1st Meeting, Social Forum 2023

10h00-10h30       Opening Remarks

           - H.E. Mr. Ali Bahreini, Chairperson-Rapporteur of the Social Forum
           - H.E. Ms. Maira Mariela Macdonal Alvarez, Vice President of the Human Rights Council
           - Mr. Volker Türk, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights

10h30-10h40 Video Message

           - Mr. Neil de Grasse Tyson, Astrophysicist, Author and Science Communicator

10h40-11h30       Keynote Panel

            - High-level representative from the Republic of Cuba (TBC)
            - Mr. Rouhollah Dehghani Firouzabadi, Vice President of the Islamic Republic of Iran for 
               Science, Technology, and Knowledge-based Economy
            - Ms. Lidia Arthur Brito, Assistant Director-General for the Natural Sciences, United Nations   
              Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
            - Mr. Edward Kwakwa, Assistant Director General, World Intellectual Property Organization 
               (WIPO)
            - Ms. Alexandra Xanthaki, Special Rapporteur in the field of Cultural Rights
            - Ms. Anita Gurumurthy, Executive Director, IT for Change

11h30-13h00       General Discussion