Speakers

Inauguration

Narendra Modi

Prime Minister of India

Alexander Stubb

President of Finland

Speakers

Christopher Landau

Deputy Secretary of State, United States of America

S. Jaishankar

Minister of External Affairs, India

Jane Holl Lute

Former Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security, United States of America

Vikram Misri

Foreign Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, India

Nandan Nilekani

Non-Executive Chairman, Infosys, India

Smita Prakash

Editor, Asian News International, India

Corey Thomas

Chief Executive Officer, Rapid7, United States of America

Marise Payne

Former Minister of Foreign Affairs and Former Minister of Defence, Australia

Alexander Schallenberg

Former Federal Chancellor of Austria

Niels Annen

State Secretary, Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development, Germany

Stephen Harper

Former Prime Minister, Canada

Tony Abbott

Former Prime Minister, Australia

Carl Bildt

Former Prime Minister, Sweden

Anders Fogh Rasmussen

Former Prime Minister, Denmark

Tadashi Maeda

Chairman of the Board, Japan Bank for International Cooperation, Japan

Erik Solheim

Former Minister of Climate and the Environment, Norway

Hans-Christian Hagman

Deputy Director General and Senior Adviser, Strategic Analysis, Ministry for Foreign Affairs, Sweden

Karan Bilimoria

Member of the House of Lords, United Kingdom

Priyanka Chaturvedi

Member of Parliament, India

Jorge Quiroga

Former President, Bolivia

Mehdi Jomaa

Former Prime Minister, Tunisia

Mohamed Nasheed

Former President; Secretary-General, Climate Vulnerable Forum & V20, Maldives

George Papandreou

Former Prime Minister, Greece

Wiebke Winter

Member, Bremen State Parliament, Germany

Sasmit Patra

Member of Parliament, India

Tom Tugendhat

Member of Parliament, United Kingdom

Stefan Löfven

Former Prime Minister; Member, Club de Madrid, Sweden

Nikolaus Marschik

Secretary General, Foreign Affairs, Federal Ministry for European and International Affairs, Austria

Herve Lemahieu

Assistant Secretary, Policy Planning Branch, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Australia

Rachel Kyte

Special Representative for Climate, Government of United Kingdom

Frantisek Ruzicka

Deputy Secretary-General, OECD

Amitabh Kant

Former G20 Sherpa, India

Francesco Maria Talò

Italian Special Envoy, India-Middle East-Europe Economic Corridor, India

Benjamin Haddad

Minister Delegate for Europe, France

Smriti Irani

Former Minister of Education, India

Jayant Sinha

Former Minister of State for Civil Aviation, India

Clara Volintiru

Secretary of State, Interinstitutional Relations, Development Cooperation and Humanitarian Assistance, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Romania

Shashi Tharoor

Member of the Lok Sabha; Chairperson, Parliamentary Standing Committee on External Affairs, India

Marcos Perestrello De Vasconcellos

 Member of Parliament, Portugal

Simona Flavia Malpezzi

Senator, Italian Republic

Nancy Karigithu

Advisor Blue Economy, Executive Office of the President of Kenya, Kenya

Justice V. Ramasubramanian

Chairperson, National Human Rights Commission, India

Anna-Katharina Hornidge

Director, German Institute of Development and Sustainability and Professor, Global Sustainable Development, University of Bonn, Germany

Bonnie Glick

Adjunct Senior Fellow, Foundation for Defense of Democracies, United States of America

Matthew Foldi

Political reporter, The Spectator; Editor-in-Chief, Washington Reporter, United States of America

Jemma King

Research Fellow, School of Psychology, The University of Queensland, Australia

Sophia Besch

Senior Fellow, Europe Programme, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, United States of America

Courtney Fung

Associate Professor, Security Studies, School of International Studies, Macquarie University, Australia

Amar Bhattacharya

Senior Fellow, Center for Sustainable Development, Brookings Institution, United States of America

Rohini Pande

Henry J. Heinz Professor of Economics; Director, Economic

Growth Centre, Yale University, United States of America

Brent Sadler

Senior Research Fellow, Naval Warfare and Advanced Technology, Allison Center for National Security, Heritage Foundation, United States of America

Ajit Isaac

Chairman and Founder, Quess Corp Ltd., India

Monika Halan

Founder, Dhan Chakra Financial Education, India

Luis Vassy

President, Sciences Po, Paris, France

Celeste A. Connors

President, East-West Center, United States of America

Ravi Bapna

Curtis L. Carlson Chair Professor, Business Analytics and Information Systems, United States of America

Nikit Abhyankar

Associate Adjunct Professor, Co-Faculty Director, India Energy and Climate Center, Goldman School of Public Policy, University of California, Berkeley, United States of America

Vanessa Ghanem

Arab Affairs Editor, The National News, United Arab Emirates

Philippe Varin

Chair, International Chamber of Commerce, France

Bernice Lee

Chair, Advisory Board, Chatham House Sustainability Accelerator; Distinguished Fellow and Senior Adviser, Chatham House, United Kingdom

           Lalit Keshre

Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Groww, India

Dag Huse

Principal Advisor, Norges Bank Investment Management, Norway

Valerie Dabady

Division Manager, Resource Mobilization and Partnerships Department, African Development Bank

Marilyne Andersen

Director General, Geneva Science and Diplomacy Anticipator, Switzerland

Adam Segal

Ira A. Lipman Chair, Emerging Technologies and National Security; Director, Digital and Cyberspace Policy Program, Council on Foreign Relations, United States of America

Rush Doshi

C.V. Starr Senior Fellow, Asia Studies and Director, China Strategy Initiative, Council on Foreign Relations, United States of America

Vinay P. Sahasrabuddhe

Former Member, Rajya Sabha, India

Mogomme Alpheus Masoga

Chairperson, South African BRICS Think Tank; Professor and Dean, Humanities, University of the Free State, South Africa

M. Guillaume Ollagnier

Director General, International Relations and Strategy, France

Vedica Kant

Principal, Boston Consulting Group, India

Mudit Kapoor

Associate Professor, Economics, Indian Statistical Institute, India

Sibi George

Secretary [West], Ministry of External Affairs, India

Carolin Albrecht

Managing Director, Berlin Global Dialogue, Germany

Abhay Karandikar

Secretary, Department of Science and Technology, India

Supra Obakeng Ramoeletsi Mahumapelo

Chairperson, Portfolio Committee, International Relations and Cooperation; Member of Parliament, South Africa

Neelkanth Mishra

Chief Economist, Axis Bank and Head, Global Research, Axis Capital, India

Sean Willy

President and Chief Executive Officer, Des Nedhe Group, Canada

Justice V. Ramasubramanian

Chairperson, National Human Rights Commission, India

Guru Prakash

National Spokesperson, Bhartiya Janta Party, India

Vijay Chauthaiwale

In-charge, Department of Foreign Affairs, Bhartiya Janata Party, India

Alexander Bohmer

Head, South Asia and Southeast Asia Division, Global Relations and Co-operation Directorate, France

Benedikta Von Seherr-Thoss

Managing Director, Peace, Security and Defence, European External Action Service, European Union

Ibrahim Agboola Gambari

Former Chief of Staff, President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria; Founder, Savannah Centre for Diplomacy, Democracy and Development, Nigeria

Leslie Vinjamuri

President and Chief Executive Officer, Chicago Council on Global Affairs, United States of America

K P Vijayalakshmi

Professor and Head, Manipal Institute of Social Sciences, Humanities and Arts, India

Caroline Kwamboka

Director, African Renaissance Trust, Kenya

Zillur Rahman

Anchor, Tritiyo Matra, Channel I, Bangladesh

Corey Thomas

Chief Executive Officer, Rapid7, United States of America

Shamika Ravi

Member, Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister, India

Benedikt Franke

Vice-Chairman, Chief Executive Officer, Munich Security Conference, Germany

Mara Motherway

Vice President, Lockheed Martin, United States of America

Nikki Grady-Smith

Chief Transformation Officer, Rolls Royce, United Kingdom

Sanjeev Krishan

Chairperson, PwC, India

Rishi Bal

Chief Executive Officer, BharatGen, India

Maroun Kairouz

Managing Director, Centre for Regions, Trade and Geopolitics, World Economic Forum

Ganesh Ramakrishnan

Principal Investigator, BharatGen, India

Sanjeev Sanyal

Member, Economic Advisory Council of the Prime Minister, Government of India, India

Julia Pahina

Co-Founder, Fibre Fale, New Zealand

Zubin Karkaria

Founder and Chief Executive Officer, VFS Global, India

Subhrakant Panda

Managing Director, Indian Metals & Ferro Alloys Limited, India

Ayumi Moore Aoki 

Chief Executive Officer, Tech Diplomacy Forum, France

Brook Cunningham

Senior Vice President, Commercial, Asia Pacific, Corteva Agriscience

Stéphane de La Faverie

President and Chief Executive Officer, Estée Lauder Companies, United States of America

Brendan Nelson

President, Boeing Global, Australia

Vivek Lall

Chief Executive, General Atomics Global Corporation, United States of America

Angelo George

Chief Executive Officer, Bisleri, India

Andreas Schumacher

Chief Strategy Officer, Infineon Technologies, Germany

Gaurav Dalmia

Chairman, Dalmia Group Holdings, India

Stormy-Annika Mildner

Director, Aspen Institute, Germany

Karim El Aynaoui

President, Policy Center for the New South, Morocco

David Laborde

Director, Agrifood Economics and Policy Division, Food and Agriculture Organization, United Nations

NK Singh

President, Institute of Economic Growth; Former Chairman, 15th Finance Commission, India

Jackline Kagume

Programme Officer, Constitution, Law and Economy Program, Institute of Economic Affairs, Kenya

Ayoade Alakija

Ministerial Global Envoy, Government of Nigeria; Board Chair, FIND

Amanda Healy

Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Kirrikin, Australia

Radhicka Kapoor

Senior Employment Specialist, International Labour Organisation 

V. Anantha Nageswaran

Chief Economic Advisor to the Government of India, India

Valbona Zeneli

Non-Resident Senior Fellow, Europe Center, Atlantic Council, United States of America

Sakshi Gupta

Staff, Government Affairs, Qualcomm, United States of America

Madan Oberoi

Chief Security Advisor and Lead, Intelligence & Public Safety, APAC, Google Cloud, Singapore

Siphamandla Zondi

Professor, Department of Politics and International Relations; Director, Institute for Pan-African Thought and Conversation, University of Johannesburg, South Africa

Niven Winchester

Professor, Economics, Auckland University of Technology; Senior Fellow, Motu Economics, New Zealand

Seema Paul

Programme Director, Sequoia Climate Foundation, United States of America

Louise van Schaik

Head, Unit EU & Global Affairs, Clingendael, Netherlands

Bambang Brodjonegoro

Dean and Chief Executive Officer, Asian Development Bank Institute

Rebecca Arcesati

Lead Analyst, Mercator Institute for China Studies, Germany

Astha Kapoor

Co-Founder, Aapti Institute, India

Del Titus

Founder and Chairman, Web 3 Africa Group, Ghana

Stephanie Diepeveen

Senior Research Associate, Overseas Development Institute Global, United States of America

Eghosa Osaghae

Director General, Nigerian Institute of International Affairs, Nigera

Helena Legarda

Head, Program Foreign Relations, Mercator Institute for Chinese Studies, Germany

Vladislava Galan

Partner, Oracle Advisory Group, United States of America

Tan Ya

Associate Professor and Deputy Director, Department of Energy and Low Carbon Economics, School of International Trade and Economics, University of International Business and Economics Beijing, China

Tomoyuki Yoshida

Chief Executive Director, The Japan Institute of International Affairs, Japan

Itonde Kakoma

President and Chief Executive Officer, Interpeace, United States of America

Maiara Folly

Co-Founder, Plataforma Cipó, Brazil

Victoria Panova

Head, BRICS Expert Council; Vice Rector, HSE University; Russian W20 Sherpa, Russia

Comfort Ero

President and Chief Executive Officer, International Crisis Group, United Kingdom

Garima Mohan

Senior Fellow, Indo-Pacific Program, German Marshall Fund, Germany

Navya Naveli Nanda

Founder, Project Naveli & Co-Founder, Nimaya Foundation, India

Tshering Cigay Dorji

Former Chief Executive Officer, Thimphu TechPark, Bhutan

Paula Cipierre

Global Head of Privacy, HCL Tech, Germany

Clara von Nathusius

Head, Department for Press, Social Media and Online Communications, Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and Media, Germany

Nikhil Ravishankar

Chief Executive Officer, Air New Zealand, New Zealand

Karim Haggag

Director, Stockholm International Peace Research Institute, Belgium

Sara Roversi

Founder and President, Future Food Institute, Italy

Jana Puglierin

Head, European Council on Foreign Relations, Berlin Office, Germany

Vali Nasr

Majid Khadduri Professor, Middle East Studies and International Affairs, School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University, United States of America

Caroline Delgado

Programme Director, Food, Peace and Security, Stockholm International Peace Research Institute, Sweden

Caitríona Heinl

Executive Director, The Azure Forum for Contemporary Security Strategy, Ireland

DB Venkatesh Verma

 Former Ambassador of India to the Russian Federation

Pankaj Saran

Convenor, NatStrat, India

       Florence Gaub

Director, Research Division, NATO Defense College, Italy

Feodor Voitolovsky

Director, Primakov Institute of World Economy and International Relations, Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia

Ivan Timofeev

Director-General, Russian International Affairs Council, Russia

Dino Patti Djalal

Founder, Foreign Policy Community of Indonesia, Indonesia

Tatiana Kukhareva

Journalist, Russia

Lina Khatib

Associate Fellow, Middle East and North Africa Programme, United Kingdom

Minh-Thu Pham

Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer, Starling Institute; Nonresident Scholar, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, United States of America

Ummu Salma Bava

Professor, European Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, India

Sarah Andries

Vice President, Africa Team, Global Health Services

Carolina Chimoy

Anchor, Journalist, Dep. Latin America, Deutsche Welle, Peru

Kevin Baron

President, Elevation Global Strategies, United States of America

Héctor Cárdenas Suárez

Professor of Practice in Public Policy, Goldman School of Public Policy, UC Berkeley; President, Mexican Council on Foreign Relations, Maxico

Renato Galvão Flôres

Director, International Intelligence Unit, Fundação Getulio Vargas, Brazil

Lindy Cameron

British High Commissioner to India

Philip Green

High Commissioner of Australia to India 

Almut Möller

Director, European and Global Affairs, European Policy Centre, Germany

Majed bin Mohammed Al-Ansari

Advisor to the Prime Minister and Spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Qatar

Suzannah Jessep

Chief Executive, Asia New Zealand  

Foundation, New Zealand

Fitriani

Senior Analyst, Hybrid Threats Cyber, Technology and Security Program, Australian Strategic Policy Institute, Australia

Fane Kite

Chief Operating Officer, Royal Oceania Institute, Tonga

Gautam Aggarwal

Division President, South Asia, Mastercard, India

James Carafano

Director, Douglas and Sarah Allison Center for Foreign Policy Studies; Vice President, Kathryn and Shelby Cullom Davis Institute for National Security and Foreign Policy, The Heritage Foundation, United States of America

Kayode Fayemi

Founder, Amandla Institute for Policy and Leadership Advancement, Nigeria

Sanjay Bahl

Director General, Computer Emergency Response Team, India

Palki Sharma

Journalist, India

Carla Sands

Vice Chair, Center for Energy and Environment, America First Policy Institute, United States of America

Jamil Anderlini

Regional Director, Europe, POLITICO, Belgium

Abla Abdel Latif

Executive Director and Director of Research, The Egyptian Centre for Economic Studies, Egypt

Alisee Pornet

Senior Advisor to the Chief Operating Officer, French Development Agency, France

Arezo Kohistany

Managing Director, Electrum Group, United States of America

Kira Vinke

Head, Center for Climate and Foreign Policy, German Council on Foreign Relations, Germany

Ornela Çuçi

Head, Center for Medical Sciences, Technology and Innovation, Western Balkan University, Albania

Bernard Philip

First Assistant Secretary, International Policy, Department of Defence, Australia

Shruti Pandalai

Fellow, Manohar Parrikar Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses, India

Lt. Gen. Raj Shukla (Retd)

Former General Officer, Commanding-in-Chief, Army Training Command, India

Nico Lange

Senior Fellow, Munich Security Conference, Germany

Elena Lazarou

Director General, Hellenic Foundation for European and Foreign Policy, Greece

Sujan Chinoy

Director General, Manohar Parrikar Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses, India

Romana Vlahutin

Special Envoy Strategic Connectivity and Three Seas Initiative, Government of the Republic of Croatia; Distinguished Fellow for Geostrategy, German Marshall Fund, Croatia

Adelle Nazarian

Chief Executive Officer, US Blockchain PAC, United States of America

Chandrika Bahadur

Chief Executive Officer, The Antara Foundation, India

Nisha Biswal

Partner, The Asia Group, United States of America

Lisa Singh

Director and Chief Executive Officer, Australia India Institute; Former Senator from Tasmania, Australia

David Victor

Professor, Innovation and Public Policy, School of Global Policy and Strategy, University of California San Diego, United States of America

Chevaan Daniel

Executive Group Director, CMG, Sri Lanka

Róbert Vass

President, GLOBSEC, Slovakia

Noah Barkin

Senior Advisor, Rhodium Group’s China Practice, Germany

            Gwendoline Abunaw

Managing Director, Ecobank Cameroon & CEMAC Cluster, Cameroon

Martina Lodrant

Policy Coordinator, External Relations, European Commission President von der Leyen’s Cabinet, Belgium

Kwame Owino

Chief Executive Officer, Institute of Economic Affairs, Kenya

Mehul Pandya

Managing Director and Group Chief Executive Officer, CareEdge Group, India

Ji Yeon-jung

Assistant Professor, Department of Military History and Strategy, ROK Naval Academy, Republic of Korea 

Laura Mahrenbac

Adjunct Professor, Technical University of Munich and Senior Researcher, University of Bonn, Germany

Louise Marie Hurel

Research Fellow, Royal United Services Institute, France

Divyata Ashiya

Trustee, Royal United Services Institute, United Kingdom

Peter Gluckman

President, International Science Council, New Zealand

Kiana Aran

Associate Professor, Bioengineering and Medicine, University of California, San Diego, United States of America

Yousuf Al Balushi

Former Head, FMSTAN, Oman

Magdalena Skipper

Editor, Nature, United Kingdom

Bjorn Lomborg

President, Copenhagen Consensus Centre, Denmark

Sanjay Jain

Director, Digital Public Infrastructure,Gates Foundation

Indrani Bagchi

Chief Executive Officer, Ananta Centre, India

Mark Leonard

Director, European Council on Foreign Relations, Germany

Ruth Schilling

Managing Director, German Maritime Museum, Germany

Injoo Sohn

Deputy Director, Institute for Future Strategy; Professor, Department of Political Science and International Relations, Seoul National University, Republic of Korea

Gordon Flake

Founding Chief Executive Officer, Perth USAsia Center, Australia

Matthias Berninger

Executive Vice President Public Affairs, Science, Sustainability and HSE, Bayer, United States of America

Soumya Swaminathan

Paediatrician; Former Director General, Indian Council of Medical Research, India

Bharat Lal

Secretary General and Chief Executive Officer, National Human Right Commission, India

Aleksandra Morozkina

 Senior Expert, Department of Partnerships, Eurasian Fund for Stabilization and Development, Russia

Archna Vyas

Country Director, India Country Office, Gates Foundation

Anna Tunkel

Chief Executive Officer, Sustainable Impact LLC, United States of America

Hiroyuki Akita

Foreign & International Security Commentator, Nikkei, Japan

Sabeen Malik

Vice President, Global Government Affairs and Public Policy, Rapid7, United States of America

Anthony Okechukwu Ojukwu

Executive Secretary, National Human Rights Commission, Kenya