World in Transition series

White & Case is focusing on key themes of change affecting companies and markets. Through our Global client webinar series we hope to contribute to the understanding of where the world is headed at a time of historic transitions.

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Keynote Speakers

White & Case is hosting a series of virtual conversations with experts and practitioners about some of the key themes of change affecting companies and markets. Speakers to date include:

Regulating globalization: Clash and cohesion
David Miliband

President and chief executive officer of the International Rescue Committee; former UK Foreign Secretary from 2007 to 2010

Céleste Thomasson
Chief Audit and Risk Officer, Renault

COP 28 and business impact
Dr. Mahmoud Mohieldin
UN Climate Change High-Level Champion for Egypt, COP 27

  Unlocking the Future of the Global Battery Supply Chain
Right Honourable Sir Alok Sharma KCMG, MP
President of the 26th United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26)
Alok Sharma was appointed full-time President for COP 26, the 26th United Nations Climate Change Conference, on 8 January 2021.  He was previously Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy and President for COP 26 between 13 February 2020 and 8 January 2021.
 

Charting a Digital Course: The Future of Consumer & Retail in the Global Arena
Baroness Martha Lane Fox CBE
Martha Lane Fox is a British businesswoman, philanthropist and public servant. She co-founded Last Minute during the dotcom boom of the early 2000s and has subsequently served on public service digital projects.