Sharon Block moderated “Balancing the Scales,” a panel at the World Economic Forum’s Open Forum 2025 on rising global inequality and the role that fair labor standards, education, and technology can play in addressing its impact. Block was joined by Katherine Garrett-Cox, Anis Kallel, Chantal Line Carpentier, and Melvyn Lubega.
Speakers
Sharon Block, Moderator
Executive Director of the Center for Labor and a Just Economy
Johanna Hoffman, Opening remarks
Founder and Principal, Design for Adaptation
Katherine Garrett-Cox, Panelist
Chief Executive Officer, Gulf International Bank (UK)
Anis Kallel, Panelist
Global Shaper, Tenis Hub
Chantal Line Carpentier, Panelist
Head, Trade, Environment, Climate Change and Sustainable Development Branch, Division for International Trade, United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
Melvyn Lubega, Panelist
Founder and Chairman, Baobab Group
