Dirk Messner, Director, Käte Hamburger Kolleg / Centre for Global Cooperation Research, Duisburg
Director, German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitk (DIE), Bonn

Gerhard Knies, Co-ordinator of the DESERTEC Think Tank, DESERTEC Foundation, Hamburg

Michael Düren, II. Physikalisches Institut, Justus Liebig University Giessen, Co-founder of the DESERTEC foundation; Coordinator of the DESERTEC Academic Network

Yomn M. Elhamaki, Head of Economics Department, V. President of the Economic Committee, Cairo

Georgeta Vidican, Senior Researcher, Department "Competitiveness and Social Development", German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE), Bonn

Wolfgang Knothe, Chief Executive Officer, Flagsol GmbH, Cologne

Moderator: Dirk Messner

Points for Discussion:

1. Which role does the energy sector play in a green transformation?
2. What can we learn from current and envisaged cooperation between Africa and Europe in the energy sector?
3. What is the future potential of enhanced cooperation between and among states and private actors, and how can it be realised?
4. What are the main challenges for creating mutually beneficial low-carbon solutions in the MENA region and Sub-Sahara Africa?

Joachim von Braun, Director of the Center for Development Research / Zentrum für Entwicklungsforschung (ZEF), University of Bonn

Annette Freibauer, Deputy Director, Agricultural Climate Research, Johann Heinrich von Thünen-Institut, Federal Research Institute for Rural Areas, Forestry and Fisheries, Braunschweig

Martin Kaiser, Leader International Climate Politics, Greenpeace Germany, Hamburg

Moderator: Margret Thalwitz, Associate Fellow, German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE)

Points for Discussion:

1. Can the agricultural sector play a role in reducing greenhouse gas emissions while ensuring global food security?
2. What are the key factors that can accelerate a transformation and re-organize global cooperation with regard to food production?
3. What can we achieve by means of technical innovations; where do we need changes in lifestyle and habits?
4. What are the challenges in overcoming the current lack of cooperation at the international level?

Claus Leggewie, Director, Käte Hamburger Kolleg / Centre for Global Cooperation Research, Duisburg
Director, Institute for Advanced Study in the Humanities, Essen

John Grin, Full Professor in Policy Science, Department of Political Science,
University of Amsterdam
Co-Director of Programme Group Transnational Configurations, Conflicts and Governance, Amsterdam Institute for Social Science Research (AISSR)

Gerhard Knies, Co-ordinator of the DESERTEC Think Tank, DESERTEC Foundation, Hamburg; Chairman of Board for Science and Technology, DESERTEC
University Network DUN, Tunis

Moderator: Dirk Messner

Points for Discussion:

1. What are the key dimensions that need to be addressed for initiating and accelerating major transformations such as the proposed green transformation?
2. What are the major obstacles, and how can they be tackled?
3. Who are the key change agents?
4. What kinds of institutions are needed to manage the economic, social, political and normative challenges of the transition period?
5. What role does inter/transnational cooperation play, in theory and in practice?