AU Agenda 2063Networking
Networking Dinner
DATE & TIME29 October 202619:00 – 21:00
LOCATIONPalais des CongrèsCotonou, Benin
FORMATNetworking120 minutes
Session Overview
The Day 2 networking dinner is reserved for delegates only, hosted at the host venue's banquet space. Seating is arranged to mix delegates across organisations and regions — finance institutions seated alongside ministries, think tanks alongside private-sector exhibitors.
Brief remarks from one of the host-country ministers open the dinner. After remarks the evening is unstructured, designed to give delegates the longer-form conversational space the panel sessions and plenaries cannot offer.
Dress code is smart casual. Dietary preferences and accessibility needs are collected at registration; the kitchen accommodates accordingly.
Key Topics
- Cross-organisation seating mix
- Host-country ministerial remarks
- Long-form conversation outside the plenary frame