Event Program (12 June 2025)

Time Event Speakers

0900 – 0930

Arrival & Registrations

0930 – 0940

Vision of Shape the World Summit

Dr Cristi Buceceanu

Moderator for Consulus Europe

0940 – 0955

Visionary Keynote – Crisis in Leadership Calls for Higher Consciousness

Tony Nader, MD, PhD
Global Leader of Transcendental Meditation Organizations

0955-1010

  • Official Opening of the Summit and Introduction of Cardinal Tagle
  • Opening Keynote: Why Creative Leadership and the Jubilee of Hope
  • Freddy Nicolas
    Chairman of Consulus Global Network (2025-2026), 
    CEO and General Director of ProLingua International
  • Cardinal Luis A. Tagle
    Pro-Prefect of the Dicastery for Evangelization

1010 – 1030

Shape the World Initiative: Global Launch of AI-Powered Common Growth Fund for Social and Faith-Based Enterprises in the Commonwealth – Consulus and the FoRB Foundation of the United Kingdom

Short remarks by
Lawrence Chong – Group CEO of Consulus
Matthew Jones – Member Board of Trustees The ForB Foundation
Brian Grim – Founding President of Religious Freedom & Business Foundation (RFBF)
Witnessed by Card Luis A. Tagle

1030 – 1040

Group Photo of Summit Participants

Creative Leadership for Social Impact Segment

1040 – 1055

Keynote for Social Impact: The Economics of Impact: Creative Leadership for a Socially Sustainable Future

Andrea Montanino
Chief Economist and Director for Sectoral Strategies and Impact Assessment, Cassa Depositi e Prestiti

1055 – 1105

Creative Leadership in International Development: Driving Innovation for Global Food Security and Social Impact

Gladys Herminia Morales Guevara
Global Head of Innovation at the Office of Development Effectiveness, IFAD

1105 – 1110

Reflection on Social Impact

Oliver Pawle
Chairman, Board & CEO Services of Korn Ferry London

1110-1120

Beyond Idealism: What is the Hard Truth of Building Peace in a Hostile World?

HE Sheikh Al Mahfoudh Bin Bayyah
Secretary-General of the Abu Dhabi Forum for Peace

1120 – 1130

Creative Leadership and the Geopolitical Environment: A Broken World Needs Creative Leadership

Hon James P Moore
CEO of the Washington Institute for Business, Government and Society

1130 – 1155

Panel discussion 1: Navigating a Fractured World: New Paradigms for Global Trade, Collaboration, and Social Impact

Moderated by
Helena Pham, Managing Partner for Partnerships and Changemakers at Consulus Global

Panelists:

  • Andrea Montanino,Cassa Depositi e Prestiti
  • Gladys Herminia Morales Guevara, IFAD
  • HE Sheikh Al Mahfoudh Bin Bayyah, Abu Dhabi Forum for Peace
  • Hon James P Moore, Washington Institute for Business, Government and Society

1155 – 1220

Networking Break and Media Interviews

1225-1240

A Journey of Catholic Social Teaching from Pope Leo XIII to the Church’s Thinking in Artificial Intelligence

Rev Prof Andrew G. Recepcion
Associate Professor, Pontifical Gregorian University
& Past President, International Association of Catholic Missiologists (IACM)

1240 – 1250

Creative Leadership for Social Impact from the Tech World

Gina Claxton
Corporate Vice President, US Retail & Consumer Goods, Microsoft

1250 – 1300

Creative Leadership in building Circular Economies: CircularCORE

AR Kuan Chee Yung
Managing Partner for Consulus Consulting

1300 – 1330

Panel Discussion 2: Creative Leadership in AI for Social Impact and Dialogue

Moderated by Lawrence Chong
Group CEO of Consulus

Panelists:

  • Ben Olsen – AI Compliance leader, Microsoft
  • Matthew Jones – ForB Foundation
  • Adrian Bettridge – Baringa

1330 – 1430

Lunch Reception and Networking for Impact Commitments

Creative Leadership for Dialogue Segment

1430 – 1445

Keynote for Dialogue: How Dialogue Shapes Impact

Msgr Indunil Janakaratne Kodithuwakku Kankanamalage
Secretary at the Dicastery for Interreligious Dialogue

1445 – 1455

Creative Leadership in Community Development: Creative Leadership for Alliance Building in a Divided World

Amb Janet Ang
Singapore Non-Resident Ambassador to the Holy See

1455 – 1500

Reflection on Dialogue

Pietro Infante
President of InBit – Events & Education

1500 – 1510

Faith at Work: Navigating Work and Dialogue with Diverse Faith Identities through REDI Index

Dr Brian Grim
Founding President, Religious Freedom & Business Foundation

1510 – 1520

Creative Leadership for Fundraising: Social Impact Fundraising: Strategies for Dialogue

Chiara Aluffi Pentini
Marketing & Fundraising Director, UNICEF Italy

1520 – 1525
Reflection on the Role of Faith at the Workplace

Patrick Harvey
Senior Official Performing the Duties of the Ambassador at Large for International Religious Freedom

1525 – 1535

Creative Thinking in Inclusive Economy: An Economy of Goodness and Buddhist Principles

Prof Rey-Sheng Her
Deputy CEO Tzu Chi Foundation

1535 – 1605

Panel Discussion 3: Are there new ways to overcome deep divisions?

Moderated by Jim Funk, Global Senior Fellow for Leadership, Consulus

Panelists:

  • Msgr Indunil Janakaratne Kodithuwakku Kankanamalage – Secretary at the Dicastery for Interreligious Dialogue
  • Amb Janet Ang -Singapore Non-Resident Ambassador to the Holy See
  • Dr Brian Grim – Founding President, Religious Freedom & Business Foundation
  • Chiara Aluffi Pentini – Marketing & Fundraising Director, UNICEF Italy
  • Prof Rey-Sheng Her – Deputy CEO Tzu Chi Foundation

1605 – 1630

Networking Break and Media Interviews

Creative Leadership for Impact – Project Showcase Segment

1630 – 1645

Keynote for Project Showcase: The Gift Economy, a Research Presentation Founded on the Economy of Communion

Prof Anouk Grevin
Global Moderator for Economy of Communion International
Associate Professor, Nantes University

1645 – 1655

Showcase 1: A Consciousness and Science-based Approach for Healing Trauma and Promoting Mental & Physical Well-being

Tony Nader, MD, PhD
Global Leader of Transcendental Meditation Organizations

1655 – 1705

Showcase 2: Ruote a spasso

Roberta Pirone
Co-Founder, Ruote a spasso

1705 – 1715

Showcase 3: Sophia University Institute

Prof Declan O’Byrne
Rector of Sophia University Institute

1715 – 1720

Reflection on Dialogue in Action

Rev Dr Yoshinori Shinohara
Secretary General of Religions for Peace Asia

1720 – 1730

Showcase 4: ImpactSG

Edmund Joseph Twohill
Executive Director, Co-Founder ImpactSG

1730 – 1740

Showcase 5: Being Bridges

Don Basil Kannangara
Founder, Being Bridges

1740 – 1750
Showcase 6: Nuova Global Foundation

Federico Vescovini
President, Nuova Global Foundation

1750 – 1820

Panel Discussion 4: Impactful Contribution towards a Creative Leadership in Dialogue

Moderated by
Fr Stefano Del Bove
Associate Lecturer of Pontifical Gregorian University

With all the ‘Project Showcase Segment’ Speakers

1820 – 1845

Networking Break


STWS GALA RECEPTION

1845 – 1855

Welcoming Words to the Gala Reception & Recap of Shape the World Summit 2025

Pamela Suen
Director, Shape the World X events

1855 – 1905

Welcome of Keynote Speaker

Freddy Nicolas
Chairman of Consulus Global Network
CEO and General Director of ProLingua International

1905 – 1915

Gala Reception Keynote: Prefect of Dicastery for Interreligious Dialogue

Davide Bergami
Advisor to the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation for Economic and Financial Affairs

1915 – 1930

Fireside Chat for Book Launch of Creative Change Leadership

Moderated by
Pamela Suen
Director, Shape the World Xperiences

Jim Funk and Lawrence Chong – Co-Authors

1930 – 1935

Announcement of next city of Shape the World Summit 2026 and Theme

Pamela Suen
Director, Shape the World Xperiences

1935 – 1945

Walk towards Gala Reception Dinner overseeing St Peter’s Square

1945 – 2115

Gala Dinner Reception

Event Program (13 June 2025)

Time Event

0800 – 0900

Arrival & Registration

0900 – 1030

Private Audience with the Holy Father (scheduled)

10:30 – 12:00

Entering the Holy Door of St. Peter’s Basiliica

12:00 – 14:00

Outfit Change and Lunch

14:00 – 16:00

Social Impact Pathways Walk:

  • Castel Sant’Angelo
    Ponte
  • Sant’Angelo
    Via dei Coronari
  • Piazza Navona
  • Piazza della Rotonda
16:00

End of Shape the World Summit 2025 events

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