Programme

Wednesday 12 May 2004

8:00–9:30 Registration
8:00–9:30
Special Event: OECD's New Corporate Governance Principles - Implications for Lawyers

(Room 3)

9:30–10:30
Opening Keynote Speeches – «Health of Nations»

(Room 2, with retransmission to Rooms 3 and 8)

Moderator: Lord Alan Watson of Richmond, House of Lords, United Kingdom

Luis Ernesto Derbez, Minister for Foreign Affairs, Mexico

Donald J. Johnston, Secretary-General, OECD

10:30–12:00
Role of Corporate Responsibility and the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises

(Room 8)

Moderator: Mark Landler, Frankfort Correspondent, New York Times

Jean-Philippe Courtois, CEO, Microsoft Europe, Middle East & Africa

John Monks, General Secretary, European Trade Union Confederation

Jane Nelson, Director of Corporate Social Responsibility Initiative, Harvard University, United States

Nevenka Pergar, Board Member, AKTIVA INVEST, Slovenia

Health, Human Rights & Development

(Room 2)

Moderator: Richard Manning, Chair, OECD Development Assistance Commitee

Mary Robinson, Executive Director, Ethical Globalisation Initiative and Former President of Ireland

Obesity & Health

(Room 3)

Moderator: Sabine Syfuss-Arnaud, Special Correspondent, L'Expansion, France

Pierre Lefèbvre, President, International Diabetes Federation, Belgium

John Martin, Director of Employment, Labour and Social Affairs, OECD

Michael O'Grady, Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, Department of Health and Human Services, United States

Danny L. Strickland, Chief Innovation Officer, Coca-Cola

Janet Voûte, CEO, World Heart Federation, Switzerland

12:00–12:30
Keynote Address: «East Asia in the 21st Century»

(Room 2, with retransmission to Room 8)

Moderator: Nicolas Beytout, Editorial Director, Les Échos, France

Dae-jung Kim, Former President of Korea, Nobel Peace Prize Winner

12:30–14:30 Lunch
13:00-14:00
Special Session : «An Economy with a Human Face? »

(Room 8)

13:15-14:15
Book Launch: «Towards High-Performance Health Systems»

(Room 3)

14:30–16:00
Financial Education

(Room 3)

Moderator: Lorenzo Bini Smaghi, Director for International Financial Relations, Ministry for Economy and Finance, Italy

Dae Whan Chang, Chairman and Publisher, Maeil Business Newspaper and TV, Korea

Sir David Clementi, Chairman, Prudential, United Kingdom

Bronwyn Curtis, Managing Editor, Bloomberg Television, United Kingdom

Kenneth V. Georgetti, President, Canadian Labour Congress, Canada

Ageing and Health

(Room 2)

Moderator: Philippe Manière, Director General, Institut Montaigne, France

Françoise Forette, Co-chair, Alliance for Health and the Future, France

Julio Frenk, Minister of Health, Former WHO Executive Director responsible for setting up the Commission on Macroeconomics and Health, Mexico

Henry McKinnell, Chairman and CEO, Pfizer

Karen Poutasi, Director-General of Health and Chief Executive, Ministry of Health, New Zealand

Sustainable Development – Moving from Words to Actions

(Room 8)

Moderator: Geir Haarde, Finance Minister, Ministry of Finance, Iceland

Yves Coupin, Senior Vice President Sustainable Development and Continuous Improvement, AREVA, France

Johanne Gélinas, Commissioner of the Environment and Sustainable Development , Commissioner of the Environment and Sustainable Development, Canada

Michael Meacher, Member, House of Commons and Former Minister for the Environment, United Kingdom

Gil Rémillard, Chairman and Founder, La Conférence de Montréal, Canada

Trine Lise Sundnes, Confederal Secretary, Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions

16:00–16:30 Coffee Break
16:30–17:00
Keynote Address

(Room 2, with retransmission to Rooms 3 and 8)

Moderator: Jean-Marc Sylvestre, Chief editor, Presenter, LCI, France

Michel Barnier, Minister for Foreign Affairs, France

17:00–18:30
Corporate Governance – Improving Standards

(Room 8)

Moderator: John Plender, Senior Editorialist, Financial Times, United Kingdom

Daniel Bouton, CEO, Société Générale, France

Véronique Ingram, General Manager, Financial System Division, The Treasury, Australia

Donald J. Johnston, Secretary-General, OECD

Gunnar Lund, Minister for International Economic Affairs and Financial Markets, Sweden

John J. Sweeney, President, American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations

Lutgart Van den Berghe, Professor of Corporate Governance, Vlerick Leuven Gent Management School & Director, Belgian Directors' Institute, Belgium

Takaaki Wakasugi, Professor of Economics, Tokyo University

Equity and Access to Health Care

(Room 2)

Moderator: Julio Frenk, Minister of Health, Former WHO Executive Director responsible for setting up the Commission on Macroeconomics and Health, Mexico

Jean-Pierre Garnier, CEO, GlaxoSmithKline, United Kingdom

Baroness Sally Greengross, Co-chair, Alliance for Health and the Future, United Kingdom

John Hutton, Minister of State for Health, United Kingdom

Christoph Thalheim, Secretary-General, European Multiple Sclerosis Platform, Belgium

Cancer and the Environment

(Room 3)

Dominique Belpomme, President, Association for Therapeutic Research Against Cancer
18:30 Reception

Thursday 13 May 2004

8:00–9:30 Registration
9:30-10:30
Special Lecture: «Combating Cancer in the 21st Century»

(Room 8)

Moderator: Chris Brooks, Director of Public Affairs and Communications, OECD

David Khayat, President, National Cancer Institute, France

Special Lecture: «In Defence of Globalisation»

(Room 2)

Moderator: John Rossant, European Editor, BusinessWeek

Jagdish Bhagwati, Professor of Economics, Columbia University, United States

10:30–12:30
The World Economy in 2004

(Room 2)

Moderator: Serge Marti, Chief Editor, Le Monde, France

Jean-Philippe Cotis, Chief Economist, OECD

Padma Desai, Director, Center for Transitional Economies, Columbia University, United States

Hamish McRae, Associate Editor, The Independent, United Kingdom

Ivan Miklos, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance, Slovak Republic

Clyde V. Prestowitz, President, Economic Strategy Institute, United States

Li Shantong, Director of Department of Development Strategy & Regional Economy, Development Research Center, The State Council of P.R.C., China

Contribution of Research and Innovation Systems to Improving the Performance of Health Systems - Health Ministers Roundtable

(Room 3 with retransmission to Room 8)

ATTENDANCE AT THIS SESSION IS BY INVITATION ONLY - THE PROCEEDINGS WILL BE REBROADCAST LIVE TO ROOM 8 FOR OTHERS INTERESTED IN THE SESSION

Moderator: Julio Frenk, Minister of Health, Former WHO Executive Director responsible for setting up the Commission on Macroeconomics and Health, Mexico

Lead Speaker: Andrew von Eschenbach, Director, National Cancer Institute, United States

Meena Ballantyne, Director General, Health Care Strategies and Policy Directorate, Health Canada

Llija Batljan, Director, Ministry for Health and Social Affairs, Sweden

Jane Halton, Secretary, Department of Health and Ageing, Australia

John Hutton, Minister of State for Health, United Kingdom

Hwa-Joong Kim, Minister of Health and Welfare, Ministry of Health and Welfare

Annette King, Minister for Health, Ministry of Health, New Zealand

Mihály Kökény, Minister of Health, Social and Family Affairs, Ministry of Health, Social and Family Affairs, Hungary

Jón Halldór Kristjánsson, Minister of Health and Social Security , Iceland

Likurgus Liaropoulos, Representative to the OECD, Ministry of Health, Greece

Micheál Martin, Minister for Health & Children, Ireland

Peter Pazitny, Adviser to the Minister, Ministry of Health, Slovak Republic

Luís Filipe da Conceição Pereira, Minister of Health, Portugal

Filippo Palumbo, Director General, Directorate for Health Planning, Ministry of Health, Italy

Herta Rack, Senior Advisor, Federal Ministry of Health and Women, Austria

Elena Salgado Méndez, Minister of Health, Spain

Klaus Theo Schröder, Secretary of state , Ministry of Health and Social Security, Germany

Tommy Thompson, Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services, United States

Necdet Unuvar, Undersecretary, Ministry of Health, Turkey

Michael Vít, Deputy Minister of Health and Chief Public Health Officer, Ministry of Health, Czech Republic

Cezary Wlodarczyk, Professor, University of Jagiellonia, Poland

Thomas Zeltner, State Secretary and Director, Federal Office of Public Health, Switzerland

12:30–14:00 Lunch
13:00–14:00
Special Event: Conversation with Christine Clerc based on her book «Le Bonheur d'être Français»

(Room 3)

Moderator: Barry James, International Herald Tribune

Christine Clerc, Special Correspondent, Le Figaro, France

14:00–15:30
Partnerships in Research: Government, Business and Civil Society

(Room 3)

Moderator: Gérard Kouchner, President, Education & Communication Department, Medimedia, France

Arnoud De Meyer, Deputy Dean, INSEAD, France

Alain Dutheil, Corporate Vice President, Strategic Planning, ST Microelectronics, Switzerland

Jean-Michel Ghidaglia, Scientific Director, La Recherche magazine, France

Heather Munroe-Blum, Principal and Vice-Chancellor, McGill University, Canada

Joaquim Pina Moura, Deputy, Assembly of Portugal, Portugal

Trade, Jobs and Adjustment

(Room 8)

Moderator: Guy de Jonquières, World Trade Editor, Financial Times

Lionel Fontagné, Director, Centre for Future Studies and International Information (CEPII), France

Bruno Lamborghini, Chairman, Olivetti Tecnost

John J. Sweeney, President, American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations

E-Health and the Informed Patient

(Room 2)

Moderator: Daniel Vial, Director, Pharmaceutiques magazine, France

Sir William Castell, President and CEO, GE Healthcare, United Kingdom

Hong-jen Chang, CEO and President, Bureau of National Health Insurance, Chinese Taipei

Thomas D'Aunno, Director of the Healthcare Management Initiative, INSEAD, France

Anders Olauson, Director, The Agrenska Foundation, Sweden

Marie Smith, President, AARP, United States

Per Wold-Olsen, President, Human Health - Europe, Middle East & Africa, Merck & Co., Inc.

15:30–16:00 Coffee Break
16:00–18:00
Creating Momentum in the Doha Development Agenda - Trade Ministers Panel

(Room 2)

Moderator: John Rossant, European Editor, BusinessWeek

Youssef Boutros-Ghali, Minister of Foreign Trade, Egypt

Fernando Canales, Minister of Economy, Mexico

Danuta Hübner, Commissioner

Mukhisa Kituyi, Minister For Trade and Industry, Kenya

Leif Pagrotsky, Minister for Trade and Industry, Ministry of Industry, Employment and Communication, Sweden

Martin Redrado, Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Trade, Foreign Affairs and International Trade, Argentina

Jim Sutton, Minister of Agriculture and Trade Negotiations, New Zealand

Combating Infectious Diseases

(Room 8)

Moderator: Hélène Cardin, Health Journalist, France Inter, France

Anarfi Asamoa-Baah, Assistant Director-General, Communicable Diseases, World Health Organisation

Clementine Dehwe, Global Unions HIV/AIDS Campaign Coordinator, International Congress of Free Trade Unions (ICFTU)

Paul Herrling, Head of Corporate Research, Novartis, Switzerland

Jacques-François Martin, President, The Vaccine Fund, France

18:00 Farewell Reception
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