October 26-30
The program of the 2026 edition of the Global Social Progress Week is below.
The links to access the sessions are included in the program.
| OPENING SESSION MONDAY, OCTOBER 26 08:00 US EDT/ 12:00 UTC | Co-chairs: Elisa Reis Ravi Kanbur | Panel: Margo Thomas Hossain Zillur Rahman |
| SESSION 1 Bolstering the community of inquiry: What AI in education means for sociality, equality, and citizenship MONDAY, OCTOBER 26 10:30 US EDT/ 14:30 UTC | Chair: Elisa Reis | Panel: Lisa Herzog Eloise Soulier Jason Branford Shafika Isaacs Imogen Casebourne Pak-Hang Wong |
| SESSION 2 Progress with red flags: The Utopia-Dystopia balance sheet of social progress MONDAY, OCTOBER 26 13:00 US EDT/ 17:00 UTC | Co-chairs and panelists: Gala Diaz-Langou Marc Fleurbaey Nora Lustig |
| SESSION 3 Humanizing systemic transformation: Pathways, agency and resources TUESDAY, OCTOBER 27 09:00 US EDT/ 13:00 UTC | Chair: Hossain Zillur Rahman | Panel: Yacoob Abba Omar Guillermo Larrain Ríos Anastasia Nesvetailova Syed M Hashemi Arlene Beth Tickner |
| SESSION 4 Measuring poverty under the poor’s guidance: A participatory approach TUESDAY, OCTOBER 27 10:30 US EDT/ 14:30 UTC | Chair: Marc Fleurbaey | Panel: Thomas Lellouch Benoît Reboul-Salze Eléonore Richard |
| SESSION 5 The paradox of unhappy growth: Is the US an outlier? TUESDAY, OCTOBER 27 12:00 US EDT/ 16:00 UTC | Chair: Margo Thomas | Panel: Carol Graham Caspar Kaiser Andrew Clark |
| SESSION 6 Living wages: Benefits and impacts; companies and supply chains; informality THURSDAY, OCTOBER 29 08:00 US EDT/ 12:00 UTC | Chair: Romina Boarini | Panel: Ravi Kanbur Carlotta Balestra Matteo Squire Zoe Long Martha Chen Filip Stefanovic |
| SESSION 7 (In partnership with UNEN) G20 Report on inequality THURSDAY, OCTOBER 29 08:00 US EDT/ 12:00 UTC | Chair: Rick Samans | Panel: Jayati Ghosh (speaker) Discussants: Marc Fleurbaey Marta Roig |
| SESSION 8 New narratives for the Common Good FRIDAY, OCTOBER 30 08:00 US EDT/ 12:00 UTC | Chair: Colin Bradford | Panel: Sergio Bitar Olav Kjorven Erkki Tuomioja Henry Wang Richard Samans |
| SESSION 9 Energy transition: A new wave of Global South extractivism FRIDAY, OCTOBER 30 11:00 US EDT/ 15:00 UTC | Chair: Leticia Merino | Panel :Luca Ferrari Leonardo Durán Tadzio Peters Rudolfo Garcia |
| CLOSING SESSION From insight to action – Challenges & opportunities: The role of IPSP FRIDAY, OCTOBER 30 12:30 US EDT/ 16:30 UTC | Chair: Hossain Zillur Rahman | Panel: Olivier Bouin Gerald Chirinda Gala Diaz Langou Marc Fleurbaey Gabriela Ramos Margo Thomas |