Since its first edition in 2008, the WPC has always been committed to promoting a more open, prosperous, and just world. The current international situation gives even more meaning to this universal mission. Unique in its format with a limited number of high-level participants, the WPC provides an essential space for reflection and dialogue around major issues of global governance, while allowing participants to develop lasting relationships. It brings together personalities from all five continents – political and economic leaders, researchers, and journalists – ensuring a diversity and plurality of debates.
Prominent Personalities
President of the Republic Emmanuel Macron will address a message to the participants.
This year, the WPC will host, among others, Gerard Larcher (President of the Senate of France), S.S. Bartholomew I (Archbishop of Constantinople New Rome and Ecumenical Patriarch), Paul Kagame (President of the Republic of Rwanda), Aleksandar Vucic (President of the Republic of Serbia), Nabil Fahmy (Secretary General of the Arab League), Anwar Gargash (Diplomatic Advisor to the President of the United Arab Emirates), Anne-Claire Legendre (President of the Institut du Monde Arabe), Dmytro Kuleba (Former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine), Patrick Pouyanne (Chairman and CEO of TotalEnergies), Dominique Senequier (President and Founder of Ardian), …
Topics Covered
Under the general theme “Between Fragmentation and Interdependence: Rethinking Global Governance,” the eighteenth edition of the WPC will address major issues such as global trade in an era where power supersedes rules, the geopolitics of digital finance, the budgetary challenges of states, the future of the European Union, wars in Europe and the Middle East and their global repercussions, the evolution of intelligent agents, new security architectures, financing global public goods in a fragmented world, and internal and external perspectives on the United States.
Parallel workshops will delve deeper into three areas: international economics and finance, the new global energy order, and artificial intelligence as a driver of prosperity or existential threat.
The discussions will be streamed live on the WPC’s YouTube channel.
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