NORAD Conference 2021 (Day 1)
The theme for this year's Norad conference is "A NEW START: TOGETHER OR EVERY STATE FOR ITSELF?" A team of Norwegian and international experts, including BCEPS Director Ole Frithjof Norheim, will participate as keynote speakers and panelists, with a particular focus on health, climate and the economy.
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AGENDA – TUESDAY 26 JANUARY (Day 1)
10.00 CET
Welcome
Mr. Bård Vegar Solhjell, Director General, Norad
10.15 CET
Keynote speech
Ms. Antoinette Sayeh, Deputy Managing Director, IMF
Followed by a conversation between Ms. Sayeh and Mr. Solhjell
10.35 CET
Keynote speech
Mr. Pavan Sukhdev, President, WWF International
10.50 CET
Keynote speech
Mr. David Beasley, Director General, World Food Programme
15 MIN. BREAK
11.15 CET
Keynote speech
Mr. Dag-Inge Ulstein, Minister of International Development
11.25 CET
Keynote speech
Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director General, WHO
11.30 CET
PANEL 1 - Vaccine nationalism and global distribution
- Dag-Inge Ulstein, Minister of International Development
- Dr. Richard Hatchett, Director of CEPI
- Dr. Lia Tadesse, H.E. Minister of Health, Ethiopia
- Dr. Ole Fritjof Norheim, Professor, University of Bergen
Moderator: Amanda Glassman, Center for Global Development
12.00 CET - TBC
12.10 CET
PANEL 2 - What is the impact of COVID-19 on other essential services and the utilization of these?
- Rt. Hon. Helen Clark, Board Chair, The Partnership for Maternal, Newborn & Child Health
- Dr. Tlaleng Mofokeng, UN Special Rapporteur on Health
- Ms. Joy Phumaphi, Executive Secretary, African Leaders Malaria (TBC)
- Dr. Ole Fritjof Norheim, Professor, University of Bergen.
Moderator: Amanda Glassman, Center for Global Development