Virtual IFC Sustainability Exchange
Harnessing People, Power, Purpose to
Connect the Disconnected
June 17, 2020 | Online
With communities around the world facing unprecedented challenges due to COVID-19, staying connected and collaborative is more important than ever. Building on a decade of hosting unique in-person fora convening leaders from the infrastructure and natural resources sectors, this year’s online Exchange opened-up to an even broader range of stakeholders from across the world.
The interactive online Exchange convened diverse leaders from around the globe to share urgent insights, pragmatic approaches, and creative collaborations to Connect the Disconnected.
The event provided a platform for action-learning among stakeholders from far-flung areas across the world: infrastructure experts, government champions, social entrepreneurs, community leaders, and digital explorers. We also infused some art, culture, science, psychology and empathy, essential components of meaningful human engagement.
CEO, IFC
Founder, Graça Machel Trust
CEO, Anglo American
Minister of Mines & Geology, Guinea
CEO, IEnova
Minister of Basic and Senior Secondary Education & Chief Innovation Officer, Sierra Leone
Mayor of Izmir, Turkey
Co-founders, Water.org and WaterEquity
President & CEO, Save the Children US
Singer, Latin Grammy Award Winner
CEO, CSquared
COO, IFC
Minister for Development Cooperation and Foreign Trade, Finland
Chief Innovability Officer, Enel
Vice President, Latin America & the Caribbean, Europe & Central Asia, IFC
Director General, Guinea Alumina Corporation
Co-Founder, Kobo360
Vice President, Middle East and Africa, IFC
Executive Chairman, Africa Digital Media Group
CEO, BRK Ambiental
CEO, Vizeo
Secretary of Finance, Municipality of Bogota
Senior Director, Infrastructure & Natural Resources, IFC
CEO, Telkom Kenya
Représentante ai, UN Women Cameroon
Director, BBC Media Action USA
Director, Middle East & Africa Infrastructure, IFC
Assoc. Dir. Research & Innovation, Red Cross Red Crescent Climate Centre
Chief Operations Officer & Director, DSTI
Director, Latin America & the Caribbean, IFC
Features Writer, Standard Newspaper Kenya
Director, MIT Senseable City Lab & Founding Partner, Carlo Ratti Associati
Director, Reos Partners
Author, Collaborating with the Enemy
Poet, Writer & Storyteller, Khanga Rue Media
Executive Board, Global Battery Alliance
Director, Energy & Mining, IFC
CEO, 10EQS
Global Upstream Senior Manager, IFC
Founder & CEO, AGS Tribe
Founder, Youth Science Foundation & Executive Director, Ecoscience Foundation
Global Manager for Mining, IFC
Co-Founder, Lotus Behavioral Health
Council Member, Nlaka’pamux Nation, Canada
Manager, Global Energy, IFC
CEO, Thomson Reuters Foundation
Manager, Sustainable Infrastructure Advisory, IFC
CEO & Co-Founder, Kweza Technologies
Manager, Global Corporate Governance, Advisory, Knowledge & Learning in the ESG Advice & Solutions, IFC
Founder, Tempus.Motu
Artist, Environmental Activist & Entrepreneur
Arts Curator & Emmy Award-winning Filmmaker
Senior Investment Officer, IFC
Chair, First Nations Limited Partnerships
Co-Founders, WomEng & WomHub
Communications Officer for Social Media, IFC
Founder, TheaCare
Co-Founder & CEO, BezoMoney Technologies Limited
Co-Founder & CMO, BezoMoney Technologies Limited
Executive Director, One Common Unity
American keyboardist, record producer, and composer who has worked with Queen Latifah, The Roots Joss Stone, Esperanza Spalding, Mark Ronson and others
Environmental & Social Coordinator, Elecnorte
Director of ICT for Development, Catholic Relief Services
Inventor & Founder, Tulip Industries Ltd
Digital Economy, University of Nottingham
Project Director, Deep
Co-Founder and CEO, Tembici
Sustainable Infrastructure Advisory, IFC
Sustainable Infrastructure Advisory, IFC
Sustainable Infrastructure Advisory, IFC
If you are not familiar with the Sustainability Exchange, last year’s event in Dakar, Senegal, featured a Youth Innovations Shark Tank, livestreamed plenary sessions, cutting-edge thought leadership, community theater mobilizers from One Drop Foundation, plus a female-designed fashion show highlighting creative industries in Africa to boost jobs and livelihoods.
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