Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, President of the Portuguese Republic

Francisco Seixas da Costa, Chairman of the Club of Lisbon

Where and why is population expanding or declining and what might be the implications? Will future demographic dividends compensate for problems already caused by the steady increase of population growth rates in many poor countries?

John Ibbitson, Journalist of The Globe & Mail, Ottawa

Alioune Sall, Founder and Executive Director of the African Futures Institute, Pretoria

Moderated by Cristina Peres, Journalist of EXPRESSO

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How can energy transition be accelerated in order to avoid or mitigate climate disasters? Is there a relationship between the pandemic and climate change?

Jennifer Layke, Global Director of the Energy Programme at the World Resources Institute, Washington

Miguel B. Araújo, biogeographer, Research Professor of the Spanish Research Council & Professor at the University of Évora

Karin Bäckstrand, Professor in Environmental Social Science, Stockholm University

Moderation by Agostinho Miranda, Founding Partner of Miranda & Associates, Lisbon

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In which ways do populism and religious extremism use fear of change and fear of the unknown on their agendas? Does the pandemic favour the expansion of radicalism?

Adrian Currie, Philosopher of Science, University of Exeter

Mia Couto, Writer and Biologist, Maputo

Moderation by Raquel Vaz Pinto, Researcher at IPRI-Nova Portuguese Institute of International Relations and Member of the Board of the Lisbon Club

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May current growth models and public policies revert the increase in inequality rates? In which ways may the pandemic affect this trend?

Katharina Pistor, Director of the Center on Global Legal Transformation, Columbia University, NY

Francisco Ferreira, Amartya Sen Professor of Inequality Studies, London School of Economics

Moderation by Luís Pais Antunes, Chairman of the Board of PLMJ and Member of the Board of the Lisbon Club

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How do digital revolution and surveillance condition our way of life? What implications are already emerging from the harsh technological competition amongst big powers and transnationals?

Pedro Saleiro, Data Science Manager at Feedzai, Lisbon

Chloe Teevan, Researcher at the European Centre for Development Policy Management - ECDPM, Maastricht

Moderation by Laura Lisboa, Graduate in Engineering Physics, Lisbon

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Does the growth of populist and authoritarian regimes sign the end of an era of multilateralism and liberal democracy? How might pandemics affect this global geopolitical scenario?

Sheri Berman, Professor at Barnard College, Columbia University, NY

Charles Powell, Director of the Real Instituto Elcano, Madrid

Moderation byMarina Costa Lobo, Senior Researcher of the Institute of Social Sciences and Vice-President of the Lisbon Club

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Will the EU economic recovery plan Next Generation restrain populism in Europe? How may it reinforce EU’s role as a global actor?

Elisa Ferreira, EC Commissioner for Cohesion and Reforms

Fernando Medina, Mayor of Lisbon

Moderation by Luísa Meireles, Director of the Portuguese News Agency LUSA

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How is the acceleration of technological change affecting our lives, particularly of young people? Which threats and opportunities arise from the pandemic? How do young people see their future?

Ana Martins Vasconcelos, Master in Political Theory by the Oxford University, Cascais

Hugo Luzio, doing a Master in Philosophy at the University of Lisbon, drummer at the Them Flying Monkeys, Sintra

André Fontes, Post-Graduate in Creative Writing by the Nova University of Lisbon, author of the novel Saturnália, Seixal

António Coelho, doing a PhD in Nuclear Fusion at the Federal Polytechnical School of Lausanne, Lausanne

Ana Filipa Fraga, doing a Mater in Politics, Big Data and Quantitative Methods at the University of Warwick, Warwick

Maria Leonor Carapuço, Graduate in Communication by the Nova University of Lisbon, Lisbon

Moderation by Catarina Tello de Castro, doing a master's degree in Political Science and International Relations at the Catholic University, Lisbon

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