PROGRAM ON DECEMBER 15, 2022
Three emerging leaders will be honored on December 15 at 10:00 AM EST 4:00PM CET
Welcome by Alan Stoga
Introducing the winners
Opening conversation
Alan Stoga in conversation with Jan Eliasson, former Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations.
Interviews with the winners
Chido Govera interviewed by Sitawa Namwalie
Lala Lovera interviewed by Eduardo Amadeo
Elias Mastoras interviewed by Nithya Ramanathan
Panel discussion
Vishakha Desai in conversation with Celina de Sola, Pashtana Durrani and Christian Ntizimira about emerging leadership.
A conversation amongst the winners / audience questions
Rosalyn Benjamin will lead a conversation with the three winners and take questions from the audience.
Closing
OPENING CONVERSATION
Jan Eliasson, former Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations and Minister for Foreign Affairs, Sweden
Alan Stoga, Chairman of the Tällberg Foundation
INTERVIEWS WITH THE WINNERS
BUILDING RESILIENT SOCIETIES ONE MUSHROOM AT A TIME
Chido Govera is a social entrepreneur, farmer, campaigner, educator, and the Founder of The Future of Hope Foundation.
Sitawa Namwalie is a 2022 member of the Prize pre-jury and an award-winning Kenyan poet, playwright and performer who previously worked with the United Nations and the World Bank. She will talk with Chido about her commitment to ending poverty at the grassroots level in Africa through food security.
HELPING VENEZUELAN REFUGEES LIVE BETTER LIVES
Lala Lovera is the Founder of the Fundación Comparte Por Una Vida and is committed to implementing solutions that contribute to the stabilization of Venezuelan refugees in Colombia and their potential.
Eduardo Amadeo is a former member of the Prize jury and has served Argentina in many capacities, most recently (2015-19) as an elected member of the National Congress, representing Buenos Aires as a member of the Propuesta Republicana formed by President Macri. He will interview Lala about her work towards ending the cycle of malnourishment of migrant families affected by the Venezuelan crisis.
CHANGING THE LIVES OF BLIND CHILDREN, ONE FOOTBALL AT A TIME
Elias Mastoras is the Founder of Youthorama and the #ABallforAll campaign, which set a goal to travel to all corners of the earth to distribute child-sized audible soccer balls that allow blind children not only to play, but also to participate more fully in their communities.
Nithya Ramanathan is a 2020 winner of the Prize and the Chief Executive Officer and Co-founder of Nexleaf Analytics, a tech non-profit dedicated to preserving human life and protecting our planet. She’ll talk with Elias about reimagining football to include visually impaired kids.
PANEL DISCUSSION
Vishakha Desai, 2015-2021 Prize juror, Senior Advisor for Global Affairs to the President of Columbia University and Senior Research Scholar at the School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University.
Pashtana Durrani, member of the 2022 Prize jury, a 2021 winner of the Tällberg-SNF-Eliasson Global Leadership Prize in the Emerging Leader Category, and Co-founder & Managing Director of LEARN, an Afghan non-governmental and non-profit organization.
Christian Ntizimira, 2021 winner of the Tällberg-SNF-Eliasson Global Leadership Prize in the Emerging Leader Category, Founder and Executive Director of the African Center for Research on End-of-Life Care (ACREOL).
Celina de Sola, member of the 2022 Prize jury, Co-founder and VP of programs at Glasswing, a community-based education and public health initiative bringing together government, private sector, and civil society.
A CONVERSATION AMONGST THE WINNERS
Rosalyn Benjamin, member of the 2022 Prize pre-jury, Deputy Chief Programs Officer, Stavros Niarchos Foundation (SNF) Rosalyn, will lead a conversation with the three winners and take questions from the audience.
