

Sessions Review
Convened by The Hong Kong Jockey Club Charities Trust, the Philanthropy for Better Cities Forum 2023 had the overarching theme of "Philanthropy for Fairer Societies." It aimed to provoke in-depth discussions on fair access to economic opportunities, education and health justice, and build impetus and motivation for building fairer societies in the future. Over the period of the two-day Forum, there were four keynote sessions, four plenary sessions, and nine track sessions. It brought together around 1,600 delegates from 21 countries and regions. There were 68 prominent speakers and over 180 representatives of local, regional and global foundations. Among them are philanthropic, academic, business, social sector and government leaders.
DAY 1
DAY 2

Opening Ceremony
John KC LEE
Michael T H LEE

Keynote 1: Balancing economic growth and equity goals
Abhijit BANERJEE
Richard WONG

Plenary 1: Post-pandemic preparedness: Driving global collaboration through philanthropies
Lincoln CHEN
Boon Heong NG
Naveen RAO
Paul SCHREIER
Naina SUBBERWAL

Plenary 2: Trust-based philanthropy as an alternative model to traditional grant-making
Deepali KHANNA
Michael MOODY
Cherie NURSALIM
WANG Zhenyao
Cecilia HO

Track Session 1.1: Serving the underserved
Faustina FYNN-NYAME
Aditya NATRAJ
Uta SCHÖNBERG
Pritha VENKATACHALAM
Bernard CHAN

Track Session 1.2: Bridging the education divide
Veronica COLONDAM
Sundar MAHALINGAM
Kerry LEE

Track Session 1.3: Mass entrepreneurship as fuelling engines for job creation
Somachi CHRIS-ASOLUKA
Ferro FERIZKA
Nisa LEUNG
Mekin MAHESHWARI

Keynote 2: Grand debate on emerging welfare models from the East and the West
Abhijit BANERJEE
Justin Yifu LIN
Abhisit VEJJAJIVA
Rosanna WONG