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BGD 2024

Building Common Ground

Berlin Global Dialogue 2024 focused on new ways to cooperate in a fragmented world. A changing global order, economic pressures, the climate crisis, and rapid technological advancements require new coalitions, partnerships, and institutions for cooperation. At the same time, fragmentation, misinformation, and distrust deteriorate the basis for collaboration.

In this new world order, we need to focus on areas where cooperation is possible - rather than not cooperating at all. Whilst power dynamics and alliances are shifting, the urgency of joint global challenges remains. Although local viewpoints on how to approach these issues may vary, it is essential to bridge these perspectives and to recalibrate cooperation.

The Berlin Global Dialogue 2024 provided a platform to (re-) establish common ground, identify pragmatic areas of cooperation, and drive joint solutions for global challenges.

BGD 2024 in numbers

North America

49 attendees

Canada,

USA.

Europe

368 attendees

Albania,

Austria,

Belgium,

Denmark,

France,

Germany,

Greece,

Hungary,

Ireland,

Italy,

Netherlands,

Norway,

Poland,

Portugal,

Romania,

Serbia,

Spain,

Sweden,

Switzerland,

United Kingdom.

Asia

109 attendees

Armenia,

Azerbaijan,

Bangladesh,

Brunei Darussalam,

China,

Hong Kong,

India,

Indonesia,

Japan,

Kazakhstan,

Maldives,

Philippines,

Singapore,

South Korea,

Sri Lanka,

Vietnam.

Middle East

21 attendees

Afghanistan,

Bahrain,

Kuwait,

Oman,

Pakistan,

Qatar,

Saudi Arabia,

Tunesia,

Turkey.

Africa

25 attendees

Cameroon,

Ghana,

Ivory Coast,

Kenya,

Nigeria,

Rwanda,

South Africa.

Latin America

12 attendees

Argentina,

Brazil,

Costa Rica,

Mexico.

Pacific

4 attendees

Australia,

Papua New Guinea.

56% Private Sector

30% Government & Public Sector

14% Academia & Students

Over 900 participants

Participants

BGD 2024 united visionary leaders from business, government, and academia.

Abdulrahman Al-Fageeh
Chief Executive Officer
Sabic
Andreas Berger
Group CEO
Swiss Re
Andrew Forrest
Executive Chairman
Fortescue
Anna Makanju
Vice President of Global Impact
OpenAI
Anne-Laure Parrical de Chammard
Member of the Executive Board
Siemens Energy AG
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