Emerging Leaders 2016
This year’s Edition of the Atlantic Dialogues marks an important milestone for this flagship conference launched in 2012 by the OCP Policy Center of Morocco and the German Marshall Fund of the United States, held every year in Marrakesh, Morocco. With the initial vision to underscore the growing importance of Africa and Latin America as actors in the Atlantic space by transforming their mindsets, this fifth edition will provide an opportunity to cement the conference’s vision. To this end, the partner think tanks chose for this year the following theme Changing Mental Maps: Strategies for an Atlantic in Transition.
Changing mental maps and asserting an Atlantic vision can only be reinforced when the next generation of leaders are given a place at the table, to challenge the established perspectives and forward the conversations. To this end, the Atlantic Dialogues Emerging Leaders program fosters a unique network across generations, continents, and cultures, aimed at stimulating generational dialogue within the conference, and beyond by building a large interconnected community of rising professionals in their respective fields.
The program seeks to bring together rising leaders, in different sectors, who have displayed leadership capabilities, but who also have a strong sense of commitment to social and economic issues facing their communities in particular and the world in general. The Emerging Leaders are chosen not only for their outstanding achievements, but for their character, commitment to others and to contemporary development, business and other Atlantic interregional shared issues.
Through discussions and debates with other fellow young leaders as well as with established policy, business and civil decision makers, the selected pace shapers will get the chance to broaden their knowledge, sharpen their skills, and network with the other members of this growing community (an alumni network of 180 rising professionals).
2 days before the conference begins, the Emerging Leaders will join a tailor made policy immersion program, consisting of structured group conversations with decision and opinion makers on key Atlantic development and cooperation issues, a site visit to a major academic center, briefings from think tankers, and informal meetings with innovative community leaders. They then get the unique opportunity to get exposed to the high level policy and business leaders, speak at several panels, and lead the Atlantic Dialogues final plenary session under a theme they get to develop together.
Young leaders from the around the Atlantic basin who have demonstrated leadership and initiative in their fields, who want to contribute to shaping the regional and global agenda in politics, finance, business, civil society and many other areas, who are eager to network with their peers and older, and who seek to foster and strengthen ties across the Atlantic are invited to apply.
Emerging Leaders Program
Radisson Blu Hotel, Marrakesh, Morocco
December 12 - 16, 2016
Draft Agenda
All Session topics, titles, times and dates are tentative and subject to change.
Monday, December 12
17:00 - 17:30 Registration
Location: Radisson Blu Lobby
17:30 - 18:00 Welcome and AD Connect introduction
Location: Radisson Blu Lila Bar
18:00 - 20:00 Town Hall Meeting: Exchanging Ideas, Experiences and Common Challenges
Location: Radisson Blu Lila Bar
20:00 - 21:30 Opening Dinner and Welcome Address
Location: Lotus Privilege Restaurant
- Speakers:
- Karen Donfried, President, The German Marshall Fund of the United States
- Karim El Aynaoui, Managing Director, OCP Policy Center
21:30- 22:30 Evening Conversation: Navigating Through People, Networks and Society
Location: Lotus Privilege Restaurant
- Speaker: Reta Jo Lewis, Director of Congressional Affairs and a Senior Fellow, The German Marshall Fund of the United States
- Moderator: Danielle Piatkiewicz, Program Coordinator, The German Marshall Fund of the United States
Draft Agenda
All Session topics, titles, times and dates are tentative and subject to change.
Tuesday, December 13
10:00 – 11:00 Bus Transfer to Ben Guerir
Location: Radisson Blu Lobby
11:00 - 12:00 Ben Guerir: Ecosystems at the Heart of Innovation, Growth and Development
Location: University Mohamed VI Polytechnic (UM6P)
- Impacting Generations from the Early Stages of Personal Growth
- Speaker: Abdellatif Charafi, Director, Africa Business School
12:00 – 13:00 Networking Lunch with University Polytechnic Mohamed VI PhD. Students and Senior Staff
Location: University Restaurant
13:30 – 17:30 Workshops:
- Exploring Diverse Leadership Styles: Strategies for Maximizing your Impact, Career Growth, and Networking
Location: Student Library
- Speaker: Adnan Kifayat, Senior Fellow, The German Marshall Fund of the United States
15:00 – 15:30 Coffee Break
- Design Thinking: Innovation Ecosystems Across the Atlantic
Location: Student Lounge
- Speaker: Ade Mabogunje, Associate Director, Stanford University Center for Design Research
17:30 - 18:30 Transfer from Ben Guerir to hotel
18:30 - 19:30 Exploring the South Atlantic's Potential: Climbing the Global Economic Ladder
Location: Radisson Blu Foyer
- Speaker: Alfredo Valladao, Professor, Sciences Po Paris and Senior Fellow, OCP Policy Center
20:00 – 21:30 Networking Dinner
Location: Radisson Blu Restaurant
21:30-22:30 Evening Conversation: Thinking through the Unthinkable
Location: Radisson Blu Foyer
- Speaker: Nik Gowing, International Broadcaster
Draft Agenda
All Session topics, titles, times and dates are tentative and subject to change.
Wednesday, December 14
08:30 - 09:30 Breakfast Conversation: Narrating Career Paths: Lessons from Journalistic Storytelling
Location: Radisson Blu Breakfast Lounge
- Speaker: Richard Lui, Broadcaster, MSNBC/NBC News
- Moderator: Kelsey Glover, Public Relations Manager, GMF
09:30 - 10:30 Bridging the Generational Divide featuring Emerging Leaders Alumni
Location: Radisson Blu Ras El Hanut Room
- Speakers:
- Fatim-Zahra Biaz, General Manager, New Work Lab Casablanca (EL 2013)
- Raphael Camargo, RGC Consulting, Founder (EL 2015)
- Stacey Links, South African Doctoral Researcher at the University of Utrecht in the Netherlands (EL 2013)
- Eliot Pence, Director, Africa, McLarty Associates (EL 2015)
- Landry Signé, Senior Fellow, OCP Policy Center and Chairman, the Global Network for Africa's Prosperity, Stanford University Center for African Studies (EL 2013)
- Moderator: Nisrine Ouazzani, Program Officer, OCP Policy Center
10:30 – 11:00 Transfer to Mamounia Hotel
11:00 - 12:00 The Role of a New Generation: Leadership and Governance across the Atlantic
- Speaker: Dr. Mamphela Ramphele, Leader, AgangSA
- Moderator: Lilia Rizk, Program Officer, OCP Policy Center
Transfer to the Atlantic Dialogues
Draft Agenda
All Session topics, titles, times and dates are tentative and subject to change.
Thursday, December 15
The Atlantic Dialogues
Location: La Mamounia Hotel, Marrakesh, Morocco
Draft Agenda
All Session topics, titles, times and dates are tentative and subject to change.
Friday, December 16
The Atlantic Dialogues
Location: La Mamounia Hotel, Marrakesh, Morocco