As Washington increasingly sets the direction of the global economy, Semafor World Economy will convene the leaders making those decisions, including US Cabinet Secretaries Scott Bessent, Howard Lutnick, Chris Wright, Doug Burgum, and Sean Duffy; Singapore Deputy Prime Minister Gan Kim Yong; Banque de France Governor François Villeroy de Galhau; and a global cohort of finance ministers and central bank leaders.
Over five days, Semafor’s flagship live journalism platform will become a real-time stage for the conversations shaping markets, policy, and power, with a continuous run of high-level interviews and discussions featuring the world’s most influential policymakers and executives.
Within the Semafor World Economy live journalism program, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer, and White House Science and Technology Director Michael Kratsios will join Semafor’s leading editors each night for a headline series of on-the-record interviews on the decisions shaping markets, policy, and power.
Bringing together leaders from more than 80 countries and more than 500 global CEOs, Semafor World Economy stands as the largest gathering of its kind, and the single most important convening of economic leadership in the United States.
Today’s newly announced speakers include:
US Administration Officials
Scott Bessent, Secretary of the TreasuryChris Wright, Secretary of EnergyHoward Lutnick, Secretary of CommerceDoug Burgum, Secretary of the InteriorSean Duffy, Secretary of TransportationJamieson Greer, US Trade RepresentativeMichael Kratsios, Director of the White House Office of Science and Technology PolicySean Cairncross, National Cyber DirectorKevin Hassett, Director, National Economic CouncilDr. Mehmet Oz, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services AdministratorLee Zeldin, Environmental Protection Agency Administrator
Global Finance Ministers and Representatives
Gan Kim Yong, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Trade and Industry, SingaporeFrançois Villeroy de Galhau, Governor, Banque de FranceRoland Lescure, Minister of Economics and Finance, FranceKyriakos Pierrakakis, Minister of Economy and Finance, Greece; President of the EurogroupGabriel Makhlouf, Governor, Central Bank of IrelandCarlos Cuerpo, Minister of Economy, Trade and Business, SpainMohammed Yisr Barnieh, Minister of Finance, SyriaJens Stoltenberg, Minister of Finance, Norway; former Secretary General of NATOKristupas Vaitiekūnas, Minister of Finance, LithuaniaErik Thedéen, Governor of the Sveriges Riksbank, SwedenValdis Dombrovskis, European Commissioner for Economy and Productivity, Implementation and SimplificationH.E. Hadi Badri, CEO, Dubai Economic Development CorporationDambisa Moyo, Member, House of Lords, United Kingdom; Principal, Versaca InvestmentsLesetja Kganyago, Governor of the South African Reserve Bank
CEOs and Global Business Leaders
Michael Dell, Chairman and CEO, Dell TechnologiesOrlando Bravo, Founder & Managing Partner, Thoma BravoDina Powell McCormick, President & Vice Chair, MetaC.S. Venkatakrishnan, CEO, BarclaysJack Clark, Co-Founder and Head of Policy, AnthropicDavid Rubenstein, Co-Founder & Co-Chairman, The Carlyle GroupKen C. Griffin, Founder & CEO, Citadel LLCCristiano Amon, President & CEO, Qualcomm IncorporatedBob Jordan, President & CEO, Southwest AirlinesChristian Sewing, CEO, Deutsche BankDan Schulman, CEO, VerizonChristopher Nassetta, President & CEO, HiltonJoanna Geraghty, CEO, JetBlueMichelle Gass, President & CEO, Levi Strauss & CoAliko Dangote, President, Dangote GroupPatrick Pouyanné, Chairman & CEO, TotalEnergies
US Senators
Sen. James Lankford (R-OK)Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME)Sen. Steve Daines (R-MT)Sen. Mark Kelly (D-AZ)Sen. Pete Ricketts (R-NE)Sen. Rick Scott (R-FL)Sen. Gary Peters (D-MI)Sen. Mark Warner (D-VA)Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI)Sen. Todd Young (R-IN)Sen. Tim Sheehy (R-MT)Sen. David McCormick (R-PA)