Speakers:
Dr. Abdou Tenkouano, Director General, International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (ICIPE), Kenya
Claudia Mueller, Deputy Minister, German Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture
Ambassador Caroline Vicini, Swedish Ambassador to Kenya
Official Opening Speech by Head of State, Republic of Kenya
Speakers:
Ambassador Ertharin Cousin, President and CEO, Food Systems for the Future, USA
Dr. Hoesung Lee, President, Carbon Free Alliance, South Korea
Carina Pimenta, National Secretary for the Bioeconomy in the Government of Brazil
Michael Kellner, Deputy Minister, German Federal Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate Action (video message)
Dr. Manuel Otero, Director General, Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture, Costa Rica
Dr. Elspeth McRae, Co-Chair International Advisory Council on Global Bioeconomy, New Zealand
Dr. Kelly Seagraves, Senior Advisor, Biotechnology Policy, US Department of State, Office of the Special Envoy for Critical and Emerging Technology, USA
Dr. Sylvance Okoth, Executive Secretary, East African Science and Technology Commission of the East African Community, Kenya
Pekka Pesonen, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, Government of Finland
Morten Enggaard Rasmussen, Executive Vice President, People and Stakeholder Relations, Novonesis, Denmark
Prof. Mans Nilsson, Executive Director, Stockholm Environment Institute, Sweden
Dr. Linda Davis, Founder and CEO, Giraffe Bioenergy, Kenya
Franck Leroy, President of Grand Est, France (video message)
Nicoló Giacomuzzi-Moore, Executive Director, Circular Biobased Europe, Belgium
Dr. Stefania Abakerli, Senior Climate Specialist, World Bank, USA
Prof. Xian-En Zhang, Chair Professor, Dean and Chair Professor, Faculty of Synthetic Biology, Shenzhen University of Advance Technology, China
Dr. Lily Eurwilaichitr, Assistant Executive Director, National Energy Technology Centre, National Science and Technology Development Agency, Thailand
Hailey Ciantar, European Commission Bioeconomy Youth Ambassador, Malta
Speakers:
Commissioner Margrethe Vestager, Executive Vice- President, European Commission (video message)
Bettina Stark-Watzinger, Federal Minister of Education and Research Germany (video message)
Speaker:
Dr. Julio Berdegué Sacristán, Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Government of Mexico (video message)
Dr. Peter Minang, Africa Director, Center for International Forestry Research and World Agroforestry (CIFOR-ICRAF), Kenya
Hon. Mr Andrea Aguer Ariik Malueth, Deputy Secretary General, East African Community Secretariat, Tanzania
Dr. Agnes Kalibata, President, Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA), Kenya
Dr. Anthony Nyong, Director of Climate Change and Green Growth, African Development Bank, Cote d’Ivoire
Dr. Peggy Oti Boateng, Executive Director, African Academy of Sciences, Ghana
Dr. Francis Johnson, Senior Research Fellow and Climate Lead, Stockholm Environment Institute – Asia Centre, Thailand
Monica Trujillo, Senior Researcher, Stockholm Environment Institute, Colombia
Fortunate Muyambi, Deputy Executive Secretary, East African Science and Technology Commission, Rwanda
Speakers:
Dr. Maximo Torero, Chief Economist, FAO, Belgium
Vikash Abraham, Chief Strategy Officer, Naandi, India
Ambassador André Corrêa do Lago, Secretary for Climate, Energy and Environment, Ministry of External Affairs of Brazil (video message)
Dr. Rose Mwebaza, Representative and Regional Director for Africa, United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), Uganda
Dr. Rachel Chikwamba, Group Executive: Advanced Chemistry and Life Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), South Africa
Francis Sullivan, Chair of the Sustainable Biomass Programme, Canada
Report back on workshops to the Summit
Presentation of the Global Bioeconomy Summit Communique: Dr. Christine Lang, Dr. Elspeth MacRae & Dr. Julius Ecuru, Co-Chairs, IACGB
Presentation of the Global Bioeconomy Summit Youth Communique: Bertha Shifeta & Ana Del Hierro Calvachi
Programme close by Global Bioeconomy Summit Co-Chairs: Dr. Christine Lang, Dr. Elspeth MacRae & Dr. Julius Ecuru, Co-Chairs, IACGB
Concluding remarks by host: Dr. Abdou Tenkouano, Director General, International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (ICIPE), Kenya