Nov 16 (Reuters) - U.S. Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry replaced Tesla CEO Elon Musk at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in San Francisco on Thursday, the program showed.

Musk was scheduled to be on the panel to discuss artificial intelligence along with Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff at 4:45 pm PST (7:45 pm EST).

Protesters calling for a ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas war on Thursday blocked the San Francisco Bay Bridge, a key commuter route into the city which is hosting the forum. (Reporting by Akash Sriram in Bengaluru; Editing by Shailesh Kuber)