08.30 – 09.30 | Meet & Greet Breakfast
09.30 – 10.00 | Opening Remarks
10:00 – 12:00 | Plenary • Access to Health Services & Drinkable Water in Developing Areas
Keynote
Rosalie Matondo
Minister of Forestry Economy, Sustainable Development
& Environment Republic of Congo
Keynote
Georges Bwelle
Surgeon & CNN Heroes
Yaoundé Central Hospital
Panel - Expanding Health Services in Africa
Hicham Bouzekri
CEO
MASCIR
Alessia Clemente
Policy Analyst
Georges Bwelle
Surgeon
Panel - Drinkable Water as a Human Right
Rosalie Matondo
Minister of Forestry Economy, Sustainable Development
& Environment Republic of Congo
Ali Bin Samikh Al Marri
Chairman
National Human Rights Commission, Qatar
12.00 – 13.30 | NGO Presentation, Documentaries Screening, Art Performance, Empowerment Session
14:00 – 16.00 | Plenary • Boosting Innovative African Agriculture
Keynote
Hicham Bouzekri
CEO
MASCIR
Keynote
Ismahane Elouafi
Director General
ICBA-Agriculture for Tomorrow
Panel - Climate Smart Agriculture
André Leu
President
IFOAM
Madeline Carlin
Biologist and Agronomist
Terre et Humanisme
Eric Chavez
Founder & Director
OIKOS
Yossef Ben-Meir
President
High Atlas Foundation
Panel - Innovative Technology for African Farming
Ismahane Elouafi
Director General
ICBA-Agriculture for Tomorrow
Precious Phiri
Founder
Earth Wisdom
Bill Karsell
Chair, Climate Stabilization
Council Board of Trustees
14:00 – 16.00 | Plenary • New Trends in Private Sector: Accelerator of Sustainability
Keynote
Nasser Kettani
National Technical Officer
Microsoft
Panel - Circular Economy and Waste Management
Youssef Chaqor
General Manager
Kilimanjaro Environnment
Linda Brown
Senior Vice President
SCS Global Services
Hans Friederich
Director General
INBAR
Ali Sbai
Project Manager, ITU
Founder, Zaila Association
Panel - Creating Impact Through Responsible Business
Nasser Kettani
National Technical Officer
Microsoft
Elijah Ezendu
Group Chief Operating Officer
Idova Group
Saud Bin Hassan Al-Subaie
Director of CSR
Al-Hilal Saudi Football Club
Zeineb Benkhadra
Director of Organization, Information & Quality
Chambre Française du Commerce et d’Industrie du Maroc
20.00 | Art Performance
08.30 – 09.30 | Networking Breakfast
10:00 – 12:00 | Plenary • Affordable and Clean Energy
Keynote
Yasuhiro Yamato
Vice President
Eneco Holdings
Keynote
Bertrand Piccard
Pilot & Founder
Solar Impulse
Panel - Solar Energy and Geotermia
Roger Christen
Founder & CEO
Steinrich Cycles
Bertrand Piccard
Pilot & Founder
Solar Impulse
Maria Noel Vaeza
Director of Programme Division
UN Women
Panel - Latest Innovative Trends in Renewable Energy
Abdeladim Lhafi
High Commissioner, Haut Commission for Water
and Forest and Against Desertification
John Bird
Scientist and
Award winning Author
Murager Sauranbayev
Senior Vice President
SCS Global Services
Amina J Mohammed
Minister of Environment, Nigeria
12.00 – 13.30 | Activities with NGOs, Documentaries Screening, Art Performance, Empowerment Session
14:00 – 16:00 | Plenary • Cities of Tomorrow
Keynote
Alejandro Agag
CEO
Formula E Holdings
Panel - Sustainable Construction and Housing
Murager Sauranbayev
Deputy Commissioner for EXPO 2017
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Kazakhstan
Malamine Faty
CEO
SAS Pronergies
Helena Molin Valdes
Head of Secretariat
Climate & Clean Air Coalition
Riad Oussama
CEO
Earth Development & Taayoush City
Panel - Transportation of the Future
Alejandro Agag
CEO
Formula E Holdings
Stefan Hotze
Head of Corporate Strategic Planning
Nokia
Haldane Dodd
Head of Communication
ATAG
Leyth Zniber
CEO
Impact Hub & Numa Casa
16:15 – 18:00 | Plenary • Sustainable Finance and Impact Investment in Africa
Keynote
Chris Adelsbach
Managing Director
Techstars
Panel - Best Practices and Modern Approaches in Microfinance
Dittmar Thorsten
Founder & Investor
Kumbayja
Sukena Touré
President & Founder
Rapides
Wafa Lakhoua
Director
Kech Developpement
Panel - Fintech for Social Good
Chris Adelsbach
Managing Director
Techstars/Barclay Global Partnership
Yonathan Parienti
Founder & CEO
Horyou
Amanda Joy Ravenhill
Professor of Sustainable Business
Climate Activist
Co-founder of Islefor Boatworks
08.30 – 09.30 | Networking Breakfast
09:30 – 12:00 | Plenary • Impact of ICT on African Economic Development and Education
Keynote
Samia Chakri
Director Digital Economy
Ministry of Industry, Trade, Investment
& Digital Economy, Morocco
Keynote
Sukena Touré
President & Founder
Rapides
Panel - ICT Revolution in Africa
Dounia Boumehdi
Director General
Maroc Numeric Fund
Taha Yousif Hassan
Accredited Journalist
United Nations
Mario Castro Grande
External Relations Officer
ITU
Lamiae Benmakhlouf
CEO
Technopark
Panel - Role of ICT in Education
Nezah Larhrissi
Director, President E-STEM Morocco
& Senior Advisor ICTs and Sustainable
Development for COP22 Office of Moroccan
Minister of Environment
Meriem Chehih
President Arab Women in Computin
(ArabWIC)
Ali Zamharir
Associate Activist
Associative Initiative et Dévéloppement
12.00 – 13.30 | Activities with NGOs, Documentaries Screening, Art Performance, Empowerment Session
16:15 – 18:00 | Plenary • Arts & Empowerment
Keynote
François Maurel
Photographer, Actor
& Filmmaker
Keynote
Ayman T. Jamal
Founder & Managing Partner
Barajoun Entertainment
Keynote
Carla Ortiz
Actress, Film Director
Philantropist
Panel - Empowering Women
Maria Guzman
Psychologist, Writer
Life coach
Carla Ortiz
Actress, Film Director
Philantropist
Osprey-Oryelle Lake
Founder & Executive Director
Women’s Earth Climate and Action
Souad Dibi
President
El Khir
Panel - Advancing the Role of Civil Society
Ahmad Alhendawi
United Nations Secretary-General’s
Envoy on Youth
Abdulmenem Bendarf
Director
AWJ Development Organization
Ninnar AlQames
President
LOYAC
Panel - Art for Social Good
François Maurel
Photographer, Actor
& Filmmaker
Ayman T. Jamal
Founder & Managing Partner
Barajoun Entertainment
Cecilia Guidote-Alvarez
Director
Earthsavers DREAMS Ensemble
UNESCO Artists for Peace
16.30 | SIGEF Awards Ceremony
17.00 | Closing Remarks
