Opening Plenary: Towards an Equitable World of Promise and Opportunity

Welcome - MC Romanna Remor
National Anthem
Interfaith Opening
Welcome Addresses:
Rodrigo Vitorino Souza Alves, Chair of Local Organizing Committee, IF20
Brazil 2024; Director, Brazilian Center for Studies in Law and Religion;
Professor of Law, Federal University of Uberlandia
Flávio Pazeto, Brazil’s G20 Sherpa Team, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Brazil
Irenilda Aparecida Maria Francisco (Iya Gilda), General Coordinator for
Religious Freedom, Ministry of Human Rights and Citizenship
W. Cole Durham, Jr., President, G20 Interfaith Forum; Founding Director;
International Center for Law and Religion Studies
Khushwant Singh, Head of Secretariat, The International Partnership on
Religion and Sustainable Development (PaRD)
Hamad Khatir, Vice President, Interfaith Alliance
Katherine Marshall, Vice President, G20 Interfaith Forum; Executive Director, World Faiths Development Dialogue

Keynote address: The Global Setting: Mary Robinson, Chair of the Elders, former President of Ireland

Religious perspectives from representatives of diverse traditions
Dom Zanoni Demettino, Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Feira de
Santana; National Conference of Bishops of Brazil (CNBB)
Father Omar Raposo, Rector of the Sanctuary of Christ the Redeemer
Rev. Juan Cruz, President, Latino Evangelical Alliance (AEL)
Ven. Sadhvi Bhagawati Saraswati, Secretary General, Global
Interfaith WASH Alliance
Sheikh-ul-Islam Allahshukur Pashazadeh, Grand Mufti of the
Caucasus, Azerbaijan
Mohamed Bahr, Head of Strategic Planning at the Muslim Council of
Elders
Elder Ahmad S. Corbitt, Seventy, The Church of Jesus Christ of
Latter-day Saints
H.E. Sheikh Al-Mahfoudh Bin Bayyah, Secretary General, Abu Dhabi
Forum for Peace, United Arab Emirates.
Taissa Silva da Costa (Taissa Kambeba), a young leader’s appeal
Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew (video)
Ajarn Sulak Sivaraksa, Founder, International Network of Engaged Buddhists;
Honorary President, Religions for Peace (video)