Schedule

Global conversations session one

12pm – Introduction

Professor Lesley McAra, Director of the Edinburgh Futures Institute, and Professor Liz Grant, Assistant Principal (Global Health), The University of Edinburgh

12:05pm - Welcome

Professor Peter Mathieson, Principal and Vice-Chancellor, The University of Edinburgh

12:10pm – Global conversations

• Dame Susan Rice (Chair), The first woman to head a UK clearing bank 
• Gordon Brown, Former UK Prime Minister 
• Chinelo Anohu, Head of the Africa Investment Forum
• Omar Shaikh, Director and Co-founder of the Global Ethical Finance Initiative (GEFI)

1:25pm  – Vote of thanks

Professor Peter Mathieson, Principal and Vice-Chancellor, The University of Edinburgh

1:30pm – Session ends

(15 minute break)

Global conversations session two

1:45pm - Welcome

Professor Peter Mathieson, Principal and Vice-Chancellor, The University of Edinburgh

1:50pm – Global conversations

With contributions from:

• Professor Mariana Mazzucato, Professor in the Economics of Innovation and Public Value at University College London 
• Hiro Mizuno, UN Special Envoy Innovative Finance and Sustainable Investments, and former Executive Management Director and CIO of the Government Pension Investment Fund of Japan 
• Ellen MacRae, President of the Edinburgh University Students’ Association
• Professor Gbenga Ibikunle, Professor and Chair of Finance at the University of Edinburgh, and Director for Industry, Economy and Society at the University of Edinburgh's Edinburgh Futures Institute 
• Katherine Trebeck, Senior Strategic Advisor for the Wellbeing Economy Alliance  

3:00pm – Vote of thanks 

Professor Peter Mathieson, Principal and Vice-Chancellor, The University of Edinburgh

3:05pm – Closing plenary

Professor Lesley McAra, Director of the Edinburgh Futures Institute, and Professor Liz Grant, Assistant Principal (Global Health), The University of Edinburgh

3:30pm – Session ends