Harvard Professor Thomas Patterson, co-founder of the Boston Global Forum, will present key concepts of the Age of Global Enlightenment from Remaking the World – Toward an Age of Global Enlightenment at the World Leadership Alliance – Club de Madrid’s Policy Dialog 2021:
17:00 – 18:30 CET / 11:00 – 12:30 EST
PLENARY SESSION II, The power of technology, leadership and citizen´s resilience
Democracies all over the world are facing similar challenges. This session is devoted to reflecting on three powerful tools to protect and prepare our democracies for the future: digital democracy, responsible leadership and citizen´s resilience. Pan Co-Author of the Book “Remaking the World – Toward an Age of Global Enlightenment”
Panelists will propose policy recommendations that help define strategies to foster this kind of technology, leadership and citizenship to rebuild trust in democracy.
- Dalia Grybauskaitė,President of Lithuania (2009-2019) and Member of CdM
- Paul Nemitz,Principal Advisor, Directorate-General for Justice and Consumers, European Commission
- Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya,Leader of Democratic Belarus and a human rights activist
- Tania Bruguera,Cuban Artist and Activist
- Thomas Patterson,Research Director of the Michael Dukakis Institute for Leadership and Innovation; Harvard Kennedy School, Boston Global Forum
Session facilitated by Peter Loewen, Professor, Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy
Link: https://rethinking-democracy.vconnect.tv/register/#signup
