Président
- Fathallah Oualalou, Senior Fellow, Policy Center for the New South (PCNS)
Introduction
- Kevin Cleaver, ancien vice-président associé, Fonds international de développement agricole (FIDA)
Intervenants
- Jennifer Blanke, Vice-présidente, Fondation Syngenta pour l'agriculture durable (SFSA)
- Bambang Brodjonegoro, président du conseil des commissaires, Bukalapak et PT Telkom
- Nguyen Minh Hang, vice-ministre des affaires étrangères, Vietnam
- Megumi Muto, vice-président de l'Agence japonaise de coopération internationale (JICA)
- Cecilia Nahón, directrice exécutive suppléante, Groupe de la Banque mondiale, Argentine
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