Future
Resilience
Forum

New World Order | New World Thinking

Some 60 speakers from 30 countries gathered to address the key issues that affect the resilience of our Western model and global stability.

Security of Africa is the security of Europe

These conversations not only shed light on the challenges we face but also emphasise the importance of building strong networks to share ideas and solutions.

Monday 14 October - New World Order, New World Networking

09:00-09:10

Welcome by Fiona Hill CBE,
Founder of the Future Resilience Forum

Welcome by Fiona Hill CBE, Founder of the Future Resilience Forum

09:10-09:25

FRF 2024 Opening Speech by H.E, Macky Sall, Former President of Senegal

H.E Macky Sall

09:25-10:40

Panel Session on Security in Africa led by Jean-Yves Ollivier, Founder & President of Brazzaville Foundation, Includes: 

Dr Mamadou Tangara, Foreign Minister of Gambia; Moctar Ouane, former Prime Minister of Mali; Hon. Amama Mbabazi, former Prime Minister of Uganda and Special Envoy of the President of Uganda; Alassane Samba Diop, Director General of Emedia Group; Michel Roussin, former French International Cooperation Minister; and Patrick Calvar, former Director General of the French General Directorate for Internal Security (DGSI)

Jean Yves Ollivier

11:30-12:15

Panel Session on the Quest for Sustainability over Minerals and Energy, Under the Resilient Planet Pillar Moderated by Paolo Taticchi, OMRI, Deputy Director of the UCL’s School of Management, Includes:

Brian Menell, CEO of TechMet; Leif Johan Sevland, Director of the ONS Foundation and former Mayor of Stavanger; Lord Browne, Chairman of BeyondNetZero and former Group CEO of BP

Lord Browne

12:15-12:30

Scene Setter on Resilient Supply Chains by Ami Daniel, CEO of Windward

Ami Daniel 1

12:30-13:15

Panel Session on Resilient Supply Chains, Moderated by Anna Edwards from
Bloomberg, Official Media Partner of FRF, Includes:

Rolande Pryce, The World Bank Regional Director for the South Caucasus;
Marc Merrill, General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer of Uniper; H.E. Magzhan Ilyassov, Ambassador of Kazakhstan to the UK; Liam Maxwell, Director of Government Transformation at Amazon Web Services; Ami Daniel, CEO of Windward

H.E Magzhan Ilyassov 1

14:15-14:30

Tim Davie CBE, Director General of the BBC: News, The Pursuit of Truth and Global Democratic Resilience

Tim Davie CBE

14:30-15:15

Harnessing the Power of Science for Global Emergencies Panel Session, Moderated by George Richards, Director of Community Jameel, Includes:

Professor Neil Ferguson OBE, Director of Jameel Institute; Lieutenant-General (ret.) Richard
Nugee CB CVO CBE, Climate Change and (in) Security Group, All-Party Parliamentary Group
for Climate Change; Mark Bryson-Richardson MBE, Foreign Secretary’s representative for
humanitarian affairs in the Occupied Palestinian Territories, FCDO; Dana Al Salem, Innovation
expert and investor

Lt Gen Richard Nugee

16:00-17:00

Annual FRF lecture “The New World Order”, Delivered by Eric Holder, Former US Attorney-General, Including Q&As

Annual FRF lecture “The New World Order”, Delivered by Eric Holder, Former US Attorney-General, Including Q&As

Tuesday 15 October - New World Order, Intelligence, Security and Defence

09:00-09:15

Corporate Intelligence Scene Setter by Lord Sedwill GCMG, Member of the Council and Senior Independent Deputy-Chairman of Lloyds of London
Lord Sedwill GCMG

09:15-10:00

The Value of Corporate Intelligence in the New World Order, Moderated by David Miller OBE, FRF Advisory Board Member, Includes:


Joe Peiser, CEO of Commercial Risk Solutions at AON Insurance; Chris Lay, CEO of Marsh
McLennan UK; Tom Clementi, CEO of Pool Re; Nick Allan, CEO of Control Risks; Silvia Reischer,
former Director in the German Foreign Intelligence Service (BND)

Tom Clementi 1

10:45-11:00

Scene Setter on the Resilience of the Defence Industry by Tom McSorley, General Counsel at NATO DIANA 
Tom McSorley 1

11:00-11:45

Panel on the Resilience of the Defence Industry, Moderated by Ruth David from Bloomberg, Includes:

Tom McSorley, General Counsel at NATO DIANA; Turgut Şenol, Senior Defence Industry Executive, Türkiye; Brigadier-General (ret) Joseph Rank, Chief Executive and Vice President of Lockheed Martin for Saudi Arabia and Africa; Jane Lee, Founder and Chair of the Software in Defense Coalition and CEO of Invoke; Martin Fausset, CEO of Elbit Systems UK
Martin Fausset 1

11:45-12:45

Panel on Sovereignty in Space, Moderated by Sir Alex Younger KCMG , Former Chief of SIS, Includes:

Rob Desborough, General Partner of Seraphim VC; David Godwin, Founder and Chairman of

Slingshot Aerospace; Peter Marquez, Head of Global Space Policy at Amazon Web Services;

Major-General Paul Tedman CBE, Commander, UK Space Command

Peter Marquez 1

1355-1415

The Challenges of Migration by H.E. Bernard Cazeneuve, Former Prime Minister of France
H.E Bernard Cazeneuve

14:15-14:30

Scene Setter on the Race for Sovereignty in AI by Rodrigo Liang, CEO of SambaNova
Rodrigo Liang 1

14:30-14:50

Fireside Chat with Eric Schmidt, Former CEO of Google, Hosted by Fiona Hill CBE, Founder of the Future Resilience Forum

Eric Schmidt 1

14:50-15:35

Panel Session on the Race for Sovereignty in AI, Moderated by Tom Mackenzie, Anchor for Bloomberg TV, Includes:

Rina Shainski, Chairwoman & Co-Founder of Duality Tech; Nicolas Giuli, CEO of Elevata VC; Youssef Abillama, CEO of SHELT; Mikko Hypponen, Chief Research Officer at WithSecure; Dr Remo Reginold, Co-Founder, Swiss Institute for Global Affairs
Rina Shainski 1

15:35-15:50

Scene Setter on Hostile State Actors’ Attempts to Subvert Democracies by Eerik Kross, Member of the Estonian Parliament, Foreign Affairs Committee

Eerik Kross 1

15:50-16:30

Panel Session on Hostile State Actors’ Attempts to Subvert Democracy in the Online Space, Moderated by Ieva Ilves, Senior Adviser on Cybersecurity to the Government of Ukraine, Includes:

Justin Arenstein, Founder Code for Africa; Dale Killinger, Global Data Risk, former Special Agent, FBI; Sir Jeremy Fleming KCMG CB, former Director of GCHQ; Ashley Davis, former George W Bush White House and US Office of Homeland Security official; General Gwyn Jenkins, Strategic Advisor to the Secretary of State for Defence
Sir Jeremy Fleming 1

16:30-16:35

Closing Remarks by Fiona Hill CBE, Founder of FRF
Fiona Closing Remarks

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