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- Global Outlook 2022 – The 2020’s: A transformative decade
Global Outlook 2022 – The 2020’s: A transformative decade
The new decade is bringing large-scale and rapid changes as the world transitions to renewable energy and applies new digital technology. Competition between great powers has intensified and a major war is being fought on the European continent. Global Outlook will assess central changes across a range of sectors and explore key implications for business, politics and society.
The Global Outlook partners in 2022 University of Agder, GCE NODE, Gard and Eyde Cluster - invited to Arendalsuka main stage at Arendal Kulturhus.
2022 theme was "The 2020's: A transformative decade
The new decade is bringing large-scale and rapid changes as the world transitions to renewable energy and applies new digital technology. Competition between great powers has intensified and a major war is being fought on the European continent. Global Outlook will assess central changes across a range of sectors and explore key implications for business, politics and society. The Norwegian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Anniken Huitfeldt, and prominent international guests will share their perspectives on key trends
Date/Time:
Monday 15 August at 12:15 - 14:00 CET at Arendal Kulturhus - main stage Store Torungen
Program
- Norway in a transformative decade – Anniken Huitfeldt, Foreign Minister of Norway
- The African impact on global transformations – Ayaan Adams, Emerging markets investments expert and Senior Director at Africa Finance Corporation
- A decade of shortages and high costs? - A conversation between Nick Butler(Visiting professor at King’s College London), Svein Tore Holsether (CEO Yara) and Ylva Lindberg (Executive Vice President of Strategy & Communication at Norfund)
- A decade of living dangerously: Is the United States - China rivalry heading to a catastrophic conflict? - Kevin Rudd, former Prime Minister of Australia and current President of the Asia Society
Moderator Anita Pratap, international journalist, author and documentary filmmaker