Opening Event
The opening event marks the official start of the GFFA with an exchange between renowned experts from politics, business, science and civil society on the guiding theme ‘Water. Harvests. Our Future’. It provides a high-level introduction to the topic, outlines its many aspects and thus paves the way for the various discussions at the GFFA.
Moderator
Monika Jones
Facilitator
Monika Jones is an international news anchor and conference moderator with over 20 years of experience. Monika started her TV career as a business anchor at Deutsche Welle before moving to the Science Desk to report on the Covid19 pandemic. Monika regularly chairs high-level panels at the G7, the G20 and the UN Climate Change Conferences, among others. A highlight of her career to date was hosting the livestream events for ESA’s historic Rosetta mission, during which the Philae space probe landed on a comet in search of the origins of life.