Published 16:31 IST, April 7th 2021

LIVE Stream: WFEB hosts global 'Changing paradigms in a pandemic world' virtual conference

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With parts of world battling a renewed wave of Coronavirus pandemic even as humanity rushes to inoculate itself with newly-developed Covid vaccines, this World Health Day World Forum for Ethics in Business (WFEB) is hosting a mega global virtual conference on 'changing parigms' at play. 

Two million people from 90 countries are poised to attend conference on 'Changing parigms in a pandemic world' which will be helined by, among ors, WHO's Director-General Dr Tedros hanom Ghebreyesus, global humanitarian and WFEB & Art of Living founder Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, top governmental hes from Suriname, Slovenia, Belgium, Mauritius, UK, Oman, Guyana, and Norway. A number of experts from various fields not limited to healthcare, global diplomacy and sports will also be a part of what promises to be an engrossing set of panel discussions, sessions and or deliberations.

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Interested viewers will be able to watch every minute of WFEB's International Leership Symposium on Republic World, with event and all its sessions being streamed live online.

Here's where you can watch each session, along with relevant details such as topic of discussion, list of speakers and time.

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Full schedule of WFEB's global virtual conference on 'Changing Parigms in a Pandemic World':

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Opening and Keynote Panel Discussion with Gurudev Sri Sri Ravi Shankar: Changing Parigms of Pandemic World (16:30 - 18:00 HRS IST)

Speakers: 

- Mrs. Rajita Kulkarni, President, World Forum for Ethics in Business
- Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, Founder, World Forum for Ethics in Business; Founder, Art of Living
Foundation
- Hon. Dr. Tedros hanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General, World Health Organization
- H.E. Mr. Janez Janša, Prime Minister of Republic of Slovenia
- H.E. Mr. Chandrikapers Santokhi, President of Republic of Suriname
- Hon. Prof. Petra de Sutter, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Civil Service, Belgium
- Hon. Mr. Kjell Magne Bondevik, Former Prime Minister of Norway, Founder & Executive Chair,
Oslo Center
- Hon. Ms. Jo Churchill, Minister for Public Health, Primary Care & Prevention, Member of Parliament,
United Kingdom
- Mr. Michele Uva, Director of Football and Social Responsibility, UEFA
- Dr. Christian Garbe, Managing Director, FIZ Biotech
- Moderator: Christoph Glaser, Managing Director, World Forum for Ethics in Business

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Breakout 1: me-based parallel break-away sessions | 18:00 - 19:30 HRS(IST)

1. Promoting Student Resilience in Universities: Solutions to Mental Health Crisis

Speakers:

- Dr. Emma Seppälä, Faculty Director, Yale School of Management's Women's Leership Program;
 Science Director, Center for Compassion and Altruism Research and Education 
- Prof. June Gruber, Associate Professor, Psychology and Neuroscience; Director, Positive Emotion
and Psychopathology Laboratory, University of Coloro
- Ms. Annelies Richmond, Director, SKY Campus Happiness Program; Director of Training
 International Association for Human Values and Art of Living Foundation
- Prof. X. Ben Wu, Professor and Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs, Texas A&M University
- Prof. Jaya Dantes, Professor and Dean, Faculty of Health Sciences, Curtin University, Perth, Australia
- Moderator: Prof. Mrinalini Kochupillai, Guest Professor, Technical University of Munich; Founder-Director,
 Sustainable Innovations Research and Education Network, Germany

2. A Strong Mind - Panacea for a Post COVID World for Women

Speakers:

- Ms. Bhanumathi Narasimhan, Chairperson, Women’s Welfare & Childcare Programs, Art of Living
Foundation, India
- Hon. Ms. Leela Devi Dookun Luchoomun, Vice Prime Minister and Minister of Education, Tertiary
 Education, Science and Technology, Mauritius
- Hon. Mrs. Krishna Mathoera, Minister of Defense, Republic of Suriname
- Ms. Vandana Shiva, Scholar, Author and Environmentalist
Moderator:
- Ms. Chinky Sen, Director, International Women’s Conference; Director, International Association for Human
Values

3. New Family and Educational Approach post COVID-19

Speakers:

- Mr. Philipp Reubke, Goeanum, Switzerland
- Prof. Ross Deuchar, Professor of Criminology & Criminal Justice, Division of Social Sciences
 School of Social Education & Social Sciences University of West of Scotland, UK
- Ms. Donatella Buonriposi, Director of Tuscany's Regional Scholastic Office, Italy
- Dr. Françoise Zens, Regional Assistant Director of primary schools of Luxembourg, degree-
 school-teacher, Luxembourg
- Ms. Mirella Scarazzati MD, Pediatrician, Italy
- Mr. Sherif Rizkallah, Moderator, journalist with ZDF & ZDF Logo, Germany
- Ms. Margot Sikabonyi, Actress, yoga and health coach, Italy
- Dr. Cristina Tuscano, Psychopedagogist and Director and teacher trainer, Art of Living
 Educational Expert Trainer, Italy
- Ms. Luisa Braun, International Art of Living Educational Expert Trainer, Germany
- Ryan Wilson, International Art of Living Educational Expert Trainer, France
Moderator:
- Ms. Zana Barisic Dosen, Project Manager, Croatia

4. Overcoming COVID-19: Latam Perspective

Speakers:
- Hon. Mrs. Rosalía Arteaga Serrano, Former President of Ecuor; President of FIDAL foundation
- Mr. Ismael Cala, Journalist, Motivational Speaker, President & Founder of Ismael Cala Foundation
- Mr. Juan Carlos Losa Vargas, Member of Parliament, Republic of Colombia
- Dr. Eyra Ruiz, Minister Counselor of Related Public Health Issues of Republic of Panama
- Mr. Luis Moreno Ocampo, First Prosecutor of International Criminal Court
- Prof. Andrés Ignacio Vecino Ortiz, Associate Researcher at Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg
 Public Health Institute
- Hon. Mr. Rui Costa, Hon. Governor of State of Bahia, Brasil
Moderator:
- Mr. Juan Mora y Araujo, President of Lincoln school association and acemic coordinator of
 public management and politic formation institute of Buenos Aires 

5. An Integrative Approach towards Health and Wellness

Speakers:

- Prof. Dr B R Sharma, Executive Registrar, SSU, Dean, Faculty of Health & Wellness, SSU
- Dr. Durga Pras Dash, Dean cum Medical Superintendent, Sri Sri College of Ayurvedic Science &
 Research Hospital, SSU
- Dr. Prachi Garodia, M.D., Triple Board certified in Internal Medicine, Integrative Medicine and
 Lifestyle Medicine, USA
- Dr. Asim Ali, Director General - Central Council of Research in Unani Medicine, India
- Swami Bharat Bhushan, Pma Shri Awardee Founder Mokshayatan Yog Sansthan, India
- Dr. Sanjeev Singh, Chief Medical Superintendent, Amrita School of Medicine, India
- Dr. Girdhar Gyani, Director - Association of Healthcare Providers, India
- Dr. Tanuja Nesari, Director - All India Institute of Ayurveda, India
- Dr. R Meena Kumari, Director, National Institute of Siddha, India
- Dr. Kamlesh Sharma, HOD, Preventive Medicine/ Swasthavritta, National Institute of Jaipur, India
Moderator:
- Dr. Sandhya Sana, Chief ministrative Officer, Sri Sri College of Ayurvedic Science &
 Research Hospital, SSU, India

6. COVID 19: Vaccination and Beyond

Speakers:
- Mr. Rajaram Narayanan
, Managing Director, Sanofi India ltd.
- Mr. Andrew Blasi, Director Crowell & Moring International and Visiting Faculty, International Anti-Corruption Acemy
- Dr. Ratna Devi, Chair of Board of Trustees at IAPO, Founding Member IPAG & CEO Dakshayani and Amaravati Health and Education
- Dr. Shekhar Mande, Director General, Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, Ministry of Science and technology, Government of India
- Dr. Shashank Joshi, Member of Maharashtra COVID Task Force and Consultant Endocrinologist Lilavati Hospital, Mumbai
- Mr. Sudarshan Jain, Secretary General, Indian Pharmaceutical Alliance (IPA)
- Mr. Vikrant Shrotriya, Managing Director and Corporate Vice President, Novo Nordisk India Pvt Ltd
Moderator:
- Dr. Anil Kukreja
, Vice President - Medical Affairs & Regulatory, AstraZeneca Pharma India Ltd

7. Future of Healthcare Post COVID: Moving Towards an Integrative Approach

Speakers:
- Dr. Christian Garbe, Managing Director, FIZ Biotech
- Dr. Ton Nicolai, Secretary-General, Member of Executive Committee, EUROCAM
- Dr. Geetha Krishnan Gopalakrishna Pillai, Technical Officer, Tritional Complementary and Integrative -Medicine Unit, WHO
- Vaidya Rajesh Kotecha, Secretary, Ministry of AYUSH
- Dr. Devi Shetty, Chairman, Narayana Health
- Ms. Sandra Fabiana Chico, Inspector of GMP, coordinator of Herbal Medicines and of Sub Committee of Argentina Pharmacopoia of Herbal Products
Moderator:
- Mr. Arvind Varchaswi, Managing Director, Sri Sri Tattva

8. Quel rapport au travail dans le monde post-Covid 19?

Speakers:
- Ms. Kerstin Ostermarker, Customer Fulfillment Director and Ex-Global HR for Distribution at IKEA
- Mr. Nathalie Roos, V.P L’Oreal Group, President, L’Oreal Produit Professionnel
- Ms. Belén Essioux-Trujillo, Senior Vice President Human Resources, L’Oreal Group, France
- Ms. Tina Motaye, Programme Director, TLEX Institute France
Moderator:
- Mr. Serge Michenaud, Director, Art of Living France

9. Strengning Mental Health at Core of Peacebuilding, Development and Humanitarian Work

Speakers:
- Mr. Darshak Hathi, President, International Association for Human Values (IAHV)
- Dr. Dara Ghahremani, Assoc. Research Professor, University of California Los Angeles
- Ms. Filiz Odabas-Geldiay, Executive Director, IAHV USA
- Dr. Raffi Gregorian, Director and Deputy to Under Secretary-General, United Nations Office of Counter-Terrorism
- Dr. Katrien Hertog, Director, IAHV Peacebuilding Program
- Ms. Marriet Schuurman, Director, Dept. for Stabilization and Humanitarian Aid, Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs
- Ms. Nika Saeedi, Team Leer, Crisis Bureau, United Nations Development Program
- Dr. Heide Rieder, MHPSS Programme Manager, International Organization for Migration
- Mr. Friederike Bubenzer, Sr. Project Leer, Institute for Justice and Reconciliation
- Ms. Charmaine Cu-Unjieng, Executive Director, IAHV Philippines
Moderator:
- Ms. Rugmani Prabhakar, He of Sustainable Development, Art of Living Foundation

10. Crisis! Opportunity? Keeping up Happiness Quotient in India

Speakers:
- Mr. Arjun Singh,
Managing Director, Asia Yodlee Infotech, India
- Ms. Supria Dhanda, Vice President and Country, Manager Western Digital, India
- Ms. Bhumika Srivastava, He HR and Director Employee Experience Airbnb Chairman SCOPE
(Standing Conference of Public Enterprise)
- Ms. Soumitra Bhattacharya, President and Managing Director Bosch India
Moderator:
- Mr. Aesh Goyal, Global CHRO, Member Global Management Committee Tata Communications

11. Strengning Mental Health at Core of Peacebuilding, Development and Humanitarian Work

Speakers:
- Mr. Darshak Hathi,
President, International Association for Human Values (IAHV)
- Dr. Dara Ghahremani, Assoc. Research Professor, University of California Los Angeles
- Ms. Filiz Odabas-Geldiay, Executive Director, IAHV USA
- Dr. Raffi Gregorian, Director and Deputy to Under Secretary-General, United Nations Office of
 Counter-Terrorism
- Dr. Katrien Hertog, Director, IAHV Peacebuilding Program
- Ms. Marriet Schuurman, Director, Dept. for Stabilization and Humanitarian Aid, Dutch Ministry of
Foreign Affairs
- Ms. Nika Saeedi, Team Leer, Crisis Bureau, United Nations Development Program
- Dr. Heide Rieder, MHPSS Programme Manager, International Organization for Migration
- Mr. Friederike Bubenzer, Sr. Project Leer, Institute for Justice and Reconciliation
- Ms. Charmaine Cu-Unjieng, Executive Director, IAHV Philippines
Moderator:
- Ms. Rugmani Prabhakar, He of Sustainable Development, Art of Living Foundation

12. World Forum for Art and Culture (WFAC) - Segment 1: Cope it or Cap it!

Speakers/Artists:
- Mr. Maxi Pachecoy, Folk Singer, Song Writer, Argentina
- Mr. Satish Sewgobind, Life Coach, Public Speaker, Mind Re-set Coach, Yoga instructor School of
 Soham, Suriname
- Kodzo, Singer, Musician, Song Writer, Togo
- Ms. Cindy F Daniel, Actress, Rio & TV personality, Trinid & Tobago
- Mr. Marcus Braveboy, Singer, Musician, Recording Artist, Entrepreneur, Trinid & Tobago
- Mr. Samuel Lizarralde, Musician,Singer, Producer, Member of band Mougli, Colombia
- Sheikh Abdulrahman AlThani, Cofounder, Musician, Composer, Oud Player, Mirwas Collective, Qatar
- Mr. Evan Runge, Musician, Singer, Permanent Member of Ottawa Symphony Orchestra,
Member of band Musk Ox", Cana
Moderator:
- Ms. Sofia Godio,
Moderator, Argentina

13. Segment 2: Importance of Mental Wellbeing for Artistic Success

Speakers/Artists:
- Ms. Coral Campopiano,
Singer, Song Writer, Activist, Founder of "Signal for Help"
 campaign, Argentina
- Ms. Nehilet Blackman, Singer, Song Writer, Gospel Musician, Trinid & Tobago
- Mr. Neem Al Balushi, Singer, Musician, Composer, Sultanate of Oman
- Ms. Ayse Akarsu Gurcay, Musician, Body Percussionist, Member of Body Percussion Ensemble
 KeKeCa, Member of Band Gevende, Turkey
- Mr. Sahle Robinson, Storyboard Artist, Character Designer, Game Designer, Robinson Crew,
Cana
- Mr. Tristen Durocher, Indigenous Musician, Activist, Photographer, Writer, Cana
- Mr. Juan Pablo Delgo, Musician,Singer, Producer, Member of band Mougli, Colombia
- Ms. Sol Storni, Artist, Art rapist, Art Teacher, Founder of Hopening Artist Celebration which
 raises funds through art for various social projects, Escuela de Arte, Argentina, Art rapy
- Mr. Stephen Venkatarangam, recording artist, music rapist musician, and researcher, Cana,
Music rapy
Moderator:
- Ms. Olga Estella, Cana

14. Mental Wellbeing in Fashion?

Speakers:

Panel 1

Daniela Falcão, Former Editor-in-Chief of Vogue Brazil and editorial director of Edições Globo Condé Nast, Brazil.

GianLuca Longo, Style Editor of British Vogue and board member of British Fashion Council, UK.

Soled Simond, Author and Creative Director for OHLALA!Argentina.

Thierry-Maxime Loriot, Author and Fashion and Art curator, Cana.

Moderator:

Ms. Lucie Lapierre, Cana

Panel 2

Ms. Gaby Herbstein, Photographer, Visual Artist, Argentina

Ms. Elena Tkachenko, Proprietor & Chief Designer - Elena Tkachenko Fashion House, Russia

Ms. Shriya Bisht Misra, Founder, Designer, Principal, Maison de Papillon NYC, Project Gaia NYC, USA

Ms. Neelakshi Singh, Fashion Blogger, Stylist, Body Positive vocate, Plus Size Model, Associate Professor, India

Ms. Neha Parulkar, Plus Size Model, Body Positive Influencer, Tedx Speaker, India

Mr. Zack Miko, Actor, Writer, Plus size Model, USA

Moderator:

Ms. Alak Vasa, USA

15. Break / Relaxation Lounge with mindfulness techniques

Breakout 2: me-based parallel break-away sessions | 19:45 - 20:45 HRS(IST)

16. Pandemic Hacks: Out of Box Perspectives from Student Leers

Keynote:
Prof. B.N. Ganghar
, President, Ethics and Registration Board, National Medical Commission of India, Former Director, NIMHANS, Bangalore, India
Speakers:
Ms. Akshita Shrivastava
, Bachelors Student, National Law Institute University, Bhopal, India
Mr. Matthias Häberle, Ph.D. Student, Technical University of Munich, Germany
Ms. Maya Wells, Bachelors Student, UNC Charlotte, USA
Ms. Melisa Aydin, Heinrich-Heine University, Germany
Mr. Philip Rossman, Ph.D. Student, University of Nürnberg, Germany
Ms. Piyhoo Gupta, Masters Student, Sri Sri University, India
Ms. Ramya A.S., Ph.D. Student, RWTH Aachen University, Germany
Ms. Surabhi Hareendranatha, Bachelors Student, University of California, Santa Cruz, USA
Ms. Nirvani Pathak, USA
Moderator:
Prof. Mrinalini Kochupillai,
Guest Professor, Technical University of Munich; Founder-Director, Sustainable Innovations Research and Education Network, Germany

17. Impact of COVID-19 on Sports

Speakers:
- Mr. Christoph Daum,
International Soccer Manager and TV Commentator. Germany
- Mr. Tom Farrey, Executive Director and founder of Sports & Society Program at Aspen
 Institut
- Ms. Anja Hammerseng-Edin, Norwegian Professional Handball Player, bronze medal at 2009
 World Women's Handball Championship in China
- Mr. Pullela Gopichand, Chief National Coach for India National Bminton Team, India
- Prof. Dr. olfo Panfili, President of International Association for Orthomolecular Medicine, Italy
Moderator:
- Mr. Inge Andersen,
Senior Business Consultant and Sports Coach, Former Secretary General of
 Norwegian Olympic and Paralympic Committee

18. Wellbeing in Tech World: Now & Post Pandemic

Speakers:
- Mr. Rahul Tripathi,
CTO at Nutanix, USA
- Mr. Samir Kumar, VP Amazon, USA
- Ms. Ekta Chopra, Chief Digital Officer, Elf Beauty, USA
- Mr. Neel Mahapatro, Corporate VP at Microsoft, USA
Moderator:
- Mr. Rajneesh Gupta,
VP at Intuit / Rahul Tripathi, CTO, Nutanix, USA

19. Building Resilience: Finding Inner Stability in Transformational Times

Speakers:
- Mr. Gaurav Gaur,
Senior Trainer, TLEX UK
- Ms. Nia Choi, Senior Trainer, TLEX Germany

20. Power of Breath - A Scientific, Business, and Political Perspective

Speakers:

- Mr. Jo Leinen, Former Member of European Parliament, Board Member, World Forum for Ethics in Business

- Mr. Vishaal Gupta, Senior Managing Director, Accenture Technology, Europe

- Prof. Fahri Saatcioglu, Professor for Molecular and Cell Biology, Department of Biosciences University of Oslo, Norway

Moderator:

- Dr. Ajay Tejasvi Narasimhan, President of Shankara Inc. and Sri Sri Tattva USA

21. Role of Media during and after COVID-19

Speakers:
- Mr. Kurt W. Zimmermann,
Journalist, Former Chief Editor of Sonntags-Zeitung, Switzerland
- Mr. Nirj Deva, Former MEP, Board Member, WFEB, Publisher of Commonwealth Union news
 website
- Lord Marland of Odstock, former Tre Minister, UK; Chairman of Commonwealth Enterprises
and Investment Council
Moderator:
- Mr. Peter Marti,
CEO, Marti Communications

22. COVID Reset: Building back with more Resilience, Connection and Equity

Speakers:
- Mr. Johan Uvin,
Former assistant secretary of education under Obama and CEO IEL
- Ms. April Walker, He of Microsoft Innovation Labs
- Mr. Mhu Mujoo, KPMG Partner
Moderator:
- Mr. Johann Berlin,
CEO, TLEX North America

23. Ways to strengn family values in pandemic times (a dedicated session in Russian)
Способы укрепления семейных ценностей в период пандемии

Speakers:

- Sorokin Oleg, PhD in Medical Sciences, CEO of National Ayurveda Medical Association, CEO of VedaGenetica Ltd, Russia

- Pogrebnaya Yaroslava, PhD in Education Sciences, CEO of Moscow Tax College, Associate Professor of Department of Tax Institute of Russian New University, expert of Department of Education and Science in Moscow, Russia

- Pokusaeva Olesya, сhild psychologist, family psychologist, forensic expert psychologist, Russia

Moderator:

- Tatiana Poronova, former Deputy Governor for Social Affairs, Art of Living Foundation Russia CEO, Russia

24. Power of Yoga for Natural Health and Wellbeing

Speakers:

Ms. Zsuzsa Komjati, President, Association of Hungarian Yoga Teachers

Ms. Viktoria Chandrasekharan, Faculty, Sri Sri School of Yoga Europe

Prof. Dr. BR Sharma, Dean, Faculty of Health and Wellness, Sri Sri University

Ms. Barbara Bendel, Consultant and Trainer, TLEX Europe and Faculty, Sri Sri School of Yoga Europe

Moderator:

Ms. Vasudha Vijay, Country Coordinator - Sri Sri Yoga UAE

25. Social Change through Social Media

Speakers:

Mrs. Diipa Buller -Khosla, Influencer, Founder of NGO @post.for.change Organisation: postforchange, Nerlands

Ms. Ami Patel, Celebrity Stylist, StyleByAmi, India

Mrs. Masoom Minawala Mehta, Influencer, Belgium

Moderator:

Ms. Dorota Niedzwiecki, Art of Living Trainer and Program Coordinator, Poland

Valedictory keynote session | 20:45 - 22:30 HRS(IST)

Speakers:

- Mrs. Rajita Kulkarni, President, World Forum for Ethics in Business
- H.E. Dr. Ahmed Mohammed Obaid Al Saidi, Minister of Health, Sultanate of Oman
- Mr. Erik Solheim, Former He of UN Environment Program
- Hon. Mr. Amar N. Ramhin, Minister of Public Health, Republic of Suriname
- Mr. S. Sridhar, President – OPPI, Managing Director, Pfizer Ltd.
- Hon. Prof. Herman de Croo, Minister of State, Belgium
- Mr. Arvind Varchaswi, Managing Director, Sri Sri Tattva

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