Schedule
Running order for The Future Economy event, which took place on Tuesday 12 October.
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