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Summit Round-Up: Interview with Peter Bakker and Robert E. Moritz

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Closing Panel of the Digital Global Solutions Summit 2020

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Summit Round-Up: Closing Speech by Dennis Snower

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The Digital Global Solutions Summit 2020

On account of the Coronavirus pandemic and the international reactions to it, the Global Solutions Summit 2020 needed to be reconceived.

With the Digital Summit Platform the Global Solutions Initiative not only provided a stepping stone to the T20 and G20 Summits 2020 under difficult circumstances, but also an opportunity: The opportunity was to reimagine the future of the G20 support in terms of a combination of digital and physical interactions, enabling a closer dialogue across the research, policy making, civil and business communities around the world.

With some 220 speakers, over 800 contributions including keynotes, panel discussions, dozens of vision statements and policy briefs, the purpose of the Global Solutions Initiative’s work, to support multilateralism and the G20 from a civil society and research-based perspective was realized. We thank our over 5,000 digital participants for taking part.

Here you will find a detailed overview of the main topics that were set this year – always with a reference to the Global Solutions’s narrative of Recoupling. The program overview with all Global Tables can be found here.

Themes of the Digital Global Solutions Summit 2020

The Digital Global Solutions Summit 2020 centered around core sessions that contribute to the agenda of the G20 and T20 by addressing the Task Force areas plus an additional area dealing with policy in response to the COVID-19-pandemic. Underlying all topics is the Global Solutions Initiative’s narrative on Recoupling. All panels dealt with the connections that are made with this narrative to the G20 on specific topics. In addition, the visions were highlighted in further keynotes and panels. A detailed overview of the subject areas and their focal points can be found here, which are deepened in descriptions of the corresponding Global Tables. 

Process of the Digital Global Solutions Summit 2020

Summit Opening

Starting with an Opening Panel the Digital Global Solutions Summit consists of keynotes, discussions, interviews and impulse statements by high-ranking representatives from research, politics, business and civil society.

Global Tables

At the core of the Digital Global Solutions Summit are Global Tables, each tackling the T20 and G20 agenda as well as generating policies in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. 

Each Global Table is accessible for the public via the Digital Global Solutions Summit 2020 website. Here we generate recommendations for the G20 in the spirit of recoupling economic and social prosperity.

A number of partners have contributed Global Tables on their own. We thank them for contributing to the Digital Global Solutions Summit 2020.

Summit Round-Up

The Digital Global Solutions Summit 2020 will conclude with the Summit Round-Up in June. 

This is where highlights from the Global Tables will be shared, and panels comprised of high-level experts will respond to the issues raised in the previous discussions by participants and speakers.

Explore the Digital Global Solutions Summit 2020

You can navigate to content related to the Digital Global Solutions Summit here. Discover the T20 agenda, an overview of all Global Tables, meet the speakers and read the latest issue of the Global Solutions Journal. Also navigate to the G20 Insights Platform that offers policy proposals to the G20: The Policy Briefs, produced by Task Forces from the Think20 (T20) Group and other sources, are clustered in policy areas and describe either recommendations or visions.

Themes

Sessions focus on the G20 and T20 agenda and also address the political response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Underlying all topics is the narrative on Recoupling.

Overview »

Program

Global Tables shape the program of this Summit. With a specific focus within a topic area they consist of keynotes and panel discussions, supplemented by vision statements. Participants are invited to contribute to the contents. 

All Global Tables »

Speakers

The Global Solutions Summit is a meeting of global problem solvers, including thought leaders and decision-makers from research, politics, business and civil society.

All Speakers »

Journal

The Journal for this Summit provides a bridge between visions, recommend­ations and action. Find articles from academics as well as from implementers.

Previous issues »

Policy Briefs

The G20 Insights Platform offers policy proposals to the G20. It is  an initiative of the T20 Engagement Group. 

G20 Insights »

Young Global Changers: Meet our Class of 2020

In 2020, ninety young people from around the globe were selected to participate in the Global Solutions Summit as Young Global Changers from over 3,600 applicants. 

You can learn more about this year’s Young Global Changers and their unique projects on our website. During the Digital Global Solutions Summit, these young changemakers from academia, business and civil society will contribute and debate in their various working groups on the Summit topics.

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Any Questions?

If you have any questions about the Digital Global Solutions Summit 2020 and its program, please contact us at [email protected].

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