WAAS@60 Conference - A Planetary Moment (15-19/2/21)

    Prof. Koundouri participated at the WAAS@60 Conference - A Planetary Moment on 15/2 in a discussion on “Why WAAS? – Inventing the Future” and on 17/2 on “Leadership for Planetary Momentum”.

    Learn more at: http://worldacademy.org/ga-waas60/

    Register: https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_xoZEsQC4RpiP3i4Qmx3iMA

     

    15/2/21

    1.3 Why WAAS? – Inventing the Future

    (18:15 – 19:45 CET)

    Moderator: Donato KINIGER-PASSIGLI, Vice President, World Academy of Art & Science

    Panelists:

    • Chantal-Line CARPENTIER, Chief, UN Conference on Trade & Development, New York; FWAAS
    • Ketan PATEL, CEO and Founder, Greater Pacific Capital; FWAAS
    • Phoebe KOUNDOURI, President, European Association of Environmental and Resource Economists; FWAAS
    • Marcel VAN DE VOORDE, Professor, Delft University of Technology, Belgium;Trustee, WAAS
    • Sergio SCAPAGNINI, President & Founder, Indrapur Cinematografica; AFWAAS
    • Marco VITIELLO, Founder & Co-president, Youth Leadership Network, JFWAAS

    Watch the video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=10638&v=_tL7EZFyC0o&feature=youtu.be

    17/2

    3.1.A. Leadership for Planetary Momentum

    (15:30 – 17:00 CET)

    This is a momentous planetary moment. It presents both a severe challenge and a rare opportunity to generate extraordinary planetary momentum. Both motivation and leadership are essential. The threat of pending crises provides the motivation. The leadership can come in many forms and from a wide range of stakeholders, as explored in the UN-WAAS project GL-21 in 2020. This session will focus on the potential role of WAAS and an expanding network of partner organizations as potential catalysts of that movement—like that which led to the birth of the UN system following two horrendous world wars or the unexpected end of the Cold War and nuclear arms race and led to the rapid democratization, unification of Europe, and birth of WWW as the first truly global social organization.

    Moderators: Garry JACOBS, President & CEO, World Academy of Art & Science

    Mila POPOVICH, Member, Executive Committee, WAAS

    Panelists:

    Chantal-Line CARPENTIER, Chief, UN Conference on Trade & Development, New York; FWAAS

    Stefan BRUNNHUBER, Medical Director, Diakonie Hospital, Germany; Trustee,WAAS

    Jonathan GRANOFF, President, Global Security Institute; FWAAS

    Phoebe KOUNDOURI, President, European Association of Environmental and Resource Economists; FWAAS

    Donato KINIGER-PASSIGLI, Vice President, World Academy of Art & Science

    Yury SAYAMOV, Professor, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Russia; FWAAS

    Ketan PATEL, CEO & Founder, Greater Pacific Capital; FWAAS

    Faris GAVRANKAPETANOVIC, Professor, University of Sarajevo, Bosnia & Herzegovina; FWAAS

    Watch the video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=1347&v=lE6smPX5inA&feature=youtu.be

    After the event, recorded videos will be available on the WAAS YouTube Channel at

    https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLs1k1_9qaDMx1yIKfFFuYFEfhA8mglvmw