1994); Co-Chair of the European Council on Foreign Relations
Ambassador-at-Large, Singapore and Global Co-Chair of Asia Society
Founding CEO of the Perth USAsia Centre
Session 8
Heal the World: Last-Mile Issues and New Challenges
UN Under-Secretary-General for Global Communications
Director Postgraduate School of Universitas YARSI; Act Director Communicable Diseases of the World Health Organization South East Asia Regional Office (2018-2020)
Director of Polio Eradication at the WHO Eastern Mediterranean Region
Head of New Investors, Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance
Founder and CEO of Mobiklinic
Japan Ambassador for Scottish Business Network; Mentor at the Cambridge Judge Business School; Senior Advisor at Health Innovation East (2021-2024)
Session 9
Food for Thought: Recipes for Global Food Security Amidst Crisis
Chief Executive Officer at Ban-Ki Moon Center for Global Citizens
Former Deputy Executive Director UN World Food Programme and Former UN Coordinator for the Black Sea Grain Initiative
Global Head of Citi Social Finance
Co-Founder of Act4Food
Special Adviser at International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD); Senior Visiting Scholar at Columbia University
Session 10
Countdown to Baku and Belém: Can the Next Two COPs Deliver on Climate Action?
First Lady of Brazil
National Secretary for Climate Change, Ministry of the Environment and Climate Change of Brazil
Global Engagement Director, Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty Initiative
Chief Executive Officer, Everland
Campaign Director, Pacific Islands Students Fighting Climate Change and 2024 Global Citizen Prize Winner
CEO, Futerra
Session 11
The UN Summit of the Future: Whose Future and Who Shapes It?
Duchess of York
President of the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network and Director of the Center for Sustainable Development at Columbia University
Founder and Chairman of Foreign Policy Community of Indonesia (FPCI)
UN Assistant Secretary-General for Youth Affairs
US Special Envoy for Global Youth Issues
CEO of Iswe Foundation
Founder of Afghan Youth Ambassadors for Peace Organization (AYAPO), 2022 United Nations Young Leaders for the SDGs
Session 12
The Bridgetown Initiative: Fireside Conversation with The Hon. Kerrie Symmonds
Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade of Barbados
Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey and Beyond Bretton Woods Student Advisor
Middlebury College and Beyond Bretton Woods Student Advisor
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Co-Organizer
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