Written by Heather | Jan 7, 2021 12:00:00 AM
Sheryl Sandberg, COO of Facebook; Christiane Amanpour, CNN's Chief International Correspondent and Sir Tim Berners-Lee, inventor of the World Wide Web and CTO of Inrupt, were today announced as new headline speakers for Reuters Next one of the biggest and most ambitious leadership summits in the world. With just days until the virtual conference kicks off, Reuters Next will deliver the most senior, inspiring, diverse and truly global range of voices to be featured at any event in 2021. Reuters Next draws on Reuters reach to host diverse voices from around the world who will examine topics from different perspectives, bringing their passion, experience and expertise to find new ways forward. The conference will bring together more than 25,000 executives over four days to examine topics such as how companies and countries plan to fuel a post-pandemic recovery, climate change and sustainability, geopolitical shifts after the U.S. election and Brexit, new work models, public health and press freedom, providing professionals with essential insights and information to make smart decisions. Led by Reuters editors, Reuters Next will address the most critical issues of the day across five distinct themes: Radical Redesign will tackle the challenges and opportunities of a distributed workplace, the future of travel and the reliance on vaccines to create a new normal. Speakers include: - Brian Chesky, Chief Executive Officer, AirBnB - Tony Fernandes, Chief Executive Officer, AirAsia - Alan Joyce, Chief Executive Officer, Qantas - Sundar Pichai, Chief Executive Officer, Google and Alphabet - Sheryl Sandberg, Chief Operating Officer, Facebook Policy & Progress will explore how policy makers are navigating COVID-19, the energy transition, inequality and the rise of populism, and the fallout from Brexit and the U.S. election Speakers include: - Vera Daves de Sousa, Finance Minister of Angola - Benjamin Diokno, President, Philippines Central Bank - Ivan Duque, President of Colombia - S. Jaishankar, Minister of External Affairs, India - Christine Lagarde, President, European Central Bank - Olaf Scholz, Federal Minister of Finance and Vice Chancellor, German Federal Ministry of Finance Recovering Growth will address how businesses around the world are finding ways back from the economic hit of COVID-19, how to unleash spending power and the future of innovation. Speakers include: - N Chandrasekaran, Chairman, Tata Group - Alan Jope, Chief Executive Officer, Unilever - Joe Kaeser, President & Chief Executive Officer, Siemens AG - Stephen Pagliuca, Chairman, Bain Capital - Kristin Peck, Chief Executive Officer, Zoetis - Bahren Shaari, Chief Executive Officer, Bank of Singapore A Sustainable Future will tackle an inclusive, green recovery, leading the way to a carbon-neutral future and global supply chains and the circular economy. Speakers include: - Sama Bilbao y Leon, Director General, World Nuclear Association - João Paulo Ferreira, Chief Executive Officer, Natura & Co Latin America - John Flint, Former Group Chief Executive, HSBC - Janet Redman, Climate Campaign Director, Greenpeace USA - Michael Wirth, Chief Executive Officer, Chevron Media and Free Speech will explore freedom of speech versus regulation, the evolving role of social media in the digital news ecosystem and press freedom and the rise of authoritarianism. Speakers include: - Christiane Amanpour, Chief International Correspondent, CNN - Sir Tim Berners-Lee, Inventor of World Wide Web and CTO, Inrupt - Tim Davie, Director General, BBC - Richard Edelman, Chief Executive Officer, Edelman - Maria Ressa, Founder, Rappler - Darren Walker, President, Ford Foundation Josh London, Reuters Chief Marketing Officer and Head of Reuters Professional, said: "After the extraordinary upheavals of 2020, the biggest global leaders and influential thinkers in the world will come together at Reuters Next to discuss opportunities for change and growth, as well as how to deal with the rifts and problems that our world and our societies face. This conference will address the most critical global issues of our age, offering first-hand insights and innovative solutions and opportunities that will define the world in 2021. I can't wait for the discussion to begin." Reuters Next draws on the strength of the world's biggest news provider - with 2,500 journalists in 200 locations - and its unrivalled ability to provide professionals with both business and general news from every part of the world. The summit follows the launch of Reuters Professional - a new, unified offer of global news coverage, commentary and industry-leading events to help professionals make smart decisions. The full agenda and further details for Reuters Next can be found here. The full list of speakers includes: Jihan Abass, Founder & Chief Executive Officer, Lami Iyinoluwa Aboyeji, Tech Entrepreneur Co-Founder, Andela Mo Abudu, Chief Executive Officer, Ebonylife Media & Ebonylife Place Stephen J. Adler, Editor-in-chief, Reuters Mohamed Adow, Director, Power Shift Africa Bhavish Aggarwal, Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer, Ola Waad al-Kateab, Filmmaker, Activist & Founder, Action For Sama Elizabeth Allen, Head of Asian Fixed Income, HSBC Global Asset Management Christiane Amanpour, CNN's Chief International Anchor, Host of Amanpour, CNNi and Amanpour & Co., PBS in the US Christina Anagnostopoulos, Senior Producer, Reuters Fact Check Reuters Bibi Bakare-Yusuf, Founder & Publisher, Cassava Republic Press Clare Baldwin, Special Correspondent, Reuters Ma Baoli, Founder, Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, BlueCity Dr. Reza Baqir, Governor State Bank Pakistan Jane Barrett, Global Editor Media News Strategy , Reuters Mark Bendeich, Europe News Editor, Reuters Sir Tim Berners-Lee, Inventor of World Wide Web and CTO, Inrupt Sama Bilbao y Leon, Director General, World Nuclear Association George Borovas, Head of Nuclear and Tokyo Office Managing Partner, Hunton Andrews Kurth Graham Brookie, Director and Managing Editor, Atlantic Council John Bruce, Co-founder & CEO, Inrupt Juan Carlos Jobet E. Ministry of Energy and Mining, Chile N Chandrasekaran, Chairman, Tata Group Brian Chesky, Chief Executive Officer, AirBnB Nina Chestney, Head of EMEA Power, Gas, Coal and Carbon, Reuters Rob Cox, Global Editor, Reuters Breakingviews Anshuman Daga, Senior Financial Correspondent, Reuters Tsitsi Dangarembga, Award-winning Zimbabwean Author Ann Daniels, Polar Explorer Vera Daves de Sousa, Finance Minister, Ministry of Finance of Angola Tim Davie, Director General, BBC Benjamin Diokno, Governor, Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas Iván Duque Márquez, President, Colombia Richard Edelman, Chief Executive Officer, Edelman Peter Erickson, Senior Scientist, Stockholm Environment Institute Patricia Espinosa, Executive Secretary, United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change Fola Fagbule, Senior Vice President, Africa Finance Corporation Tony Fernandes, Chief Executive Officer, AirAsia Dale Fisher, Professor of Medicine, National University of Singapore Steve Fisher, President and Chief Executive Officer, Novelis John Flint, Former Group Chief Executive, HSBC Sabina Fluxa, Chief Executive Officer, Iberostar Michael Friedenberg, President, Reuters Jared Friedman, Group Partner, Y-Combinator Alessandra Galloni, Global Managing Editor, Reuters Steve Gan, Editor-in-chief, Malaysiakini.com Cherian George Professor of Media Studies, Hong Kong Baptist University Preston Golson, Director, Brunswick Group Justice Goodwin Liu, Associate Justice, California Supreme Court Matthew Green , Climate Change Correspondent, Reuters Jitse Groen, Chief Executive Officer, JustEat Mohd Haris Mohd Arshad, Managing Director, Sime Darby Oils Irma Hidayana, Co-Founder & Co-Leader, LaporCovid19 Jennifer Hiller, Oil & Gas Reporter, Reuters David Hone, Chief Climate Change Adviser, Shell Dr. Fred Hu, Chairman, Primavera Capital Group Chris Hyams, Chief Executive Officer, Indeed Hamid Ibrahim, Co-Founder & Head of Creative Operations, Kugali Media Dr. Chikwe Ihekweazu, Director General, Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) Lanaya Irvin, President, Coqual Dr. S. Jaishankar , External Affairs Minister of India Alan Jope, Chief Executive Officer, Unilever Alan Joyce, Chief Executive Officer, Qantas Joe Kaeser, President & Chief Executive Officer, Siemens AG Deep Kalra, Founder & Group Executive Chairman, MakeMyTrip Limited Salman Khan, Founder and CEO, Khan Academy Sean Kidney, Chief Executive Officer, Climate Bonds Initiative Jack Kim, Correspondent, Reuters Miyoung Kim, Breaking News Editor, Asia, Reuters Taro Kono, Minister of State for Administrative Reform, Japan Christine Lagarde, President, European Central Bank Heidi J Larson Professor of Anthropology, Risk and Decision Science Vaccine Confidence Project Karen Lema, Bureau Chief Philippines, Reuters Yash Lohia, Chief Sustainability Officer, Indorama Ventures David R. Malpass, President, The World Bank Sandeep Mathrani, Chief Executive Officer, WeWork Adam Matthews, Director of Ethics and Engagement, Church of England Pensions Board Dwayne Matthews, Education Strategist & Founder, TomorrowNow Learning Labs Calvin McDonald, Chief Executive Officer, Lululemon Ilarion Merculieff, President, Global Center for Indigenous Leadership and Lifeways Mahathir Mohamad, Former Prime Minister of Malaysia Dr. Dambisa Moyo, Global Economist & Author, Versaca Investments Ravi Muthayah, Secretary-General, Malaysia Plantation & Commodities Ministry Thant Myint-U, Writer, Historian and Former Presidential Adviser Brian Niccol, Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, Chipotle Takeshi Niinami, Chief Executive Officer, Suntory Eric Norris, President, Lithium GBU Albemarle Corporation Silver Ojakol, Commissioner External Trade, Ghana Khin Omar, Burmese Democracy Activist Osprey Orielle Lake, Founder and Executive Director Women's Earth and Climate Action Network (WECAN) International Dr. Friederike Otto, Associate Director, Environmental Change Institute, University of Oxford Steve Pagliuca, Co-Chairman, Bain Capital João Paulo Ferreira, Chief Executive Officer, Natura & Co Latin America John Pearson, Chief Executive Officer, DHL Express Kristin Peck, Chief Executive Officer, Zoetis Hephzi Pemberton, CEO, Equality Group Sundar Pichai, Chief Executive Officer, Google and Alphabet Dan Poneman, President & Chief Executive Officer, Centrus Energy Corp. Adar Poonawalla, Chief Executive Officer, India's Serum Institute Dominic Price, Work Futurist, Atlassian Nidhi Razdan, Associate Professor of Journalism, Harvard University Janet Redman, Climate Campaign Director, Greenpeace USA Sven Reinke, Senior Vice President, Moody's Investors Service Maria Ressa, Founder, Rappler John Rice, Founder & Chief Executive Officer, Management Leadership for Tomorrow Louise Richardson, Vice-Chancellor University of Oxford Dr. Pandu Riono, Epidemiologist & Senior Staff, University of Indonesia, Faculty of Public Health Anne-Marie Roantree, Bureau Chief, Reuters Neil Roberts, Head of Marine & Aviation, Lloyd's of London Market Association Anne Robinson, Managing Director, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary, Vanguard Simon Robinson, Global Managing Editor, Reuters Ismael Roig, President, Europe, Middle East and Africa, ADM Juliana Rotich, Venture Partner, Atlantica Ventures Professor Jeffrey Sachs, Economist & Director, Center for Sustainable Development at Columbia University Sheryl Sandberg, Chief Operating Officer, Facebook Vergel O. Santos, Member, Board of Trustees, Center for Media Freedom and Responsibility Ann Saphir, Financial Reporter, Reuters Ernest Scheyder, Correspondent, Reuters Olaf Scholz, Federal Minister of Finance and Vice Chancellor, German Federal Ministry of Finance Michael Seibel, Group Partner and Managing Director, Y-Combinator Bahren Shaari, Chief Executive Officer, Bank of Singapore K Shanmugam, Minister for Home Affairs & Minister for Law Mudassir Sheikha, Chief Executive Officer, Careem Vijay Shekar Sharma, Chief Executive Officer & Founder, Paytm Najwa Shihab, Newscaster & Founder, Narasi Newsroom Kassie Siegel, Director, Center for Biological Diversity's Climate Law Institute Lauren Silva Laughlin, Global Deals Editor, Reuters Lorenzo Simonelli, Chief Executive Officer, Baker Hughes Rod Sims, Chair, Australian Competition and Consumer Commission Dev Stahlkopf, Corporate Vice President and General Counsel, Legal Affairs, Microsoft Nick Stansbury, Head of Commodity Research, Legal & General Investment Management (LGIM) Toby Sterling, Amsterdam Senior Correspondent, Reuters Laura Storm, Founder, Regenerators Sonny Swe, Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer, Frontier Myanmar Dr. Anders, Tegnell State Epidemiologist, Sweden Nguyen Thi Phuong Thao, President & CEO, VietJet Nellwyn Thomas, Chief Technology Officer, Democratic National Committee Axel Threlfall, Editor-at-Large, Reuters Sebastian Thrun, Founder, President & Executive Chairman, Udacity Olivier Tichit, Leader of Sustainability, Musim Mas Alicia Tillman, Global Chief Marketing Officer, SAP Valerie Volcovici, Correspondent, Reuters Darren Walker, President, Ford Foundation Jane Wardell, Global Desk Editor, Reuters Claire Wardle PhD, US Director, First Draft Shan Weijian, Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, PAG Peter Wennink, President & Chief Executive Officer, ASML Jay Wileman, President & Chief Executive Officer, GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy Professor Michelle Williams, Dean of the Faculty, Harvard T.H. 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